Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-10-15
EnsIaving the Citizen.
ANNAPOLIS, Oct. 18th, ]

ANNAEO1Ao, OCb- ill., lou"
Ed. Register-The announcement in
this mornings Post-Dispdtch that d.
Crawford & Co., of St. Louis. had dis
charged twelve men because of their
political opinions is enough to shock
the nation, and were it not for the
wholesale intimidation that has made
this campaign a travesty on republic
can government. and that will render
the boosted freedom of this country a
byword the world over. it would hard
" be credited. This action cannot be
too strongly condemned, Let Mr..
Crawford remember that fortunes
smiles are tickle, and that his child
rem, or his children's children, may oc-
cupy the same position as those whom
he has so unceremoniously dismissed
for opinions sake.
Should such action meet the approval
of the American people. or fail to re-
ceive their condemnation, then repub-
lican government is at an end in this
country. Founded as our government
is on universal suffrage, destroy the
foundation and the whole fabric will
fall. All honor to the noble men who
defed their would-be master! Let the
laboring men all over this great coun-
try follow their example, and the pow
er of the petty tyrant is gone forever.
Political freedom for the masses is
of vastly more Importance than the
election of either Bryan or Mckinley.
And the greatest danger to our beloved
country to-day is. that the public con-
science should be so blunted as to sane
ton an election accomplished by such
Infamous methods. / have been in
formed that some thoughtless persons
have sanctioned the actions of the
great corporations of the country in
their attempt to deprive their employ
ees of their liberties. OF such we can
only say, Lord forgive them, for they
know not what they do" For my part,
I would not have an Office wrung from
the people by force or fraud.
Col. Ingersoll, who so forcefully
condemned slavery in Palestine, has
now Joined the hosts of mammon and
has not one word to say in condemna-
ton of the menace to the liberties of
his fellow Americans.
In his lecture on inspired slavery,
referring to the Hebrew servant, who,
the law said, Should serve six years,
and on the seventh go out free. If he
had wife or children when he came in,
then shall they go out with him; but
If he came in alone and his master
have given him wife and she have
borne him children he shall go out
alone. But if he shall plainly say, |
love my master, my wife and my child
rem, then shall his master bore his ear
through with an awl and he shall serve
him forever
In burning eloquence Mr.. Ingersoll
speaks of this as ''turning the dimpled
arms of babes into manacles OF iron 81
May we not with equal truth say of the
employee who is threatened with loss
of employment. causing him 70 be-
come a wanderer-a tramp, if you
please-and his loved ones to cry for
bread-may we not, say, with equal
propriety and truth, say that the dim
pied arms of his babe are being turned
into manacles of iron? Shame on you,
Mr.. Ingersoll! to condemn the Hebrew
law in such soul-stirring eloquence and
close your eyes to the danger that now
threatens the liberties of your country
men.
Let those who are yet free from the
power of the oppressor beware lest the
scales fall from their eyes after all of
American liberty shall be lost.
CRUx.