The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-01-13

room. the school house, the press, the
church, the politicians and the govern.
ment. Yet a couple Of years were suff-
cient to overthrow it and expose Its avn
~rottenness. Hear what George w. Curtis
SAID OF the slave power in even the
Northern states in his day: Slavery sat
supreme in the White House and made
were Its ministers and legislatures ats
lackeys. 1t silerced the preacher IN the
pulpit, 1t muzzled the editor at lis cesk,
and the professor In his lecture l,,on> 1t
set a price upon the head Of peaceful cit
liens, 1t robbed the mails and Denounced
the vital principles Of the Declaration OF
Independence as treason. In stateI where
laws did not tolerate slavery it yet ruled
the club and the drawing room, tNs fec
tory and the Office. 1t staggered ~ tne
dinner table and scourged with seem .
cowardly society. 1t tore the golden Iu;e
from school books and from the pra:~ef'
book the pictured benignity of Christ
An Awful Picture to Behold.
Ny friends, this is an awful picture OK
supreme power. The men and the women
who opposed this institution did not ex.
pect a change for centuries, but the
great clock in the chamber of the Omnip-
ctent never stands still; it licked away
the years as it had formerly licked ava
the centuries, until finally it struck the
hour. The world heard the tread Of a
million armed men, and slavery persisted
from America forever. Mr.. Curtis de-
scription exactly fits these times. The
money power sits supreme in the White
House and makes avs at the capital.
Courts of Justice are it's ministers and
legislatures are it's lackeys. 1t silences
the preacher in his pulpit, the editor at
his desk and the professor in his lecture
room.
Intelligence Of tho Country with tho
Party.
But the infallible finger of its growing
insolence shows THAT the hour of its de-
struction is near. Remember that thirty
thousand votes properly distributed in SO
would have elected Mr.. Bryan. The pa
triOtic intelligence of the land is already
with US. Deduct from Mr.. Mckinley the
negro vote and he is lost; deduct the
ignorant city Stun votes which he got
and he is lost. Deduct the vote pur-
chased with Hanna's Doodle and he Is
lost. Deduct the false returns made by
corrupt election judges and he is lost.
He was elected by tainted dollars, and
his future must rest on them. The ele-
ments of corruption are his mainstay and
nothing can stand long on a rotten foun-
dalton. Remember, too, that not a single
devotee Of '9G has deserted. Flesh pot
patriots may weary. but our mighty army
still has its face to the sun and our only
course Is Coward.
This Ia Gods Fight.
All, say you, this is a fight against
money, and We have none. That is true.
But no great moral and political reform
ever yet rested on money. The Almighty
has never yet tried to sprout the seeds
of Justice in the garden of lucre. Only
poisonous vines Will grow there. Noble
manhood -;- <l-~@ ---o
that, in the end, moves the world. Had
Christ been furnished a million of dol
lars by a syndicate to introduce his re-
ligion, it would have been a failure.
True, we must have money for hall rent,
printing, etc, but we must get it from
those who give with a blessing and not
from the men who demand the selling Of
souls and the surrender of manhood.
Money Cannot Win 1t.
If the sugar trust or the Standard Oil
trust would give us ten millions of dol
lars to make a campaign with our cause
would be lost. 1t would be Clevelandism
over again. Even If we won the election
our moral force would be gone, and we
would accomplish nothing. 1t Is the ar
dor of devotees that shakes empires, and
we must win this fight by a self-sac-
rificing manhood. Men with flesh pots
cannot help us. I hear the derisive laugh
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manhood. But, my friends, American
manhood will yet survive to throw the
deodorizing lime Of oblivion upon his pol
luted grave.
No Time, No Peace for Trlmmers.
We are in a crisis. The liberties Of a
mighty people are at stake. There is
no neutral ground; trimming and trad
ing can no longer be tolerated. The
world demands earnestness and candor.
1 do not believe in the black flag; give
every honorable enemy quarters. But we
have a sacred black motto which we
must keep to the front, and that Is:
Woe unto him who t1ifles with the con-
idence of the American democracy"
Grover Cleveland is dead, and he left nc
friends to whom to send the obituary no.
tees. Scores Of wabbling statesmen are
today looking through the fence into the
graveyard for a burial place, because
they were hit by the wrath of a deceived
people. Each age furnishes a weapon for
the people The weapo for this age is
Initiative and Referendum. Through it
we can restore democracy.
Then fill our people with the spirit of
Andrew Jackson, and the corruption of
Hamiltonism, as we'll as the hypocrisy of
McKinleyism, will no longer threaten or
disgrace our land.
Why We Honor Jackson
Why do we honor the memory of Jack
son? He was not a great scholar, not a
great orator, not a great publicist, not a
great military man, and yet he stands
like a mighty rock in the ocean towering
high in air, while thousands Of scholars,
orators, publiclsts, generals and states
men who have come since his time are
lost in oblivion. 1t is because of his char
acter. Amid temptation and threats of
destruction he fixed his eye on the star of
justice, shook his fist in the face of power
and delivered the American people. This
ountry needs more Andrew Jacksons-
and the people believe that they have
found one in William Bryan.
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