The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-09-27
THE FAT AND THE LEAN kline

cialists" in our Saturdays issue was
not as clear and lucid as We endeavor
to make what emanates from our pen
for the reason that we conceived the
idea that it was the fat kline threaten
ing to devour the lean kline that
frightened Pharaoh and caused him
to dream dreams.
But upon looking up the authority
after the editorial was written we dis
covered that it was the lean kline
that threatened to devour the fat
kline.
This fear has haunted the world
ever since
The tat kline are fearing the lean
kline and the lean kline are fearing
the fat kline, but after the lapse of
centuries neither one has succeeded
in deyouring the other, and in our
day and under our form Of govern
ment the top rail is constantly dis
placing the bottom one.
Under our form OF government our
rulers are selected from the great
body Of the people and they are con
stantly doing all in their power to
open wider the door Of opportunity 50
that ali shall partake equally OF the
boanties Of government.
Mr. Thomas Jefferson, the author
Of the Declaration Of independence, |
was a slaye-oWner, which came t0I
him by long line Of Inheritance. but
he was the very first to provide for
the manumission Of the slave.
Mr.. Abraham Lincoln was born I'M
der the institution of slavery, yet was
the instrument under God that issued
the proclamation that made slavery
forever impossible under the Ameri-
can fag.
No titles Of nobility are permissible
under our institutions There is n0I
landed aristocracy There are no
laws OF primogeniture, and there has
been a complete enforcement OIL
church and state. Every man is Sc
cured in the right to worship God ac-
cording to his own mode of thinking
Our constitution and our laws guar
antee the freedom Of speech and the
liberty OF the press.
AS We said before, no man can be
elected to office unless he submits his
claims TO the great body Of the PEG
pie
And who have been selected as our
rulers?
Washington. who led our armies to
victory in our struggle for independ-
ence.
Jefferson, the great promoter OF
the democratic idea that all men are
created free and equal
Jacksons father was poor and land
less. Lincoln and Johnson and Gar
field emerged from the very dregs of
society Our congressman and the
governors of our states bear the same
relationship to the people
Ben Franklin was printers ap- |
prentice, and Henry Clay the mill
boy Of the slashes," and, coming on |
down to our day. We find that Napo- |
leon Bonaparte Broward, who was
elected governor of Florida, and aft
erwards elevated to seat in the
United States senate, was a cook on
a steamboat
Are these the kind of men to op-
press the poor and unfortunate?
And who are our rich?
Search the records, and it will be
found that nine out of ten sprung
from the loins Of the people
And what are they doing with their
riches?
Building universities. colleges,
schools, hospitals, libraries, homes
for the aged, blind and destitute, and
making this known as the philanthro-
pic age.
And in the legislatures of our states
and in the congress of the nation e.
forts are constantly being made to
take the burdens of government off |
the poor and place them upon the
shoulders OF the rich. who are best
able to bear them
The income and Inheritance taxes
will soon be on our statute books, and
the feeble and the aged. the same as
our brave soldiers and sailors, will in
time become the care OF our govern
ment.