The advocate., 1895-06-19


And humbly joined him to the weaker part,
Fanatic named, and fool yet well content
"Crucify him Cruelty him" is ever the cry of
scheming privilege when that awful parsonage, the
free.hearted, eloquent SEER ''with the soul of an
apostle and the courage of martyr" lifts his voice
In denuncatiOn of prosperous iniquity; but when
the truth first spoken by lips which brutal power
smote with death has found lodgment and has ger
minated in the hearts of the people, there comes
time when the prophet declines to mount the CROSS.
George Sand eoquently portrays the fate of the
social seer entering the world before the light has
daWned. But after awhile later seer turns upon
the enemies of light and confounds them. "There
are some which fade away and re.enter the dark
ness because the hour of life has not yet struck and
the fiery spirit which quckened them could strive
longer with the horror Of this present chaos wrote
ths great prophet Of France 'but there are others
that can wait, and you will find them confronting you
up and alive to say you have permitted the death
Of our brethren, and we've do not mean to die ;"
More than once in this Old Worlds history has
wealth, intrenched behind power but fearful still,
overshot the mark, and, by persecution moved some
gent among it's supporters to fling down his bold
defiance and champion the cause of the oppressed.
The tyrant trembes, II the cir but stlrg
The innocent ringlets OF Ghild's free hair.
And hastens to ''make an example, of some bolder
spirit that has dared looked tyranny in the fsce but
chat example, like the blood that dripped from the
knife which despots forced old Vrgnius to strike to
fair daughters heart rouses the indignation of men
Who cannot be silenced The guiotine for arstOcrats
takes at last the place of the stake and faggotS for
the friends of mankind. With q rope about his
neck, the uphoders of slavery dragged Garrison
through Boston streets to Jail. An eloquent, high
porn son Of Massachusetts, looked upon that scene,
and sC0rning alike sOciety's rewards and sneers,
Wendell Phillips stood theneeforth by GsrrisOn's
side and hurled q magnificent defiance at the class
into which he had been born. The thing has hap
pened often viii happen, doubtless, again, 1t hap
pened in Worcester in 1887, when the prison doors
had closed upon Sydney Stone, and his csptors re-
joiced that his dangerous tongue would no longer
disturb their peace
The exulting Federalists rued sooD their mistake
soon after his arrest the anti meet
ing in Worcester which had been arranged before,
and at which he was to have been the principal
sneaker. People came from the surrounding towns,
and large crowd assembled; but there were no
stirring speakers, and Sydneys absence was sorely
lamented. Two OF three hum.drum "talks'' had
been made, utterly destitute of fervor and fire. a
chill of disappointment was coming upon the audi
snce, and some were about to 90 home when, to the
satonishment of everybody, Hampden Bread
mongster rose and, in response to courteous, but
rather hestating, invitation, went forward to the
place just vacated by the last of the humdrums.
Not long did he leave the people in doubt as to his
purpose The big, broad.shouldered lawyer held
Niqh his massive head and was evidently in a mood
which boded no good to those who had stirred his
ire. He was powerful even in himself but, being q
rich man, the crowd looked upon him as almost a
rbd, Besides, he had not been early on the peoples
s.58. 40 far as they knew; and Che multitude wor-
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