The Louisiana populist., 1895-12-13
RUNNING AFTER DEBS
A "NAN WITHOUT n SOUL"
SAYS THAT
He wou'd Rather BE an Active Rsformer
ON Earth than u Conservative Angel
ia Hc.vcn-Psrfect Government Liss
ia t,is Ballot.

Anent the liberation OF +. Y. Debs
on Nov. %, a "Man Without q Soul,n
as he signs himself, wrote as follows
iu the Coming Nation:
Liberty is only word. 1t means
ao;hing TO the poor man. only SO far
Is it refers to being inside or outside
# prison. lie may have his freedom,
but he is not ut liberty to do things
or say things that conflict with the
private schemes of millionaires and
their paid ad ministers OF Law and So
called justice.
Eugene V. Dcbs made himself a
criminal in the eyes OF the million
aires law because he used his iufiu-
cnce with la5oriug men and urged
them to stop working for monopolistic
tyrants until these tyrants and OPP
pressors would use their influence
with one of their number aud force
him 10 do justice to his starving
workmen in the town Of Pullman.
Tue battle was one between right
aud wrong; the wOrkneu on one side
and their employers aud the stanGi ing
army and militia on the other. The
employers had millions of dollars be-
hind them while the strikers had only
their manhood and the starving people
OF Pullman to urge them on in the
battle of humanity.
Aud where was Cleveland and his
Wall street friends? Did they hear
the cries Of the hungry children and
discouraged mothers aud dcspondeut
fathers in pious Pullman? Did they
know that in the town of Pullman lit
tie children were crying themselves
to sleep every night on account of
hunger: That half-starved mothers
held their sObbing babes to their
dried-up breasts and wep: because
there was no nourishment there to
ease the pangs of hunger in their lit
tie bodies? Did they know that in
this veritable he'll OF hunger, where
the church steeples pointed to
heaven ia mockery OF Christ's
mission to the worlds poor.
were strong tncn willing aud eager to
work for their loved ones. but forced
into idieness through the damnable
greed OF the Pullman company and
obliged to stand in idleness aud listen
to the plea OF starving children, crying
in vain for bread,
All, Goo pity their brutality, they
sncw OF all this; and yet they stood
up with the Pullman gang and sent
the soldiers to crush the brave and
humane heroes VINO forgot their own
dependent families and took up toe
fight OF justice for the oppression ia
Pullman. And the men who died in
that fght-the meu who laid down
their lives while demanding justice
for the Pullman strikers, did all that
2 Christ could do for an oppressed
world. La the great book of Justice
aud Reward at God right hand, their
names are written now, and will be
cherished among the angels whom the
Clevelands and Pullmans are oven for-
gotten among the demons who make
hell hideOus with their demoniacai
howls.
And after oppression and the mill
tary power had crushed out the strike,
Debs aud his companions were SEN
fenced to prison without trial by
jury, and their liberty or their r.y0s
to liberty was OF no more account In
the eyes of the judges who took it
from them. than the liberty OF an OK.
l tell you. the poor man or the poor
mans friend. has no right or claim to
liberty which monopoly aud corpora
live power is obliged to grant or re-
spect
Debs will be out OF Woodstock Jail,
to be sure; but at ned from some
railroad president and u wink from
the powers at Washington. he can be
imprisoned without trial. Ii this
government had right to imprison
Debs without trial, it still has it, and
mis- liberty or freedom Is merely a
matter resting with the individuals
who deprived him CT liberty six
months ago.
The Imprisonment OF Debs is On
object lesson to every honest laboring
thos Nob
oe gained through strikes.
The laboring mans last and only
nope of justice. liberty and perfect
government. is in the ballot.
Have we military tyranny ia our
country? Vote it out of existence.
dave we monopolistic corruption in
our government? Vote it down.
Have we unjust judges and corrupt
courts? Vote for a system that will
,quelch them out OF existence.
1t is our laws and our unjust system
OF government we must change before
we can enjoy perfect liberty aad the
rights of a truly free citizenship.
Strikes viii never accomplish this for
US. but a united vote OF all lovers Of
liberty will do it in single day.
They cannot imprison us for voting
Oebs may lead a million OF us to the
POLLS In perfect safety, out he will
never dare lead Us into strike again.
believe he will never desire to do so.