San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-09-22
WHAT is OPPRESSION
The People Are Amused, FIaiisred and De-
esiyed by The Willy Schemers.
THIS IS ALL ANY TrRANT EVER WANTED.
The Masses to Work While They Fass-so Wise Man
Was Ever a Bigot or an oppressOE-5ut
Fools Will Not Heed Counsel.

Oppression OF ones own people
never comes with the mailed hand Of
force, but with cunning smile of the
trickster. The people are amused
and battered while the schemers de-
prive them OF property and then use
them as servants and slaves. II a
law were put upon the statutes of any
state or nation that the producers
should not leave their county or state,
should wear certain grade of cloth
ing, live in certain class OF houses,
and feed upon certain grade Of food,
the people would revolt and tear down
4 the oppressors. They could read
that law and would realize its import.
If the law said they should work for
such wages as their employers might
decide, they would revolt. But the
invisible money power knows this.
This power studies human nature.
1t proceeds to blarney the people
about their great country. its wonder
full freedom, how much better off they
are than the oppressed and barbarians
OF other countries, They put in their
heads strong words of how they love
the independent farmer, the honest
laboring masses, the yeomanry and
bulwark of a nation. They fatter
and cajole with such lies as ''houest
money" protection to home labor, "
Labor is honorable while they pro-
coed to enact laws making dishonest
money, protect capital and not labor,
and spurn honest labor as
they would pest. they
create conditions that so impoverish
the producers of wealth that they
never get money enough ahead to
leave their country or state, that they
do have to wear a certain grade OF
shoddy clothes, that they do have to
live in shanties or tenement hells, that
they do have to be satisfied with the
poorest food, that they do have to
take Just what those who can use their
labor are willing to pay-and go
around and beg, humiliatingly, TO be
accepted on these terms. These facts
are so self-eyident that they 60 with
out saying. You see it is not neces-
sary to always make laws to Cypress
to get the labor of others without do
ing any labor yourself, but it is nee
essary to prevent proper laws from
being enacted or enforced that will
protect those who are weak and igno-
rant. The laws of omission are as
oppressive as the laws of commission.
And thus the people of the United
States are oppressed. At the close of |
the late war the people were prosper
Gus, happy and out of debt. 1t was !
so stated by the great men of the |
times, and those old enough know it 1
was true. But by laws of commission, !
laws giving special privileges and |
laws OF omission, laws that could have |
protected the masses, our people are !
hopelessly in debt. Nine million I
homes have mortgages on them, all !
municipalities have piled up debts, all .
have heaped up noun I
tains of watered debts for the people /
to pay interest on, and we find the ma
ton on the verge of some great social +
This is oppression. No
people ever had such burdens on
them-fOr no other people ever had \
such productive powers and resources. I
We find the wealth that belonged to
the millions a few years ago now be- !
longs to millionaires, and the people /
are poor indeed. This is all any
tyrant ever wanted-the people to
work while they Toasted. No nation
in the history of the past was ever
to such dependence in so |
short time. This is because the
people have been partisan. Wisdom !
weighs, considers, knows. No wise [
man was ever a bigot or an oppressor.
II the reader loves his family, loves |
his country, loves his freedom, we
beg him. even with tears, to think, to |
to known. The principles /
Of a Just government are as movable, |
are as certain as mathematics. When /
you investigate you will see it. 1t is
founded upon justice. upon the teach
ings OF the lowly Jesus. and it cannot
err. None of US ask you to accept it
until you know, feel it is right. Is
that not fair? Only by investigating
,an you know. Ignor1nce has
brought you misery and woe. Knowl-
edge win bring you peace and joy
jreensburg Coming Nation.