The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-05-31
COAlE INTO COURT!
|TAND UP AND ANSWER TO IN
DICTMENTS.
10Th Old Parties lArraigncd on the Charge
= Of Dcfrauding the American People
What Does Congress Propose to Givc:-
Reform Notes.


Hc nave WV
illion three hundred million dollars
the peoples money to accommodate
he few who &C ntrol the gold Of the
Forld.
They have buildcd the great high
rays Of the nation ut the expense OF the
eOple. and then given them TO a ia
Ored few, together with $4,000, 900
cres Of the public domain.
They have caused $4,000 annual
bankruptcies, made 1000. 900 paupers,
,OOO, 900 tralnps and 1900, 900 slaves.
They have subsidized the press, the
|ulpit, the courts and the executive
nd legislative branches of Govern
bent, state and nation.
They have united church and state
[ndcr the Indian policy lawsa by ped
ling out tEe agencies to the priesthood,
ELO by their robbery of the Indians
ave brought the Vengeance of the Red
nan upon the frontier settler.
BY class laws they have made labor
lishonorable, and have driven 1000,
700 into secret political organizations
III over the land.
They have sent armies to Over-awe
lie people of state and have detie.l
he courts to punish cattle baron
hurdcrcrs by using the Federal Court
It Omaha to spirit away witnesses.
They have deceived the people in
very platform since 1864, and after
promising better laws to protect the
ballot. have sh:.mcfully bought and
|old Office.
They have brought paupcr labor
T. mt .tn,.
wOrkmcn and hired Pinkerton thugs
10 shoot down those who clnmor for
bread. while Whitclaw Reid's Tribune
recommended grape and canlstcr' as
God for the hungry.
Thcv draw large salaries from the
people while wasting their time ut
partisan conventions and III drunken
brawls.
They have fraudulcntly naturalizcd
e5O, 900 men who had not been fifteen
lays in the United States. in order to
elect Cleveland in 1854, Harrison in
1883 and to carry the election in 1892
in the interest of the Shylocks.
They have created trusts on every
article. from that first used by the
midwife. to the marble column in the
cemetery and arc collecting their tools
rom the cradle to the grave.
They have used our navy in dis
amt seas to protect that thieving Cal
fcrniu corporation. having the cxclu-
bive right to take soal, under an act OF
Congress secured by fraud and bribery
md that same navy has destroyed
Twenty-Five small American vessels
hat were fishing on the high seas, and
Ill done to enable II millionaire cOrpo-
ration to control the seal fisheries.
They have displaced tho old soldier
TO make room for those who laughed
bt his dying cry for food, and robbed
him by deprecintinS his money.
BY threats of discharge, they have
Forced labor to vote for it's own power
Ev; and they arc now arming and drill
ng their hirellngs i'll all the lnrg.
citics. and are taxing the people to
kupl ort militia whom they expect to
Sverawc labor.
In ISIS? they withheld 81? 200. 900,
BOO worth of property from the as.
SCISSOR. leaving labor to make up the
deficiency; while, in order to secure
he all OF the pulpit, thoy have ex-
smpted $4,000, 100000 worth OF
church property from taxation, and
nave filled the land with intidels by
,xacting large tolls from all who enter
The carpeted aisles and cushioned
ocws OF the so-called houses of God.
They have fixed the prices on air.
light and water. whiic their trusts
.Ontrul the infants milk and the dead
hans coffin.
They have driven commerce away
rom our ships. and SO arranged the
avs that debts contracted on an in
lated basis. must now be paid i'll q
sontract,d currency with money com
banding premium while the power
10 make money under the constitution
ans been farmeu on. to 3, lJ2 National
Banks.
They have induced foreigners to buy
lp our mills. factories and lands and
10 establish y lanllordism like Ire
and. and \ slavery little better than
hat of 1860.
They have nominated for office tn,
cents OF Wall Street and the Roth.
shilds.
Out Of the mouths Of Blaine and
Sherman. Voorhees, and Hollnon. the,
admit the fraudulent decentralization
,f silver and then refuse to RICH; the
wrong.
They have allowed our flag TO he in
lul.ed by every nation, except a ll,tl.
.brecinct in South America. and ar.
low kissing the great toe of John Bal,
in the silver and Eehr;ng Sea ques
ions. for fear of offending Shvlock.
Under an act Of Congress of June
70. 1873. the lumber trust steals all
he timber in California, Oregon
Washington. Idaho, Utah. Arizona.
and under its terms. the settler OF
bubble domain pays tribute.
They have given two-thirds of al
lie coal lands III the west to the rail
Gays, and these corporations nov
lain the mineral lands Of Montana
Idaho and Washington.
While pretending to exclude til,
eprous Chinese, they have legislate,
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