The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-07-18
sTS HE OF MY COUNTRY, OR A
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STRANGERW
Synopsis Of M. w. Chunn's Address
Delivered Before the Gospel Tenn
perance Union I'm the Opera House,
Luverne, Sunday, July 8 1904.
A thought-gem that IL as fresh in my
mind as when I first read 1t years ago IN
the Sanskrit ''Hitopadesa" runs in this
way, us he of my country or a stranger?'
Such is the calculation of the narrow-mind-
ed; the earth itself is the family of the no
ble-hearted."
With the ancient Greeks the world was
divided into two classes: Greeks and Bar
barians There was one law for the Greek;
another law for the Barbarian. The Ro-
mans also divided the population of the
world into two classes: Romans and Bar
barians. The Barbarians had no rights that
the naughty Roman felt himself bound to
respect. The history of Rome Is little more
than the history or wars of conquest car
ried by the brutal Roman soldiery into At
RIGA and Gaul AMI Spain and other coun-
tries that Rome would reduce to slavery
The Hebrews did not yield to other peoples
of their age in making distinction between
native born and stranger. They taught
themselves to believe that they bore
commission from their god to rob the in
habitants of Canaan, of land, liberty and
life.
The shirt of modern nations does not
differ materially from the spirit of ancient
nations The weak and unprotected coun-
tries of the East and South nave always
been a prey to Ehgland's greed. England
is checked in her wars of conquest To-Day
not by the sense of justice. but by the ar
ray Of armies and navies that strong ma
lions are able to bring to their aid on land
and on sea. France, Germany, Italy Spain,
Portugal and Russia, have all regarded
the semi rbaric peoples of Asia and Africa
and the islands of the sea their legitl-
mate prey.
Once more this Unborn spirit of hostility
that we are considering Is not manifested
only toward persons of alien BIRTH Ihere
is class distinction among men born on the
same soil. India from time immemorlai mas
been the land of caste. The Indian legend
of Brahma the supreme God, creating IouI
classes of men from four different parts OF
his body could not tend otherwise imam 10
foster the spirit of caste. Religion i'as pui'
up caste system among men porn oh 'he
same soil In the United States on the one
side stands Christianism, on the other sue
stands infidelity-the denial OF the Wv me ~,
origin of Christianism. Chrlstlanlsui' itsel
one of the worlds sects, is suD-dlVldeu ihto
Catholicism and Professionalism. Protestant
ism in it's turn is divided into. numerous
smaller sects The entire lnhdel Woriu Is
barbarian to the advocate OF Cnflstlalileiii Il.
The advocate of Protestant ChIlsllahis,ll - 10
barbarian to the advocate OF CalholiC
Christianism and vice versa. Inc au'
of one branch of Protestant Chrlstlahisln
is barbarian to the advocate OF dlllereh'
branch of Protestant Chrlstlansm.
Wealth has also built up caste system
among men born the same SOIL. AS
the land of the country mas lhcreaseu III
+1,o
tbe owners of the soil have reaped the en-
fire advantage of this increase in lana
values Wages have not increased win
the increase in the value Oh lanu. Inc
result has been that one class OF men, the
land owners have assembled year by year
the ladder of financial prosperity, While
the condition of the wage earners Is no
better than was their condition 100 years
ago. Two children are born on the same
dav One of them is heir to thousands of
acres Of the choicest of land; the other Is
heir to not even enough of the soil to
stand upon The latter child is at the
mercy of those who own the earth. He
must labor on the conditions that the lords
of the soil dictate, or he must starve. Inc
coal and iron mines are included IN the pos
sessions of the owners of the earth. "hen-
ever the owners of the mines do not realize
what they consider sufficient profits, down
go wages of the miners. The miners nave
no other redress than to quit work When
they resist the attempt OF the owners OF the
mines to supply places with new and cheap
er la borers they are denounced as outlaws
upon whose heads the vengeance OF the
government is invoked.
AS if the caste system that has sprung
up in the United States as the result of the
monopolzation of the land by the favored
few was not rigid enough, the financial
legislation with which country has
been afflicted for more than 80 years has
helped the growth of the caste system. The
exception clause on the greenback passed
by congress in 1862; the contraction of the
currency by act of congress in 1866; the
demonetza ton of silver by act of congress
in 1878, are only a few of the dark chapters
in our financial history during the last 80
years. Our financial history for the last 80
years has widened the gulf between the
rich and the poor. There is not a wider
gulf between the of Russia and the
meanest serf in the empire than there is
in the United States today between the
richest of the rich and the poorest of the
poor
1 myself have reached a plane of devel-
op1nent when church that is not
church for all mankind can lay any claim
to my sympathy or support. The-doors of
the chuch to which l minister must swing
open to the touch of every man who would
enter therein, be he Greek or barbarian,
Christian infidel. 1 have also reached
a plane of development when political
party that has not the best interests of the
common people at heart lay any claim
to my sympathy support.
An unjust land tenure and an iniquitous
land policy are twin evils that are largely
: responsible for the inequality that exists
between man and man in the United
States. AS long as these twin evils are
allowed to exist in the United States, there
will also be overwhelming gulf between
men who swear allegiance to the same flag.
He Took the TOilers' Bread.
John and Mary got married,
And now they would work, they said,
And save every penny possible.
That they might never want for bread.