The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-03-03

stitution Of the United States we're
founded by the noble men who led the
nation to liberty. 1t is on this rock
Of righteousness that every just law
OF our country have been founded, for
we have among our laws, laws found
cd on the whole second table of the
decalogue, and the first table is recOg-
niZed in our Sunday laws, Thanks.
giving day, etc. though we have no
state church. But the cancer Of
coyetOusness in the form Of slavery,
spread its corrupting roots over our
sunny South, being sanctioned by the
people Of the North, and it took four
years drastic, bloody, civil war to root
1t out. Again has the cancer of
c0vctOusncsS taken root in our body
polite In an intrenchcd money power,
and its roots, in the shaLe Of pools,
trusts, combines and monoDolies have
taken hold of our whole system Of DO
litical government. Its effects are al
ready seen in our multi-millionaires
and tramps, in our gorgeous palaces
and attendant poverty, for the two al
ways go together. Can a cure be eff
fectcd WlthoutA surgeons knife. and
the shedding OF blood: The prophets
of reform have sounded the tocsin OF
warning. VIII our people heed before
1t Is too late? Or Will the people serve
these, as the elder nations did their
prophets or DID, martyr them in this
generation, while their descendants
or the next Worship at the shrine Of
their memory, commit the same cor
rupt deeds, and help bring destruction
on the most glOr Gus nation that has
ever been founded since the hand on
the clock Of time started on the round
Of his gigantic dial. Will "Cn;ar's
Column" indeed become a reality, and
civilization have to fly to the noun
tains Of Africa as the last spot of
earth left to suffering humanity?
In the fall Of nations, it has always
been among the vicious members of
the upper strata Of society. where
might is right, that the corruption
which destroys nations commences,
and covetou>ue5s is the wicked leav-
en-. When | say vicious, | mean all
that is implied in the term, for vice, is
as much vice, whether its perpetrator
is elected in purple and fine linen, or
in the mcanest Of shoddy; whether he
lives in marble palace or the poverty
stricken slums or a wealthy city. The
only difference is, in the one case, vice
is gllded, in the other its hideous ma
ture is open to observation. If the
gildcd one fills up with champagne at
his club, he Is slightly ineHriated, or
is unwell is sent home in carriage
and is treated with the best Of care
In the other case, if a poor man fills
up with bad WhlskeY, and gets hilay!-
Gus, he is run in the cooler as a com
mon drunk, and the next day pays a
fine or gets so many days behind the
bars. If the gildcd one wrecks a rail-
road and steals the stockholders mon
ey, lootS bank with the safe unlock
ed and rObS the deDositors, or success
fully CANDLES in grain or stocks, and
by these means robs the honest and
indus trious, lie is a big tinancier and
is sent to Congress or some other good
position of honor, and shoddy OF the
same stripe, grovels in the dust to
worship at his shrine; but if the poor
suffering victim, having lost his all,
and out Of sheer poverty steals key
or pig feet. sack Of flour or a few
dollars worth Of ncceSsarleS of life to
keep himself and family from starv-
ing, he is sent to the pen for any time,
from a year to a lifetime Our ma
tional bankers. QegaliZed professional
burglars,) who by manipulating the
Nation S money, bring on pancs ad
ruptcy, suicide. murder, poverty and
every other form Of evil, are the only
gentlemen who understand the mon
ey question: must have handed over
to them the control of the finances of
oar nation, to continue their NAL
practicc.at will, Cat least so says the
stuffed Prophet and his ilk,) but the
other professional burglar, who blows
up a safe, or holds up struggling
traveller for his watch or a few dol
lars, gets lifer in the house of death.
Let us then call a spade, a spade"
and when a lot of gold gamblers by
conspiracy with government officials,
steal ten millions Of the nations
money at one fell sWoop; or lot Of
trusts, combines, pools conspire to
control our government, SO that they
may steal from its food producers and
consumers, let us call these things by
their right name, StealingS, and the
vicious mCmb erS of society who do
these things, thieves, however, much
they may be gllded. These men may
found universities and build churches
with their ill-gOttcn gains, and pay
gldcd preachers 10 perform pharisaic
duties for the gilded sinners; or their
wives and daughters may dance at
tion, land contribute to the soup kitch-
en-. to ward OFF starvation fer the vic
tins Of their vicious relative, yet will
it not avail them in the Gay OF judg-
ment, for their righteousness and JUS
tice are the only foundation on which
a nation can flourish. The anathemaS
OF the founder OF the Christian reli-
giOn were against these scribes, Phari-
sees, and hypocrltes, and he used the
ScOurge OF small cores On the cOVet-
Gus, vicious money changers, who de-
filed the glorious Temple at Jerusalem
where the moral law was supposed to
be paramount. 1t is therefore to the
great plain people of this country, who
believe in the principles Of the moral
law, in righteousness and Justice in
civil government, to whom we must
look to preserve this nation for future
generations. 1t is to these that the
prophets Of reform must appeal. All
prophets must be tested by this I'M
varying standard, as likewise, all can
didates for office. Let all fads be
rclcgated to the rear, close up the
ranks, let forward march, be the or
der, for united we stand, divided we
fall. and with Us the nation for re-
form forces are the only hope Of this
nation. Let all remember that it is
the carelessneSs Of the multitude as
we'll as the cove tousness and corrup-
tlon OF the vicious upper classes, that
have been the ruin of nations, for
without this carelessness these classes
could not have obtained sway, and
thus brought ruin. Eternal vigilance
is the price Of liberty" and we NAV
add also, OF national prosperity and
perpetuity. JAMES ARNOLD.
NeSta, Mimi.