560 THE IMPENDING REVOLUTION. 



wretchedness; and, we have strikes; we have riots; we have 

 revolutions, and the wrongs of the people are wiped out in 

 the blood of the patriot. Such was the revolution of 

 France; such the revolution of our fathers of- 1776; and 

 such will be the revolution in this country if our statesmen 

 persist in ignoring the encroachments of organized capital 

 upon the rights of the people. 



Under the present condition of affairs a man may be 

 allowed the ''pursuit of happiness," but he will hardly 

 attain to its possession. 



"We hold to the principle that all monopolies are 

 dangerous to the best interests of the country, and have a 

 tendency to overthrow the great principles purchased by 

 Washington and his glorious compatriots. ' ' Do we believe 

 what we say in the preamble to our constitution and the 

 declaration of our principles? Then we are threatened 

 with a multiplicity of monopolies that menace our liber- 

 ties. No country in the history of the world has ever 

 been cursed with so many and such gigantic monopolies as 

 free (?) America. Free, only in name. Free, only in the 

 fact that we still have a glimmering hope of crushing this 

 monstrous system of robbery by an intelligent use of the 

 ballot; that failing, all hope is lost, except that last fearful 

 resort revolution. May the God of our fathers prevent it. 



What are the natural results of railroad monopolies? 

 Like all other soulless corporations, their only ambition is 

 gain; and that gain must come from the producer. With 

 this sole object in view, "they are blind to the true princi- 

 ples of government, and, like all other tyrannical powers, 

 regard not the rights of the people. They do not hesitate 

 to buy our executive officers, corrupt our courts and pros- 

 titute our legislators to the attainment of their nefarious 

 schemes. 



The New York Times, of December 6, 1880, says: 



