The Washington times., 1894-06-03
BROWNIES ORDERS AGAIN.
A Sunday Morning Sermon for the Cor
mcnweaIcrs from Their Chief Marshal.

A Sunday Morning Sermon for the Com.
monweaIcrs from Their Chief Marshal.
HEADQUARTERS OF TIE CoNMoxwEAL OF CHRIST,
CAMP BAsTILE, CELL o., UNITED STATES JAIL,
ID. C., June2.
BROTHERS OF THE COMNoSwEAL: This morning
you Witnessed a scene that must have made you,
who know the fatherhood OF God and try 10 live
the brotherhood of man, 10 feel pity for the mis-
guided brothers drawn away from Us by the 10
them invisible strings of the money power, to
lay basis for the subsidized press TO scatter
broadcast over the land, to cheer every boodler
and banker now trembling with fear that their
doom is not yet. and to strike dismay TO the
hearts of the people everywhere, whose eyes
have been for weeks and weeks fixed upon our
banner OF peace on earth, good viii toward
men," through the passage Of Brother CoxeyS
good road and Observation-Disclosures bond bills
the salvation of the repuhlic-that there is a
split in the commonweal when none exist.
But be not dismayed, brothers. the plot will fail
Brothers Fitzgerald and Swift were partly used
the same way, and the trap was baited for
Brother Frye, but he did not Iry 1t was reserved
for Brother Ward. who wanted to speak on Dec
Grafton Day contrary TO orders, to be used to
inveigIe Brother Calvin and number of his
men into an act that can only end in disaster to
them, because they cannot block this movement
any more than ~ nknown Smith, by lying, tried
to do.
All the Benedict Arnolds of past ages,
reincarnated in one. cannot thwart the
ultimatum of the commonweal, for Ii has
been raised up by the ever-unerring God
for purpose. Ezigencies may occur that
tiful camp, for you cannot live on scenery
alone, and know, for have tried it; and cir
cumstances may arise, by the money power so
showering aid upon your brothers vino have
Just lett our camp, as TO cause some of You even
who now stay willing for principle to exist on
bread and water, to envy those who for the very
express purpose of breaking your ranks with
discomfort. may be fed on meat and other sub
stantiais for few days, and after that end has
been accomplished disperse you all. and then
try TO imprison you under the vagrant act, after
your leaders have thus deserted you through no
real wrong on the part of those who might do
this only for the lack of a little martyrdom-the
martyrdom that those leaders have sworn that
they are willing to undergo for your cause and
theirs
if there be any, and do not believe there will
be any further. If / did | would not issue an
other order TO you. Brothers Frye and Saulsi-
berry remain true, as does Commune of the
California community. and they hold up the
dear old flag of the glorious state. even II
ing: and also ike Judge Fields, who heartlessly
turns his back upon me, penntiesS and in jail,
contrary to the true California spirit. and con-
temptuously denies me the right $50 am in
formedl of haoeas corpus, TO which all Ameri-
can citizens are entitled unless they have an
idea, according TO the latest construction A
week from to-day Brother Jones can Join you,
and Brother Coxey. if he chooses, but unless
habeas corpus sets me free, and in Justice 10
ought, I'll be here seventeen days yet before
can again speak to ycu face TO face, man TO man;
but with ali the force can put into ehe point of
a pen, which has been said is ''more powerful
than q sword" | send YOU greeting OF faith in
each and every one of you in Camp Bastile, TO
be true TO our noble cause the emancipation Of
wage slavery. and to provide work for every
Fraternally, CARL BROWNE,
Chief Marshal of the Commonweal of Christ.