The advocate., 1895-04-24

uralo 80 was MS q.
Gertrude recognized the speaker, He was Job Cot
tie, the Worcester cabnet-maker, and she was as
tonished at his presence there. But Sydney Stone
replied with severity and every word went to Ger
trude's heart
"True, her conduct was natural, and so, l sup
pose, was his. But for the very reason that
such conduct is natural, no ReVolutionist has any
right to marry-to bind himself in sentimental fet-
ters. He should make the cause his bride end be
true to it. I am Young, and life's wonted joys
would doubtless be sweet to me as to another of
my age; but 1 am engaged in holy crusade. The
most worthy among the people-those who toll that
all others may iVeare oppressed and miserable, and
ignorant, as a rule yon all understand too WELL that
their misery is needless if they would refuse to en-
dure it. They must be enlightened, and they must
be induced to fight for the God-giyen rights
wrenched from them by wicked men they have been
taught to adore feel prophets call to the work
to be done, and have prophets zeal in doing it.
What traitor to this cause would be should L de-
sert it, snd like Sampson Of old, let woman de-
stroy my usefulness. No. Until the soil of Massa-
chusetts shall have become the common heritage of
free people, shall drive far from me all thought of
wedding any bride but Liberty. Some old writer
has said that if it were not for women, men might
lately has convinced me that if it were not for
women, men would not endure oppression single
day. Lord Bacon truly says; The man who hath
wife and children hath given hostages to Fortune,
for Fortune has him in her power. greatly fear
that wives or mothers may weep others into deser-
tion before tomorrow morning. But those of us
who are left will strike blow for the people,
though we be but score instead of hundreds. Per-
10 for fO viz q hO Whn
mothers, wives OF sWeethearts Plead but deserter
is deserter whether he fly through cowardce or fly
as the slave of sentiment. AS for me, hate these
arrogant arstocrats, and shall fight them though
should fight alone, and though my mothers arms
were about my neck l have reason to hate them.
AS most of you know my old father is in prison; put
there by that Internal old scoundred- -StilWell."
"Hell would be sort Of Garden of Eden for that
old reprobate of an Ike Stilwell, remarked JOB
Cottle.
''What is worse" continued Sydney, "my father
determined to stay in prison, unless he come
out 'honorably' The Satannspred aristocrats with
the canting of that prince of arstocrsts- George
Washington enslaved his mind, as well as his
body, and he thinks he owes allegiance -loyalty-to
the usurers' compact they have made and called it
'the Commonwealth The morning of Independence
Day, Independence Dayl Ye gods, what ironyD
he berated me for entertaining disloyaP sentiments,
and has ever since refused to see me because said,
'To perdtion with the Commonwealth of Masss-
chusettsP But that only makes me say with all the
more hatred, ITO perdition with the Commonwealth
of Massachusetts, Oh, men, the sorriest sight we
shall have to see will be to behold in the ranks of the
forces their oppressors and will bring against us
some of these old veterans of the Revolution who
have been robbed Of all they had. We fight to free
them, and these patriots of dozen years ago seek
our lives traitors because we dare be the patriots
of to-day. At times 1 almost despair. The op-
pressed people have been so filled with patriotic
can't that liberty seems impossible. Within the last
six weeks have sounded the depths of the peoples
degradation, and it has made heartsick. Yet our
duty is plain. We know the right, and knowing it
n hn Hill