The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1905-06-22
To Tho Point.

To The Point.
The mills q God, we are told. grins
Slowly VIII. don'l ,hs,f IL would seen
~ ta0ogh had been discovered 10 th'
eorrspi killaEes between the eommercis
Statesmen ard lbe milliontire grsftefs al
over shV lsgd 20 stampede the people. A
msH has 70 have bis liees working rigbl
ssd bis oo1scispce pretty clear to eobiem
pls,e pebble ,asln with ealmneu and hope,
fslsos. MiIiion&irei 40, they are too
eommon nowadays; thicker'n blscksnAke,
Ia . blackberry patch, even Ia Vermont
pluIoersls 10 the word, pIuiocrs,s are gar
cd upon With awe and spoken Of with bated
breath much like the ftudal, predatory
lords Of sll. A sort Of divine right and
rule IN old things seems 10 hedge them
about. II you wisha proof for sample, try
TO dispute the right Of WAY with one Of
ihelf deyli.wssons, And their apologis,s
tell us bo~ Necessary consolidated capital
Ia 10 our prosperity and development, and
the budding clergy, professors OF educa.
ton and business men, hoping later to have
q dagger 10 the sams pie, agree. II the lead.
ere OF ,houghi can prostitute high ideals
and truth and jaslice to the purposes Of
mAmmon and unrigh,eousness, how can the
common people think straight and vote
straight and what object have they 10 ACT.
Ing stfsighif
When the men who fill the public eye,
whose dolngs and sayings aud pictures VI
the uesspaper columns, whose aid 10 sought
for al eleemosynsry objects, who sit In the
front seats on the platform at all public
gatherings, whose names alone are 10 the
lists Of otiieers and directors OF the rail-
roads, banks, trust companies, coropora-
tons, churches, hospitals, etc but not 10
schedule Of assets Of any state prison In
this country, how can you wonder at en-
bsrrIement, deislcatlon, forgery, stealing
BY trusted meni
When theses plutocrats- apparently
great men OF the nation 10 whom justice
mods and before whom the Law bows the
knee-wben these men hold their places In
the church, 10 society, 10 commercial life,
while still preaching and practising the
rule Of cheating the other fellow lest be
may cheat you, how can you expect the
young men to have any nobler aspirations
than dollars, and higher IDEAS than shrewd-
uess or any principles more holy than bare
ly escaping The clutches Of the law
Miilicnklres necessary to our prosperity
and development Poppy cock The rich
men have been the bAne, the destroying
element OF every city and every lard since
the days when the Lord rsined nre and
birthstone aud destroyed the cities OF the
plain.
Call the roster Of American plutocrsts,
sc Iiekiplttle defenders Of the tribe. We
will write the indictment sgsinst each one
you know--and the indictment will charge
bribery, forgery, embtzzlsment, suborna.
ilon Of perjury, perjury, theft, murder, and
lorna Of corruption, deceit and violation
Of statute law that we have not time to |
lock up the technical terms for "And II |
a. Abraham said, there be
found one righteous mar, we will gladly
make acknowledgment, though remember.
log The while that one white crow 10 q noek
docs not make THIN all wbi.e. There are
RECEPTIONS; thank God for that ard for
hem
Read Gibbon on the decline and fall Of
he Roman Empire, and answer to yourself
what caused the overthrow Of the grandeit
'abrlc Of imperialism the world will ever
zee.
Read Carlyle on the causes OF the French
Revolution, and tell us what caused the
,blitcration OF loyal line tina, seemed to
BE- immortal.
Read your Bible, read History and you
viii see written all over and all through all
ages that record, human Of events In let
efs OF living light the sacred truth that no
nan aud no combination Of men can tim
with the immutable laws OF God which rest
70 stable Justice, charity, brotherly kind
,css, steadiastness and truth. II
Not one Of he great fortunes now amA,s.
d hr dIihosesi means win long survive.
10, one Of the great" names Of today viii
oug live 10 memory. Money 10 the chtar-
u commodity on this earth, its possessors
smposed Of the lowest grades Of clay, its ,
eQuisition demanding the commoner grades
I Intellect. OF all the plu,ocrau Of the ages
,one by, only two names survive Midas Of /,
be golden touch, and Ciwsua. Dives would
ever have been In history despite his bill ,
Ions. had i, 10, been for the tavipg grace
0 Ls,rus, the bcGgM.
Rich man. take your Bible-ii you haven't !,
DC, borrow your ntishbors--read thy nrsi /,
wslve vsnes Of the Fifth Chapter II st.
fat,hew, then after due n eeiiop, sn,srer
bic question, Am itch OF poor, blessed
. eureds