Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-01-22
THE ANGLo.sAxoN.

sire the reputation of debts, public or prt-
vate, and he does not favor the forcible re-
distribution of properly. He came to this
continent, as he has gone everywhere else on
the face of the earth, with purpose. The
10000 English cOlOniStS who came to this
country between 1920 and 1S50 formed the
most significant, the most formidable miSra-
ton that has ever occurred upon this globe
since time began. They brought with them
social and political ideas novel in their ap-
plcatiOn, of incOnceivabie energy and pow
er. The home, the family, the State. indi-
viduaiism, the right of personal effort, free
dom of conscience, an indomitable love OF
liberty and justice, a genius for self govern
ment, an unrivaIed capacity for conquest,
but preferring charters to the sword, and
they have been memorable and relentless in
the Accomplishment Of their designs.
STRIDE OF PROGRESS.
When the Atlantic cable was completed it
was not merely that wire, finer by COM
parson than the gossamer of morning, had
sunk to it's path along the peaks and the
plateaus of the deep, but the earth instan-
taneously grew smaller by the breadth OF
the Atlantic. new volume in the history
of the world was opened. The to morrow of
Europe flashed upon the yesterday OF Amer
lea. Time, up to the period when this eX-
pertinent commenced on this continent.
yielded its treasures grudgingly and with re-
luctance. The centuries crept from i'm
provement to Improvement with tardy,
sluggish steps. as il nature were unwilling
to acknowledge the mastery OF man. The
great Inventions " glass, III SuhpO"oCi, III
printing and the mariners compass con-
sumed a thousand years but as the great ex-
pertinent upon this continent has proceeded
the ancient law of progress has been diSre-
garded and the mind is bewiidered by che
stupendous results of its marvellous achieve
ments. The application of steam 60 locomo-
ton on land and sea, the cotton gin, electric
illumination and teiegrapy, the cylinder
printing press, the sewing machine.
the Photographic art, tubular and
suspension bridges, che telephone.
the spectroscope and che myriad
forms of new applications OF science to
peace and war, htye alone rendered democ-
racy possible. The steam engine enamel
pated millions from the slavery of daily toll,
and left them at liberty to pursue higher
range of effort Labor has become more re-
munerative, and the flood of wealth has
raised the poor to comfort and the middle
classes to affluence. With prosperity has at
tended leisure, books travel; the masses
have been provided with schools, ana the
range of mental inquiry has become wider
the work of hundred hands and gives rest
and hope to weary lives Farming, my
distinguished friend from New York (NIr.
Evarts) once said, has become ssedentary
occupation" The reaper no longer swings
his sickle in midsummer fields through the
following grain, followed by those who
gather the wheat and tareS, but he who rides
in a vehicle is protected from the meridian
sun. accomplishing in comfort in . single
hour the former labOrS of the day.
By these and the other emancipatng devices
of society, the laborer and the artisan ac-
qHjre the means of study and recreation.
They provide their children with better OPP
portunities than they possessed. Emerging
from the obscure degradation to which they
have been consigned by mOnarchieS, they
have assumed She leadership in politics and
society. The governed have become govern
ors. The subjects have become che kinge
POWERLESS TO ENSLAvE
Mr.. President, mOnopolies and corpora
tiOns, however strong they may be. can not
permanently enslave euch a people. They
have given too many convincing proofs OF
have made too many Incredible sacrifices
for this great system which has been builded
and established here to allow it 60 be over
thrown. They will submit to no dictation.
We have become, Mr.. PfeSidens, the wealth.
lest Nation upon the face of this earth, and
the greater part of these enormous accumu-
latiOns has been piled up during che past
twenty years-from 1880 TO 1S8O-notwith-
standing the BOSSES incurred by ehe most de-
structve war Of modern times, the enamel
patton of four billions OF slave property, che
expense of feeding the best fed of clothing
the best clothed, and OF sheltering the best
sheltered people in the wOrld-nOtwith
standing all the losses by fire and flood
During that period OF twenty years the
wealth of the country increased at che rate
of S259, 900 for every hour. Every time chat
chamber the aggregated, accumulated,
permanent wealth of shis country in
creased more than $40. Sir, it rivals, il
exceeds the tictiOns of the Arabian Nights.
There is nothing in the story of the lamp OF
Aladdin that surpasses it. 10 10 without par
allel or precedent; and the national ledger
now shows balance to our credis, after all
that has been wasted, and squandered, and
expended, and lost and thrown away, OF be-
tween sixty and seventy thousand million
dollars. believe myself that upon . fair. cash
market valuation Che aggregate wealth ofthis
country to- day is not less than one hundred
thousand millions of dollars. Yhis is enough,
Mr.. President, to make every man and every
woman and every child beneath the flag com
Portable, to keep the wolf away from the
door. 1t is enough to give 60 every family a
competence, and yet we are told ehaS there
are thousands of people who never have
enough 60 eat in any one day in che gear.
Mr.. President. is it any wonder chat this
condition of things can exist without eHcit-
ing profound apprehension? heard, OF
saw, rather, for did not hear it-4 saw in
the morning papers that, in his speech yes
terday, the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Shermnn)
devoted a considerable part of his remarks
to the defense of millonaires; chat he de-
clared that tlIey were the frOth OF the beeS OF
our political system. 81
Mr.. Sherman-I said spectators.
Mr.. neutrality-suspicious.? They arc very
| nearly the same, FOR che millionaires of this
country, Mr.. President, are not the producers
and the laborers. They are arrayed like
| Solomon in all his glory, bue "they coil not
neither do they spin''-yes. they do spin
This class, Mr. President, am glad to say, ID
not confined to this country alone. These
| gigantic accumulate ions have noe been che re
| suit of industry and economy. Yhere VOulo
be no protest against them IL they we're.
The people are beginning 60 inqu'ft
| whether, under" ga government of che people
/ by the people and Tor che people, under Z
| system in which the bouney of nature is sup
| plemented by the labor q all, any citizen
! can show moral-ges, @ legal-tisle &c
| $500, OCO.0 900.
! Some have the temerity 60 ask whether OIL
not any man can show clear title 60 500,
| $1,000. There have been men rash enough e
| doubt whether, under a system so consti
| tuted, by speculation or otherwise, any citi
| zen can show a fair title to Sl0.t 600, whel
the distribution per capita would be les:
than 81, 900. If were put upon my roir dir,
l should hesitate before admitting that il
| the sense of giving just compensation ant
| equivalent, any man in this country or an.
| other country eyer absolutely earned mil
lion dollars do not believe he ever did
What is the condition to- day. Mr. President
| by the statistics? 1 repeat that the peopl
are not Anarchists; they are not Socialists
they are Communists; but they have sud
denly walked to the conception of the fac
that the bulk of the property of this countr.
is passing into the hands of what the Senate
from Ohio, by a euphemism, calls the "spec
ulators'' of the world. -