The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-09-03
AMERICAN FEUDALIsN.
'.o:,oly, tho COnqueror and Destroyer Of
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'sO:pOly, tho COnquerOr and Destroyer o.
American Liberty.
The public domain was given in trust
to the Government for the benefit of
unborn gene: atoms. It was never in
tended as the property Of the Govern
ment, but sacred trast, to be admin
istered upon for the public good.
In 1867 this rust passed into the
hands OF Republican executors, and
during twenty years the trus ees sol.
and gave away to thirteen corporations,
and twenty individuals, mostly aliens,
2OS,Ouo s,nare miles Of the peoples
lands, thus placing in the hands Of
thirty-three natural an artificial dper
sons an cm.ire of land embracing 4,UDJ
square mics more thu the area OF
France. ..G,U q NOR. t.ts.n i, ALI, I. I'D
mo than & cat bl,ti y IN. l. elanl.
and as much as the en- r.. Gc,ma / III
pire.
The feuds.l sc t.. 1. III b.: aas
founded OH 81 j,:!. II : \ 80 - !ess
than All :.ycTa.s. -. ss... ias
each. L. t III. .ts.. y, 80.
individuals .l4. II. D.. .,.l ,tif
ficient land 70 .3;t.:..
estates en- | To -. = -. no s.. OF
the great chiefs 1 { e :. :i,., !, rate.
The history and es:, i.e., G. Ut the
world SLOW that lire. ,....;. H., ,.iI.i to
absorb small ei.cs, LII i,:5 ..r;:. es-
tates invariably 4. solh s.,..N i ,:ilgs.
This rule of the a.'stin ion 81 the lesser
by the larger ho.us .d;.i..y good in re-
gard to political liberty large cap
itals accumulate 1T th., expense OF the
smaller ones. Large estates grow by
absorb ng lesser ones, and vast powers
are concentrated ut the sacrifice Of in
dividual liberty.
The American republic WIS founded
on the has OF human Ell ality, tie in
dividual rights man. ;.n.l a Just and
equitable distribution OF sove.t igntv,
independence, AMI the means Vi ros-
perity among the PEG lie. 10 maintain
such equality, to protrc; sue. individ-
ual rights, and to secure such equitable
distribution, the people concentrated
| all their powers If sovereignty and
conferred them upon government OF
ercising these powers for the purposes
intended and expressly declared! in the
Constitution, tie Government has be-
trayed its trust, usurpcd powers not
delegated to it, and exercised its dele
gated powers to destroy that which it
was ordained to protect. It las, with
out the authority of the pcorle, given
the land inheritance of posterity to
vast monopolies, thus entailing upon
coming generations the curses of vas
salage instead Of the blessings Of lib
erty. In this, it has planted on the
soil of the republic landed aristocra-
/ cy 10 per cent. greater than that es-
tablished by the Noman robber in En-
gland, which for thousand years has
marked the blacklist page of civilized
history. The planting aud protecting
Of this monopoly will as inevitably re-
suit in the absorption Of all the lands
of the people as did its English and
Roman predecessors. The Government
has also, through the enactment OF
special legislation, and the granting Ct
special powers and privileges, even to
the parting with some of its sovereign
prerogatiyes, built up vast capitalistic
monopolies, thai ars destined, il pro-
tected, to absorb the last yestige ri
individual accuMulst ons. The result
Of these vast accumnlatlons Of wealth
upon individual ;.ll popular Liberty is
not doubtful. It's Q recognized fact by
Ill students of official economy as
we'll as of history that wealth is power
at compound interest.
While the master slept tho enemy
hrs beer sowing tares. The people are
just awaking from q twenty years sleep
to find their blood-bouglt patcimeny
in the possession of robbers and enc
mics, who are SO siroagly fortified by
law, manufactured nublic sentiment,
and the power Of wealth 10 to be we'll
nigh invinciblc.
There are but two courses for the
people to pursue:
1. To tear down and scatter to the
four winds the bulwarks OF protection
which the enemy has thrown up for
his defe.se. Take from him his ILL
gotten and wrongfully obtained power
and possessions, and distribute them
TO thsir rightful owners; assume the
powers of government and re-establish
the republic upon its original LASTS.
The monopol:es will have no just cause
Of complaint. They have no rights ia
be deprived Of, for there are no rights
in wrongs. PATRIOTS have given their
lives, mothers their sons, and wives
their husbands to establish liberty.
Why then have not their posterity q
right to protect and defend their in
heriitaliccee, even by declaring contraband
Of war every recourse o. pow. y; IN the
hands Of their enemies?
2. To submit. To lie down in de-
SPAR, like over-worked beasts of bur
den, and acknowledge that they do not
possess the manhood, even with the aid