The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-09-18

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way for his condition to be hettered
except by legislation in his behalf.
The farmer in his unorganized state,
cannot do any thing in the way Of eff
fecting lethronement Of "Wall
Street and the specializing fraternity
and allowing the supply and demand
to fix the prices, or even, if not this,
to allow him to have one small word
in the say.so of the prices Of the pro-
ducts Of his labor There is but one
source in which we can look for q
sure relief, and to that source the la
boring man has been looking for 10
these many years he has been prom,
sel time and again that if he would
only listen to and obey the voice Of
mis- political Boss; vote the straight
democratic or republican ticket, that
relief would certainly come; but alas !!
a score of yelrs have passed and in
stead of the laboriug mans condition
being improved, 1t has been growing
worse and worse, until now the future
for the laborer on the farm is very
gloomy.
For the last quarter Of a century
men have voted for party instead OF
men and measures, and to-day both
political parties stand as a monument
sacred to the name democrat and re-
publican. That either party is what
it was twenty years ago, no one would
make such an assertion. Times, men
and measures have changed, and let
me say to the graY,haired voter that
neither party is the party 1t was when
you joined it.
There has been more work fol the
upbuilding and preservation of either
party of late than there has been leg
islation for the people. We have but
little patriotic legislation, where met
act for the people they represent anC
not a party. If there is not enough
principles and patriotism in a party
to sustain it without such an enor
nous campaign fund, it ought to per
ish, and will perish ere long.
To the democratic or republican
party, whichever may be in power
the laboring man says, guard wei
your actions, and see to it that GU
interests are well cared for when you
2 aresin the halls of legislation. w
| want none of your honeyed pancake
! while you are electioneeriug, and thel
f as soon as you are elected turn dea
} ear to the men who elected you, anC
who are the bone and sinew Of thi
government. The day is in the pas
, when promises did for pay with US
r The laboring man is awake to his in
= terests, and unless there be speed,
check put upon the actions and ten
denotes of the times by legislation
there will be revolution in the af
, fairs of this country, and if tn
s peasantry are well awake to their in
D terests it will prove beneficial to tn
0 laboring class. We want to see
n change, we will see change in les
a than ten years, and we hope that on
: of the parties may so humble itself t
: to notice the common yeomanry c
# this country and listen to their cali 70
t protection, and that all of these evil
e that do now beset us may be removed
n For man to accumulate wealth
, desirable, and that every man shoul
= collect around him as much Of tn
e worldly goods as he can honestly an
T. honorably should be nurtured and ell
is couraged by our laws, but when
It man starts into life poor, and in tn
!, short time of manhood accumulat
e twenty-five, fifty or a hundred mi
n lions of dollars, we know 1t was NJ
IF done honorably and honestly, an
6 that most men that have grown in
mensely rich in so short a time hay
1t had much dealings with the laborIr
n men, and have used the national al
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