The herald., 1896-09-27

settled by an appeal to the people. and
the ballot box will tell the story of the
great awakening in no uncertain
tones.
The deception so long practiced can
exist but a short time longer, and the
unseen foe will at last be exposed to the
public scorn, with all its hypocrisy and
all it's crime.
Bitter. has been the fight for suprema-
cy; step by step has the money power
advanced, treading under foot all those
who opposed its progress. slowly but
surely fastening its tentacles around
our liberties and people, until human
nature. no longer able or willing to
stand it's tyranny and control, demands
halt. and it's ruined victims will lead
the way to return to the paths their
forefathers trod, and by the power of
their laws restore prosperity and hap
piness to this once freed country.
The cancer has eaten long and deep;
the pretended doctors, the peo-
one hand on the peoples
pulse, have baoely and traitorous-
ly suggested the remedies that would
enable them to keep the other free to
fill their well lined pockets
But retribution is at hand, and the
disease that so long has ragged inter-
nally has now forced it's way before the
loathsomeness and rottenness.
From one end of this fair land of
ours to the other is nothing but fes-
tering, dreadful sore. Go where you
will, the same conditions confront you,
and the producer produces naught but
mortgages for the money loarer. and
the shadow of the ShylociS never leaves
the door, till liberty, hope and even
life itself, are gone.
Who is responsible for the tens of
thousands of homeless, houseless. starV-
ing, honest Sons of toll who crowd our
streets, living on the charity OF others
but little better off than themselves?
The money power heeds not these! Who
is responsible for the ten thousand muir
ders that disgraced our country in 1885?
The money power heeds not these! Who
is responsible for the homes made desc
late and the father and bread-w winner
driven to despair, seeks to escape from
future miseriea by anticipating ma
ture's call, and rushes at the revolver's
mouth into the great unknown? The
money power heeds not thesei Who is
responsible for the deep unrest, the
yearning for that something which cit
izens of this proud country once en-
joyed, but which no longer is theirs?
Who Is responsible for all this misery,
all this want, all this unrest, and all
this seeking after new diapensation! !!
The answer is in every patriots mouth
today, and cannot be repressed, though
officers of the law drive it's victims from
pillar to post. declaring 1t illegal to de-
claim against their wrongs? 1t is the
inhuman money power"
The prophecies of our fathers have
been too fearfully fulfilled, their pre-
dictions have been actually and literally
realized, and the people Of the United
States of America today are now de-
termined, before it Is too late. to es-
tablish once more and forever a new
and fresh declaration of independence
on the Sd day Of November, 1885,
There are times when silence is gold
en- and no good attained by repeating a
truism. This is a lesson that Norris
M. Estee had not learned when he stated
at he auditorium in San Francisco on
the night of August 29th last, and wait
ed for that applause that never came,
that wealth Is king in peace and
war;" 1t was unnecessary for Morris
M. Estee to offer that gratuitous insult
to free people. Full we'll they realize
that wealth is king" in this country
today and exercises more power over
its captives than is possessed by any
foreign potentate or European sover-
eign, No more unfortunate truism
could have been offered to any public
gathering Of American men and Wo-
men, and he may rest assured that not
Only VIII lib WOE0U OC ICAAcStA0NAVNrb b0S
will be used with deadly effect against
him and the party he oonsorts with, un-
til the struggle for liberty Is over and
the battle won.
On Redloe island, at the entrance to
our great city of New York stands q
solemn and ever enduring warning to
the people Of this country. 1t should
never be forgotten that every gift en-
tails some kind of obligation. When our
sister republic across the seas showed
her esteem and admiration for our re-
public by placing at our portals the
grand statue of Liberty. the obligation
imposed upon us. which we will never
relegate to others, was to "enlighten
the world" Have we been faithful to
our trust? Have we stood as the great
exponent before the world of libberty?
Has the torch arm withered or the light
gone out? Have the American people
forgotten July s, 1853, when liberty bell
rang out the memorable message of
Liberty throughout the land and to
answer Is ringing through our land to-
day. The rising tide cannot be stemmed
and the common people Of America will
speak as they have not spoken before.
The mask has fallen and the gauntlet
has been thrown down; the foe Is ex-
posed and the fight is on; the final set
Ting day is near at hand, but right must
of the east should be arrayed against It,
Never let us forget the words of John
G. Carlisle when he pleaded for the
right "Its consummation (the demon
etizing of silver) will ultimately entail
more misery upon the human race than
all the wars, pestilences and famines
that ever occurred in the history of the
world" Did Carlisle mean what he
said then, or what he says now? 1t
matters not, for whether he meant 1t
or not, the country knows that
1t was ''the truth, the whole
truth, and nothing but the truth"
What therefore, he and others like
him are saying today is not the truth,
and breadth of the land all know it.
ODE TO THE MONEY POWER"
There are occasions when the human mind
Tho well disciplined by the Christian rule
Mhlch doth mculcate universal peace;
When, too, 1t hath, by sad experience,
The dire, effects which from its want pro-
cecd;
Still doth, doth, conclude cen peace too dearly
II vile oppression. unchecked, sally forth,
ana ike an overgorged monster. crave
still more 10 satisfy its appetite;
AND And craving seeks TO subjugate and crush
Which hath done naught such act to JUS
tify;
If the fell monsters course be left un-
checked
By those who have the power. and are
bound,
As well by solemn obligations, as by all
Those, righteous laws which would defend
the weak
Against oppression; then doth the mind
conclued