The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-09-12
LETTER FROM TEXAS.
WOODBINE, Cooke Co., Tex


same conclusion that all men are
created equal; that among their inal-
ienable rights are life, liberty and the
pursuit of happiness, not restricted by
corporate greed or combinations; that
when any government becomes &c
structive of the peoples happiness, it
is the right of the people to abolish it
and to institute new government
The history of the present government,
Democratic, as well as it's predecessor,
Republican, is a history of repeated
injuries to the toiling masses. Now to
prove this in the language of the great
Jefferson. Let facts be submitted to
candid nation. For the last 80 years
our legal representatives have heaped
upon this great people laws unjust in
the extreme, and even dangerous to
the prosperity and happiness of this
toiling nation, this land of the free and
home Of the brave.
Now, thinking men, let us examine.
The late war laid the corner stone by
which the people have been legally
robbed of millions of treasure, land
and blood. Yes, even the very flower
of this great liberty claiming nation
withered and died on the field Of car
mage. This dastardly plot, we are in
formed, was laid by desire for unjust
accumulation whereby the banker and
money-lender might grow, fatten and
live in luxury at the expense of a na
tion'5 blood.
At the time the war broke out the
nation was greatly in need of finances,
but the money powers of Wall street
generously rendered the loan of large
amounts to the government; what for9
for an exorbitant interest which the
government wisely refused to accept,
but forthwith issued $6O,OOO,0O0 in
greenbacks, which we're at par with
gold that belonged to the banker. But
now the infamous plots come thick and
fast to rob the people. l will name a
few of the many which were concocted
solely for the purpose of robbing the
remnant Of people who had escaped
the edge of the sword and the bullet
on the field of blood:
The exception clause. The banking
system. The contraction act. The
act. The demonetization of
silver. The issue of bonds. The un-
just appropriation of funds out of the
U. S. Treasury. And do denounce
all laws allowing the alien ownership
of lands and property in the United
States. And now call your special
to the Russian treaty act,
which seems that the law making
powers of this nation is trying to
the royal crown of monarchy.
Now, my brother toilers, look in and
behold; look back and reflect, look for
ward and consider. Drive all your
might into a political studio, and then
tell me in all candor and honesty if
this is Jefferson democracy, or is it
atty and Russian monarchy.
Ifit's democracy, in the name Of reason
give us something else.
Now, my fellow citizens, read part
1st Of article IA of amendments to the
Constitution Of the United States,
which is Jeffersonian in its true sense.
It reads like this: No State shall make
or enforce any law which shall abridge
the privileges or immunities Of citizens
of the United States nor deny to any
person within it's jurisdiction the equal
protection of the laws.
Now, toiliug friends, you were Gre
ated equal to that Rothschild or that
Vanderbilt. Well, then, from some
cause you haven't staid equal. Men are
all endowed by their Creator with GER
tain inalienable rights, such as life,
liberty, the fruit Of happiness, etc.
Now comes the test. We find from
the record that laws have been insti
tuted which are directly repugnant to
this declaration and to this Constitu-
ton of the United States. Such acts
as I have mentioned above as being IN
favor of the wealthy and against the
masses-laws that allow men who are
created equal to become otherwise
through greed for gain-laws which do
not bear equally on capital and labor,
but grant special privileges in favor of
bankers, combinations and trusts.
Laws of this class must of necessity be
repealed in order to secure to men
equal protection and equal liberty
which the Constitution guarantees to
every American citizen.
And now, gentlemen, the declara-
tion positively says that whenever any
form of government becomes destruc-