The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1891-05-08

continent and came re-echoing from
the farthest shores of the old world.
WhyY Because it touched a chord in
every mans heart with soul noble
enough to brave the grim monster in
any shape, rather than that his rights
should be taken away from him, and he
should deliver down to his posterity an
inheritance of slavery. We have shown
forth repeatedly that freedom is obedi-
ence to just and rightful law, and no
one of the plutocratic press has had the
hardihood to gainsay it. We have gone
further and shown that the laws in many
instances are not just and rightful. No
one has taken up the proposition to show
that they were in the main Just and
rightful. Further still, we have gone on
and called attention of the republic to
the fact that the administration of the
laws was VIGOROUSLY defective and did
not approximately meet the ends of JUS
tice, Nor did we stop here, but we went
still further and showed that laws were
enacted directly detrimental to the inter-
est of the masses, and in behalf of the
special interests of few. No one has
denied these propositions. Also we have
gone on and asserted that the public af-
fairs were run at most extravagant and
corrupt rate, with taxation grinding
the poor and partially exempting the
capitalist. Not sound has been heard
in the denial of these propositions by
that portion of the public press interest
ed in maintaining the present order of
things. Why have they continued a
graveyard silence in these propositions ?
Because they plainly see that a simple
discussion of them would open the eyes
of the people and they would quickly
hurl some of their political demigods
from place and power, whatever might
be their party name and open confessions
Now had we have stopped here the
managers of public affairs might have in
some shape been excusable, but we did
not stop here; after giving complete
diagnosis of the disease, like honest men
full up in their work, we suggested a
remedy. What more could we do? What
less did duty to ourselves, to our coun-
try, to God and humanity require us to
do? Three millions of people speaking
through their organizations for three
millions more unorganized haye set forth
this bill of grievances and have suggested
remedy. Note now what follows. The
same old action of tyranny in all ages.
They commence to fight the people and
their propositions from the beginning
Why? Because it is their interest to do
so. Their party interest or their pecu-
mary interest. That is all. They are
fighting the interest of the people and
their rights for their own interest. 1t
is simply the rights and liberty of the
people against the party interests and
plutocratic interests. 1t is contention
of the people for their rights in an honest
government against plutocracy and a
dishonest and tyrannical government.
True, the form of the government is all
right, but the administration of it is
badly wrong and abominably wretched.
We say the ministerial and legislative
functions of the government have set up
to fight the demands of the people. Do
you not think, my fellow countrymen,
that a proposition emanating from two
millions of freemen in America set before
the Congress of these United States, is
worthy of pause in their proceedings
and an inquiry into its merits or demer-
its; especially if this proposition is pre-
luded by baneful picture of wrongs
and violated rights, which it has not the
hardihood TO deny? Yea, verify, every
freeman from the lakes to the gulf ans
wers yes. IT'S enough. The Congress
pauses in the midst of extravagant APP
preparations to consider plutocratic in
terests, and nearly every member from a
dying Congress is returned home, one
more apostle to preach quietude and
contentment TO a muchly wronged peo-
pie. You must not contend for your
rights, for you will hurt our party. We
are clean and honest. Those other fell
lows are black and thievish This is
their cant to barney and blind the PEG.
pie in the interest of party and pluto