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VO LUEM 28.
HASTltOP, BASTltOP COUNTY, TEXAS, JUNE 18, IS85.
NUM IIEII 24
lime since the creation ot these enor-
mous corporate bodies, on** of tlicm
ItiiH mIiowii its power tot ruin pie on
Uw, custom, decency and every res-
traint known to society without
scruple, uml us yet without check.
The belief in growing in America
that the day is itt bund wlieu cor-
porations fur greater tliau the era
swaying n power which has never in
1 the world's history be<-n trusted in
(lie bands ol private citizens, con-
LABOR AND CORPORATIONS.
A fcKUT MM I.IL *M POLITICAL PKO-
BI.KM.
liMrru of JMdse Terrell Before Ike Lit-
er«r> KofMtrtiif Ibe tulterull) or
I lie HUte of HlMoirl, Deliv-
ered at ralMMbla. Ho..
June I. I H5.
Laiuk* and Okktuimek : The
vessel winch, uflcr a long und stormy trolled by men, or cuinhinutious of
voyage to distant whore*, return* to men, after creating a system ot tpiiet
tlii' port whence it nulled, though but irresistible corruption, will suc-
witli spur* -buttered and fail lorn.i- ceed in directing the government it-
stiil e*| -oted to havesoinc iiierehun- self. T'lider tbe American form ol
disc winch it did not bear on its dc- society, there is no authority capable
pnrture. Thus I who, utter hii ub- o| successful resistance.' Such were
s, nee of over thirtv-five \enrs, return the word* of warning from the lips
fur the first time to this my alma of h pure and glitful man, at a
mntcr. ihi'igh bringing but little time when the stability ot all value*
that I can elunn ii< my own by right «s un-.'tiled bv the bold conspiracy
of ili-cov, rv. will express tt> yon some ol bud nu n, controlling the power
Hinopht* and conviction* that were ot one corporation. W hen tie sunt
when I departed, tie re w.i- no power capable of t-fli-c-
Ii it u uipi'st t. --ed lire resistance, 1 think ho was iiih-
• littlo w01 til, lint taken.
eve them to I"'. in H".si>r M'siNiis*.
they m i induce Nil man, or copartnership of men,
• my ulmost ,11111 is permitted by government, if he or
tin v have vi-iide property which Un-
build ot ilic law, c in reach, Jji con-
11.11 i debt < and avoid their payment.
The corporation composed of men,
who, when united, assume under
charter nri in bit rai l corporate name,
is re^poiisible for it i oblig itiou.i only
lo i lie extent «>t it- capital illtt-ntrd.
Thus, in it- very birth, it in endowed
in- with an exeni pi ion from the rulv of
common honesty ; an exiMiiptlon
which, in the hands of tbe vicious,
convert- it into an iinliuinent of
lintel. I ic laborer, the trad, ■.man,
^r the no reliant who has trusted it.
add ret* of in \ life
til" ills ol 'III ■
, theme was, I In-
Sow, alter watch-
's the tcndenc\ ot
I have lea; ipd to
closely the lights
ights are g •rm.itii
night, and hav
ii.
if tbi* g >v, riuneiit.
perily, u !• if: v faith
I li>> tu .ri i ul rivi>
ol heiming. these
■ naili inspire oru- , ,
i in like the and debt* unpaid uf.tle its stockholders
so?r N Iiv as rein tin -tirrnund'.l with the luxuries
losing* are i ilued.'ot wealth. It Hiay !*• notorious that
lie d ,iv "t lh" fiti- then reckless mismanagement of its
v the hori/.on and itluirsdestroyed it. yei the law pro-
of the clouds thai t> cl.s each stockholder in his individ*
Tor I hold that no ual pr<>j>erty when the corporation
inspire ihe a.in ri- c ipital invested is exhausted " *
iiat niiah teipnreo suiiio debts were cootraeted
veil danger that, name men, under the
ity in this govern* stances, a« natural men, or a* a
>w I he grandest and partnership, the law would exliaust
. larger liberty to atin their imviuent not only the pur-
I people than any tnerslup propert y, but tbe ttidividual
it)I this world
i ees it property exhausted and its
If the
by the
same circiiiu-
wh
Mm
i,.i I
I"
estate ol i .ii h partner. I his distinc-
tion tiei*'ceii the liabilities ol natural
|htsoiis Dili private corporations can
Ii>1 -I no d"fense exeept with those
who, intent mi following what is
c llled " tl r| lit of the age, ' III II-
t u us teliden V. lose sit;ht ol ill jrai
rules.
I believe that civil liberty is in
when the aspirations of
llieu are suppressed or exercised by
the sufferance of I hone artificial crea-
tions, controlling almost boundles*
wealth, w In me inllilellce is v.ist
eii ' igh to shape the laws of the gov-
ernment which created them, and
wItich, knowing n > -uch thing as
humantlv oi patriotuui, recogni/.e
no dnt\ except that ot increasing
liieir « ealt ll lilld |iowe|.
orjict op ootkhnmknt.
I The duel object of government
should he to protect individuals, as
isin h, hi their liberty, Ibeir persona
and their proper!) That protection
should l>e ecjnal and uniform, and
1 under it every thing that can b" prac-
tically and U'lieficiallv accomplish*
j I'd should l>e done by the individual,
onil.lN or m ls| I'I'MI.K' t'OUI'oKATIOJil*
At a very early |ieriod partuer-
sliip-; were recogin/j'd as proper aids
to separate indit t l 111 elf irts in meet-
ing the exigencies ol ii grow illg C1VI*
Ii/.ilmn The pursuit*, condition
I liberty is dependent and habit* of those congregated in
n Unit the pi. gr.-sol ''"lies and towns necessitated the de-
d moral lacull:.•« of legation of-pecial powers ol govern*
the -ocial <o such localities through mti-
mc.p.il i oi porali uis, as g ivcrunien-
t il agi-ncii'-. email iting from and un-
dei ihe control n| tlii sovereign or
legislative powr ol the Stale. I'lieir
ere il ion for dense populations hi
eilics uml I iwiis grew out of the un-
ci il\ Ijir an cver-|irc-ent govern-
mental agency t < protect ami control
men when thus congregated, and in
itself ugi^' I the superior tit new* oi
iVII.1' ams
its lalgest sen-e, i-
llice w hu ll popula-
■ii law sei'iirmg Mi-
sses tlie Ii udene i s
gl .--•iv mid \ elo ■
pttide nf i miinui i
s stll'ldard w 11 be
. JcopaiiU
I prnportlcll in the '
I is re.illW d. the Ml.
e relut oii< ii" re(iti-
ll ii npialitN of nil
I etore jiut law s is
•rslorc* <1.
of civil IiImmt v m tin
its is traceable liirgt-
•lii e exerted b) the
it i in K m pe and
ty-tliree out ol the
of tile Vni irieau Pe-
eiNMideuce seri1 clas-
I be uniyersilie- were
he grand centers in
iiv and independent
encouraged, and free
Is most uiitraiueled
♦ M's not merely em-
w el I* being or evi'll
polatiini- : it means
it ol the iii,1 i\ id lal
e ot the It n ill ill in in <1
s the del elopmeiit
d man The healthy
1 , i| mor
it. In • ' i compose
p pai e Willi I lie .ip-
ainl ih velopmeiit ot
ill it sell II - i* the
ogre sii i ii vilix it ion,
Duilng till \iigustnu CI.I, eii lll/a
lion, which had leaclod the ,'ililtll
id its lippl.ri iii progre-s, t III lied hack
Iodin e I he yicioii' glare i f a golden
age ; for the Vices W bit II -pi lllg up
in the path nf avarice have always
supiircsscd and stiangled the groyvth r,,r"1 PM i'lalioua for the tr est gov*
of lliose virtues which are the lleces-
sarv conditions ot Iniuian progr
A thou mil veins of barbarism in
eminent
OHIO | s 1 > inn MM I olll'OH I I 111 n • or
A I I I I I' N \T1 UK.
Ill tile progies-1 material develop-
ineiit, other objet Is, such as railroads
turnpikes and bridge*, too costly tor
local taxation, became of such public
interest that t lie v were demanded a<
a necessity, ami for theirellicieiit ih.
tahli.shllieut and support neither in*
dividinil effort nor uiuiiicin.il govern-
nn nt seemed adei|iiate. To the ex-
tent of their necessity as promotive
ot t lie public good of I he whole coilll-
Iry, it became a public duty resting
on the Slate to provide for them.
Till* it Cflllld ill! etl liel" he ' I
ll I lllll I • III! I, ' of flic i
created is, a* a private citterpnwc,
amply coinpen*ated tor every public
benefit it may confer by it* inciden-
tal power to take the property of
other* which may lie necessary for
its use, by puying lor it. It i* also
coiuiiciisaled by it* continued exis-
tence in Muccetttiou and limited re*-
poiisibility. These are extraordinary
and exceptional udvantage* over and
above those enjoyed by natural per-
sons, a* indivitfuul*. or as combined
in partnership, under general law*.
rBST ol' TIIK KIOHT TO ( UKATI: COK-
FOHATIONH.
Tins review of the origin, necessity,
nature and attribute* of n private
coi poration finnislies a rational guide
in ilefertiiining tbe limits which
should he observed in tin ir creation
as well as the extent of tho power
which should he delegated to them.
It shows that « charter of incorpora-
tion should be granted only —
1. For such object* as a ill certain-
ly result in twing conducive espe-
cially to the general public good,
and not merely to the private lie no-
fit of the corporation.
2 For such objects of public good
as can not lie performed by the state
through it- direct action so well as
bv iniliv ill mils incorporated.
d. 1'or such objects of public con-
cern as can iiiI* effectually attain-
ed by llii* individual effort* ot per-on*
or of partnerships and a* are not
adapted to the powers of municipal
corporal ions.
It lollows, also, as a proper deduc-
tion, that the government should re-
serve the power to regulate and
change the scope of corporate au-
thority, which it had created by law,
in the same manner and to the aaiue
extent that the power* of action of
natural pcr-ons are regulated and
controlled.
I'KK'. r.HMON OP I'OWLK.
These guides lor the formation of
corporations have been so tar and so
universally departed tmm that the
reason and necessity for their crea-
tion ill the interest ot the public
have been lost sight o| and forgotten.
The extraordinary advantage* and
j immunities conferred upon thein
were intensified and given a shielded
i existence 111 the full exercise of their
• charter powers oi p'rpetnity by an
j early decision of tbe Supreme Court
| ot the l ulled Stales, which constru-
! ed a charter of incorporation to lie
la contract involving an obligation
' which could not be imp.iiied by any
i liny of (he Stat.' I' gnl iting its con*
, duct, thus giving it aiiuthcr e«.iltid
I position ol indi'pei'deut supremacy
| over and above that occupied by nat-
{ iirii 1 persons, and tying up and de-
tracting from the power* of the gov-
I eminent to regulate the conduct of
; its cititens. It recognized the pow-
er of the state governments to parcel
| off by irrevocable contract to favored
I citizen* portions of it* legislative
, power which had lieen delegated to
1 it by the people. That decision blew
S the breath ol perjietual lile and fixed
i personal identity in a mere ideal be-
ing. an artificial creation of imagina-
ry workmanship, set up its n person
more iude|iendent of state control
I ban the citizen and of greater vital-
ity to move among natural persons
without further contiol ol its' crea-
tor in the regulation of its conduct
I'ttlITKST IS STATE C'OSSTITt'TION*.
Vet. while we find on every hand
that decision ipioted in support of
what is called the "inviolability of
chartered rights" once vested, the
1'ctb \ ol agroyviiig sentiment uniting
the people to tpiestiou it is found in
the organic act* of twenty-two
States, your own among the uuiiiber,
which declare, in effect, the right of
a State, whenever the public • « lfar«i
may require these artificial creations
of its power thereafter created should
cease, to abolish them. This idea is
to-day engrafted on the bill of l ights
ot your own Stale, which prohibits
the law-making department tiom
i making any irrevocable grant of
! special privilege* or immunities, and
! Missouri * jealousy of corpoiote pow*
i cr is shown in her constitution,
which prohibit* any relief to them
when I hey forfeit l ights, or any law
nl any kind for the benefit of a form-
er corporal ion.
l'RtMlltKt>M of y kKW HOCTRINK.
The progress made in t wi'iity-tvvo
years from the doetune of the invio-
lability of charter privileges grant-
ed by tin'State, no matter hoiv hurt-
ful or iiiischieioiis in their scope, to
this new ih i tunc written iuthecou-
stitutioiis ot mi manv Sfiite*, that
goverunieiit may always revoke any
privileges thereafter granted, is but
the assertion of the popular judg-
ment of the threatened danger w hicli
1 am considering I ules* I mistake
the demands ol the hour, the time
h.,
rectitude, the high und general in-
telligence and the habitual independ-
ence ol tbe cilizena who sustau^ it.
Whatever tiMid* to diminish or im-
pair the exercise of either of these
conditiona jeopardise* civil liberty.
Private corporation*, a* existing in
the United State*, in the various
pursuits ol material development, in
enterprises within the roippas* of in-
dividual effort lilld private aggran-
dizement are inimical to all of them:
1. They combine skill and lalwr
with the capital ot liianv, acting as
one,in co-operation, and invade the
domain of individual enterprise, in-
dividual Melt-reliance, individual re-
sponsibility and individual aspira-
tion.
2. Being artificial creations in-
vested with authority to act as natu-
ral persons, tln-y ure moved only by
mi cxhaustieMi greet! for lucre, with-
out one human sympathy.
8. They are permitted to ucnuire
land, tbe great source und support
of life, and with the mighty power
ot the capital which they concentrate
to speculate iu its price at the ex-
pense of natural person*.
I. The continuation of their exis-
tence, and their responsibility for
their obligations, which is limited to
capital invested, gives them n tearful
advantage oyer naturnl persons, pur-
suing w ith them the same object*.
5. lleing soulless, artificial and
intangible, they act only through
created agencies; thus natural per-
son* who own and move their power
look to them only for an increase ol
gains, and feel no personal concern
lor the moral quality of the urtb
which produce money.
0. Their power enables them to
render abortive the individual ctlerl*
of labor lor just remuneration, when
invested in competing enterprises.
Surely we should expect strong
reasons to authorize the continu-
ance and increase of such a gigantic
mat) power, with soulless existence,
moving, ueting and dealing in the
walks of men.
WHY Till: IIkn OF 17*70 ovkhlooked
TIIK han0kr.
Though the American States ear-
ly repudiated the idea of property
aristocracy, and of the inheritable
distinctions of European monarchies
they seem in the beginning of the
century never to have deemed it nec-
essary to guard against this power
which now threatens to overshadow
every other. Tho reason for this
1 we must eoneliiile was because at
! that time no one dreamed that the
J power of the government would be
ever exercised to create corporation*
for purposes purely private in their
nature. Another reason we discover
in the fact that just after the revo-
lution ol 17711. the government was
iu tbe hands of the agricultural ele-
ment, which in the whole history of
the American States, has rarely ask-
ed or received spccutl legislation.
whfrv pom.ation uvrhin 177ti.
Iu the beginning of the century
but one out of every twenty-five of
our anre*ton.* lived in an incoporat-
ed city or town. Those were the
men who achieved our iudcpcudunce.
Tbe comparative increase of urban
populations is start ling, for now oiie-
lourtli of al! our people live in some
city or town, and this fuct suggests
reflections far from encouraging,
now OOTIMTIOJS* have (ha wo 111) in
Ktuim YEARS.
The slati*tics ol what i* termed
oar progress reveal startling facts
j concerning the changed occupations
| ol our people. It is sale to assume
' that,in the beginning of the century,
! of the twenty-four twenty-filth* of
j our people who lived in the country.
| nearly every one was en gaged in ugri-
i culture for hi* support. So great
lia l be,-ii the change lliat ill lhSO
there were in all the I'niteil States
! but 7,070,(100 farmers und farm la*
( borers, whilt* in professional and per-
! soual services uwir, from f.tiius, and
hi maiiuf.ti'turing, mechanical a.ul
mining Industrie*, ami in transpor-
tation U,7H0,iX'0 people Were eilgilg-
i i d, or oyer 3.000,000 more ol Un
i hitler duns than .ill the agru ultu-
ri-ts of America combined. Thus,
in the Tinted States, the farming
element is a minority of the pi >ple.
I he lariiiiug elt nient tu the great
Stale* ot llliiioi*. i >!i 10, I't iin-yIva-
ii111 and M iss n huscfts is m a minor-
ity ofH.fOS.OOO.
Such is not the proporlioii in this
grand old Slat" ol inv nurlure. Here
iis ill Texas and iu every State
drained by the western Imilitaries
of the great Father ol Waters, the
agricultural clement predominates
over all others combined. Happy
State, where those who till ti e soil
own the soil ihcv till and outnum-
ber the host depetitb nt oil the arlili-
ii:il c«**<'Oio*w lino ..ii*i ..
profit, and l*'ing from their v. i ,
characti r exempt from tlie np j!
ri:le* governing natural |iera« n*,
Huences which ill nil ages liiivo been of the (• w and not the many. That
fruitful of fierce civil strife. A pro- aid will, through eiicnnistanc.s, aiti-
found thinker, forty yetr* ngo, suitl ; lice, favoritism or Iraud, be used to
that civilisation itself might eiigen- j increase the gain* of capital, ami not their all-prevuding intelligence *. cs
the first symptoms oi p .pillaruuea i
lies* or inipilfiente over their iii
tliods, itiid woe to lb" uulin ky d
iieiidaiit who will not stand by wh i
is called the "interest* of the con.
der the barbarism that would de- ' the wages of labor; and while build-
*troy il; tbiit it bad never occurred ingoip t depravud lust lor place an 1
to Adam Smith and Oibbon, when power in the few, it will render dis-
conteiiteil with their lot those who
' labor for their blend. Civil liberty
will always flourish longest on earth
they asserted that the world could
never go back to barbarism, that in
the In urt o| great cities uml in the
neighborhood ol splendid palaces
und churches, theater* and libraries,
vice und iguHrtincu might produce a
race of Huns fieicer than Attila, and
of Vandal* more bent on destruction
than those who mure heel under («• u-
serie.
ALL BVSIKK * i "O .N i;E N Til A Tl N O IS COIl*
IMHATIOXS.
It is not to be wondered at that
the pre-eminent benefits to \ hicli I
oust rail..nf by if>i ■
among those whose government coip
fines within the smallest coinpas.s its
interference witli the I,giliiiiiite bus-
iness ol the people. One exception
to tlii* rule i* it. w generally admit-
cut and it i* touud in the pracliee ol
promoting the education of children
bv tin- state. N . t el*, u that duty it
would be pernicious to monopolize;
and it is only a duty, because the
preservation of the statu must do-
have referred combimd in corpora- j pend on intelligence.
lien* ha ye induccd the fortunate pos- . niiott tu okn'iiu.y:. r ixt: of inju-
sesaors of actiyo capital to rush iut>
t hem and to m e thein in tiie whole
range of industrial pursuits, from the
largest objects of public interest to
tli" smallest occupations carried on
for private profit only.
WEALTH Of KAILKOADS IS KXl'KSSi ok
Til 11 It in; 1.. rUKNTti.
The iinrnetise wealih invested in
railway enterprises alone, which are
quasi public and which from their
nature would seem to require some
chariu'terof corporate existence, is
seen when yve understand that their
properties in ISblt amounted to sfo,
0<KI,ihil,iH)0 hi round numbers. That
property cost 100,<HK),1)00, so that
their properties are estimated to be
yvoiih 4>l,50O,tKtO,(KX) mort than wa*
ever invested ill them. Now, if we
add to this the values invested iu
manufacturing enterprises, ino>t of
which are operated under charters
of incorporation, we find the amount
to be 15000;000,000 of money or
nearly one-fifth of the aggregate
wealth of the entire country.
WKALTH ANII roWK.il OF I'KtVATK COR-
PORATIONS.
It we assume that one one-fourth
as much more as is thus invested is
controlled under navigation charters
and incorporated enterprises strictly
private, which are found in every
citv and town, invading every de-
partment of individual industry, we
ure confounded with flit* ittnrtimj?
fact that onc-tbnrth of all the wealth
of ail the Stales is invested in these
creations of law, and is moved and
controlled by no higher oiru than to
promote selfish interest.
corporation en artkkh in ', y.\ vs>.
In Texas, 715 charters of private
corporations had been tiled to i'e-
cember 25. INS I, representing oyer
<^70,1 i.ikK) of stock. Iu January
last the legislature met under cir-
cumstances vvliicb induced the belief
that corporate charters would be cur-
tailed. especially as to laud owner-
ship. W it tun ninety days, eighty
charters were filed, covering almost
every branch of human industry. If
we will pause and reflect (for upon
this point we have no statistics to \
giiiib us), how vast must be Ihe mini- j
Uer ot men in America swayed and j
con trolled by these automatic velii* |
cie* of gain, w ho are daily the blind 1
instruments of their will, and then I
re tied on the connecting inHueucos |
of that great multitude, we will be- I
gin to have some conception of their j
power.
WHAT I Nl't ST IU 1 il A Hi. I Nt OIH'OU lTKt>. '
Not only in Texas but. in a major-
ity ot the States, chart, is have issu.-1
under general laws, for churches and
country stores, brickyard* and tem-
perance societies, btiildin
tion*. agricultural imph meiits, and
grist-mill*, steam laundries, newsp;i-
pers, and lilackHinith-shops, und per-
taining to everv other department
ol industry, which, until a lew wars
ago, wa* regarded a* within the en
elusive ill ni.iiu of individual enter-I gt i
In Texas iilum* t went\ t, nr j
vim ii. civs;.i:■ illi'.
Without inquiring tlm view* ot
political ecoiioniistf iu to lh • origin
of sepurute property, one fief ad-
dresses itself with pertibir force to
tiie ordinary mind, viz; That gene-
rally, the true basis of all individual
ownership of property is labor. This
labor mi presses if with ownership
und makes it subject to sale, and by
sociul laws transferable by inheri-
tance. It would seeul then to lit*
but the plain suggestion of justice,
that a government professedly orga-
nized in the interest of civil liberty
should never, either directly or indi-
rectly, create inequalities of oppor-
tunity, ami advantages, by law; tha*
aggregating capital unjustly in the
hands of the few. It must also fol-
low, that when government acting
through governmental agencies, or
indirectly by trim-fi ling its novo*
n i „'n power to money-limitiiig indi-
viduals, creates iu thein an ability to
suppress and strangle the competi-
tion of other men in the race for
wealth, a dangerous factor has linen
started, which sooner or later will
destroy civil liberty, unless destroyed
itself in time.
If the interests of capital and la-
bor are to harmonize, the harmony
will never lie perceptible to the son
of toil, until lie is made to under-
stand that tin* capital which he ser-
ves is neither created nor sustained
by partial luivs; enacted to his disad-
vantage.
I use the word capital in it -popu-
lar sense, disregarding the defini-
tions o! Adam Smith, liicardo,or JJc-
Cullocli; und without stopping to
consider the definition "I Mr. Mill.
For illy present purpose, that term
is used to designate that available
surplus the product' of human labor,
oi^thatjpluiiiler from tho many by the
few under the operuton of partial
laws, which is found in the hands of
natural persons or of corporations,
constituting them the possessors ot
wealth.
TIIKY CKMOtt VI.tZK TH Kill OWNKKS.
I arraign private corporation* as
inimical to civil liberty which is so
largely dependent on the virtue ol
men, because they demoralize from
head to fotd those who embark in
thein, and because they educate and
indoctrinate their corporation* w ith
their heartless principles of actum.
1 know that we live in an eta
w'ticu homely truth* like this, such
as would have been spoken boldly
titty years ago without being ques-
tioned, an* now whispered with bat-
ed breath ; and that he who speak*
plainly ol the bad ilillcnces of this
power, among ert'.iral per-
son-, incurs the ri-li id' being mis*
nssn ia-1 pe, ted of communism. Hut, il there
is any truth valuable to lie known,
! in \t to that which will effect us af-
ter death, it is taat which concerns
our freedom heie; and civil liberty
is never ia such deadly pi ril a- Ii it
men deceive themselves as t it dan
pa ay." For
lingering teeliMj, of independence to
love o| country, in* attai k* by hi-
ballot tho interest* of the invisible
master. No i.iuftei wn.it ipicstiona
ble service he may iiave rendered iu
flic pits', the edict comes from the
head ollitc; "i >tf ivitli his head! So
much for Hack.iig'iam!' sena-
tors, congrc 'iiiiii und others, u^i
1 heir a/ 'iif t and attorney*, attend
priuiuti meeting* I'.iul it i:' 'ntion
ami iii*|iii'<' piiliticiil plat form i yvhnh
in vv figli e belt ie (to* pub ii i.boilf
as the I'.'ti tl.lg 111 the llalftU ' the
Me ii i ii .in matador doc* before the
nvnkened bull.
I K. . roll Mil Hit' O'iMI/KIi A 1,1 i! IV nil.
coxsi t'l i ' lor..
Here we discover the existence of
a ditiigi runs power iu thud.tig the
governmeiit, winch i- rcspoi able to
no coii*titiieney, and i- n-co^iiim!
as a fiictur in governincnt by nocoii-
siitutioii. I bis factor exerts its in-
fiui-iit t* by coiis' i ained y(,mid by
the pot. nt tueaiis of I' * i — i *.- • - -, * i on -
nections, involving profit or |o*-i to
individual*, a* Ihe result of its favor
or disfavor; and whenever necessity
require,- b_, ;u>*iiii* of bribery'. Iinct
or indirect. ivil ho.if conn-unci ion of
conscience for tile turpitude ot the
iu t. for it ha* no conscience.
\ hii;k MAl.L'ir.
Fatriof . ui.ay tleclaiin over the'
benuti' oi an elective governincnt;
but tiie :• i, .I i he bnivt * I I. ol i IV il
i liberty only when iln* haiii! that dc-
posi! -t it i* nil liiickled When it
falls from the trcuil'iiiig grasp i f a
torpor, lion depeiuli'iit, t! but regis-
ters tie ih i roc ot iiu invisible master,
which only values the :* -wriirncnt
II nit will preserve ui.d increase its
siMcial privilege |'ar dull rent i?
the ballot of bun who tills and can
keep ilu iiiml that sustains him.
Hi* ballot regi.slei* a will, inlawed
and tin bough t ; and though it fulls
from his hand, white uud silent .ia a
suow-llakc in tin* yalley at midnight
its I he oi'!y potent talisni 'il wlncl
can fully li-'l • all and p lit'
ertv regulated by law.
THRY yVlllKN TIIK IHl.f IIRTWKR'
Hit II r.-s ami ItiVKlllY.
I have sunt th.it private corpora
tions as now existing were ft r tli
most part of recent orig>*! Kift,
y ears ago, when black Fridays, strike
and d) un ill i to were unknown, the or
dinary put suits of lite were conduc-
ted by nat ural person* on copartner-
ships, responsible to the full extent;
of their property lor their (iealiiig-
Men now within the sound of nj
voice can remember when no mil—
iiouuirea were believed to exist iu
the I nite*il States except (liiard and
John .lacob Vstor It is safe to as-
sume that in lSdt* all the tin n worth
one million of money in America
could have been counted on tl tin-
g'*i * of one hand. To-day .oiie city
ciiii nninber among it- nihulritnnts
liiO men worth over a million of
money each, among tlicui two, either
jot whom own* . • i • ■ i* om* hundred and
I lit' v ill111 itui s nf y allies.
1 The veriest siniplet u can understand
' tli; I those aceumiilatioii- ui personal
i wealth could l. it hav** luei. ^'a lu*r«
el ill one lite, In the i.., .u.fl eiier
| gy ol any one man fioiicsl,i*iTireii
I I'rr,: ineinlii i how y ri -1 Ihese for-
I tunes are. wi -;i cue man who Ingau
i lilt; penniless own* greater value
than any of I'jngl.iud'* iiohlciiien,
exeept the I il.
■ I liongii -oiue .i
lit the ;,'ul le i ci'I
■ tii'iiHter,
estates |ep i'c-
ii.lii lei a ml
pris •. In lexas alone i wenty four | win in y iikvi >k v i.l/.r.
newspapers are incorp ir.ifi f. j Noone will den that tin* liiir li
l h«* cent ril idea ol I'latii* r.-pub* j -irul : ifl ,i ble rules wit h which c >r-
i lie, was to fit its lite i4 with em- p- . ate pew.-r •i,lm'ni-:eis it; capital
i
ploynieiifi suitable lo their t; it :res.
The ten I ney of ours is to close even
avenue if imlivr.la.il e*l.*rt. !^\ shad-
owing man with tin* dwartii"; i:i!lu-
eiicc of giant pow.a. co<iteiid:ng
with him in the same etnp • \ incut.
In New York, the ;>t >p!c, n ,s:..kiiig
till* clllll'iicler ot flit' lv|.e, line
actually resorted to the disease it-ell
for a remedy, by organizing a c u|i i-
ratiou ol giis-coiisiiineis to w.nth
and prevent tin* tbelt of a corpora-
tion o| gas-makei *.
teiv i iiv yi i s r y I. IS 111;i :*ui \. ! Willi
i*h t y vr* i n nf * ru y
The iiillucnce ot * u It lt*gi ! itum is
evil, and onlv evil. The demand- of
progress afford n- no excuse, f. r no
progrc real whvli is destitute ot
t on*i*rv ati'an. Iu proportion i-
' • ■ 1 ' ' "■•rinitlet! and en•
I mid dii' "t* it-iigeiicie< are * ic!i a*
j (i i m.ii., y .id ■ *11 ; i • mind ixotlhl
-auction. The individual i* merged
] :. the tu 'iicv .i ie ii * ne, o| wlllc!l he
j :s ii im'i gi , part, and the uiorality
■ i its action is i he morality of Ihe
company not his nor is he unhap-
u u\ ei ll . i i- it pro 1 ice. gain.
Fi:*11 if s re icliug inllueiice on the
iiia i corrupt * and degrades until at
la-t a irt of liiiaiit'ial st*lt-re*peci
will i op Irani l.ioi fir.-t to excu.-*
and then to tlcleiitl all tin* mean-,
no matter how eoirupt, which v\. ■
e. ed to bring luiii a ftn tune
Tin y tun i.o rriiMi* chhiii iti n
rhu tl eirtnndency i- ■ • 1.t d pnit-
lit coi nipt u n, on wiiii iu f urn I in-v
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nig ow lie tu ot • mallei
i e e ind like means art''
I i.i obtain ii!in-ist lubiilous
ii 11 li wlii lo gild t be bru-
lll list tie pel ill f o p..*- pel ii.il i* t he i r po w - ' / a i- ! it if | • s or, und
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