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Th» 1 aaher ««mUrIs one of rapidly inoretsin^ ittiTt-H•tee, both in thu country t^d in Ea-j-ope. It involves 1 man and women alike, and all olasset in society. The grossest and moat absolute flt; pressiou here was Shat of chattel Tery, which not only controlled the 1W*hot of workingmen and women; bat the I persona of the laborers themaelvee.— monopoly ue aojogt andoditro*. but that of the slave owners was peculiarly so. Now that that fiii Beth dW atroyed, other monopolies—and they are numetpuajrad some of them of for* midahle ptoponioM-jprnt and will be considered, condemned and over-thrown: In America^ristoeiapf ofBipod eodftzily tsesteemed lightlyOurs is aristocracy of money. Aooom-Matins an undo* jjnad,ofkain ia w abnormal tendency .inimical to the Welfare rad prosperity of tfarKUtabHcr, to «ggMnteWeiltl^b4#dmmme«f nfadfew it* Wdnoe.to atadOto depend mhw•pie arefree andifidenebde*t~ on.Shouldlt;be stfi«t*y. for the.in State ana National legislation, a large preponderance' ln ; fktor of * rings’’ and monopolies. It has putin jeopardy the righta and interwrta ofthe neonle at lane. This*Iy true in the' dispOfdtlon 61 the public domain, fmfidltfintmtlands, which should'hew befcubeldbythe Government as aaeowd trapt for free homesteads to actual settlers nave been surrendered tojprivate speculators and1 corporations, if or dbeC’the wrimg end with the present wholesale robbery of the people of theeejanda. A new orderof maatera.haabeeu Seated* whose power, like that ofihe imperious owners, endangers thC libetties and the prosperity of the nation. The railway, financial and land monopolies combined, have suddenly grown Jnto an oligarchy, less nuiherops, I powerful to control the character of legislation, and the destinies of the tion, than that of the slaveholders,overthrown by the war of the rebellion.It behooves all interested in the pro*gross and permanence of republicanism to sound the toesin of alarm, to acquaint the masses with the true state and tendency of affairs, that their power, inherent citizenship, may be exercised as a corrective, rad no longer be misapplied and misused in the service of political demagogues to strengthen ana foster these monopolies and abuses. More than in other countries, where the governments are less popular and representative, the labor question here is identified with politics.mt 1 ‘/v t • •* ‘ _riw.Through the machinery ofpolitics it must find in targe pari, thotfgh by nomeans wholly, its- solution. Though politically its power is liable to be selfishly used, and often misdirected, theagitation of the Labor movement as organized in one form 6r another, rad especially the International1 Workingmen's Association, has done much to call attention to wropgs which need to be righted, and which require' only! careful and thorough diicussfottto have discovered ana applied the hdh^ quate remedy.* No party in politicsshould henceforth receive the sutira-oeiyeof labor and land reformersn.i§oes Hot zealously guard the publicdomain from further spoliation, and bo shape its policy as to relieve the people from undue taxation, to repress the aggrandizing schemes of “rings” and monopolies rad to,promote inetoadthe gemeral welfare of the whole; ^ Be-twecn labor and capimLrahtiy adjusted, there is bo antaS^to, and if is the' true interest of ill to Seek equitable relations for each.—National Standard,
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Richmond Indiana Radical
Richmond, Indiana, US
Thu, Jun 08, 1871
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