Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-05-04
The Jack oades Of Kansas.

eminent. Jack Cade's body lies a
moulderng in the grave but his soul
goes marching on. The Omaha plat
form is a feeble imitation and echo Of
his formulas for adjusting the rela-
lations between capital and labor, for
the equal distribution Of wealth, and
the equitable diffusion Of the burdens
and benefits of society.
So it has ever been. Let an intel
ligent people but protest against the
divine rights" of kings and the self
constituted ruling classes and they
are at once stigmatized as a "mob."
II, as he says, "the Omaha plat
form is feeble echo of Cade's form
ulas" then indeed it must represent
the sturdy opposition of the great
common people, the yeo many
against the arrogant and burden-lay-
ing nobility.
The causes of the Jack Cade insur-
rection we're indeed in many respects
like those producing the late political
revolution IN Kansas,
In the first place Mr.. ingalls, for
gets to tell us what q long bloody
war was being waged between the
houses of York and Lancaster, rival
claimants for the throne. Year after
year the struggle was prolonged,
with varying fortunes to the nobility,
but with always the same result Us
far as the people were concerned
calling -taxation-~confs-
catlon-slavery. What mattered it to
them whether York or Lancaster won
the whether the red or the
white rose graced the throne Of Eng
land, SO long as they, the tillers of the
soil, the artizans, mechanics, laborers
were not recognized except to be
taxed?
So, for the past quarter Of a CEN
fury, the struggle for the mastery has
been going on between the republic
can and democratic parties, with vary
ing success to party men, but with
the same result as far as the people
are concerned. Is it strange then
that outraged humanity will protest?
Here, however, the likeness between
the two uprisings ceases. Jack Cade
was unsuccessful Owing to the
darkness of the age, to the want Of
general education, to the influence of
centuries of inbred submission he
failed and his name has gone into
history heaped with all that is ha to-
full and contumelious. But the late
uprising WAS not an instruction, but
revolution. The warfare was waged
not by force but by reason. The re-
suit shows only the advancement of
mankind, and is the precursor Of the
complete triumph of the principles Of
equity and justice not only in our ma
ton, but throughout the world.
The formulas as enumerated by
Mr.. ingalls, are for adjusting the re-
lations between capital and labor, for
the equal distribution of wealth, and
the equitable diffusion of the burdens
and benefits Of society,"
Substitute privileges" instead of
wealth" IN the second formula and
the statement sums up the purposes
of government as enunciated by the
Omaha platform.
Great reforms are not accomplished
in day. The "soup of Jack Cade,
that sturdy English yeoman, is in
deed marching on" 1t took a long
stride when Thomas Jefferson's state
ment that governments derive their
just powers only from the consent of
the governed" was verified at York
town. 1t took another giant step in
advance when Abraham Lincoln
struck the shackles from four million
tollers and gave them q voice IN their
government Its last great stride
was this very revolution in Kansas.
which disturbs the ex senator so
much. What the next shall be we
can only conjecture. Let us be as
sured that, however long delayed ii
may be, it will come, and when it
comes it will further the eternal prin-
ciples Of the equality Of all people be-
fore the law.
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