Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1892-06-01

unanc1ai questions coupled with the concenIra-
tion OF thought upon the evils of our social sys-
Cem mas worked up revolution which is as
wide as civilization and as deeprooted as Justice
ltse1 1t Is the cry of an oppressed people for
reform, for radical reform. It is An effort to
rescue government from the hands Of usurpers
ana restore it to the people. 1 long since
Joined the ranks and took up the march ION
70 actlon has been our watchword For days,
weeks, months and years, we have been mar
snallng our hosts for final onslaught against
the battlements of monopoly. It was by your
own free will that you shouldered arms, you
Ieit the pangs and stngs of legislative injustice
ana you have arisen to strike blow in the de-
tense OF your country, your homes your God
ana your posterity. Look down the lines, win
you, brother reformer, and behold the three
million arms raised in defense Of justice Does
the sight not nerve you to aotionf Does It not
Klnole the fire OF your patriotism to feel the
Dreezes OF reform as they sweep the face Of our
entire country? Public sentiment has the same
pulsatfon beyond the Rocky mountains as Il has
In the dingy workshops OF New York and Bos-
ton The same sentiment inspires both the
south and the north It is brotherly love and
common interest that binds Us all Thank God
Tor its existence
Th1s review of our struggle Is made only 70
orlng 1t afresh to your mind The time for CO.
tlon Is at hand; no longer can we stand idly by
ana deal with the great reform problem in .
theoretical way The dawn Of great political
|
In bold relief the demand for practical action
There Is no honorable backdown. Duty calls
and we must respond
we believe we know your hearts, you have
raced duty when 1t tried mems souls. you have
Stooo upon the CORY field and let your life blood
now for q cause you had espoused Such pa
tr1otlsm when once aroused to duty never fol-
ters 1t will not now
what is our duty as citizens of Tennessee and
as defenders of civil liberty? Remember your
I ova6 4H,A
you answer We declare to you that the need
OF the hour ts action, political aotionl II 1t this
orltlcal moment our mouths are TO be sealed
ana our hands tied. then we had as well bid a
SAD farewell to our cherished hope Of reform.
You ask are we readyr Don't mock with your
conscience in such a manner. Feel the usurer's q
deadly grasp and ask yourself the question.
Attempt to pull the mortgage from OF your lit
tie home and ask the question Look into tho
innocent eyes of your little ones, and remember
that you are unable to educate and equip them
for life and ask the question. Go out and view
the struggle for existence upon the wide and
fertile fields of the west go to the Workshop to
the mines, everywhere, and ask yourself II
we are ready! Take up the history of
our country and see the degenerat-
ing influences of monopoly; be-
hold the mad rush Of individuals for private
favors at the hands of our government; watch
the dickering between politicians and plutocra.
| cy see the deadly grasp of European million
aires upon the land Of our country. which should
! be reserved as homes for your children and ask
Is it not time to rise in the power of our SOW
| erefgnty. If you still doubt, ask you to take
| up the financial legislation Of the past thirty
| years and see the deception, the fraud, the
theft and the outrage upon an honest and IN
suspect1ng people See the striking down of
| greenbacks by the exception clause Then re-
view the purchase by the government and de-
struct1on OF outstanding greenbacks by govern
! ment bonds, which forced a bonded indebted.
ness upon you and your children; watch the
growth of national banks by which the finan-
cial interests Of the country have been made
subservient to the personal greed of a few
money changers. See the demonstration of
| silver. the next step toward the wreekage OF
our financial system. See all these curses 20
/ unrebuked by either the democratic or republi
can parties, then let your conscience answer,
| "Are we ready?"
The most Of you have long afiliated with the
democratic party; so have L We have long
hoped that the crimes Of the present would find
! in our party an antagonist worthy of indorse.
ment But alas! with 154 majority In the
present congress our party has proven an &C.
eessory to the republican crime OF demonetiza.
ton Of silver The least of our demands was
repudiated by q congress in which the balance
of power was bought by Wall street and the
national banks. Think of the democratic partv
which has ever posed as the enemy Of national
banks and the demonetization Of silver be.
COHllI8 LHo SuDoeTNlenL IOOl OF Lno8e 0amnaDl6
| influences. Think Of the battles fought by our
party for financial reform which now prove 70
have been shams. Remember your needs and
think Of the democratic partys proposition to
be content with Ave per cent issue on the
tartn. Are you ready for independent, political
action? Your homes and f1resides appeal to
you, but your greatest duty Is TO future genera.
tions
thank God that am free man I want
no favors and am not afraid to speak my con.
victions. The first duty of independents patri-
otism is to organize. I therefore ask in the
name and language of tho peoples party call
for the friends Of the St Louis demands" to
meet In their respective counties in mass meet
ing on the first Monday In June, TO select dole.
gates to attend the state convention called for
June 0, 1892. Yours for reform,
| L. X. TAYLOR
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