The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-08-25
A NATIONS DANGERS.
Dr. Talmage Eloquently Portrays
the Couutry's Destiny.
Monopoly the OvcrsbndowinG Curs,
Of Our Land-Nihiiism an Evil
POwer-Inndelity "A Source
of Weakness.


the path Of safety; text. Isaiah 62:4
THY land shall be married"
As the greater includes the less. 81
Dies the circle of future joy around oui
entire world include the epicycle of oul
own republic. Bold, eNhlarant unique
Divine imagery Of the text. At the clos,
of a week i'm which for four days our
national capital was pageant and all
that grand review and hammered process
sion and national anthems could do
celebrated peace, it may not be inapt 10
anticipate the time when the Prince Of
Peace and the heir of universal domin-
ion shall take possession of This nation
and THY land shall be married"
IN discussing the final destiny OF this
nation il makes all the difference ia the
world whether we are on the way 20 a
funeral or a wedding. The Bible leaves
no doubt on this subject. In pulpits
and on platforms and in places Of pub
lie concourse hear so many % the
muhled drums Of evil prophecy sound
ed as though we were ON the way 10 ma
tional interment, and besides lhebes
and Babylon md Tyre I'm the cemetery
of dead nations our republic was 10 be
entomhcd, that I wish YOU 20 under.
stand ii is NOT 10 be obsequics. but nup-
tals; not mausOlcums. but carpeted
altar: not cypress. rut orange BIOS
SONS; notrequiem. but wedding march;
for "thv land shall be married"
propose 10 name some OF the suitors
who are claiming the hand of this re-
public This larsl is SO fair. so beaufi-
ful. so afiluent that IL has many sdtors.
and IL viii depend much upon your adj
vice whether this or that shall be ac-
cepted or rejected In the first place.
remark: There Is a greedy. all-grasn-
ing monster who comes in as suitor
seeking the hand OF this republic. and
+ that monster is known by the name Of
monopoly. His scepter is made ont Of
the rail track and the wire OF teleg-
raphy Tie does everything for his own
advantage and for the robbery of the
people Things went on from bad TO
worse until In the three legislatures of
New York, New Jersey and Pennsyl-
vania for a long time monopoly decided
everything. If monopoly favor a law,
IL passes: IL monopoly oppose a law, 10
g. rejected. Monopoly stands in the
railroad depot putting into his pockets
ln one year s200.00O.000 in excess of all
reasonable charges for services. Monop-
oily holds in his one hand the steam
power OF locomotion and in the other
the electricity Of swift communication.
Monopoly has the republican party in
one pocket and the democratic party
In the other pocket. Monopoly decides
nominations and elections-city cleo
tions, state elections. national cleo
tions. With bribes he secures the votes
Of legislator. giving them free passes.
giving appointments 10 needy rela,
tives 10 lucrative positions, employing
them as attorneys IL they are lawyers,
carrying their goods 10 per cent. less II
they are merchants. and if he find case
very stubborn as well as very important
puts down before him. the hard cash OF
bribery
But monopoly IS not so easily caught
now rs when during the term Of Mr..
Buchanan the Legislative committee in
one Of our states explored and exposed
the manner in which a certain railway
company had obtained q donation Of
public land. II was found that 13 OF
the senators OF that state received s175,-
ono among them. 60 members Of Ns
lower house of that state received hc-
tween $1,000 and $4,000 each. The gov
ernor Of that state received S5o.OoO. his
clerk received $1,000, the lieutenant
governor received 10000 all the clerks
of the legislature received $1,000 each.
while $4,000 wss divided among the
lobby agents That thing on a larger
or smaller scale is all the time going on
in sope of the states Of the union, but
n ia not so blundering rs il used 70 be-
snd therefore not 30 easily exposed or
arrested. I tell YOU that the overshad-
owing curse Of the United States to-
day Is monopoly. he puts his hand
upon every bushel Of wheat upon every /
sack of salt. upon every ton OF coal, and /
every man. woman and child IN the
United States feels the touch Of that
uoneved despotsm. I rejoice that IN I
"a states Of the union already anti-mo- /
nopoly leagues have been established. I
God speed them IN the work Of liberd- I
tion.
have nothing 10 say against capt. /
talists; a man has right 20 all the /
money he can make honestly. have
nothing 10 say against corporations as
such: without them no great enter
prise would be possible, but what do
say is that the same principles are 70
be applied 10 capitalists and TO cor
porations that are applied 10 the poor
est man and the plainest laborer. What
Is wrong for me is wrong for great cor
porations. If 7 take from you your
property without any adequate COM
pensatlon am a thief. and IL a railway
damages the property Of the people
without making any adequate compen-
sation that is q gigantic theft What
Is wrong on a small scale is wrong on
a large scale. Monopoly In England
has ground hundreds Of thousands Of
her best people into semistarvation. and
I'm Ireland has driven muttudinous
tenants almost to madness, and ia the
United States proposes TO take the
wealth Of 10000 900 or 10000. 900 Of peo-
pie and put il in a few silkcn wallets
Monopoly, brazen-faced, iron-fn-
gersd. vulture-hearted monopoly, Of