The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1890-08-15

ed the land of this planet to men is
contained in the word of God, namely :
The earth has he given to the chill
dren Of men, and surely at your birth
you are vested with this God given
title. There is no other tide to land.
Your warrant comes direct from nature
and sets aside all human laws and title
deeds !; it is the fact Of your having
been born.
OF one thing am certain, and that
is that doctrines founded on force such
as absolutism in property in the earth
has only been waiting for you to reach
that rock on that western coast, that
Rock of Ages, on which that pirate
ship will he wrecked aud doomed for
ever. 1t must be. 1t will be. Oh.
what long weary time it has taken
for the star Of empire to slowly move
westward until it has reached its eternal
resting place And now what will be
the outcome of this conflict between
our western man and the eneryated,
effete, corrupted, aye, prostituted, So
ciety that he has so we'll loved to
escape from through all the ages of
civilizations checkered history? With
bated breath and dilatcd nostrils will
reformers scan this Geld oil. conflict.
The fight Of the centuries is on a few
more goads, and this lion will give
forth roar that society will dread to
hear, and if it does not heed this
ominous sound of warning-well, then
society will meet its Waterloo.
Now, western man, noble leader OF
vanguard of civilization, I wish to pro-
pound to you serious question. AS
you have come to a stopping place in
your westward journey, and therefore
have time for deep, profound thinking
on these weighty questions, you may
have posted yourself. The question is:
What has been the cause of the forma-
ton of vast standing and walking
army, in these United States, during
the last decade, WEIGH army is designat,
ed as the army of the unemployed, and
which numbers, I am told, two million
men, including ''tramps?" What is
tramp? Is it not man who went west
in search of primeval forests to sutdue,
and, finding none, walks back to civ
ilization? Society, the press and pulpit
point to him and say: To beholdl there
is tramp" Was he bora tramp?
IF not, at Whist time in his life did he
sell his birthright to his share of the
earth, for a mess of potaec or "hand-
ou,?' Are the tramp's ficroglyrhics
on the fence the Handwriting on tn
wall? Is the tramps refusal to lie
slave the cardinal sign Of lis "inhcrent
cussedness?" Western man. if you
haven't a railroad ticket, and walk
back cast, will you be a tramp? If SO,
why arc you guilty Of this inherent
cussedness?" Why Go you not 90 VI
in a balloon? Then society, press and
pulpit would say you we're "out OF
sight" What right have you to &C me
east? Colorado Is ovcrcrowdtd, with a
population Of four people to The square
mile. Gamblers who speculate on the
desire Of human beings to live haze got
up corner on earth, and have bought
it up. What &C you think Of tha?
Have they bought you CUT IF so, have
they bought your children out? If so,
how dare you sell that which was not
your? Don't your preacher tel! you
that the l4ud Of the earth is Gods
equal gilt to the children Of mem?
Title vests at birth and larscs at death
IF he don't, Why don't he? Or does he
say: Thst is an oriental lure Of
speech, meaning that the earth and the
lullness thereof belong 10 the landlord?
If be talks that way, why dent you tell
him he lies or stop his salary? If you
10, lie Will resign. Western man and
farming man, | think | know what is
the trouble with you; you have been
outlawed by lawyers. They, dear sir,
in modern times out Of plastic and
willing materials to work upon have
builded up this monster statue of clay.
braas and gold, secured sanction Of the
state, with lawyers at the helm Of h,
ship of state, and they call the monster
"Absolutism in property in land"
Gentlemen, WON'T you please throw
large pebble a, this thing hit it on the
lcgs-thCy arc only clay--and it will
fall. 1t is rotten false, and neeting as
hell. 1t WIS started by British par
liment in 1860; the succeeding parli.
ment ought to have thrown it down,
| bnt ho;D, I.nI1,,l, N H.