The herald., 1894-03-15

mensa souls" is whsei they are held as
bond sslaves and wage-serfs.
For 30 years the legislation of Amer
ica has been in the Interest of the power
that cen trolls the finances OF the country
the world, until q plutocracv more
arrogaIBt and hssFtaess than monarchy
ITSELF has grown up in our midst and
despoil I'd the land, Labor, that should
be the ecognized honor and dignity of
man, h Is been trodden in the dust, and
ground under the juggernaut wheels of
wealth, monopoly and competition.
The rophetic words Of our immortal
Lincoln, 'As result of the war corpor-
ations Ave been enthroned and an era
of corru ption in high places will follow,
and the money power of the country
will encleavor to prolong its reign by
working upon the pTeiudices OF the peo-
pls until all wealth is aggregated in few
hands, sad the republic 10 destroyed.
l fesl at this moment more anxiety for
the safety of my country than ever be-
fore. even in the midst of war. God
grant that my suspicions may prove
0roundlsss" has been realized, and the
tOiler OF today is reaping :, the fearful
conssouOnce. No longer can the great
mass Of American citizens submit to the
CALLING labor clamor of enslaved labor
and ensorced idleness, as our president
seer said it.
''It mMy seem strange that any man
should dare ask just Gods assistance
in wrinaing his bread from the sweat
of other mems faces" is equally peril
nent in this day, when wealth sits in
cushioned pews and chants, From all
uncharitableneSs good Lord deliver u.s."
not only "wring the sweat of other
mems faces" but have brought them to
a cruet for their portion and board for
their pillow.
A watchword is resounding through
out the land, "On to Washington /"
The American citizen-iaborer has
sounded the clarion note until it is
echoed and re-ochoed from east to west,
from north to south. The wRgeworker
realizes the hour has come for the shap-
ing of his own destiny and that Of fu-
ture generations; they recognize that
the time has come for the supremacy OF
right; that "there are wrongs to be re-
dressed that have already been long
enough endured" and there is in this
supreme hour no hope for the million
unemployed but to rise in the majesty
OF right and demand redress.
The urgency Of the swful future loom
immediate action.
They have their constitution as their
guide, which plainly says: 1--WE, the
people OF the United States, in order to
form q more perfect union and establish
Justice, insure domestic tranquility, pro-
vide for the common defense, promote
the general welfare and secure the bless-
ings of liberty to ourselves and our pos
terity :" and further we declare that
when any form of government becomee
destructive to these ends it is the right
of the people to alter or abolish 1t and
to institute q new form of government,
laying its foundation on such principles
and organizing its powers in such form
as to them will seem most likely to
effect their safety and happiness.
But when q long train Of abuses and
usurpations, pursuing invariably the
90 me object, evinced q design to reduce
til em under absolute despotism, it is
th cir right, it Ia their duty, to throw off
such government and to provide new
safeguards for their future security"
They have their flag, and its starry
folds mean peace, prosperity and hap
pIness for all. What will petitions avail,
though miles in length, when thu czsr
of ell America feels safe in the security
of his Cossack hirelings?
Nol Our unemployed, in the dignity
of American labor must take this object
lesson into the very gstes of the Capital
city, into the stronghold OF plutoorAcy,
and make the march of the t0iler man
fleet evidence that there is enforced idle
meas, gaunt want and starvation on every
hand in land Flowing with milk and
honey"
Let everyone who believes in the
righteousnsss of this cause give of his
means, if only the widows mite. Let
their petition be made positive and eff
fective by their presence in the city
where help and justice alone can be
given and God speed the way.