The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-04-26

to some of the evils Of the present nal
lese articles viii be Reproduced in These
lnInns, believing that q reading o. them
, be beneficial 70 our people. freseff e
ne papers containing them, thar yo.1i
may re-rcad when the articles have an
appeared. They are mastery arguments
from q non-partiaan, but purely ineei'sH
Gent view Of the subject. We hepe oul
reaae5a vii enjoy these articles a. We
harc.-ED. SAX SABA NEWs.l
NUMBEB EIGHT
A careful examination Of the
facts already given in this series
must as il seems to as, convince
every intelligent and impartial
= nan. that xhsterer other Influences
nay have ozSsiained 70 bring about
tie sad state 81 affairs existing In
this country since 1878, in regard
10 the relation between capital and
labor. lie primary and dominant
cause was that Of an unwise legis-
1ation IN tie particulars noticed
a legislation that favored one class
70 the detriment Of another class,
and tended to make the rich richer
and the poor poorer, Just what the
trainers Of our federal constitution
tried to prevent, and what every
true patroit never ceases to de-
pierre This Is the conclusion to
which we are forced by the unde-
med and undesirable facts IN the
case. And there are strong raa-
sons fox believing that It was a
pre-msdiated and a Predetermined
scheme. Some forty years ago
We do not recall the precise date
en English writer Of note. penned
and caused to be published the fol-
lowing.
There Is likely to be an effort
made by tie capital class to fasten
upon the world a rule through
their wealth, and BY means of re-
duced wages, place the masses up
on 8 footing more degrading and
depeaGent than has ever been
known IN their history. The spirit
7fmoney worshipers seem TO be
rapidly Developing IN this diree-
ton.
In 1862 there was issued in En-
gland a confidential circular, and
banker named Hazard was commits
siansd 70 propagate its principle
fmong American bankers. with a
isw Of influencing Congress IN its
sror That circular contained the
SLOWING:
slavery is Likely to be abolish
ID by war power and chattel slaY-
RI destroyed. This I and my Ed
aopean friends are IN favor Of for
dsrery is but the owning of labor,
md carries with It the care Of the
aboror; while the European plan,
Cd IN By England, is capital con
rol Of labor, by controlling wages.
This can be done by controlling
money.
che great debt that capitalists
va see 70 il i made out Of war,
INST be used as q measure to con
rol the volume Of money. To ac-
sompliah this, the bonds must BE-
used as a banking basis We are
DOW waiting to get the Secretary
Of the Treasury to make this
recommendation to Congress. It
VII rot dc 70 allow the greenback,
asst Is called, for We cannot con
troll that
u Barretfs Life Of Abraham
Lincoln, It Is stated that IN his
fLiDcoln's) Message to Congress
m5s61, there was the following
warnings
Monarchy itself is sometimes
limited at az . possible refuge from
the power Of the people. In my
present position I could scarcely be
justified, we're I 70 omit raising a
warning voice against the approach
Of resurning despotism. There Is
one point to which I ask a brief
attention. It's the effort to place
capital on an equal footing with,
If not above labor. in the structure
Of government Let them
beware Of surrendering a political
poker which they already have,
and which, Il surrendered, viii
surely be used to close the door Of
advancement against such as they,
aud 70 fix new disabilities and bur
dens upon them, til ali Of liberty
shall be lost
This, if it were SO. has been left
cut Of the later histories.
Again: Near the close of the
var Mr. Lincoln is said IN reply to
a letter from a friend to have
written the following letter which
was published:
yes, We may all congratulate
ourselves that this cruel war IS
nearing 10 a close. It has cost a
vast amount Of treasure and blood.
The best blood Of the flower of
American youth has been freely
ofered upon our country's altar