Barbour County index., 1910-01-12
John Brown

raid that ended with his capture, cdnvies
hon and bis death did ! not Stop, slayery.
but his soul went marching on and the
life he gave for hs conviction was the
most precious,sinsles treasure ever Offer
ed to thS mioo Of states. 1t precipitat-
ed the struggle: it made compromise
appear 70 I'll .he world, the hollow sub
terfuge q was. II was more than John
Brown that died on the gaIows that day
Fifty years ago. John Brown carried to
the saIows with him the doctine of
vested rights m human beings, and i
was executed with him.
Today John Brown Is a national hero
going on IN immortal fame with hi. FIRST
fifty years Of glory behind him. Million.
OF men who believe that the established
order is wrong sing John Browns body
with great feeling. aAd refuse 10 get their
feet damp by walking to the primary OF
to the election on a wet day. We are
gwen to praising sacrifice m Others and
having a headache. when the cali come.
home to Us. -s--'-'s --' -+'---
Just now in America great corporate
combinations Of capital IN the trusts-the
sneak-thicving sugar trust. the criminal oil
trust, the sand-baesing steel nusl, the
greedy wool trust, the nefarious tobacco
trust, the diabo6cal lumber hust-are
robbing the American people. These
trusts are putting up the price Of living;
they are paying campaign expenses Of
conWessmen through the regular party
committees who give the trusts exorbitant
tariffs. who create public sentiment that
says everything is al highland the
trusts go night on robbing the people.
Moreover. they go night on corruptins
this government. and robbing it Bind
witness the hundred million dollar steal
Of the respectable sugar trust. More
over, when one trust or combination Of
corporate capital gets into trouble, all the
trusts come to its rescue.
There is a community Of interests
against the American people that extends
to every city franchise in every little
town. no matter however small, in this
whole country. Hit one Of the offenders
and all come to its help. The slave
holding oEgarchy was never more solidt
arrayed against the free people Of the
nation than is thus bond-holdins aristocra-
cy today. 1t places property above men.
Property rights are placed before human
rights. In the Cherry mine the lives of
the men were nothing; but the dtafts
were shut down and the property saved.
The rights Of the people IN Kan.a: City
to cheap car service are nothing; but the
nights Of the bond-holders to a forty-year
franchise make all the bankers line up
against the people property against men;
the rights Of the children to an education
that the ballot may be cast in the next
generation BY an intelligent ciize9ship-
that j: nothing compared with, The night
Of eorDoratons to hire child labor under
the sa..se night Of contract; the right Of
the wives Of killed and manned railroad
employees to support from the railroad. is
nothing compafed with the night Of the
stockholders to dividends. 50 Tie assum-
ed fak IS upheld by the court and thou.-
apdsof women and children are left
without support every year. Property
against humanity-diyidends asainA flesh
and blood--this is the. situation al along
the line wherever corporation. having ne
souls control our institutions. -,
;: And the sad and simple part Of it al
Is that we are all to blame. We can
stop these things. The ballot i. in our
hands. The remedy j: with Us. But
we will not take, il. Paty regularly
steps IN. Tradition steps in. Conven-
ience steps in. Our own little bu.ine..
is threatened. and we,let these conditions
grow. The spirit Of John Brown, who
gave, his life to stop wrong. is needed IN
the land today, We'need men and
women who are not afraid to take abuse
Of those m high places: we need sacrifice
real sacrifice for the good Of humanity.
We need business men who are not
AFRAID to lose the sale Of spool Of cotton
or pound Of butter; we need people
who will be willing to lose a little or
evea5 mueh-that mankind may gain
more. ~
john Browns soul IS not marching on
# the sugar thieves steal from US, # the
franchise srabbers put their clamps on
future generations. i we let the steel
trust and the wool hust and the lumber
trua fatten on our tariffs. and stand by
the congressman who do these things.
3 Il IS all right to thrill with patriotic JOY
at the men6on Of the old patriots name,
but the thrills are of no avail i we have
not something Of his courage to stand in
peace and IN politics as he stood in the
hour 9St bis death.-Wlliam Allen
White. Republican.
Shocked, of Course
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