Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1892-05-19
TH5usHTS Gil GOVERNMENT.
Advocating a Law 10 Limit The
Am5gnt Of Money 2oqHsaihsd.

Seine people never get any
idea about the size OF 'hiDgs.
What is tue relative size and
strength Of 50O0 vhen put II
comparison with i0.00i ,2CJ meal
Some people get the Interested
opinion u $40 near at hand
friends and take their verdict a.
the public opinion of the vast
coaeOur~e of minds.
Ten million minds want 4 law
in operation not taking a cent
away from any Hsu-uot limit
ing Ike millions OF property that
any man a amass and own
bni simply limiting the amount
of II which shall desesnd-sim
ply puttlug q limit TO the great
beyond
What Geesa law like this mean
1t simply means that the big
public by nature business would
slowly. little by little, year by
year. driit into the governments
bands.
Ii means no more of il lIbor
eapitalistic agitation.
IL means a fair show for the
uhola vast body Of individual
eitizens-not OILY mechanics
and Iaborers. bat clerks and of
ice boys, business men, lawyers
working vonen, politicians, aud
holders Of public office even
II means a starting of If men
en- a acre even footing
1t means a chance for good
ness and merit to come through
to the front as against the VI
cions who merely happen TO be
luxuriously %eavironed.
1t means a narrowing of the
gulf between man and man.
Ii means prosperous times
business dizziness and stsgnatIOn
conse to an end.
It means eSceastve taxation
and feudalism re.egated to the
background
Il does not mean incentive
taken away from any man.
IL does hot mean the m!lleul-
um or the world at an end
IL dOes not mean socialism,
communism or snarchy's reign
Ii does simply mean democra-
cy in a democratic land
IL does Est mean any 10 proba
lie. impossible, theoretie things
Ii simply means what must
strike AZ fair all reasoning
minds.
IL does not mean the block
ing OF progress or the inability
of improvements to 90 on
IL does net mean q division of
wealth amorg All mankind
IL does no. mean an injustice
to any well disposed man
IL does not mean the uak
iEg Of OEr multi millIonaircs the
corner stone of the building up
of the fE,arc of the worlds
greatest nation-lasti8g glory
and honor to them
IL does mean the smIneipa
ton Of the county and the
breakin. down of the barriers
Of a proud, foolish, too exaetiug
self slavery ilfictlng ccaven
tIonalIsr1.
II mesns the TeGEi;iLg OF the
country into one solid man.
In short il means the cure OF
the great evil which il abroad
IN the land.
Why not DO away with Wills
and let one mil, on dollars De
scend
That 10 there il moral. reli
gious or civil law and right that
throws any light or beauty on
them
Why should a mans grip choke
out the life OF generations to
come
Why should we split and di-
vide against ourselves when we
al want the same end'
Why should we stand back in
awe aud reluctance with remedy
near at handi
Fifty years of rush, science
andiuvention have been forging
our chains. Have Ee built IN
a master to PROSTATE our brains.
No, There are in this eoun-
try sixty millions of women and
children and men. What is best
for the whole number Of them
Why should we all bs toiling
and the fruits Of the toll all 90
into the hands Of some few hun
dreds of menf
Grant that the country as a
whole is ten times richer than
any other known land, what
availeth that If il all be in the
hands of some fYe thousand
menl Some fifty nine million
nine hundred and ninety fre
thousand men. women and el,il
dren. oppressed or wanting.
knocking at the doors, but can
not enter 10.
III necessary. let the law
among the people be framed.