The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-10-14
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THE TWO COMMUNISTS.
Mcbride and Foraker Quoted and COM
parcd-The Governor Characterizes the
Rich Men, Bankers and Farmers OF Ohio
rs Thieves and PerIurers.
Hon. John Mcbride in his speech at
Buchtel, September 16, 1886, uttered
the following:
whenever in these United States the aris-
tocrats OF government secure q hold upon the
pc pie, and become domineering and dictate
nal 10 their encroachments upon the people
las did the aristocracy of France in the days
previous to the r%evolution) 1 trust l will be
found ia the ranks of the people, q Socialist
and more, an Anarchist il you iike, 10 tear
them up, root and branch"
Every one-horse, whip-snifie Repub-
Gcan sheet in Ohio has hoisted this ex-
tract at the head of its columns. Whyp
To establish of course, the charge made
against Mcbride by the Ignorance of
partisan hatred that he is a Communist
or Socialist. And to also demonstrate
to the people of Ohio that the Repub-
Gcan party is ready to sustain an order
OF things equal to the rule of the aris-
tocracy of France, previous to the
French revolution. John Mcbride says
that in q certain contingency, viz:
whenever in these United States the
~aristocrats of government secure a hold
upon the people, and become domineer-
ing and dictatorial in their encroach-
ments upon the people Gas did the
~aristocracy of France in the days pre-
vious to the revolution) l trust / viii be
found in the ranks of the people a So
cialist if you like, a 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 a~ristocracy
chooses to dub the people who resist
their dictatorial and domineering sway.
Mr.. 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 a 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.. McBride's senti-
ment at the head of every Republican
sheet in Ohio havep Indeed, to disabuse
the mind of any doubt upon the subject
ONOAI LkOP0blAO6a hONoP6RO1 III OhtO
has criticized and condemned Mr..
McBride's utterance. Therefore. it only
remains to inquire what condition the
French people were in previous to the
revolution, and which, Mr.. Mcbride
says, should the American people be
ever reduced to, he will be found on the
side of the people and against their op-
pressors, no matter what name the sad
oppressors may give the people who OPP
pose them.
Previous to the French revolution, the
common people had neither the right to
life nor liberty; the King of France was
more than an absolute monarch, and
his a~ristocracy were furnished with
lettres de cachet or blank warrants to be
filed up at their leisure, by which they
could imprison without charge, investi-
cation or trial any common Frenchman,
any citizen of the people who was OBJ
noxious to the aristocracy. ALI ove
France the aristocracy, 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 immured in the
Bastile and other dungeons of the aris-
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-the John
McBrides-of prostitutes, aristocrats,
princes and rich parvenues to another
world. These lettres de cdchet, or blank
warrants, were for sale and q famous
business was carried on in them. An
aristocrat in need of money easily raised
the required amount by selling
q 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 seducer's
arts. Even the church had abandoned
the toiler, and churchmen were known
to also deal in these lettres de cachet.
Gentle reader, this is accepted history.
There is not an educated man in the
civilized world who will dispute this
statement of the condition of the French
common people, previous to the revolue
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.
Mirabeau, an a~ristocrat, a noble him
self, saw the coming storm of apeople'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. I hereby ap-
peal to your honori Mobiles of Province, the
eyes of Europe are upon you,, weigh well
God hears you'll But, if you keep silent, or If
u intrench yourselves in the vague utter
ances of a pigued s%elf-love, allow me to ad, a
Gratis have prosecuted friends of the people,
and IL, by know not what combination of
chances, there have arisen one in their own
midst, he II is whom they have struck above
all. thirsting as they were to inspire terror by
their choice of a victim. Thus persisted the
clans: but wounded to the death, he lung
the dust toward Heaven, calling to witness
the gods of vengeance and from tn at dust
~exterininated the Cirnbri, 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 (to
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 aristoc-
racy. The history of the revolution
which followed in France has been
written by the ~aristocrats, by the enemies
of the people; yet the writer's were COM
PEELED to acknowledge that the condi.
ton of things existed previous to the
revolution such as we have briefly
sketched above. The people rose en-
mdsse and the a~ristocrats were swept
from the face of the earth they had pol
luted. Phillip, lost his head and nc