Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1910-05-05
Our" System.

stitutlOu VI tue OulIeu States, nov
can we practice democracy when ID
Constitution written by men who fear
ed democracy, circumscribes u.s. an
the son Of an ex-Confederate, was rails
ed in the South and was "born dem
ocrat", was raised a democrat, sucke,
democratic milk, and / am a demo
crat. etc. At one time this was all
man had to say to secure my vote ant
voted the so-called ticket, yellow
dog and all. A man may yell, II an
a democrat, parrot like till he dies
without ever knowing what it is to b,
a democrat. 1t is SO easy in a demo
cratic county for candidates for Office.
to get votes, but to student it i.
meaningless.
''Our ttheir) System" is a represen,
tative one, and we in very many
instances have been misrepresented
and will be as long as the system lasts.
Since the war of the Sixties all man
had to do in Tennessee to obtain an
Office was to ''cuss' the Yankees and
declare, II am a democrat and to
have been in the Confederate army.
We admire man who is true to his
convictions, if he has any, but it has
always been puzzle to me to know
just how any man could admit a God
of love as our Father, and stand for
| human slavery in any form. Chattel
slavery was destroyed by the war pow
er, and wage slavery established in
lieu. This was the European plan
led on by England. That is, "capi-
tai control wages by controlling the
money of the country" and today
we have more poverty and crime than
ever known. The system under which
we live allows man to own every
foot of land in our country, if by any
hook or crook'he can obtain the price.
By owning the land you own those
who occupy it and will force them to
pay you for the right to stay on the
earth, which is God given. Accord
ing to the last census 81 per cent of
and 10 per cent. lived in mortgaged
ones, leaving 81 per cent in homes
free. When we read the census report
now being taken, we will find an in
crease of the percentage of homes rent
ed. In addition to this, foreigner
may own all his money will buy, with
out ever seeing this country There
are twenty seven foreigners now own
ing in this, (not ''our") country
s., 848. 748 acres. If we had pure de-
mocracy, or had even left this ques-
tion to the colored people, know this
land would have been held for actual
settlers and would furnish SO, sos fam
lilies 100 acres each.
"Col. d. G. Murphy, of New
York, owned four million acres when
he died. This was from lands upon
which those who occupied must pay
for the privilege of living on the
earth. His brother and two other men
own three million acres in Texas.
Henry Miller owns and controls four
million acres of rich, fertile land.
One hundred men hold title to H.
900. 900 acres in Sacramento Valley.
have said nothing of the millions of
acres owned and controlled by some of
Roosevelt's "busted'' trusts. The
Standard Oil Trust owns more than
one million acres of oil lands. The
Steel trust holds in one tract lands val
ued at $50, 600, 900. The lumber COM
panies or trusts, own and control thir-
ty million acres One of the latest is
a merger of Texas ranches valued at
$75, 900. 900. A fine systems Yes, sir,
for busted trusts.
The republicans believe in busting
the trusts by compelling all those who
labor and produce good things for So
ciety, 20 turn over to them, four-fifths
of what they produce and they will
get SO full, that they will "bust''
Boys, if you were honest, you have
been deceived as trusts are very
strange kind of brute. They are very
elastic and the more they get the larg-
or they are. The democratic party be-
lieves in cutting them up into smaller
trusts and instead of the people being
robbed by one trust, have thousand
or so do it. / have thought and
thought over this, and to save my life
/ can't see where the difference comes
to men out of job. They both look
alike to me. Both stand for land
lordism, both for the banks controlling
wages by controlling the money and
therefore wage slavery.
Now, dear reader, don't get mad
and call me fool, for ] have been
called all sorts of name because l could
not conscienciously wear party col
lar, and have never been convinced by
it either. I am not interested in this
prohibition question as ] regard it one
of the very least consequence to mil
lions of us who like the Son of Man,
Hath not where to lay our heads. .
Listen, am against private owner
ship of the natural or God-given gifts
to man. am against profit, rent and
interest. am one of eleven millions
who girt the globe in our fight to give
every man, woman and child guar
anteed right to his or her life, which
does moi. exist under any government
of the world today.