The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-07-03

duced into the Venetian and Neo-
politan states of the middle ages by
Semitic cunning and cupidity, to
serve the mercenary commercial
system that sprang into temporary
brilliancy after classic culture had
vanished and modern civil cation
was yet unborn. From that hive of
sordid and selfish intrigue the idea
emanated aud has spread among the
nations, fostering the growth of ex-
elusive privileges, establishing the
tyranny of concentrated monopoly,
destroying the virtues of personal
honesty and independence ard CD.
literating the healthy and normal
operation of individual aspiration
and freedom.
Their existence and propag.,.' II
are in direct violation of the or
ganio laws of our political and 60
cial system, and it was in an evil
day for the American people when
they found lodgment and populari-
ty in the economy and jurispru.
dence of the nation. Once created
and invested by law with cert ain
privileges, however exclusive and
fictitious, they must be recognized
and respected. So long as they are
sanctioned by legislation and are
clothed with the attributes of per.
sonal and property rights their
identity and franchises cannot be
invaded without danger to the in
estimable security of personal ard
property rights generally. To de-
ny them the just and equal protec-
ton of the laws of the land would
be to do unwarranted violence to
the most vital and valuable prin.
ciples of our Jurisprudence. But
their extraordinary growth and alb
sorbing grasp constitute today the
deadliest menace to the peace, per.
manence and prosperity of our in
stitutions. In their train are fast
following the most undemocratic
and pernicious ideas of social and
political organization. The whole
fabric of our government is being
warped and distorted by the intro
duction of this illimitable tendency
towards concentrated power and ex.
elusive privilege. The universal de.
mocracy cf society is being destroyed
and the various classes Of the com
munity, whose united and harmon;-
GUS action is indispensable to all
rational and enduring development,
are being arrayed against each
other in hostile ard factional com.
binations; while there looms up
over all the dangerous dogma of
communism as the logical and legi
innate result of the corporate idea
in its last ar a'ysis. 1t is doubtful
if any satisfactory and efficient sys-
TEN of control and regulation can
be devis ed that will not involve
serious and radical departures from
the established principals and
methods of constitutional govern.
ment as it is understood and priced
by the people of the United States.
But that some remedy must be
found, and that right speedily, no
discerning and philosophical obser
YER of the tendencies of the timr
can deny.
The mere aggregation of wealth,
with its attendant Influence for per.
verting and corrupting the purity
and purpose of our institutions, is
among the least of the evils to be
apprehended from the continuation
and expansion of the system of ex
elusive and associated enterprise.
Wealth in all its forms is benfi.
cent and desirable result of organ
'zed society, and it's blessings are
among the most valued products of
modern civilization. But when its