The Southern Mercury. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 46, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 17, 1892 Page: 14 of 16
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SOUTHERN MERCURY.
HOT. 17, 18M
Who Should Discuss Politics.
Eveiy citizen of the United
Slates owes his allegiance to his
country. Every citizen sustains
certain relations to his native or
adopted lard. Such a citizen pays
a poll tax between certain ages.
Such a citizen pays taxes for the
support of bis government, either
state or national, or both. This
beirg true, every citizen has a
right to discuss politics. Not only
has he a right to discuss politics,
but it is his eacred duty to do so.
We cannot confine the discussion
or politics to any certain class of
our citizens, as all pay taxes and
all need the protection of property,-
liberty and life. Ahd yet, you
will hear some shallow brained
blatherskites affirm that certain
classes of citizens ought not to
discuss politics. Take as an exam
pie the merchant. lie ought not
discuss politics, as thereby he will
lose the sale of a pair of boots 01
shoes, or a bolt of domestic, or a
sack of salt or a plug of fine
tobacco, especially it le should
chance to disagree with his oppo-
nent. The merchant pays his
taxes, is twenty-one years of age
and is not bald headed, but he must
not express his honest political
convictions, because, forsooth, he
may drive a customer oft, who
would have bought a suit ol
clothes but for a political differ-
ence of opinion. Whose dog is
such a merchant? Again,J an at-
torney at law must refrain from
giving expression to his political
convictions lest some man, charged
with imbruing his hands in the
blood of his fellowman, will aefuse
to employ him as his counsel. The
doctor must keep his mouth closed
and thus become the dog of some
political trickster, or his friend, in
order that he may minister to the
wants and needs of the sick and
dying properly. The poor, half
starved minister of the gospel
must pay his ta ves, it happily he
have anything to pay on, but he
must never entertain an idea on
the scieuce of government, as that
would destroy his usefulness for-
ever. The larmer must not come
to town and disauss politics on the
street corners, as by so doing he is
neglecting his crop and his tamily
And besides, he ib not competent
to discuss the current politics of
the day. The same objection or a
similar one will apply to the arti-
san, the mechanic and even the un-
dertaker. Who, then, are compe-
tent to disouss politics, or ttie
science of government? Not the
farmer, not the artisan, not the
mechanic, not the attorney, not the
doctor, not the preacher. Who,
then? W e suppose no one but the
political trickster and wirepuller
and those who do nothing but
scent out the most certain paths
and by paths that lead to office on
the back ot all those who pay the
taxes and support the government,
but who are not permitted to dis-
cuss politics or the science of gov-
ercment. W hat nonsense.
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Less than six
1,800,000 votes!
months, and
Is Carnegie the government,
that men can be held for treason
who oppose his ?awt-?—Great West.
The man who is not he nest in
his religion is not to be trusted
anywhere.—Ram's Horn.
^ «
The United States supreme court
says: "Mcney is anything with
the stamp of the government on it,
back of which is the law making
it a Ifgal tender for the payment
of debt."
The moitgage indebtedness of
the state of Nebraska increased
last year more than $18,000,000.
The'real estate mortgages amount
to $126 tor every man, woman and
child in the state.
This is the greatest of all politi-
cal lessons we learn from history:
Evils that grow within a party are
never corrected while that party
is in power.
pure and
himself of
If the Alliance man
simple, will try to rid
partizmship of any description and
vote for the best man, the man
pledged to support his principles,
be will rise fo far above politics as
to henceforth spurn them. Which-
ever party such a candidate repre-
sents should have that much sup
port.
Postmaster General Wanamaker
(before Jay Gould squeezed him
for millions), stated officially that
on every $10,000,000 of Western
Union Telegraph stock $70,000,-
000 was "water." Yet sixty odd
millions of people are taxed to
pay the dividends. And these
things are not
Economist.
'issues."—National
It don't make a constitutional bit
ot difference how much foreign
money is loaned in Texas, it is not
goirg to help the farmers and stock
growers unless they can get their
stuff' to market cheaper, and get
something over cost of production
for it after they get it to mai ket.
—San Antonio Stockman.
"The dom-s of the churches of
Russia are covered with pure
gold," writes a traveling corres-
pondent, "and one magnificent place
of worship (described) cost $40,-
000,000." And these temples are
erected to the honor and glory ol
Him who said, "feed the hungry,
clothe the naked," and "as ye do
this unto Me." And there are
tens of thousands cf hungry and
naked ones in Russia, and thous-
ands of destitute ones shipped out
of the country, to], survive or
perish as a kinder fate may de-
termine. The world4has bread lor
sale, and the gold in the domes of
the churches could buy it.—Van-
guard, Chicago, 111.
"Ikey, you should get married
right avay quick."
"Vat for, lather?"
"Vat for? Why ohf your peez-
niss gets bad who haf you to make
over your broperty to? '
It makes no difference what the
bankers and gold bugs want. The
American people want a new sys-
tem of finance—not one for the
bankers and money lenders, but
one for the entire 65,000,000 of
people in the United States.—Pen
and Plow.
A little tariff tinkering will not
put more money in circulation. It
will not prevent corporate and non-
resident ownership of land. It will
not settle the commerce problem.
It will not prevent the coming to
ou" shore, annually, a half million
pauper laborers to compete with
and brake down the price of
American labor. It will not
equalize the burden of taxation.
It will not increase the value of
farm products. It will not pre-
vent the centralization of wealth.
—Farmer.
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