Milford chronicle., 1893-09-22
49, Fnture Of our Republi0.

Tho aspect Of universal suffrage
.,,ieb tbe United States presents to
no world is calculated to arouse the
,ntlmsiasm and touch the hearts OF
10 onnressed of every land. Bound
DOWN ~ the strong arm of monarchy,
analIed and silenced, with social ana
,lal;tical conditions established in
pirtb thew long for greater freedom
where they may indulge and cult'-
wote their own personality and estao-
nj home for their children. De
Graded and humiliated by laws tnaO
9ro,t 70 sustain and build them up
+bev 90 on nursing their sorrow un-
III tbe opportunity comes for release
Touched by their confidence and as
tre.s the United States turns upon
them = boniacent face and extends
helping hand ,eoRferring upon them
ovan the right of citizenship and the
f.onchise. Il is a glorious, ,irresitable
prospect and thousands seek asylum
here.
nresents to thoughtful minds, filling
them with apprehension as to its iq-
tnre course and destiny. With the
sturdy. upright men there is an ele-
nent coming to our shores to escape
restraint, hoping for greater liberty
- murder and destroy. Criminals
Nv birth and education they seek the
destruction of all governments ana
tbe overthrow Of law and order lg-
norant, degraded, the oqtpoHrlngs
90 foreign lands, having neither sym
natbv for OF comprehension OF oul
Institutions, never assimiIatins VIII
oNr people. but remaining always
colony unto themselves. To vest II
sucb the franchise is to encourage
and aid them in their work OF de
struotion, giving them our own oes'
weapon of defense We stand idly by
nnooncerned. watching the havoc
and ruin. While the United States
: invites and welcomes the honest, IN
,, dustrious migrant, it is imperative
that she turns away the idle and de
= graded. =
I, yeaal voting is also a source o
! GREAT concern for our Republic, an'
every one has knowledge OF its aC
final occurrence. With all authorit,
vested in the franchise the ballo
sbould be the expression of candle
i tbouoht.uninfuenced by personal o
monetary considerations. America
!, citizens standing before the votin
: place barteFing theiF own and To
Nations onor,voting not for - prir
ciple or an opigion but merely fo
the man WHO gives them most in r.
N&ining, too, that an ele'
Their to tbem\means nothing besides
What spectS Sclel
Al Leaders Of \parties declare th'
le only rich men cay be nominated f'
m Office because thSy must pureha'
X votes enough to sSset them; - Al |
O. this condition is fast beSq6d. beSqi.a The ne
r. the successful party is tll h one d
to pensing the greater weight Of shec
re els. from the highest to the lowe
in official there is not one whose el'
". tion is uninfuenced by bribes. " y
ty must pay for all you get" is poll
lg. cal maxim, and in the United Stat
Senate even there are members se'
pying their seats solely throp
" power to purchase legislatures e
It" ruption reigns from the very foun'
al" ton of our government, aud il
les folly longer to close our eyes and $
IA we do not see. Delaware in this
ice LOOT i 6ut an index of the count
H. at large. and of her thirty-two tho
and voters five thousand are ve'
'ei' while in the proud, boastful State
Massachusetts the proportion is
'p' atively the same,
ose Elected through the power
is influence of money members of leg
on 1dlatures and Congress enact laws
oring themselves contrary to the
nm. terests of the State and country,
us spising the very people ofwhom Il
.ul- purchased their place and author
,or One need not be clairvoyaat to
inc the impending ruin, for people
pen not. always submit to adverse le
,eir lation, made in the interest OF ru
in elected through such means. b
lse- orabIe, conscientious citizens pa.
Two driven eventually to take up a
one against the government that
ZEN now are willing to pledge and 50
and fee their lives to defend. Fore
20 ers tell us that ours is an unst'
ap- government, that the masses are
om- fit to govern themselves, and m
and are questioning the truth Of the
seFsion. We must think and act
our country, we must keep its {
ord tions pure. or its destiny will be