The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-12-15

CnG1r own deprivation, which state
of affairs is caused by the unjust
laws that have been legislated into
statutes specially favoring the protec-
ted few while the great mass OF the
people are plundered for the benefit
Of certain classes that control the leg
islative branch through an organ
lied 'SyStem'. The common people
of this gOVernme have submitted
to these outra ges which have been
perpetrated upon their civil rights
until they now face a condition in
life that the real makers and produ-
GERS reap but very little benefit
from their toll.
One Of the great causes for these
wrongs is the fact that we have al
lowed unworthy politicians to rep
resent us in the law making bodies
of the different states and Congress,
and these dO-nOthing representative
are largely responsible fer the So
called Governmental conditions"
These representative have Wilfully
betrayed their constituents until
they have invoked through their
own fundamentally, one Of the most
outrageous tariff laws that any coun-
try has witnessed. There can be no
,ty three Deserters (SiX from the
State of Georgia. helped to pass
this tariff law by their vote for Can
onism, which voted against the prin-
ciples of Democracy, abrogated the
essentials of fair government, and
were beneficial to the System.
The markets are being controlled
by the trusts, and the strong hand of
To O. q
of righteousness to have any i'm
preston on his mind. The man
ufacturers of this country have been
a set pleading for special privilege
for over hundred years, pretending
that if they could get upon an
equal basis with the foreign man
afacturer that eventually ALL
WOULD SHARE THE BENEFIT,
but as matter Of fact, inuisputa-
BILE. the American manufacturers are
selling their goods to the foreigners
at lower price than they sell to the
people here at home, and with the
tariff barriers those who would sell
us cheaper goods are shut out, leav-
ing our people the victims
of greedy industries here at home.
The masses of the people in this gov
eminent are in position where they
neither price the product of their
toll nor do they have any dictation
in the price they have to buy, re-
sulting in the high cost of living.
Thomas Jefferson predicted that
the tariff and the national banks
would become menaces to society.
Jefferson's renowned ability as a
statesman and his marvellous fore
sight as thinker made him one of
the wisest of all Americans. With
the National Banks controlling the
capital of the nation; with the
tariff breeding the trusts, and pro-
tecting them, the two going hand
in hand have resulted disasterOusly
to the rights of the masses and have
strengthened the trust.
Our political situation has oiigi-
mated in scheme organized by petty
little politicians, nothing more than
pollywogs, and when a campaign for
the betterment of our domestic con-
ditions is being waged the capital
lists bride these little degenerates
with campaign graft and they are
thus made the protectors of class.
Under special dictation they enter
crusade of calumny and infamy, pub
fishing vile denunciations through
subsidized presses thinking that the
minds of the people will be deceived
and that they will follow in line.
The one thing that this government
needs is the publication of the ballot,