The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-08-19

expresses 1T, "a few old families
have the traditional right TO govern the
politics of Massachusetts" SO that in
Massachusetts and Rhode Island, as
beginning, we find each Legislature
striving in its turn to throw every OBJ
struction, hindrance, and impediment in
the way to prevent the poor man eXer-
cising freeman's right to cast his bal
lot, and to drive him from the polls by
requiring money qualifications and
all other devices that ingenuity may in
vent. By these means Rhode Island is
governed by the few and not by the
many; by an aristocracy of birth
and wealth, and not by the people.
In the late general election for
members of Congress in that State, 5,02l
votes only were thrown by all parties in
the election of a member of Congress,
while at the west where free ballot is
still in the hands of every man, at the
same election 63,2s6 votes We're required
in the election of a Congressman. 81
X
HOW THE PEOPLE LOST TIL Err CONTROL
OF THE GOVERNMENT.
Why have the people lost or forbOrne
to exercise this great power? AT first
| there were two parties contending for
| great principles the Federal against the
Democratic. The one represented the
capitalist, the monopolist, and those be-
! lieVing that kingly government was
! best, lift was home government, al
though willing to aid in the expulsion of
King Georges Government. Hamilton
and Adams led this jefferson and
Madison led the other.
| The divisions were so great that in
! that day there was no third party.
When the Federal party was in power
we had the alien aud sedition laws, and
judges appointed at midnight, and
aristocratc forms of Office.
Under Jefferson and Madison the poo-
| pie held sway, and called themselves
the Democracy, rs in fact they ewere;
and then, Republican simplicity Of man
ners, economy in government, and re-
spects for the rights of the people were
the order Of the day.
This state Of things continued until
the time of Jackson; in his administra-
tiona great banking monopoly was bro
ken down. Then arose only minor
questions between the parties, in
dustrial and economic, about which
there was really not much difference.
And until the question Of the abolition
of slavery arose, it was exceedingly
difficult to distinguish the parties by
their platforms, except that in the Dem
Ocratic platforms there was always a
pledge to the resolutions of '9S This
contention Of the slavery question pro-
duced the war. How the war enabled
the monopOlsts to get possession of both
parties, | have already shown. Since
then, actual differences between the
parties i'm matter of principle have in
fact died out, or only enough kept up to
have distinction. Witness the attempt
OF the convention at Chicago to make
It's platform appear to be as nearly as
possible like the Republican platform
on the tariff question: and yet not be the
same.
THE MONoPOLIsT ALWAYS WIN IN ELEC-
TIoNS.
The cunning of the monopolists and
capitalists has taught them that if they
can only keep the people of the country
voting according TO party lines, they
then can govern the country whichever
party prevails. Did need evidence of
this, il would be in the declaration as
cribed to the largest and ablest railroad
king in the country, Mr.. Gould, who is
said to have testified before committee,
} In substance, that when he had Demo
cratic Legislature to manipulate he was
a Democrat, and whenever Republican
= Legislature, he was Republican,. This
is TO say, to carry his measures, he helped
: to elect, by his money, Democrats and
republicans Unfortunately; but both
( sets of his members were always Gould
! men.
No monopolist cares which party wins
| He is only anxious that the nominating
d convention of each party should nomi
nate candidate whom he can control
Thus are the people played with and
I kept apart by the Fetish, called "party
a. allegiance ever bound to the chariot
7 wheels OF their oppressors.
! LABOR NEVER WINS, AND WHY?
! Might we not learn something from
e the fate Of the African ncgroes2 In thoil
1 own country, each tribe had its Fetish
e and they fought each other for its sll.
s premacy, and both sides sold the prison
r. ers captured in those battle,
v to the white man as slaves
So the laboring man votes fol
/ his Fetish, the Democratic party
/ and the farmer votes for his Fetish, the
Republican party, and the result Is thai
+ both are handed over as captives to the
corruptionists and monopolists which
e ever side wins.
g Mark this: the iaborers and the PEG
J. pie never winl
r Let no man say that desire to ARA,
& one class in this country against anothG
G class. Not 50. wish To set all classes
Il against the corruptionists, the plumber
ers and the absorbcrs of other people,
Il earnings wronghlly by bought legis
lation, and speaking for the whole PEG
II pie desire to array them against sucl
n men only. And If to any IL seems dit
z ierently, let him reflect that among tn
d common people of the country there /
Is no political bribery, corruption, or de
, sire to do anything except TO have goo,
IF government, under which, men ma,
IS earn for themselves and their families
l. wholesome subsistence and fair com
p pctenCc,
Every convention OF either party /
prevented, If possible, from nOminntinl
If any pronounced friend of tho laborini
y man or Anti-Monopulist to high Office
IS Witness the fate Of Mr.. Thurman, tn
y most accomplished Democratic states
Ne man of all, in the convention calling II
v self Democratic at Chicago.
IL VOTE TOGETHER, Is THE ONLY REMEDY
a. What then is the remedy for these, s
ii monstrous ovilsg How can the people
le the true Democracy, ropossoss them
10 selves OF irgoVornmont,t to make law
Y, TO protect their own interests and to RI
rs dress these great wrongs and cause Tn
r plundGrers TO disgorgo their robberie
III from the Treasury?
e. VOTE FOR A THIRD PARTY; you WILL NO
Is. LOSE YOUR NuTE.
The cry has already gone forth: "l
" the people put third candidate in tn
lr held those who vote for him will thro,
T. away their votes" BE ii so. The vote
~ will do worse than throw away his vot
le IL he votes for either candidate of In
III monopolists. Such vote thereby perpoi
$, yates the rule of his opprossors withou
n, protest, If Ivy his vote no puts or keen
" either In power.
ne The same argument was used in Isl
n to the aholitionists, that they should mo
10 vote for Van Buren, to establish free sol
OF And again the same cry went out in lSj
m when the Whigand Democratic partie
~ made the same platform on the SLAYER
question TO crush out the Abolitio
N party forever. But the true-hearte
free-soilers stood firm; and M
W poarod, II you please, to thro,
re away their votes; but though tho Dem,
of cracy elected their candidate with onl
of four tat in opposition, yet in 1856 III
n, Free So .ors, the despised third part,
tY nlngtt Al Hrpmnnt Nuhn truu ,,,Nt,l -,