The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1893-06-22

| Lo- tHt ElcIy ol tIie morning
| Light the forehead OF the new
And the towers of the old time are recling.
| 'Thcre is tramping in the cities
! Where .he people march along,
| And the trumpet of justice is calling:
There's Il crashing of the helmet
On the forehead of the wrong.
| And the battements of Babylon are falling
| Oh! the " aster Of the morning,
! How We waited for his light
| In the Old days OF doubling and fearing!
! How we watched among the shadows
| Of The long and weary night
! For his feet upon the noun. ain appearing?'
| But at last the com nand has gone
| forth to the industrial! forces the world
over.
Lift high the banner,
| Break every chain.
| Wake from the threldom Of story:
Mike the torrent to the liver,
And the river to the main,
! Forward to liberty and glory"
(Applause.)
For ages the human family seem to
| have been encamped and at intervals
| they have made grand marches toward
| civilization and to the final achieve
ment Of the sermon on the mount. We
are to-day at the commencement OF q
revolution, and say to you brethren to-
| night that it is a greater revolution
than any have ever known anything
about, although witnessed the great
. one that took place when 1 was lad.
| remember that revolutiOn-and I re-
member what it was abOut-that it was
a great battle for the freedom of labor;
but that revolution was nothing COM
! pared with the one we are in to-day.
| Disguise it. as you will or may, the
public mind to-day Is broken up as 1t
never was before. and upon the very
Identical questions that brought about
the revolution that you and l partici-
pated in when we were boys.
[ had talk once with Wendall Phil
lips at his home in Boston. and he made
this remark to me: MIR. Weaver. there
were but few people who understood the
underlying philosophy Of that anti-slave
ry movement. In its last and best an
alysis, it was a battle for the freedom
Of labor. The war entended the nominal
area OF freedom far.cnOugh to include
the black man, but it did not make him
free. nor will he or his white brother
ever be free until both he and they are
permitted, under the laws of the cOun-
try, 10 accumulate in their pockets
tho wealth which they produce. Zap
pla,,sc.,
Now there was gentleman born with
d silver spoon in his mouth, who never
knew what want was from his cradle to
his grave, and yet he spent all his sub
lime life in working for the down-trod-
den and the lowly, and for those who
had no helper. Why, it only takes two
or three such men to redeem the whole
human race, and to make it honorable
to belong to it. (Applause,) That was
the type OF a man he was. said, "why
doyou say. Mr.. Phillips" for he had just
made the remark to me, that the battle
for the freedom of labor has yet to be
fought in this country? Why do you
say that: | said it because the corpor-
ate power, the money power in this
country gained by that war, all that the
slave power lost and ten fold moret and
the real battle for the freedom of labor
| will have to be fought in this country
against the coperate slave driver and
was against the chattle slave driver"
And with this introducti on I shall
| now lay down some things which want
| to have you bear In mind whilst dis
CuSs lilo Y utlcSblOIlS UelOFC US.
There are three things essential to
human life on this globe:
The earth, the atmosphere and the
sun light.
There are three institutions necessary
to the felicity and welfare of the human
family.
The first is the family, the next is
the church and the third is the civil
government.
There are three fundamental divisions
OF human effort.
The producer. the manufacturer and
the distributors.
There is another trinity-the COM
merclal instruments necessary In the
transaction of business in our modern
civilization.
The first is money. the second is facili-
ties for transportation, and the third IL
facilities for the transmission of intelli-
gence. And now there is another earth
ly trinity which we must by no means
loose sight Of. which relates to the
rights OF property.
That which nature provides is the
common property of all Gods children.
that which the individual Greats be-
longs to the individual: that which the
community Greats belongs to the COM
manity. (Applause.l
With these fundamental statements
before you. allow me in the next place
TO clear away some Of the rubbish which
has been thrown in our way in this de-
bate. The Rev. Mr.. Conwell. and read
his speech with a great deal of satisfac-
ton and interest and yet there are some
things in it that ought to receive my
attention. He says he is not member
of the Prohibition party because that
Is one idea party, he is not member
OF the Republican or Democrat parties,
because they simply want his vote; and
he could not think Of being member of
the Populist party. Well. I hardly know
where 70 classify the talented brother If
he does not belong 70 any Of these Or
ganizations. 1t is possible that he
ought 70 be located with the lost tribes
Of Isreal. Laughter and applause.)
Now my friends the church has my
profound admiration and respect. It Is
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