People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-07-01
LISTEN, LIVINGSTON!
foU MAY HEAR SOMETHING DROP
DOWN IN YOUR GEORGIA HOME.

An Open Letter to a Congressman Who
Is Democratic Partyite Above All
Things-Infiuence Of the Town on the
Boy Sent to Market.
To Leonidas F. Livingston:
DEAR SIR AND BRoTHER-It is hard TO
kick against the pricks; and why do You
persist in your mistaken course? II you
have ears to hear, why not hear; if
eyes to see, why not see? Surely You
have not reached the point that the light
OF reason cannot reach you. Surely the
magicians around Washington have not
entwined themselves around about you,
so as to totally obscure the light that once
shone upon you and which radiated and
warmed the hearts Of your countrymen,
causing them, yea, your fellow country
men, to place their trust in you, relying
implicitly on your integrity, and pray
ing to God to give you the ability and
direction whereby they might be led out
from under the bondage of the money
changers and monopolists.
Now, my misguided brother, open
your ears, please, for one moment. You
know as long as fellow lives in the
country he believes there are town
cliques and rings which manipulate and
run the county politics, but if he moves
to town and lives there a little while he
is made to believe that rings and cliQues
are nothing but creatures of the mag
nation. Yes, he is soon captured by the
town ring, is made to believe as they do;
in reality he becomes one among them.
Then it is that he tells you there is no
such thing as a town ring; he once
thought there was, etc.
Oh, deceptionl What a potential in
fuence! Yea, strip the devil of his de-
ception means and Christ's kingdom
would soon cover the earth as the waters
cover the bosom of the great deep!
My dear brother, are you beginning
to believe that there are no such things
as monopolies, trusts, combines, etc.,
Are you beginning to think, Well, /
know told my people when was can
vassing for congress that there were
such things, but | was Just mistaken
about it? 1t is just so lovely up here in
and around the Capitol. The people are
all so genial and hopeful, happy and in
telligent, that to insist on the demands
upon which was elected would expose
me to ridicule as well as shock the finer
sensibilities of those around the Capitol.
Really, | think my constituency are do
ing well. think they are happy if they
only knew it. Yes, in fact. this is q
grand and glorious republic.
My dear brother, have any of these
thoughts been passing through your
mind? If so, in the language Of our
blessed Saviour rise and say, "Get thee
behind me, Satan" Let your mind
revert to the old red hills of Georgia.
Commence with the humble people
around their rude dwellings, let your
heart pulsate from their breathings.
enter as it were from their feelings. Do
this, and the entertainments that sur
round thee will be rendered and you
can then see as you are now seen. List
en- not to the hatterer, forget not your
weaknesses, yea, trust not to the flesh;
human wisdom is but of today-tomor-
row it vanisheth away.
Now, believe me, my brother, You
have not purpose in your heart to do
those things which you should not have
done that your people might remain in
the wilderness. Nay, but thou hast been
carried upon high mountain and hast
been promised the possession of the
beautiful valleys, and thy pride hath let
thee fall. Your perception is far behind
now. He knoweth not the advancement
of the people; his end is near at hand.
While his methods were a success on his
part for time, they will never serve to
buy you in oblivion.
You are travelling on new route. II
your heart be with your people, and if
you are guided by patriotism, truth and
virtue, success will crown you and you
will be father and a benefactor. Look
not trustingly upon Alfred. Neither lis
ten to the cunning of Evans, nor shouldst
thou give ear to the willy fattering
words of a Crisp. These cunning poll
ticians only purpose to use you in carry
ing out their own schemes. You no
doubt are realizing this now to some ex-
tent, and if you purpose to continue in
their service, my brother, your destruc-
ton is sure.
Let not thy vanity pervert thy under
standing. Think thyself but a straw
what is man that he should boast? II
Caesar had been unable to control men
he would never have been known in his
tory. Neither would Cromwell, Napo-
leon or Blucher.
Come down, my friend and brother,
and breathe with the people. Let the
same blood that once coursed thy veins
circulate and purify thy system. Yea,
let thine imagination dwell upon the
beautiful forests, hills and valleys of thy
childhood. Let thy diet be simple, but
nourishing. Let thy inhalations be pure.
Do this, and thy understanding will re-
turn to thee. Yours in love,
MATHUsALA.
Cofthax, Alliance Earrnar