The Wahpeton times., 1890-11-20
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Aristocrsey.
The following speech of the Pitts
burg steel millionaire, Andrew Car
negie. delivered recently in Dundee,
Scotland. created a great Sensation
among all the worshippers of royalty
and the flunkies who love lord:
1t is said that in America, although
we have no aristocracy We are cursed
with a plutocracy. = Let me tell you
about them. A man who carries 8
million dollars on his back carries a
load. He cannot be elected for any
thing. You know the history OF the
American republic. Why, there never
was q rich man nominated for the
presidency. That would kill him at
once. The men we nominate for pres
idents are workingmen. Abraham
Lincoln split rails for living-the
greatest man in this century. Garfield
Il notice you cheer Garfield and not
Lincoln. There is where you make a
mistake. Abraham Lincoln is to live
forever. [Applause. He was the
man who with his pen struck the
shackles off four millions of slaves and
made them men-not only made them
men, but did not die until the poorest
and meanest negro was possessed OF
every right and every privilege which
he himself possessed. All our presi-
dents are poor mon. You could not
elect anybody else. If man with an
independent income were nominated
for the presidency you would say to
the nominator, "My dear friend, what
is the matter with you to-day? What
has democracy to do with the rich?
Democracy is the government of the
poor.'
DEFINITION OF REPuBLICANIsM.
o, you will say, it is not right that
the rich should be Disseminated
against. Admitted; but as long as
human nature is human nature YOU
will never get the needle of justice
and Righteousness to point straight to
the north. 1t will be swayed. A
judge elected by rich men will judge
for the rich, and member of parlia.
ment with an independent income is
unconsciously biased in favor of his
class. I say that in this matter we
cannot get exact ction-
and it is a great deal better in any
country that the doubt should always
be in favor of the poor and not of the
rich. The rich can take care OF
themselves, but in all such institutions
as you have you practically deny
justice to the poor man. In America
the poor man who comes before a
court or jury is received with favor
because we know that the odds are
against him at the start. That is
what rcpublicanism means. You cam
not make an aristocracy OF the dollar
unless you enact such laws us you
have. You can never maintain Il
hereditary aristocracy if you leave the
economic laws. Make the land free,
and in less than five years the aristoc.
racy will have drunk and gambled
themselves out of their heritage.
ROYALTIES AND ARIsTOCRATs
do not understand me as condemn
ing the men. When l speak against
the royal family, l do not condescend
to speak against the creatures who
form the royal family. When l speak
against the aristocracy. do not speak
against this duke or that lord-persons
are SO insignificant. speak of prin-
ciples and systems. If had been
born to privilegc-if l had been born
the Prince of Wales probably would
not have turned out half so good a
man. If George Washington had
been surrounded with the sycophantic
and pernicious atmosphere OF a royal
court he would steadily have deterio-
rated. and in less than six months his
head would have been turned. Prob
ably you will never get better royal
family than you have now. do not
condescend to any personalities. l
stand for something much beyond that.
am no respector OF persons: l stand
for what is right, and l think your
aristocracy have just done what you
would have done if you had been the
aristocracy and they the poor men.
All! fellow citizens, it is the iniquitous
system for which you are responsible
and not the poor, miserable victims
who are led into all kinds OF tempta-
tion by having one rule of conduct for
the prince and condoning conduct in
him which you would consider dis
graceful for a member of parliament
or for duke.
The Ear.