The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-09-13
THE BETRAYED BANNER.

THE BETRAYED BANNER.
Flag OF our fathers. We come at thy summons.
To bear the in triumph DER mountain and
strand:
Thou. from thy place on the nations proud
column,
Art torn rom thy standard By treachery's
Though sworn to defend thee from foreign in
vaSlOn.
Regardless of ruin and fa;thless to all
Betraying the people by scheming evasion.
The allies of England are seeking thy fail.
In victory toated that banner grand;
Now in dislnay, like the dumb driven cattle,
Trailing our cclors. We parayZed stand:
Betrayed by our leaders ens.aved by the ty-
rants.
De>polled By the greed of the fox and the
Arise Iii thy vengeance. Oh sons OF the nation:
Permit them no longer its soil 70 pollute.
That S'itced our fathers through battle and
storm.
When Bunker Hill answered the challenge in
ferna
And YORKTOWN beheld US nation new born.
The ensign OF England. defiant and CORY
MAY I;o.tt o cr the savage or sink III the sea.
But the ia. OF our Union. replendent in glory.
is worthy of homage aud ,ver shall be.
Then, up with our banner throughout the
broad nation.
Though Presidents leave Us, and Congress
Detrav:
Tne people are ever our hope of salvation:
They never have faltered or failed i'll the
The banner OF England though waving in til
Is raised by a tr;,i,orous hand at the best.
But the nag q: our iathei>-the star Spangled
banner
Forever we'll bear it Ger the land of the
7. c. Buidington, in The Leader.
Democratic Prayer.
Oh. Grover most adorable master:
Thou who canst do no wrong. Thou
in whom we have placed our trust
and likewise our trust deeds and the
price of wheat and cotton. Thou for
whom We voted, marched, wore tin
ROSTERS, carried torchlights and yelled
ourselves hoarse. Thou who holdeth
the mugwumps by the tail, the stall
warts by the nape Of the neck and the
Republicans 10y the hair. Thou are
master of the situation. Thou art
mighty III strength. Whatever thou
widest, that doth come to pass. Midst
the raging of thine enimies thou sittest
calm and serene. The howlings of
Bland and Bryan and Of the southern
politicians disturbeth thee not. Let
the heather rage. Did they not vote
for thee? Did they not speak for thee?
Yea, and vouched for thee. Thou
most gracious master, are a part of
their handiwork. Must the merchant
refuse his own goods? Must the work
man condemn his own handiwork :?
Must the jury read the law to the
Judge? Not ii the court knows itself
Why kick against the pricks? Why
this wall and lamentation throug hout
the land? Why this snashing of
teeth? Bland weeping for his silver
bill and will not be comforted. Will
son CRYING aloud for the child of his
heart and it cannot be found. Verify,
the way of the politician is hard, but
the cuckoo wa!loweth in luxury.
Blessed are they that do thy will for
they shall have the privilege Of wor-
Shipping thee. 81,
Most gracious master, we bow down
to thee. We are thy meat. We
succumb. We have been succumbing
for long time. .Thou art about all
we have left and We don't want to give
thee up. We love thee. We adore
thee. We worship thee. We dote
upon thee. Thou art all right. Thou
IL y
because thou art Democrat. Can a
Democrat do wrong? Oh. no.
When the Republicans demonetized
silver it was sacrilege-a violation of
the constitution. 1t was the great
"crime of 1873" But thou caust
knock silver skyward and it is all right.
For thou art Cleveland. We are
Democrats. We sing thy praises. We
thank thee for being our President.
We thank thee for demonetizing silver.
We thank thee for issuing more bonds.
We thank thee for befrienlinS the
bankers. We thank thee for all tho IL
hast done for the trusts. We thank
thee for having breath enough left to
thank thee.
When Coxey comes into thy town
sock it to him and his ragged besgars
What business have they in Washing
bushy hair and hungry looks? Put
EN- in jail. Fine 'em. Work 'em on
the rock pile.
Most adorable master, we don t
know what thou will do next but we
indorse it now. That's what we are
here for That's the creed of the
Democratic party.
Now take us under the shelter of
thy political wing. or lay us down in
the mire of thy wrath and walk on us,
as suits thee best 1t is all the same
to lis. Thy smile is sunshine, but thy
frown everlastinglv paralvzes US.
We are willing To sell our wheat fo.
l. cents bushel and our cotton for 4
cents pound and live on hominy and
dirt. but We can never think of giving
up our old party. Never. no never.
Save us from the temptations of the
Porulists: feed us upon promises. soak
us with forty rod whisky, and if our
clothes hold out We are with you to
the end. Amen.
The Pacific Railroads.
The most important question left fol
decision by Congress is The adjust
mens of the indebtedness of the Pa
citic railroads. The debt these roads
owe the Government now amounts to