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his services. Thirteen dollars per
month, when work was to be had, was
the ruling wage for him in civil pnr- I
suits. From a financial standpoint he
could lose nothing by going to the
front in the pay of his government.
But he was stirred by higher mo-
tive than the gaining of mere slivIi-
hood. A great wrong against The com
mon people was to be redressed. Free
dom for the negro. meant freedom also,
for the white man Of toll. It meant |
the removal Of the. shackles of the l
slave that he too might become wage |
earner-still a competitor ofsthe white i
laborer, but on equal terms /
Thus the emancipation of&the black
man had far reaching consequences. |
1t ennobled and benefited, labor of |
every kind and class, and with this
exaltation OF the toiler came a new
era for our country. It was not un-
til after the effects of the civil con-
hict had begun to disappear, that the
nation awoke TO it's great possibilities.
Prior to and during the war our people
had been contending with an internal
problem of such serious proportions
as to divert their thoughts away from
the larger destiny of the republic, but
with the adjustment of their domestic
differences they we're enabled to look
beyond the seas and to discover the
part that they and their successors
were to play in the affairs of the
world
With a reunited peoples human slav:
cry no longer hanging asdark spectre
before us, the unfolding Of our nations
marvellous resources soon revealed a
wealth Of great magnitude both in ex-
tent and variety. The@fnancial and
commercial world was dazsd at the
spectacle and mans cupidity was
aroused to it's highest. pitch. The
continent was soon spanned by rail,
and almost every part@of the United
States was in telegraphic touch with
the: important centersA OF the globe.
Thus opportunities for aggressive
] work in developing our commercial
strength were greatly Increased, and
lit is not surprising that; greed and
lselfishness came to play an import.
ant part in the mammoth enterprise,
/ 1t is in consequence Of these condi:
il |tions that the American people are to
i day conf front ed with IA problem that
/ / must surely tax their highest ingenu
i ity If 1t is: to be properly and justly
solved. It is plainly apparent to all
Istudents of our political and economic
History thai, African slavery is not the
only kind of human bondage, There il
la Aserfdom far. more insidious ant
lquitet as dangerous as that which was
borne SO long by the black man: It is
La kind of slavery that may not liter
Il ally bind the body to q life of penury
and woe, Il and \ vet it will finally Sc
blunt the aspirat lions Of mankind as t
4 make him oblivious to all ambitious
Ipursuits, deprive him Of hope an6
& cause him to forget that he has an,
4 interest in TIE scheme Of human
n lights. 3. SsEs.s: 5..:5
Need Il T say that this unfo fortunats
lsituation is the inevitable result d
d lthe uses to which the great fortunes
u which have been and are being accu
i mulated out o. our transce cedent pros
n Ipsrity are being devoted? ? II IS a ne
fgretable fact that the great body 81
1.-THE people are mot then, selves likals
n to comprehend the danger un,il the
IA. has pass % vat; lhci.3 reach
n INsssslF all tile W..ra of The middle ages
Il WselS traceable po op:iia sl.:l i;,rg 4 ;ss
4 n.;ls,ct thes4 rhi.s nj i Is tot
:: tte,.5 til he case iil On; ov, q busy ant
q needless day that he who would souns
n the alarm must take the T1skS 81 Delns
I, discredited: 2s5
Many who We're eye VI nesses to the
3 prac cticaI methods of the slave oWnei
h prior to the civil 4 war have survived
B & to See at the beginning Of fresI
i century the new ind of ranny tina
I prompts these remarks III the mids
q 81 the glamo o,1r that nvariably sur
4 rounds ncentrate ted Wealth. when III
\ earned fortunes are being piled u
sIIike Ossa upon Pelion, there win al
Ways be found the germ Of caste no
1.-THE caste based upon good moral AM
i Iinte ellectualIy and ! the other aualifiea
! ISftions necessary % und derstand and erl
3 & JOY the things that belong 10 art ami
! science, but the caste that ii oyerfed
that takes iits root luxury tha
q ssithriVes only IA the soil of nnaneial