The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-10-16
THE TWO COMMUNISTS.

Mcbride nnd Foratc Quoted and Com
pared Tho Governor Characterizcs the
ftich weu. Bnnkcrs and Farmers OF Ohio
as Thieves and Perlurcrs.
Hon. John Mcbride in his speech at
Buch,cl. September 16, 1886, uttered
thc following:
"whcnever In these United states the aris.
focrnts OF government secure hold upon the
pc pie. aud become dominccring and dictator
rial in their enciOachments upon the. people
tas did the nrtstocracy of France In the days
Found in the ranks of the people. a Socialist
IL YOU like. Communist II you like; nay,
aud more, nm Anarchist IL you like, TO tear
them UP, root and branch"
Every one-horse, whip-snifile Rcpub-
lican sheet in Ohio has hoistcd this ex-
tract at the head of its columns. WhyP
To establish of course. tho charge made
against Mcbride by the ignorance Of
partisan hatred that he Is Communist
or Socialist. And to also demonstrate
70 the people of Ohio that ME Repub-
lican party is ready to sustain an order
of things equal to the rule of the aris-
focracy of France, previous to the
French revolution. John Mcbride says
that in certain contingency, viz:
Whenever in these United States the
arstocrats of government secure Il hold
upon the people, and become dominecr-
ing and dictatorial in their encroach-
mcnts upon the people Gas did the
aristocracy of France in the days pre-
vious to tho revolution) trust will be
found in the ranks of the people So
calist if you like, Communist If you
like; nay, and more, an Anarchist if
YOU like, TO tear them up root and
branch" The meaning of this utter
ance is clear: Mr.. Mcbride is willing
TO assume any name the aristocracy
chooses to dub the people who resist
their dictatorial and domneering sway.
MIR. Mcbride announces himself as a
partizan of the people against the aris-
tocracy, and the Republican press places
such announcement at the head of their
columns as declaration that the Re-
publican party opposes the people and
elects to stand with the aristocracy.
What other meaning can such conspic-
uous elevation of Mr.. McBrde's senti-
ment ut the head of every Republican
sheet in Ohio have? Indeed, to disabusc
the mind of any doubt upon the subject
every Republican newspaper in Ohio
has criticized and condemned Mr..
McBridc's utterancc Therefore. it only
remains to inquire what condition the
French people were in previous to the
revolution, and which. Mr.. McBr dc
says, should the American people be
ever reduced to- he will be found on the
side of the people and against their OPP
pressors. no matter what name the SAID
oppressors may give the people who OPP
pose them.
Previous to the French revolution. the
common people had dneithcr the right to
life nor liberty; the King of France was
more than an absolute monarch. and
his aristocracy were furnished with
fett7es de cuchet or blank warrants to be
filled up at their leisure. by which they
could impr;son without charge, investi-
CATION or trial any common Frenchman,
any citizen of the people who was OBJ
noXious to the aristocracy. All over
France the arstocracy, their wives. sons.
daughters and mistresses had these
blank warrants in their writing desks,
and when any of the French John Nc
Brides opened their mouths they were
Immediately seized and immurcd in the
Bastile and other dungeons of the ars-
tocracy throughout France. Once in
side the walls of these gloomy prisons,
torture, slow starvation, the midnight
dagger stroke or the swift and deadly
poison dispatched the victims John
McBrides- prostitutes, aristocrats,
princes and rich pargcnucs to another
world These iettres dc cactct. or blank
warrants, were for sale and famous
business was carried on in them An
aristocrat in need of money easily raised
the required amount by selling
bundle of these blank war
rants to some rich burger
who was the employer of labor, and
who perhaps, had not only oppressed
his workmen but wronged the work
mans wife or daughter, sometimes
forcibly and sometimes by the seduccr's
arts. Even the church had abandoned
the toiler, and churchmen were known
to also deal in these iettreS DE- c1chct.
Gentle reader, this is accepted history.
There is not an educa cd man in the
civilized world who will dispute this
statement of the condition of the French
comm n people, previous to the revou-
t ton. The aristocrats rode their horses
and drove their carriages over the
necks of the people, and literally rode
them down in the streets of Paris and
other cities of France.
Mirabelu, an aristocrat, noble him
self, saw the coming storm of a people s
vengeance and endeavored to save his
class and order. Hear his memorable
and eloquent warning to the Nobility
and Bishops-the two upper orders
then of France-in the Assembly of the
people:
Generous friends of peace, hereby ap-
peal to your honor. Mobiles of Province, he
your answer. Ye men of God have Il care:
God hears you'll But II you keep silent, or ii
yuu intr nch yourselves in the vague utter
Rnces of II pqued self-love, allow me to ad u
word. In all ages, in all countries, arisro-
Gratis have prosecuted frcnds of the people,
. and ii, by know not what combination of
chances, there have arisen one IN their owu
IN dist, he it is whom they have struck above
nil, thirsting as they were to inspire terror by
their choice Of victim. Thus perished the
last OF the Grscchi, by the hand of the patri-
clans; but wounded to tho death, he flung
the dust toward Heaven, calling to witness
the gods OF vengeance, and from that dust
kprang MariuS, MatiuS less great for having
exierInnatod the Clmbri, than for having
struck down at Rome the aristocracy of the
Noblesse."
Now, John Mcbride, the Democratic
candidate for Secretary of State, says
that if this condition of things 0o
which we are fast tending) ever takes
place in the United States he will be
found on the side of the people, against
the aristocracy and the Republican
press. party and candidate Refunder
Robinson, as emphatically proclaim
that they will be on the side of arlstoc-