The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-07-24
THE BUGA8OOS.

These two classes were interdepend-
ent upon each other and carried on
their joint imposition with wondrous
SUCCESS. The over-lords who ruled the
masses by day punished with the ut
most severity all who dared to object
TO either their divine right or the
sacredness OF the calling OF the other
class who terrorlzed the minds OF the
masses with Demons by night This
second class not only insisted upon
furnishing in the most brutal way all
who doubted their claims TO supernat-
ural powers and privileges. then and
there. but condemned them 10 eyerlast-
ing damnation in an eternal hereafter
as we'll
AS long as these two classes sue
ceeded in keeping the masses In ignor-
ance they were perfectly safe, with an
excellent chance of perpctuating them
selves and the continuity OF the ease
and afluenco their lmpudencc had
given them But time works wonders,
and change came at last Many
things contributed to it, and although
little. probably Insignificant in them
selves. all contributed 10 the great
awakening. Wonderful forces were at
work and wondrous things were ac-
compliSbed.
Forces That Effected the Change.
The great forces that effected the
change and were put In motion were
not intended to affect the welfare Of
the workers in any way, yet IL eyentu-
ally transpIred that they were the
most important factors. without which
the presv vDt conditions would have
been impossible. Had these great
movements not taken place labor
would still be In the same mental
darkness and entrammcleG physically
In bodily and mental slavery, as IL was
before the awakening that came with
the sixteenth century. II was then
that the present really began. From
that time real progress was made and
modern thought and freedom had their
birth.
The sixteenth century witnessed
two great revolts against despotism-
clerical despotism In one case and in
tellcctual despotism in the other The
revolt against the first eliminated in
the Reformation: that of the second
ended with the Renaissance. Without
these. modernism would never have
come into being.
When the seventeenth century is
reached il is found that another great
revolt took place, revolt this time
against the dogma OF a divine right
of kings. Herein lay the true germ OF
! democracy for as long as the claim
made by the king that he was divinely
chosen was left undoubted and unchal-
lenged the people could never come
into power.
The eighteenth century saw the
ideas Of the seventeenth century corIe
TO a logical conclusion In the urid
glare OF the wonderful French Revo'
luton and of the sanctuary was the
rights of man, the most potent OF all
the forces set in motion for the adj
vance of labor II was irresistible, and
although a reaction took place that
lasted until the early part of the nine
teenth century, its influence is still
felt and Is strongly In evidence In all
modern eoitrt.
The seeds sown by the early revolu-
tIonists bore fruit and labor, became
possessed Of the franchise, the mighty
lever that is TO move everything away
that blocks its progress or stands In
the way of It's advancement. Tho
worker. after securing political free
dom. Is now bent upon securing 1t upon
the industrial field also The twen-
tieth century Will undoubtedly mark
his advent into full and complete eco
nomic liberty Machinist's Journal.