The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-02-19
LEGISL ALTON.
= E@S! AYES A NATION MORE
-PN, CHATTEL SLAVERY.

vs. are the laws that ol,r state |.
al legislatures have been max |
last quarter Of Il century III
is OF a mouied c!aSS~-io Ell
W and TO rob the many. Class
sc > nation more entirely AND
than can the manaclts OF
very. In proof of this Wit
.. has been done in America
past quarter OF / century.
has been done in America has
III every other nation on the
re the laws have been made
Il to enrich the few and rob |
the many.
exception clause was placed
X of the first legal tender
money. the first dcft arrow |
by the money mongcrs who |
american congress. at the heart |
public. Then men in high |
an to gamble i'll money as do
.ards or dice at the gambling
ot-glt saloons.
" little did the masses know Of
national games. wherein the
= money was on the boards
lin to be the winners; and the
,se sweat and toll We're certain
q, forfeitS. must be the losers.
he heart stone of our great na
bereaycd: when hearts were
mourning for loving and be-
lost during the war. then ii
irtful. crafty. designing men
orting from England her class
adopting them into the con-
laws of America. Then it
he class laws We're cngraftcd
,sislative Jurisprudence. which
able concentrated capital to
i hold unorganized. uneducated
h the same relentless grasp
es the Queen OF England or
Russia 10 demand aud Oh
.e money Of their subjects.
rcaSe. the law is supreme.
st obey the laws as long as
llowed to remain laws. But.
ntry. if the voters will it SO.
lay be in accordance with the
se majority. The power to
nmake the laws is direct in
Of the people.
tic governments. where rulers
rthrisht. where tyrants have
avs. and standing armies hold
in suDjection. there is no
le masses except through open
nd revolution. [ nder des-
of government, the masses
.ated and unorganiZcd. They
vast standing armies trained.
equipped i'll the articles and
ties of war. who are hired by
wer to shoot down the masses
htest suggestion of disobedi
oppressive laws which they
u III making. Their nation
Il despot. They must obey
o matter how arbitrary or
II country, where the laws
expressed wish OF the major
=, it should be different. The
ave the making of the laws
are 10 decide either the hap
ie misery Of So many millions
,eingS-hav- entrusted with
st gray" responsibility. No
,timate the magnitude OF its
good or evil. 1t is as high as
;: as broad as the universe:
as time.
has the shadow of an excuse
thoroughly Informing him
-ding the statute and
ial laws for which
is individually responsible.
involves either the happihesS
f every American citizen. A
sion is a great As Il sill OF
l. Omitting to repeal the ru-
Ill of class laws under which
is SO hopclessly enslaved, and
IN with just laws for the equal
the people. is aS great crime
lacting Of the laws which ell
% nation.
/ who, through an Infamous
class laws. have separated our
y. prosperous, contented peo-
great nation of lords and serfS:
Irning the homes into vast
ateS; who are granting all the
sted in the government to
prporationS: who are flooding
Y with men ont of employ
are constantly enlarging and
our almshouses and peniten-
loid our poor and criminals:
Of siiaried officers to hold the
subsection: with trained mill
press acts of violence from lab
pie; with pinkerton thugs
ofporationS to shoot inoffrn-
women and children at the
-uspic;on of reyOlt-the men
)Orated the class laws into our
congressional laws. to bring
e results, are no more to be
lu the voters who stand care
ookinG on and seeing it done,
ever raise Il tongue. Il pen or a
ighteous indignation and re-
iot is in the hands of the male
a of America who have at
cir majority in years. and. if
&c, the laws might be the cX-
ish of the majority of her citi-
e they not?
millionaires springing up all
country like mushrooms in a
hit of deeds of darkness?
9 e pittileSS. souiless corporations
a4 to thus manacle the hands of
.src the homes of the tillerS of
going SO ast under mortgage
lie abandonment of children to
/ arities and corrections; why the
of the husband. through the
f., places i'll the almshouScS and
aries?
because men are not in earnest.
) not think. They do net real
r responsibilities. They do not
Elm lies their only true remedy.
= governed by party prejudice.
q re led, like bullocks to .he
{, by party politicians. They
.ig, not only the birthright of
es, but of their wives, their
/. and of future generations.
will the work of education
shall organization begin to
grand array, in long columns of
q file, the honest, steady yeoman-
T great nation; armed with the
,cirneters of divine intelligence,
/. the noiseless artillery of an in
at ballot, demand an uncondi-
;rrender of the tyrannous class
It have SO rnthlessly usurped
ahts: consumed their product
n waste their homes, their lives
Z sacred liberties?
shall the work of Organizatio