The Louisiana populist., 1895-07-26

Kings, potentates and tyrants. un-
der one pretext or another. have
ruled the working people OF the world
from time immemorial. To live a
life of sensual pleasure and riotous
iebauchery, they have taken advant-
age OF all the ignorance and supersti-
tions of the people, sent among them
a set OF false religious and political
teachers, and thus inculcated the
.'divine idea of kings and theolo-
gians, even while their hand were red
with human blood. AS children can
be taught to believe any absurd story,
so the grown up children have been
taught to believe absurd theories,
that enabled the kings and their sup
pOrters to live off the people. These
kings, these wholesale murderers.
surrounded themselves with palaces,
lands. servants and luxuries, and so
do the untitled kings of America,
millionaires. to-day. There is not d
whit difference. The men in the
field, shop and mine slave, day after
day, as did their fathers for
thousands of years, to enable
an Astor, Rockefeller, Wander
bilt, Cleveland and thousands
Of lesser lites, to live as no king ever
did. The working people to-day are
so many slaves, they dress in clothes
their useless rulers would spIrn, they
live in houses their useless rulers
would not stable their horses in, they
eat what their useless rulers would
not have enter their palaces. These
American rulers tax the people with
out the peoples consent. They never
ask the consent of the people when
they raise the price of the stuff
they feed and clothe their
slaves with. 1t is the same old game
the same duplicity OF the working
people. For the life of US We can't
see how a working man, who, while
toiling and skimping every day, sees
his neighbor always dressed up, al
ways attended by servants. always
spending as much as fifty or hun
dred working mems wages and never
doing any useful work. We say We
other than regard him as he regards
the tyrants who robbed and murdered
his ancestors. How working
man can vote the same ticket well
he who does deserves to be a meniai
slave. He is fit for no other sphere.
He needs master and will always
have one and will serve him like
Sambo served his. America is to-day
the home OF more potentates that any
monarchy. Palaces rise on every
hand and the squalid huts OF the
working people are huddled more
thickly, like so many pig pens. These
brawny working people still listen to
and believe all the well-fed. we'll
housed lawyers and religious ()
teachers tell them. They are led by
their prejudice to the polls at every
election to support for Office the men
nominated by those. reputable citi-
zens who profit by this system at the
expense OF their ragged followers.
The wives Of the officers and monopo-
lists spurn the wives and daughters
of these voters just as did the wives
of kings spurn the wives of the work
ing people thousands of years ago.
Not a monopolist, not tyrant, not a
briber of court, legislature or con-
gress, not a millionaire could main
tain his power for month
if the working people could
see the glaring fraud and
would vote for the public ownership
of all monopolies. Every working
man would then have an elegant
home, elegant furnishings, elegant
clothing, excellent and abundant
food, his wife and children could
have the advantages that now only
the rich, who do not work, have.
Why, o, why, working people, will
you not vote for a change that will
benefit you and those you love so
dearly? Why will you remain dupes
to these lying politicians, just
as your forefathers were duped
by the lying politicians and
tyrants? You think such a condi-
tion for you is dream because those
in power tell you SO? Your fore
fathers believed the same lie. Break
away from your masters advice; read
''Merrie England or some other
books OF that kind, and you will DC
convinced. 1t is a fact. 1t is all
yours for your asking it by your bal
lot II you vote against it and a
majority vote against it, of course it
cannot be enacted into law
because majority say by
their votes they do not want
it. o! laboring people, We beg you, for
the sake of your wives and babies and
my wife and babies to read and help
us bring about such glorious adjust
ment of society. 1t is simple. All
can understand it if they desire to.
II it is true you want it, If not true a
little study will proveit. Millions all
over the world believe it, they have
studied lido you think they are all
senseiess dreamers? Read, vote and
let US make q new civilization. Let
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