The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-10-02

wooden clothing. and every other form or nshion
OF raiment containing wool, known 10 the wants and
uses OF the human family. Such a bill Is 20 my
mind bill OF denominations. IL presents the re-
Voting spectacle OF increase OF taxation and an
Increase Of revenue amounting. according TO careful
estimates, 10 y, bol45 per annum derived from
the highest necessities OF human existence aud all 20
be extOrted la Of legislation which has for
its avowed object large reduction OF taxes IN order
to prevent vast surplus from accumulating in the
doing"
These details OF gigantic and well-Known wrong
and I'M Justice may needless In this age OF light
and Information, but the ministers of the gospel
dwell from day TO day. and from year 10 year, with
out cessation or orbearance on all the details OF the
exceeding snfulness Of sin, will those engaged in
the work Of reform. on all proper occasions, unspar-
ingy arraign the hideous iniquites OF the present
system Of protection % wealth by tho enslavement
OF labor. This is struggle on the part Of the people
for the overthrow OF vast, vicious, and immoral
system OF Legislation, system powerfully intrenched
behind the bulwarks If untold millions, and so
strong In its seductive auremeDt that IL has drawn
into its widespread and dazzling folds thousands Of
men OF upright lives, high moral sentiments, rare
mental cultivation, and brilliant and fascinating
personal qualities. All this know and concede,
but the worship Of mammon, the blazing glitter OF
mountains OF gold has blinded them by the excess OF
its light, and they have perverted vision or no
vision at all, Of true and correct morality tween
themselves and their oppressed, tax-paying fellow
men. They strain AZ gnats and swallow camels with
every breath they draw. They notes In the eyes
OF every body else and totally unconscious OF the
enormous beams in their own In their soft velvet
indignation the theft of bacon ham the night be-
fore by the father of an impoverished family while
their paatial homes, their ships their banks their
bank accounts. and their bonds, all the produce
tions OF dishonest laws, and sustained by not dol
lar Of their own earnings.
The story Of Alexander the Great and the robher
once found In school-books, and IL ought to
be found there again lesson 10 the present gem
Grafton. The mighty Macedonian conquerer was en-
gagged in pludering the nations of the then known
earth He sacked their cities, ravagcd and desOlated
their helds and laid heavy tribute on the down
trOdden millions whose countries he conquered
When At the zenith OF his career. when he deemed
himself more than mortal and took rank with the
gods, n robher arraigned In his presence for
tcnce and death. The doomed and desperate cul-
prtt, however, turned accuseT, and denounced the
cOnquerOr and oppressOr OF mankind far greater
robber, plunderer spoliator highwayman, thief and
scoundrel than himself We are dealing at this time
and in this country with the Alexander the Great
OF tariff sDoliation, with the arrogant aud powerful
monarehs OF the money power, the colossal magni-
tude OF whose rObberies make them appear rs sys-
crimes they