Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1897-06-06

oi a house. admitted and ranked rs
noble ? VINO drew these parallels OF
pain and ignominy running equal
cour'e with and betwe N lines OF
honor and delight? BY what cdic;
of existence were rank and station
begotten. to empha-iz, misfortune
mi to fasten iudignity rs BY curse?
Whence came this distinction Il am
Thy Lord, thou art in my bond
From what authority came this power
Uy which was me,ei the lash, the
dungeon. unremittng toll. the chain,
The whipping post and iron man ,c.e ?
How Genes it that ON Gods acres
some may SOW and CLEAN, and revci
in the JOY and abundance Of harvest.
whilo millions willing to labor. may
not plant ono grain in any field, may
not satisfy hunger by SO uu Ii as n,
handful Of corn. compelled To trulge
on. not naked for fear OF the law
through rain and storm, deafened by
the thun Ter less awful than the
voice OF fellow man, dazzled by the
lightning less sharp. less harmful
than the fire flashing from brains un-
illumined 10y compassion
or the Ethiopian it WIS said: -Rc.
cause of his skin he !.ath been mark
ed for bondage and for thousands Of
years the great authority Of religion
has proclaimed the justice OF his cap
ture, the honor OF a trailic in his
body. that lie might he bred as other
beasts are. torn from his kin, or per
hBps impounded i'll the corral Of the
diamond diggings OF Africa. not less
slave than when swapped for car
goes Of rum, which kept pirates and
vandals up to more than the pitch OF
devils in tho performance OF deeds
which must have mPde all hell en-.
yious because OF their atrOcity.
1t il not the hard task God has set,
not the environment placed by dis
criminating Creator who laii the
strenuous lines Of caste and Of class.
but the wicked might of human law,
that has male toll unremuncratiye,
filed earth with pauper. criminal and
degenerate, and has turned loose for
pluDder meu enough to guard our
coasts aud defend our shores. md
who under just and equitable al min.
istratiun might be the pride and sup.
port OF this nation and not its shame.
Tho plan OF self government is
desperate failure when its cnnspi VI
Gus products are millionaires aud
millions OF tramps. Our brasted
Constitution. glittcrng with general
tiles is the bill to a flrcial play, when
famine rules the alley, hunger lines
the highway, want assails the pas ser-
by, desperation covers in the shad-
ows rcGdy to do violence. while
greed gorgcs in palaces upon the
earnings OF more than millions OF
pairs oi hands!
Our national cscuichcon sullicd 10y
treason. has been marHcd more thnn
once by disllonor, but when was such
q stab Mt American intcgrit M when
n Chief Justice Of these United
States, in spite OF the Declaration Of
Independence in defiance of the
Constitution. but in obedience to the
behest OF the slave-ring power. SOL
omnly and iudicially ratified, us the
flat OF Justice, TINT such pursuit and
capture OF runaway slave, escaped
beyond the borders Of the State
wherein ho had bcrn claimed M
clattcl. might bc made. such inhu-
mapiiics practiced. woundiug unto
death, branding with iron hot, IA
would never have been permitted
upon beast.
Wo hnyo not time to review hist
ory minutely, but war came ms the
sequence TO such caluminalion OF
ntrocity, after the genius Of stntos.
mon had failed to affect satisiuctory
compromise. and because Inv Ind DO.
como perverted in Interpretation and
WINS no longer the expression Of the
ireoman's q will. bnt the instrument Of
vice for the performance Of crimo
and the continuance ~ iniquity, tho
Of manhood; becausc M
guaranteed by that Great Bill OF ilu
man Rights, there was no longer MI
for the pursuit of life,
liberty and happiness; because God
himself VIVA revcrcd as the author Of
the law givcr for tho wicked
and no star OF Heaven but what
threw light upon outrage Of man to.
ward man, who epread his ncts ma II
fowler, shared his brother man, vIo-
lated his home, outraged the wiic ho
had widowed, sold ut public yonduo
tho children ho had cnslavcd.
ls il Ia be wondered that right
reason aud powor then mustered
their forces and iu llist0ry's grandcsl
ontbursl took the told?