The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1893-12-28
An Exodus.

OF Mt. Sinai anu their leader was up
on the Mount receiving the law they
induced Aaron to make them q
golden calf, and the Lord said unto
Moses 60, get thee down, for the peo-
pie which thou brought out OF the
land of Egypt have corr apted them
selves. Moses came down to the
camp and found them dancing around
the calf but he did not like the wor-
ship Of calves so he reduced it 20 dust
and cast the dust upon the water and
made the children of Israel drink of
it, and during the rebellion when the
honored Lincoln, Sumner and Chase
we're up in the mount Of patriotism,
fighting for liberty old John Sherman,
ut the suggestion Of some of that
same old race Of golden calf worship
pers, fashioned financial golden calf
for the American people to fall down
and worship and now everybody is
expected to dance and shout over
Sherman's golden calf. Even old
Cleve says come, bend thy knee to
the one man power, and many Of the
demo-republlcaus, including Dan
Voorhees, and Secretary Carlisle, are
dancing and shouting at the top Of
their voices in the presence of John
Shermcn's golden calf Well let
them dance The Isreal calf worsh-
ippers had a good time while it lasted
but it didn't last long and John Shcr.
mans financial calf will not last long.
In fact, l think that 1t has got the
black leg LOW. l think the Moses
is in the land who will reduce the
calf TO dust, cast the dust upon the
waters and make old Sherman drink
of it. The conspiracy of the Israee
lites TO make a calf and return to
Egyptian bondage was not more fool
ish than to establish an American
system Of finance that will as surely
lead the american people into nation
al bondage as a return of the lsrae-
lites to Egypt would have been a re-
turn to bondage. A return to any
old system means a return to old
conditions and there is no escaping
from it, SO it is back to Egypt
and bondage or pulverise the Sher-
man calf. We are in favor of pull
verising but according to republican
teaching, the chief aim in life is to
loan and borrow money. but of course
the money lenders must always be
few in number and highly connected,
or in other words, must form a par
tican class. The head of the family
to he located in London and any
legislation curtailing the power OF
the monny kings is generally con
demned and the advocates Of. legs.
lation, friendly to the other or plebiai'
class, are generally termed cranks,
| calamity howlers or anarchists. To.
Gay the money power are on top and
intend to stay there. The people
be damned is the sentiment of nine.
tenth of the politicians and four-fiths
OF the news papers. just how long
the people will submit to robbery,
oppression and arrogance of the
money power is question, but one
thing shure the day Of reckoning
will come, and when it does class
legislation will die an ignoble death.
was congratulated few days by
a Republican on the hopes that |
would soon return to the Republican
fold, but that can never be until
following lmcossiOilities become
facts: When the sun shines at mid.
night and the noon at midday, when
the old party leaders loose their in.
tclinations to lie, when flowers loose
their oder, and when nature stops to
rest or all the water courses in Ameri
| ca dow up stream and trees shed NJ
leaves. No sir, YOU may hope, you
may reason, YOU may congratulate
and you may sneer but that cannot be
Tue thrones OF the o.d world. the
courts OF the universe and the gov.
erI ment Of the world may fall and
lcrumoIe into ruin, before l join the
Republicans.