Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1888-10-18
DONNELLYs FREE LANCE.
The Author of the cryptogram Shows Up the
Evils That Cypress Society.

Evils That Oppress society
Following san extract from a recent
speesh delivered 10y lgnatius Donnelly
of Minnesota. candidate for governor
ON the labor ticket in hat state:
society l. II great hotel where the
divine host has furnished an album
dance for all lac guests: but few bold.
INSCRIPTIONS and cunning men have
taken possession nj the dining room,
gorged themselves with all they can
eat, and destroyed much of what they
could not consume. and left the rest of
the boarders to Starve. And when he
swarming horde batter at the doors
and clamor Tor food. the thieves admit
II few whom they feed and arm t o keep
out the rest. The condition OF the
great body ofpeoplcin Europe is hope
le>s-hopelesS "a those Dante saw in
the Internal regions. Because America
sleeps beside "A leper; and every year
steam and electricity are drawing them
into "a more deadly embrace. We meas
IRE distance now not by miles, but by
hours. Fit her We must cure Europe
of her leprosy, or We must die of it.
For generations we have stood still
and listened to the shrieks from across
the way, when murder was being done,
and We have said "this is not my con
Germ, and wehave shrugged our shout
drrs, and said our prayers anlt banked
God for our blindness. But now our
public lands are virtually gone; our
population is increasing with fearful
rapidity, and our shores swarm with
the subjects OF kingcraft and aristoc-
racy, ragged, starving. wretched; vie
TINS of II thousand years of cruelty
and oppression. And who are To
blame? Primarily the oppressivegov-
eminent OF Europe. The nottingham
oi America Is Impoverished because
the newcomer from Europe is readyto
work at half his wages. And why is
the newcomer ready to work at hall
his wages? Because he comes from "A
country where la Dor has been degraded. |
chained down and for generations
starved. Our very institutions are
endangered: for IL republic cannot ex-
list where majority OF the people have. /
not enough to eat, but are ready to I
sell out their votes to the highest bid I
der. Can you build republic out OF
the stuff that is turned back at Castle
Garden? Can you maintain it among
a. people reduced To the same lryely +
What are the remedies? \ new reli-
gion; that it shall cease its suuabbles
over the interpret alton of texts and
addresses itself to the lift ing up of
for ii religion, like the Sab
bath, was made for man, the happi-
ness of man shall be the chief end of
religion. Let the creeIs start out on
an endless competition and see which
ran do the most to make the lives of
man pleasant and beautiful. The par
ent of vice IL poverty; il lowers the
whole standard of the race: it leaves
he wretched more open tn temptat ION:
IL sends the young men to the prisons,
me young women to the streets. the
Did people to the poor houses Let
he churches band toget her TO attack
very device that robs and impOver-
shes men. The power OF the law was.
n the old days, invoked to restrain
he brutality and seliishness OF man
,ind, and hence arose all our laws
lgalns. murder, theft, arson, etc. Now
ct them he invoked against the cum
ing and the greed of men. The baron ,
d old has gone; her represented to-day
~ the tram robber OF The Southwest
bold, brutal, muscular, shallow fel- {
ow. But man adapts himself to his ;
environments. \ new beast has arisen 1
more terrible than anything shown in ,
he Apocalypse horned, crowned :
'east-with more cunning in his brain :
nd more weapons in his armory than
he baron OF old ever dreamed OF. I
'ront lie Beauf has disappeared; Jay
'Ould has come. He darent enslave 7
len, he simply robs them. He doesn't ;
lake them serfs attached to the land: u
e quietly sells it from under their feet 1
lie dOesn rob the train, but the train I
obs the passengers. He doesn't harry b
ne poor man with fire and sword: he n
My takes the meat out OF his plate I
nd the clothes OFF his back: he doesn't q
lolate the law, he corrupts the law "a
takers; he steals the money OF the u
eopls- aad &itlsit- hl..s up Ae ~. ~
OF the people; he brings self
,vernment to naught and makes lib
'ty laughing stock. TO crafty his
WIN vanity, to fill his safe with 81 OO,-
900. which he can neither eat nor al
Sc, he Is ready to tear down the mag y,
ficent structure OF nationality which q,
indreds of thousands OF men died to :,
tablish and maintain. :"
We must purge these cigant ic spleens. u
5 the laws against robbery and muir nj
n were made in the old time to place 4,
restraint upon the heartless selfish 8.
IS OF the powerful, so we must make
VS. which will restrain the cunning III
nj acquisitivenesso of those inordinate al
ltures, whose instinct it j. to sneak fri
TO the dining room OF Gods great In
tel and steal the food that would
ID 100000 men. We must enact III
VS. which shall limit the amount that til
y one man can accumulate; and ii ".
passes that limit We must turn his n,
'ed into public benefit, by using
3 surplus for great works OF general vi
Guinness. he