The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1891-09-04
OUR LETTERS.
POLITICAL oowARDs.

10 THIS GaAFlIc-
In a speech delivered by john ].
Ingalls,, July sOth, at Madison, Wis ,
! appesrs the following observation:
II am to speak 70 sou upon the
problems Of our second csntury, and
II want to say at the outset that all
public and political leaders are cow
ards. Unless / may seem 70 be
linvidiOu5 IN that observation, or 60 be
partial IA my statement, desire TO
say that when L was in public station
L was, myself, included in that cate
/ CORY. We are afraid to say what we
really think about the great problems
/ before tins American people to-day.
The people ara not afraid: the people
study, appreciate and understand the
! conditions about which they are con
cerned.''
/ The fallen senator never uttered "a
! greater or more important truth.
Those who have shaken on the shackles
Of partisanship and are study ing the
problems OF self-government readily
see that such political leaders, date
back at least to the time OF Lincoln.
The worship of Mammon which has
been pre-eminently the browning evil
for the past quarter century has been
potent in RELOCATING ali conscientious
/ seruples to the background and clear
/ ing the track for the juggernaut god
Of gold. Virtue, morality, justice,
and, shall it be said, the church Of God
| have one and all bowed at the shrine
OF that gelI-nigh invincible power.
! Great % leaders. bewiIdered by visions
| of ACKNOWLEDGMENT, hypuotizsd by
| greed and glory, lure on a condding
people by theories false as hell, to
inevitable doom.
Professed statesmen, precursors and
and Originators Of retrogression, anar-
chy, and dark ages, apostles of systems
that have destroyed civilization and
engulfed nations, they stand to-day
menaCing and ObstruCting human pro
! gress, too cOwardIy to assert,the prin-
ciples of true manhood; too arrogant
to acknowledge the equality of man.
/ In closing his remarks this wonder
ing star of first magnitude further
says:
"Our nation has had a marvellous
growth, and yet there are some men
not satisfied; there are some men who
profess to believe and they declare that
this civilization has been a failure. -
If this civilization were to come to
an abrupt stop, what benefit has it been
to the producing world, the sustaining
tOiling masses? From the basis of
MammOn wOrshiPpers have the tOilers
derived any pecUniary benefit? Are
the Iaboring classes, without whose
! assistance our present civilization could
never have been attained, any happier
ia the realization of the loss of their
homes than they were while in posses
sion Of them, previous to the advent of
the present modern plutocratic civili-
zationP Has it in any way had a
tendency to lessen crime? Is jnstice
"A more prominent factor in the avaru-
tive, legislative and judicial branches
of government to-day than in the days
of Washington, Jefferson, Jackson and
Liucoln2 Has it advanced the princi-
pies OF true Christianity?
These are questions which the PEG
pie, as an examining board, are pro
pounding to so-caled statesmen. If
they fail to answer properly they must
go TO the foot. towards must take a
back seat. Brave men will be honored
and placed at the front, for, until this
is done, MANS inhumanity to man
will continue to make countless thous-
ands mourn" At a critical period in
revolutionary times orders were issued
to put none but Americans on guard
tonight. - The enemies Of pure gov
eminent are concentrating their means
and forces for final blow The PEG
pies party must see to it that none
but brave and trusty men are placed
, in command. Men whose records and
characteristics stamp them as abso
lutely opposed to all intrigue aud com
, premise. Men who win
strike tiu the last armed foe expires,
8 Strike Tor Z heir affairs and their fires.
Strike for the green graves Of their aires,
God ana their native land"
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