Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-06-07
A FIGHT FOR SUPREMACY
TALMaGE DELIVERS ANOTHER
OF MS LABOR SERMONS.

for Possession of this COuntry-Ih
Congregation to Make Trip to tn
Thousand Islands - The Bible III
Mother ofall Reforms.
BROOKLYN, N. Y, June 6.-Rey. Dc
witt Talmage, D. D.. preached to-day i
the Brooklyn Tabernacle the fourth o
his series Of sermons on 1.-The Labo
Question" His subject was, "Monopol
and Communism Struggling for the Pos
session OF This Country" Before begin
ming his sermon he announced that The
congregation would MAKE a trip to the
Thousand Isles on the 26th inst.
The text was Isaiah, CHAP. xii, V.
"The Lord delighteth in thee, and thy lane
shall be married" Following is the SER
mon in fun:
As the greater includes the less, so does the
circle of future joy around our entire WORLD
include The eplcycle OF our own republic
Bold, eXhiarant, unique. divine Imagery oil
the text! SO many are depressed by The labor
agitation. and think everything in this coun-
try is going to pieces preach this morning a
sermon of good cheer, and anticipate the time
when the Prince Of Peace ana the Heir of
Universal Dominion shall take possa ssion Of
this nation, and Thy land shall be married.
In dlscu sing the final destiny of this ma
ton it makes all the difference in the world
whether we are on the way TO a funeral or a
wedding. The Bible h. g. ~ no doubt on this
subject. In pulpits ard on platforms and in
places of public cOncourse, | hear so many OF
the mutlied drums of evil prophecy sounde !,
as though we were on the way to national in
terment, and beside Thebes, and Babylon.
and Tyre in the cemetery OF dead nations our
republic was to be cutOmbed, that ! wish you
TO understand 1t Is not to be Obscquies but
nuDtials, not mausOleum but carpcted altar,
btlr hlOEsOmE a. m
but wedding march, for Thy land shall be
married"
propose to name some of the suitors who
are claiming the hand of this republic. This
land is so fair, so beautiful, so afiluent, that
II has many suitors, and it will depend much
upon your advice whether this or that shall
be accepted or rejected.
In the first place, | remark: There is a
greedy, all-grasping monster who comes in
as suitor seeking the hand OF this republic
and that monster IS known bv the name of
Monopoly. His sceptre is made out of the
iron of the rail track and the wire OF telegra-
ply. He does everything for his own ad-
vantage and for the robbery of the people.
Things have gone on from bad to worse, until
in the three Legislatures of New York, New
Jersey and Pennsylvania, for the most part,
monopoly decides everything. If monopoly
favor law it pass 5. If monopoly
oppose aw it IS rejected, Mo
nOpoly stands In this railroad depot
putting into his pockets in one year 5000, 000,-
COO in excess Of all reasonable charges for SER
vice. Monopoly holds in his one hand the
steam power of locomotives. and in the other
the electricity of swift communication. Mo-
nOpoly decides nominations and elections
city elections, state elections, national cleo
tions. With bribes he secures the votes of
legsl ators-glvng them free passes, giving
appointments to needy relatives to lucrative
positions, employing them as attorneys If thew
are lawyers, carrying their goods 10 per cent
less if they are merchants; and if he finds
case very stubborn, as well as very import
ant, puts down before him the hard cash of
bribery.
But Monopoly is not 50 easily caught now as
when during the term of Mr.. Buchanan the
Legislative Committee IN one OF our States
expressed and exposed the manner in which
a certain railway company procured "A dOna-
zion of public land. 1t was found out that
thirteen of the Senators of that state received
$4,000 among them. Sixty members of the
lower house of that State received 81. 400 and
$4,000 each. the Governor of the state re-
ceiYed $4,000, his clerk received $4,000, the
Lieutenant Governor received $4,000 ali the
clerks If the Legislature received 81, 900 each.
while $4,000 were divided amid the lobby
agents.
That thing on a larger or smaller scale is all
the time going on in some OF the States Of the
Union, but 10 is not so laundering as It used
to he, and therefore. not as easily exposed or
arrested.
tel you that the overwhelming curse Of
the United States to-day is Monopoly He
puts his hand upon every bushe OF wheat
upon every sack OF salt. upon every ton Of
coal. aud every man. woman and child in the
United States feels the touch of that moncyed
despotism.
l rejoice that in twenty-four states of the
Union already anti monopoly leagues have
been established. God speed them in the
work OF nb ration! W sh that this question
might be the question OF our Presidential cleo
tons. and that we cOmncl the political mar
ties TO recognize il on their platforms.
have nothing to say against capitalists. A
man has right TO all the money he can make
honestly. There is not a laborer in the land
that would not be worth a milton dollars if
he could. ! have nothing 10 say against cor
porations as such-wlthout them no great en-
terprlse would be possible but what | do
FAY is that the same prime pies are to ba an
Piled to capitalists aud to CORPORATIONS that
are applied 10 the poorest man aud the plain
est laborer. WHAT is wrong for me is wrong
for great corporations. If / take from YOU
your property without adequate cOmpensa-
tiOn | am thief, and il railway damage
the property OF the people without any ade-
quate compensation that is a gigantic theft.
What IS wrong on a small scale is wrong on a
large scale. Monopoly IN England has ground
hundreds and thousands Of her best people
into semi starvation. and in Ireland has
driven multltudnous tenants almost to mad
ness.
Five hundred acres in this country make an
immense farm. When you read that in Da-
kota Territory Mr. Cass has a farm
Of 1900 acres, and MIR. Brandon IS Goa
acres, and Mr.. Darymple 40 600 acres, vour
eyes dilate. even though these farms are i'm
great regions thinly inhabited. But what do
You think of this, which | take from the
-'DOomsday Book showing what monopoly
is on the other side the sea? ! give II as a
warning of what il would do on this side the
sea II in some lawful way the tendency is not
resisted. In Scotland j. q, NJ. Heddie owns
30 400 acres, Earl Of Wemyss % 600
acres, Sir j. Riddell $4,000 acres. Sir G.
". A. Ross $4,000 acres, +. II. Scott SO. roc
acres. mr.. :. Baird 81, 900 acres, Earl OF Dun
more 90 coo acres, Duke of RONburgh $4,000
acres, Earl II Moray 6l,1cO acres Countess OF
Home 81. eco acres, L0r Middleton 90. 600 acres
Earl OF Aberdeen $3.50 acres, Mackenzie OF
DundOnnell $4,000 acres, Mr.. J j. II John
stone 64,O00 acres, Earl OF Airle 5000 acres
Sir J. COlquhoun 600 acres, &. Morrison
81 zoe acres, Duke of Montr0se IS 600 acres
Meyrlck Bankes 60,oO0 acres. Grant OF Glen.
morrison 1860 acres: Marquis OF Ailsa "a. OOC
acres, Barontss WllloughhY IL EresDy 10000
acres, MIR. }. Malcolm $4,000 acres. Marquigol
Huntly $4,000 acres. Balfour OF Whitunghame
$1,000 acres, Sir j. .. Orde Si.cOO acres Mar.
auis Of Butte $1,000 acres, The Chisholm "a. 500
acres, MIR. h. Ellice $3.50 acres, Sir G.. NJ
Grant 100000 acres Duke Of Portland 1905, 00t
acres, Cameron Of ochicl Ll095 acres. Sir
4. W. Ross 10000 acres, Earl of Fife
1900 acres, The Macintosh IA. 900 acre.
Lord Macdonald 10000 acres. Earl of Dal.
housie 1876. 900 acres, " acleOd Of Macleod M zoe
acres, Sir X. Mackenzie of Gairlock lil,6sl
acres, Duke Of Argyll 10000 acres. Duke of
Hamilton $4,000 acres, Duke of Aihole lQl 900.
acres. Duke Of Richmond 2i5C00 acres. Ear
OF STAR 100000 acres. Mr.. Evan BaiIne 3iO on
acres. Earl Of ~eadeld 3OB,U0 acres Duke ot
Buccleugh 1872, lS3 acres. Earl ct Brpadalbanp
437,096 acres, Mr.. A. MHthcson 22O. ia3 acres
and sir j. MathesOn 100000 acres. Duchess of
Sutherl md 1879 acres, aud Duke Of Suther-
land l,l76,8i3 acres.
Such monopolies imply an infinite acreage
81 wretchedness There Is no poverty in the
United states Ike that IN England. ireland