The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-05-01
THE NATIONAL UPRISING.

On every hand the signs are rapldly
multiplying, showing that the American
= people are moving grandly forward,
highly resolved to effect their own deliv-
erance The light is spreading in all
directions The change in public senti-
ment during the past few months has
been marvellous. There is an imperative
demand for facts, with which to con-
: found the false prophets OF ruinous
financial and industrial system, who
have so long led the multitude astray
and held them in helpless bondage while
they have been plundered by the Shy
locks of the old world and their Ameri-
Acan allies There is q cry for help go
Ing up from wall street. It is sugges-
.aively declared that the Silver heresy
gaining ground so fast that stern
easurl5 must he taken at once to pre-
knt an early return to constitutional
rinciples. Tie cowardly gold press
In no longec conceal the truth The
BID, it is said, must be repossessed, at
' cost. The resources of the enemy
boundles5, but the spirit of an awak-
led national patriotism cannot thus be
uenched The public conscience can
lot thus be debauched. AS the price OF
liberty is eternal vigilance, SO the price
Of national redemption and safety is the
@repudition of the tempter. Whatever
DISCUSSES he may assume he Will speed
ily be recognized and firmly rejected.
Let the friends of true national policy
take courage and renew the assault along
the whole line.
Heretofore, in all contests with the
moneYpower, the people have been ia
tallyydivided. The way to success has
beeY blocked by class clanishness, mis-
understanding, misrepresentation, pref
/ uNce, and short-sighted seltishness The
\ gJeat army of wage earners has been at
Y4r with itself, the ready victim of the
mmon foe. The agricluturists have
zen sadly deceived. They have strange
stood in their own light. The race
sue has served to hinder the cause of
humanity and Justice Political Bour-
bnism has kept "solid South as
a Btanding menace to national reunion
and prosperity Sectional feeling has
|baff1ed the efforts of broadminded pat
riots. Craftsmanship has been dwarfed
and the rights Of the people have been
mocked Today the men who toll,
whether in shop or field, in counting
room or on the rail- in mine or factory,
the small property owner especially, III
town and country, the manufacturer and
the merchant not in league with def
ant and plundering trusts-all classes,
indeed. in all sections Of the land-eX-
cent professional money-lenders and
their agents-pairfully realize that they
have been foully dealt with, that their
interests have been sacrificed, that q
Continuance of the present downward
tendency means for vast numbers ahso-
Lutte ruin AMI lifelong poverty, and for
all others irreparable loss. The aver
age citizen may not be able to compre-
bend all the intricacies and mysteries Of
finance and political economy, but he
knows when he has had enough of the
blighting, blistering process of contrac-
ton, which reduces his resources, saps
his strength, paralyzes his energies
brushes his hopes, and brings him face
to face with want and despair. He
might bear it all with fortitude, but
thoughts of his family and those depend
ent upon him render him impatient OF
the hateful sophistries which have SO
long made the promise to the ear to
break 1t to the hope. He is aroused at
last and no power known amongst men
can again put him down.
The spirit of true Americanism is
sweeping over lie COulllIy llhc HllSIly
wave, growing higher and stronger
svery hour One of the most inspiring
things to be noted is the patriotic out
burst in the South Leading journals il
that section are battling for national
principles and honor as they never done
before. Their hot denunciatiOn of what
they justly term the Toryism of today
and their demand for new declaration
of American independence, is sublime
Such work on the part of the recognized
leaders of an impulsive and brave people
will do more to cement the Union thar
\ all the efforts of partisan statesmen dur.
y ing the past 80 years. On the supreme
issue of the hour the South is today
teaching a most impressive lesson of in
telligent loyalty to the men of New Eng
land and the middle states, who are
still chained to the chariot wheels of tn,
- British money kings. There is a com
ing union of hearts, heads, hands ant
ballots that will usher in new era O
national prosperity and greatness. Ok
party lines everywhere are swapping lik
rotten cords. Trucking, unprinciplet
politicians are being thrust aside
Would-be leaders, without the courag
of honest conviction, are being sent t.
the rear. 1t is day of Judgment, espe
cially for presidential aspirants who d
not own themselves and are afraid t
speak the truth; who say one thing to
day, in one section, and something els
tomorrow in another section. The PEG
pie are leading themselves, and in du
time they will place the standard o
Americanism in able and Trustworthy
hands. The next Chief Magistrate o
the Union, as we'll as the men who vii
cooperate with him in carrying out tn
popular will in the conduct of the ma
tional government in all it's branches
will come up from among the people, a
in every other crisis in the nations his
tory. The great uprising of 1896 wi
eclipse that of 1861. This is the hopefu
- and inspiring sign of the times, write
in letters of living light across the ma
tional armament.
GROWTH.