Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-04-09


the preruEAtive of reason and listen TO
the demands OF corporate power and Of
its labOreFs, TO be let alone In their quar-
rel8, Will they can start another irrepres-
sible conflict. when corporate power
once determines 20 defy law In Its arrogant
Claim 20 be lot alone, II will provoke the
very antagonism with labor IL pretends
TO deprecate, ia order to use the federal
arm as an ally, and emerge from the con-
nict with individual liberty suppressed,
constitutional checks stricken down, aud
with special privileges sustained by a
vast standing army, under pretenSc of
Keeping the peace. Let no man be aston
lshed the future shall reveal that
such conspiracy among those corporate
kings ibis day exists. These great ar
teries OF trade II once controlled
IN their methods, and curbed In their
combinations, riay be made wkat they
were attended to be, source OF honest
proflt 70 their owners, and blessing 70
all the people. Let them remain I'M
checked IN their powers and cxacti0ns,
and like the many-hcaded RED dragon In
the apocalypse they VIM forever rule this
state with their rods OF iron aud stand
ready 10 deyour the fruits Of honest H.
Dor. IL concerns, therefore, every citi-
zen OF Texas thst the railway shall feel
IN ali its operations the eyer-pres, Mt
power Of the state and be subject 10 its
control. The corporation IN its very ma
rure is device, whereby the providence
Of Deity, which limits human control to
the duration Of human life, Is arraigncd
and dehed. II is commissioned, an arti.
fetal creation 20 move among men with
resietless power, soulless, bloodless, aud
devoid OF human sympathy as It's iron
rails. Its morality Is the morality Of ex-
pediency, for II feels not, neither can It
die, like the creatures must who voted
II into being 10 Is moved by unseen
masters who command II to collect from
the people call that the trade will bear, -
and who being honorable men, carefully
distinguish between their own morality
and the morality OF the company II
knows no duty except 20 increase It's
gains, and compels the very citizens who
should control II 10 mold public opin-
Ion IN Us favor, as you may see by the
congratulatory kilograms TO Mr. HoXie
on March ls, from merchants at points
so far removed on the same day and with
language so Identical, as 20 show a com
mon paternity Of some headquarter office.
Implicit obedience Is the price Of it's favor,
and whether corrupting congress with Its
Credit pocketlng the Twelfth
legislature OF Texas, or cndeavoring 10
turn the services Of the press against all
who expose It's methods 10 still remains
wonderful power, either TO confer public
blessings or corrupt and control states,
according RS it Is governed In its charges
and methods, or let alone.
LEGISLATION TO CHECK MONOPOLY.
We must rctrnce our steps and begin TO
narrow the chasm dug by partial laws, or
we VIII soon have no rights left worth
preserving. While existing rights nc
quired even under penicious laws must
be upheld, new departure must be made
for the future Every acre Of land granted
as subsidy by national or state govern.
ment, which has not been fairly earned In
the time prescribed, should be promptly
reclaimed, and kept for the people. Land
corporations should be abolished, after
proper notice 20 settle with the world
aud divide their properties. The resist
less wave Of immigration which beats
against the usurped domain Of corporate
power must lind entrance, or II
VIII turn back upon soc al order 10
poster IT, The punishment OF bribery,
that convenient tool Of corporate pOwer,
with dlsfranchsemen should be en-
forced. Unjust determinations and re.
bates that make or break towns aud
tradesmen should be visited with sud
den punishment, Gambling In the neccs-
sarles OF life With capital, whether cor
porate or individual, and the making Of
pools and corners to set at naught the
natural laws OF trade, should be punished
as conspiracy against the people, and
felon's garh should be placed on any
official OF corporation who specuates
in Its securities. The patent laws, under
whose influence monopolies have deyel.
oped, should be 80 revised as to leave a
proper stimulus TO invention, without
constituting the dscoverer the owner of
the forces OF nature he was inspired TO
reveal.
90 further and say that since one cor.
porate power has become the national
mail carrier for Texas, and the telegraph
wires are said to be owned and controlled
by the head OF that corporate power IL Is
high time TO begin to think seriously
whether we can afford postal telegraph
owned and controlled by the government,
unless we intend that all our communlca-
lions With Washington shall depend on
that gentleman'e caprice. That he does
not control absolutely the whole post.
Office system to-day, as well as the tele-
graph, is not his fault, for he testified be.
fore the senate labor commission on Sep
TENDER D, 1883, In these words: 81 think
II would be better to-day II they would
take the postoillce and run 1t ~ an lndi.
ydnal 1)rjrdte institution
SECURITY IN TEXAS.
No matter what may be the outcome Of
impending danger elsewhere, Texas can
and win take care OF herself alike against
those who would assassnate free govern
ment with violence and the more insldl.
Gus assaults OF financial power. The
spirit OF true Democracy, which alone
looks TO the general welfare, must inspire
all reforms. Let the true lawyer who in
all ages has been irst to lead In civil re-.
forms, the tradesman who loves his state
more than he fears railroads, aid the
farmer, who sustains all, pre-
serve the machinery of the grand old
Democratic ship from the tInkerlng Of
rlng-mastcrs, and nall to her mast flag
inscribed with well-deflned principles and
policies aud then, though she may lose
some OF her crew, she will have stIll
enough to work her, Put her head 10 the
storm and give her Ice room, and she
viii swing proudly to her work as she
breasts the wave Of communism and Of
corporate power, and viii ride safely
through the storm, until national liberty,
rescued from violence and secured BY
equal laws, shah cheer and bless the
tUnrld