West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1892-05-19
MASTER AND SLAVE.
The Masters Name is 'Ths Repub.
ican Party.
That Of the Slave. 1.-The American
People"
The Democratic Nominee Must Stand
BY the Shave.
Cover Campbelrs Contribution TO the
Posts Political Symposia.


under heavy burden forced upon
him by u relentless Master. He
groans with fatigue, and loudly
bcsecches that the load may be
lightencd. The Master, at inter
vala, says e" Courage, my good
fellow, you shall speedily be re-
heved !; and, thereupon, proceeds to
again heap his painting victim with
more and heavier weights. The
name of that Slave is the Ameri-
can people" that of the Master,
"the Republican Party"
At the close of the war, % years
ago, the tariff burdens of this
Slave. by reason of the necessities
OF tina. terrible struggle, had been
just exactly doubled in four short
years. At the dawning of peace
the slave very justly complained !;
and then began, on the part of the
master, that long series of broken
promises, which is the GROWING
lnfamy Of American politics. The
Master has assembled his cohorts in
National convention every four
years since, and has each time
solemnly resolved to reform and
reduce the tariff burden which the
Slave is bearing. Yet, as law after
law has been passed the burden has
grown greater with each succeeding
enactment. The Fifty first Con
gross eclipsed all of its predecessors
III merclless disregard of the Slave.
and added to his already unbe.tr. :
BILE load until it has become doubled
again ia these 27 years of peace, and
OF unrestricted sway by the Master.
The ante bellum burden of the
tariff has been quadrupled. The
war tariff has been doubled. 1t is
strange, that the slave grows weaker
and poorer, and the masters favo.
lite monopolies stronger and richer {?
"~How long, oh, Lord, how long,
viii this unjust, oppressive and
dangerous system continue
When African slavery grew to be
menace to our national life, as
we'll as an unmitigated moral and
political crime, the floodgates Of
the Almighty were opened, aud it
was swept away in a torrent of
blood. Day by day white slavery
grows more and more of political
SIN, and (as some of the scenes of
the last Ohio campaign discloscd) a
moral blot upon popular sentiment
breeding that same spirit Of
intolerance, bigotry and indifer-
cnce to the rights of others. which
African slavery produced in the
thought and action Of the slave
holders. Let us see to it, men and
brethren, that the slavery Of the
white man does not 20 on to that
same vicious and destructive end
which marked the slavery Of the
black man.
1t is worse than foolish to ask
what is A" the issue to b.. decided
between the two great political
parties. No partisan or tricky ing.
CLING, or chicanrry can altar the ST.
uation. The issue is already made
up-long III advance Of convention
or platform. True, the Republi-
cans OF Michigan, IN their recent
convention, were very weak in their
adhesion to the 60 per cent tariff.
True, the Republicans Of Ohio. i'm
the last campaign, cyadcd and
lodged and bedged upon the tariff
issue, and tried TO obscure it by
kicking mp great cloud Of dust
over the now suspended question Of
silver coinage true Is 10 that the
Minneapolis Convention win pirate
boastfully and falsely Of reciprocity
the Democratic sugar.coating or
the nauseous high tariff bill. True.
possible, some Democratic aspiranls.
for Office, and other weaklings. may
not Jc overly anxious 20 take the
front 81 battle bearing aloft the
banner Of tauf reform yet. lon
spite Of these, the fight will be this
time ITO finish " between the
Slave aud the Mastcr-one seeking
to make 1.-The strong share the bur.
den with the weak, " and the other
determined 70 keep that burden on
the aching } ac which has borne 10
- long