Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1910-07-28
The Strongest Man

your own head instead of some mil
lionaire robbers? Look around you
and see how many of your brothers are
only eking out miserable existence.
You are not even all1wed but one day
to serve God by your republican party
and that day only because state laws
compel the observance of it. Many
of your republicans would rather work
this day than bear the poverty caused
by your party.
The republican party fulfilled its
mission when it abolished chattel slav-
cry, and the people would have been
better off had the party died then, as
its record since is black with guilt. l
would be glad to have you investigate
the record of Roosevelt, Taft, Judge
Grosscup, or that great bunch of mil
lionaires, the United States Senate.
Or that republican, Cannon, whom. be
it said to the republicans credit. they
tried to defeat in the lower house, and
would but for such democrats as John
n. mOOu WuOA youA pdAOy AOfCS 81
we'll, and has been helping to elect.
You surely won't put up any opponent
against him this trip.
Corruption Of the republican party
extends from ''our" country to Cuba,
across to the PHILIPPINES, back to Old
Mexico, "our sister republic" where
it is a crime punishable by death for
any man to aspire to the office of pres
ident. Only by consent of that thing,
Diaz, serving as president of Mexico,
did any man dare enter the race
against him. ''Yes," said Diaz ''any-
man may enter the race. One man
took his life in his hand and entered
the race only to find himself in Jail
and Diaz' soldiers at the polls to see
that his opponent received no votes,
and now your boasted republican par
ty papers tell you that only two per
cent. voted against Diaz, the blood
thirsty murderer, who has murdered
men, women and children, all for the
sake of a few capitalists who have
grown so rich from laws made by your
boasted republican party that the Uni
ted States got too small for them and
they now practically own and control
Mexico.
You doubtless remember when Taft
met -Diaz on the border line of Texas
and Mexico. wish could give you
Taft's eulogy of the brute, Diaz, but
haven't it at hand, thus proving him
self a brute. Don't get mad and say
hard things. 1 am in good humor
and am only telling you enough to try
to get you to get above that old party
prejudice engendered over the chattel
slavery question This was step up
ward in the evolution of society ON ac-
count of which few good men were
martyred before it was settled.
Now, we have wage slavery sys-
tenn supported by the democratic par
ty and fathered by capitalists of Eng
land, but put in force by your boasted
republican party, which is worse by
far than chattel slavery
Man means to think. Then why
don't YOU think? Why don't you use
your head awhile2 Multiplied thOus-
ands of republicans in the North are
thinking and they are thinking with
their heads, too. You know they used
to be made to think with their stom-
achs, by such arguments as full din
ner pail. This won't work much now.
When stomachs remain empty, it sets
the brain to work, and thousands un-
der this 'great republican prosperity"
are studying bread and butter politics.
You and I have been taught that
there were two grand parties" in
this country. but this was never true.
Now one of these is dead nationally,
and after few years will be forgot
ten. Just herelet me impress on your
mind the fact that there are instead of
two parties, two classes. Those who
work and those who don't work Those
who work and produce everything
good for the human family, turn it ov-
er to those who don't work nor pro-
duce anything but are on your back,
and vote the republican ticket that
these things may exist. You certain
ly are peach.
Please mention one, just one, intel
ligent reason for voting SO, and if /
don't join you, SO help me, John.
say You can't do it. Quit talking
'good man." Get busy and study