The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-02-05
1891 WELCOME !
THE. OPPORTUNITY To RIaHTA
NATIONS WRONGS.
Amsrica, Made BY Nature the Grandsst
ana Alchsst Of Nations. IL the Bcsne Of
PGmp and Poverty, By Law.

Amsrica, Made ~ Nature the Grandsst
ana Hlcfest o. Nations, IL the Dceno Of
Psmp q Povsrty, By Law.
Welcome, 1891, with thy golden oppor-
tunities and thy glorious possibilitiesl
The anvas Is already on the easel.
1t bears upon 1t the traceries Of master
hands during all the former epochs and
ages. There are also in the foreground
unsightly mars and scrawks and .blem-
ishes that would to heaven were speedily
and forever o%bliterated.
AS we behold we see master strokes of
philosophers and statesmen, lit by the
fire OF true genius, with hearts that
throb AMI thrill in their great love for
all humanity. Then we see the marks
OF selfish. sordid minds. whose sole am
billions are cupidity, tyranny and usur-
patton.
Here. Is the work of the builders and
the work Of the d%estroyers.
Here we see o majestic nation built up
ample and magnificent in all things for
all its people. From the slow stage
coach of former epochs the intellect Of
man has discovered and appropriated to
his uses the power of steam. But the
fires of immortal genius did not stop
here. 1t caught the infinitely snbtler
elements of unknowable and nnfathom-
able electricity, and tanned it to his uses,
and harnessed it to the cars of progress.
Our great nation OF less than O CEN
tury's growth presented o picture which
was the pride and tho glory as well as
the envy OF the civilized world.
Then 1t was that the d%estroyers were
at their work.
Ambitious minds for the most selfish
and sordid OF purposes set themselves to
the work of undermining the foundation
Of our once grand and glorious republic.
In one short month in the halls of con-
gress at Washington the death dealing
trap was set, which was destined to cor
ner the money of our great nation from
the hands of the toilers into the tills Of
the idlers.
Rich in grandeur and nobility, pow
erful in all things that make a nation
great, exhaustless in resources, yet was
her seal set. America was destined to
become bankrupt. Other nations Of
several centuries growth had suffered
the same and why not ours?
The same or similar causes would
bring the same results.
The death trap was set under whose
relentless drop must pass the long pro-
c%essions of wealth-producers in all the
land.
When the minds of the people were
safe and secure in the knowledge of their
great national prosperity, the destroyers
were putting in their deadly work.
They entered the halls of congress and
controlled it with their money, and
through their paid agents succeeded in
passing laws establishing national banks.
AS national banks are based on the
nations bonds, more United States bonds
we're issued.
From the Office of the secretary of the
treasury $1,400, 900, 900 of the peoples
money went up in smoke, and in place
OF it bonds were issued on which the
tOilers were to pay interest for all time
to come.
money and gave out its notes making a
perpetual debt, the interest of which
must be wrung from the sweat and toll
of the masses for all time to come.
From that time onward, a system of
class laws were enacted in congress, so
heinous, so dcath-dealing and inevitable
in their results us would put so shame
the face of the most despotic nation on
the earth.
The skies OF our national prosperity
were so clear and blue and tranquil that
when the cloud at first no larger than a
mans hand arose, the masses little
dreamed Of the gigantic cyclone behind
it for the people.
The great and wise men looked or
with ominOus forebodings, pointed il
out to the people with fear and trem
bling.
And foremost among the number
stood the immortal Peter Cooper, with
whose immaculate name and memory is
linked the %greenback paper money Of
u nation as indissolubly as is the
Golden Rule or the Sermon on the
Mount with the life of the lowly Naza-
rene.
Peter Cooper's mortal life has passed
away; but his soul goes marching on in
the hearts Of the American people.
And it will continue to go marching
on until the goal for the people, which
his higher mental vision perceived SC
vividly in advance of them. is reached.
Peter Cooper's soul will continue to go
marching on in the hearts of the people
until the great wrong is righted; until
the %greenback dollar has paid off the last
national bond in existence, and the last
bond has gone up in fire and smoke from
the Office Of the secretary Of the treas
ury, and the people are emancipated.
The canvas is on the easel.
Millions Of the nations toilers wait
with ballots in their hands to eliminate
the great wrongs-to bring out in bold
relief the lights and shades of our coun-
try's greatest good-to redeem, to com
plete and perfect the magnificent pic
ture bequeathed by our %forefathers.
Wrong will not always continue.
Right will triumph.
The grand artist Of the Universe is be-
hind the scenes.
Welcome, 1881, with thy golden OPP
p%ortunities and thy glorious possibilities.