Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-09-02
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REVOLUTTON.

rom the tenor of the remarks of the participants in the Labor Confer enee at St. Louis.
 Almost every speaker in that conference was severe in bis de- nunciation of the established order of things, and especially so in their denunciation of the judiciary Of our land.
 Down with the courts!o was the slogan Of Debs and Sovereign. Debs declared himself socialist amid ringing applause and Sovereign as- serted himself ready to go to jail to overthrow government by iniunc- tion.
 And who shall say their utter ances were reasonable or un- warranted by recent developments? Their speeches had reference to the recent action of certain Federal Courts in the miners strike. And who is there that can contemplate with complaeeney the encroach- ments of the Federal judiciary upon the private rights of man by injunc- tion?
 When one remembers that the Federal judiciary, by injunction, can suppress lawful assemblages, over ride the constitution and suppress freedom of speech, and prohibit the use of public highways, then one can well stop to inq uire if this is a government of rights guaranteed by the constitution and laws, or a government by Federal courts. The aggressions of the Federal courts in recent years are amazing. Not only are the liberties of the citizen threatened, but the rights of sovereign States are being en- croached upon by an usurping Federal judiciary. Nothing stays it's power. That which was estab- lished for the protection of the citi- zen and the State is becoming the source of their oppression. Against this unhappy condition we were warned by one of our patriotic fore fathers. It is time to call halt A continuation of it's encrochments upon the citizen and the State will lead to revolution. The utteranees at nearly any public assemblage in- dicate this.
 aLet us reorganize this govern ment," says Sovereign. "Let us stand up and assert ourselves. Behind these injunctions stand Cat ling guns and Winchester rifles, but we fear them not Let us hold up the flag and tear down the courts. And amid wild cheering Debs de- clared: q believe the gravity of the industrial situation in this country is well understood. It is quite evident that the delegates are cognizant of the fact that civil liberty is dead in America. I have said, and say again for the last time, at l have appealed to the courts for justice, and shall appeal to them no more. The A. R. U. expended $45, 900 to have the question of civil rights tested in the Supreme Court of the United States, only to be told that we have no rights that capital was bound to respect. Shall we appeal to the Supreme Court again2 No we appeal to this convention and to the country for an uprising of all the common people in every walk of life, to beat back the courts and re- enthrone the rights of the American people. "
 And this is not idle talk. There are thousands of idle miners and idle workmen, who feel as Debs and Sovereign feel, and who are ready to take up arms against the govern ment and the courts if leader ol Esufficient courage and ability should come forward to lead them.
 The GRAPHIC does not take much stock in Debs and Sovereign, but il requires no astute observer to dis cern that if the Federal courts per sist in their usurpations of power and expressions of the people that there will be serious trouble, II not rebellion and revolution, in thest United States.