The Louisiana populist., 1895-07-19

turies have been Ito a greater CT
less degree only a one man govern
mcnt, and that any other kind Is
of necessity a trial. But it seems
to me that careful survey of the
governments of the present and the
past should convince any one that
a government by the people them
selves is the best. and far more
preferable. as we'll. We have had
and have in existence to-day from
the absolute tyrany-the absolute
monarchy down II the broader
constitutional monarchy, and just
as we advance from the absolute TO
the broader constitutional, do we
find elevation, civilization and no.
billty of manhood in the race of
man.
Would it not seem then, a fair
deduction, that a still broader po-
Iitical liberty than even constitu-
tional monarchy would be still bet
ter for the people. And this de-
duction, that the logic of govern
mental conditions should force ur-
on all as a conclusion, is just what
the history of our government
proves, although our government
has not been a .fdir trial of the
broadest political liberty, for two
reasons.
1st. For thirty centuries the
governments of earth have been
based on the idea that the people
were not competent for self gov
crnment, and the habits of thought
as well as action cannot be thrown
off in a day, nor even in a century.
2dly. 1t is to the self interest of
the few to control the many. 1t is
true that the very worst element in
our nature, ararice, is at the bot
tom of this desire to control, but
these two motives put together and
acted upon, have prevented our
government from being the best
specimen of the broadest political
| freedom. 1t is unquestiOnably
true that the trend In our political
affairs from the beginning has been
to enable the few to control the
many, moro and more easily. 1t
matters but little to those who
control, how they do it--wheth-
or as bond slaves, serfs, peasants
or slaves to want, controlled by the
money power. The last has the
advantage of bringing the least
responsibility to the master, and
eqally as much profit, and is the
one universally adopted to-day.
Four and one-half millions of slaves
were freed at the close of the war,
and plans devised and put in Ope-
ration then that have resulted in
bringing at least forty millions
more into just as abject servitude
as were the bond slaves Of the
South.
The war was only contest as
to who should be the master, and
that was the one great question
decided for this country by the
war, and has been acted upon day
by day since. This policy has the
advantage over any other, of be-
ing worked in perfect harmony by
the few who are controlling the
world. 1t is this that makes me
politically mad. 1t is because our
political leaders for thirty years,
have Joined and worked in harmO-
ny with the one man power idea OF
other nations, that l get warm un-
der the collar sometimes, and more
especially so, since those who are
practicing this diabOlical method,
SO enslaving to the masses, are
falsely sailing under the glorious old
names of Democrat and Republi-
can. Surely the masses of the
people of this country will be
aroused soon, and arise in their
might and break this tyranical
force-this centralizing trend that
is enslaving them slowly but
surely.
Let the masses determine to give
a government of tho people, by
the people, and for the people
fair trial under conditions necessa-
ry for the best results-the great
est liberty, not dominated by the
habits of thought and force of the
precedents of tho centuries gone
by, as tho selfish greed Of sOrdid,
extortionate gain.
MAUI STICK.
Robcline, La, July -, 1895.