People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-05-04

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brought. DRYDEN.
Romance and oppression Ia para
dOxical cOnjunctiOn) brought our fore
fathers to found a home Of freedom
on the mysterious shores OF America.
Brave adventurous spirits were those
who broke the ties Of old associations
and came to exercise their God given
rights and ingenuity upon the raw
material of creative wisdom. They
found the land ready-made, free as
/ the air and water which in turn puri-
fed and refreshed each other for the
growth Of glorious vegetation with
out which neither man or any other
animal could exist.
Through the hard struggle Of shap-
Ing natural wealth to artificial and
human designs, their imagination
looked forward to the establishment
of noble society Of free men, women
aud children, sharing equally the
bounties Of nature and equally pre-
tected in life, liberty and the pursuit
Of happiness,
Fancy kept pace with fact and hope
inspired them through toll and trag
edy. The good humor of health ani
freedom drove away hOmesickness
and bound them together in love and
loyalty to each other.
They were neither fanatics nor
knaves. There was no originality in
their designS-they were simply fol-
lowing the Datural instincts which
the creator inStilled into the souls Of
the first pair in the garden Of Eded.
High instincts before which our mortal ma
ture
Should tremble like guilty thing surprised" D"
There was a GOd-made before a
man-made decree that all men should
be free aud equal.
As long as every man was COM
PEELED to earn his bread by the sweat Of
his own brow, there was unity and pa
triOtiSm. Necessity bound them with
no stronger ties than brotherly love
but some were bound only with ne
ceSSity, and as means of protection
increased, these selfish ones early set
about to acquire portion of the
cOuntry'S riches without work. They
saw that in protecting themselves
the people must also protect the
guests who did not work. They dare
not permit invaSiOnS of enemies in
the hope Of their killing only the
idlers. The common people were al
ways in the majority, hence in pro
tecting themselves also guarded the
: holes in which the coward speculator
] were hidden.
Details are odiOQS, given the princt
pie Of selflshnesS, the details worE
out themselves Uzder any and all con
ditiOns.
The speculateCS early invaded the
American sOil-the people were hon
est, they had plenty-and beside.
they were not quite free from th,
doctrines Of ltndlOrdism taught il
their old homes. They submitted Il
1 seizure Oflands, and never questioned
I. the validity of charters from kings o
the old cOuRtrieS whose edwin,
right usurpeG the Office of God, VIII,
a alone was able to grant titles.
, There was seemingly plenty Of lanC
: for all time, and people of CROWN,
communities when crowded moyeC
further west ard took up new land
But all this time spectator
! were getting more and more land
| for which theg had no use, and hold
ing it for the time when they nigh
take advantage Of the necessity O
the people for homes and seu then
] land. 1t repaired long heads" I,
look forward SC far-and the oammol
people uever trouble themselye
while everything appears to NOV
smoothly. Capital descends 50 tn
idle sons and grandsons OF milliouaire
and likewise the necessity OF kome
descends to the children aud grand
children Of debtors. ChildreE ar
born in debt and pay what their Gath
ers owed to dead men to the childre
who are born holding mortgage
against the unborn. Truly the mort
gage is a death-grip mort, deatE
:. gage, grip
Ever since Abraham bought a sepuI
cher and paid ferit with silver. none
has been building palaces upo
graves.
Money has been the cause of ever
war that stains The pages of ciyiliz;
tion's history. 1t is the bunco steel
: er that gets two 'hayseedsr flgbtin
II and steals their coats while they tlobt
s. 1t CANDLES on the results of war as
5 would on cOcknght. Its owner
q never go to war; they hire substitute
! and save their precious heads to 20,
II ern the fools who are loft ofto. a.