Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1912-04-18
A. J. BRANNAN'S
SOCIALISM LETTER


from You tn clear up everything.
Socialism is not debatable aud the
only way it can be negated is by false
charges and ignorance. An honest,
earnest, intelligent person will never
oppose anything without first investi e
eating it. If your literature had been
OF the bill White" kind you would
have been privileged to distribute tons
without a frOwn or a free love-
charge from Bill.
The poor fellow who reported you
should be given something to read if
capitalism hasn't so debased him that
he won't or can't read. Then he will
be had through the stomach and that
part of our education comes from the
capitalists.
We are glad of you, Tom. You
should be glad that you have been Sc
lected to receive the scars inflicted by
the SYSTEMS slaves for humanity's
sake. They have another Weapon to
strike you with and that is the "black
list" We are glad of your seventeen.
There are that many there who left
Tracy chasing the jobs. l hope every
n of them will Join you. Hold fast
for socialism, without which there is
no christianity in the world today.
Be not afraid of any man for you have
trutn and justice as your breastplate,
which cannot be penetrated by false
hood or anything else. Stand firm, for
in SO doing you are only initiating the
life and teachings of Jesus.
In the language of the great Eugene
V. DeDs, This world seems as a mad
house to me without the light socialist
PHILOSOPHY sheds upon it."
We will debate through the columns
of the News the following; Resolved
that socialism is christianity applied, -
if anyone dare oppose it, not because
we are smart, but because we are
right and want the world to know it.
The good news M from every
where of our success, and, by the way,
our friend, ''Wild Vest says it is
coming. He confesses there is not
money enough to buy the property of
the United States. If this has always
been so, how did the other fellow get
itp He confiscated it just as the or
ganizer of "Wild Vests county
wants to do. Confscation has been
going on as far back as history in
forms us, and if the SOCIALIST were to
confiscate now it would be for the
whole human family instead of for a
few now. 1t would be an awful thing
to confiscate for the people.
Friend "Wild West" is coming
along nicely, only he would oppose
buying and saddling an interest bear
ing debt on the people. But this is
just what he has been doing by vot-
ing the republican ticket.
The national banking system, would
not live a day if the bonds were repu-
dated by the people. 1t lives by first
taking four per cent. interest from
the government, and then all it can
take from us as individuals. The
banks of the United States had Dec.
10, 1909, on deposit in their banks
fourteen billion dollars as per report
of the comptroller of the currency.
The secretary Of the treasury reported
Dec. 10, 1909, all the money ever
made by the United States government
to be three and one-half billion dol
lars.
Thus you find the pets Of the repub-
lican party issuing their receipts for
four times as much money as has been
issued by the national government.
Why, now, "Wild West" don't you
get uneasy about this old rotten rog-
uish banking system. Don't you know
they can never pay their depositorsH
Why do you vote for it'll
"Wild West" your conclusions of
me are correct. The lands have first
been con~fiscated. Now if the people
confiscate your 1850 acres and give
it back to you, you would not be hurt,
but to confiscate Henry Miller's four
teen million acres and give him only
100 and the balance to his tenants
be to restore life itself to the
tenants and give Henry Miller an
equal opportunity to life.
The natural gifts are fast slipping
away from those to whom God gave
them, and so far as l am individually
concerned I would not vote to saddle a
debt for these, an unborn generation,
which they could never pay. Neither
will l vote for a system of government
which has as its chief end the Robbery
If the people by private owership of
The natural gifts, and such laws as our
laws.
| am only one in the socialist move
mont n Will vote Tor the greatest
rood to the greatest number. | would
confiscate dollars than the souls
# my fellowmen.
The system under which we live is
Just what our five kings say it shall
70. Other coutries have only n king
,ut this being a step in advance has
i've.
England has no written constitution
md a king who is helpless. We have
constitution written by men who
ave been dead a hundred years and
We, the people, must obey this or the
obstruction put on it by the five
.ings whom the robbers appoint for
ife.
In England the King can't undo any
hing done by the Legislature. Here it
5 different. ''Our'' five kings
iudges) hold the destinies of the
Whole people in the hollow of their
onscienceless paws. / am in favor
f confiscating this, too, as a begin
ng, and erect a constitution amend
bic by majority vote, or in other
words, restore this government to the
RESTORE is not the word as
he people have neve had any hand in
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