Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-05-09

the men who advocate II are enemies
or society. 1f these conditions are to
continue. then the fate of the American
ln''orcr Is sealed. He must he reduced
to the lowest conditions Of existence,
ana this must destroy that very capital
which In now pushing him down; for
with the destruction of the purchasing
power Of the American lal,Orer will dis.
appear our great American market, and
whenever this happens-whenever the
American labOrer. like his brother In the
poorer countries Of the old world, can
only buy little coarse clothing and
some poor food and cannot afford to
travel. then many Of our great manu-.
featuring and railroad properties will
not Ike worth 30 cents on the dollar.
Further, this process must produce dis.
content, disturbance and hatred, ana
will increase the expense Of watching
property, and greatly increase the ex.
pense Of government, and consequently
the taxes. Russlanlxing a government
Ii an expensive business and has never
yet succeeded--not even I'm Russia. 1t
has always resulted In choking enter.
prise. and In the end destroying capital.
Capital to-day does not seek invest.
ment In any country where the labOrers
are slaves. and where there Is an ever
present system Of police and espionage,
for the taxes are destructive and there
In no market. Capital seeks those cOun-
ts,tt
and enterprise. Again. the government
Is Interested In preserving the highest
order Of citizenship. This II impossible
where the labOrer IL too poor to educate
his children. and IL kept In the cOndi.
ton Of beast Of burden. The
spirit Of misrepresentation alone
requires the Government to take
notice Of these conditions. II the gov.
eminent II impOtent In dealing with
combinations Of capital, then It should
ut least give the laboring men Of the
country fair chance to protect them
selves by penceable means. 1t will
he n sorry day for our country when
we shall have only the very rich on the
one hand, and crushed and spirit
less poor on the other. These cOndl-
lions. II not arrested. will change the
character Of our government, and give
us In time corrupt Oligarchy, the
worst form Of government known to
man. For several years there has come
from certain classes n loud cry Of
anarchy intended to cover every man
who protested against the destruction
Of American liberty with OblOquy. 1t
was cry Of stop thief" by class
that apparently wished to direct mt.
tentiOn from what It was doing. Even
II we had anarchists In our country.
they could accomplish nothing, for
men In rags never yet destroyed a
government. We have our fair share
Of criminals OF every grade and kind.
and the law Ii amply able to deal with
these. Our government never has been
and IL not to-day In the slightest dan.
ger from the anarchy Of a mob. Our
can be found on earth that IL stronger
than ours In this regard, for II IL as vet
entrenched In the hearts Of our citi.
xens. Half million men would rush
to the defense Of the government In our
state alone In day, II It were In the
slightest danger from any violence.
Our danger lies In another direction.
1t comes from that corruption, usur.
patton, insOlence and oppression that
20 hand In hand with vast cOncentra.
ton Of wealth, welded by unscrupu.
lOus men; and 1t behOOves every friend
Of republican institutions to give these
things most serious consideration. BE.
Ing required by the constitution to re-.
port the condition Of the State, and
| seeing that the ground Is being dug
from some Of Its foundation, I have
felt 1t to be my duty to call attention
to 1t. earnestly hoping that a remedy
will be found for all of the evils that
threaten US. Let us bear In mind In
all we do that we are legislating for one
of the greatest States ON earth, n State
that Is yet In Its infancy, and has al.
ready won the admiration of mankind;
n State which II guided by those prin.
ciples Of liberty and true republican
government ordained by the fathers,
must have a career of unparalleled
grandeur ana glory. Therefore let us
build for the centuries.
JOHN u. ALTGELD,
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because his wife Is deaf and dumb.
Some men never know good thing
when they see 1t.
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