The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-06-07
NATIONAL DANGERS
Or. TaImage Discusses the Re-
public's Destiny.
MONOPOLY TIE CURSE


Also an Evil Power. !nfideIityG
Source OF Weak
ness.
In this discourse DR.. Talmage speaks
Of some of the perils that threaten our
American institutions, and points out
the path of safety; text, Isaiah Xii, /.
"'Thy land shall be married.
AS the greater includes the less, so
does the circle of future JOY around our
entire world include the epieycle Of our
own republic. Bold, exhilarant, unique,
divine imagery Of our text. At the
close of week in which for three days
our national capital was pageant and
all that grand review and bannered pro
cession and national anthems could dc,
celebrated peace, it may not be inapt to
anticipate the time when the Prince OF
Peace and the heir Of universal domln-
ion shall take possession Of this nation,
and tiny land shall be married.
In discussing the final destiny OF '9lS
nation it makes all the difference III the
world whether we are on the way to a
funeral or wedding The Bible leaves
no doubt on this subject. In pulplts
and on platforms and IN places OF pub
lie concourse, hear so many OF the
nufied drums Of evil prophecy sound
ed. as though we were on the way to
national interuent, and besides Ihebes
and Babylon and Tyre in the cemetery
of dead nations our republic was to be
entombed, that l wish you to under
stand it is not to be obseQuies, but nup-
tials; not mausoleum, but carpeted al
tar; not requiem, but wedding march;
for thy land shall be married.
I propose to name some Of the sultorS
who are claiming the hand Of this re-
public. This land is so fair, so beauti-
full, so afluent that it has many suit
ors, and it will depend much upon your
advice whether this or that shall be &C
cepted or rejected. In the first place,
remark: There is greedy, all grasp
ing monster who comes in as sUltor
seeking the hand Of this republic, and
that monster is known by the name OF
monopoly. His scepter is made out OF
the iron of the rail track and the wire
Of telegrapby. He does everything for
his own advantage and for the robbery
of the people. Things went on from
bod IN worse until in the three legisla-
lures, of New York, New Jersey and
Pennsylvania for long time monopoly
decided everything. If monopoly fav-
or law, it passes; if monopoly oppose
law it is rejected. Monopoly stands
in the railroad depot putting into his
pockets in one year 5000, ,OOo, 900 in ex-
cess for all reasonable charges Tor ser,
vices. Monopoly hold in his one hand
the steam power Of locomotion and IN
the other the electricity Of swift com
munication. Monopoly has the Kepuo-
can party in enc pocket and the Demo
cratic party in the other pocket. Mo
ncpoly decides nominations and cleo
tions-city elections, state elections,
national elections. With bribes ne Sc
cures the votes of Legislators, giving
them free passes, giving appointments
to needy relatives to lucrative positions,
employing them as attorneys If they are
lawyers, carrying their goods tor 10
Der cent. less if they are merchants,
and if he find case very stubborn as
well as very important puts down be-
fore him the hard cash Of bribery.
But monopoly is not so easily caught
now as when during the term OF MIR.
Buchanan the legislative committee IN
one of cur states explored and exposed
the manner in which certain railway
cnmpany had obtained donation OF
public land. It was found out that Is
Of the senators Of that state received
sl75, 900 among them, 60 members OF
the lower house Of that state received pc
tween $4,000 and $4,000 each, the
governor ofthat state received 500, ,OOO,
bis clerk received $4,000, the lieuten-
ant governor received SO, 600, all the
clerks of the legislature received 50, wv
each, while $500 was divided among
the lobby agents. That thing on a
larger or smaller scale is all the time
going on in some Of the states OF the
Union, but it is not so blundering as 1t
used to be, and therefore not 50 easily
exposed or arrested. l tell you that tae
o7ershadowing curse Of the United
States today is monopoly. Heru,s his
b.n1 nnon averv bushel of wheat, upon
every sack Of salt, upon every ton OF
coal, and every man, woman and chll6
in the United States feels the touch OF
that moneyed despotism. | rejoice
that in q states of the Union already
anti-monopoly leagues have been estao-
lished. God speed them in the work
Of liberation. -,
Ihave nothing to say against capital
lists; a man has right to all the money
he can make honestly. | have nothing
to say against corporations as such;
without them no great enterprise would
be possible, but what l do say is
that the same PRINCIPLES are to be
applied to capitalists and to cor
porations that are applied to the
poorest man and the plainest laborer.
What is wrong for me is wrong ior great
corporations. If take from you your
property without any adequate compen-
sation, I am thief, and, if railway
damages the property Of the people
without making any adequate compen-
sation, that is gigantic theft. What
is wrong on small scale is wrong on a
large scale. Monopoly in England has
ground hundreds of thousands OF her
best people into senistarvation, and IN
Ireland has driven multitudinous ten
ants almost to madness, and IN the