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Clay n o Z ^nanaj Reformer
(’. 0. MANDKKVLLLE, Editor.
VOLUME I.
REV, DR. TALMAGE.
THB BROOKLYN DIYINRB SUN
BAY SBKMON.
Subject: “Siege of Lucknow.”
■JYxt i “When ihou #h:i!t’msiug • a city a
long limn iu making wir against ft tot k<*
it. thou shalt not destroy (lie ir *ch th- r o' in
forcing an ax against them.”-—Deuterono¬
my xx., 19.
The awfuleat thing in wir is b<**iegcine»t.
for to the work of deadly weapon* it a-l-l*
hunger nod starvation nnu plague. Bed<*g. -
ipent is sometimes neoassary, but my t«xi
commands im-rcy even in that. The frit t
trees must lie span ! becansa thev affor I
iood for man. “Thou shalt not destroy the
trots thereof by forcing an nx agaiu-i
them." Hut In my recent Journey rounlihe
tVJWld I (bin*! nr Title!; now. full-i. there na'ns
of the irost merciless be»iegem**ut of the
ages, and I proceed to tell you that story for
four great reasons—*o show you w mt a hor
rid thing war Is and to make you ail advo¬
cates for pence, to show you what genuine
Christian character is mi fer bo nbar Imeir,
lo put a coronation on Chris:Inn courage,
and to show you how splcn Lily goo l people
As our (rain glide l iuto the dimly Hr'ito 1
station I asked the guard, “Is this Luck¬
now?" and hnansw *red, “Lucknow,” at the
pronunciation ot which proper name strong
emotions rushed through tody, mini and
sou*.
The word is a synonym or suffering, of
cruelty, Rested by of hardly heroism, o* other horror such I. as We Is su ;
thirty-five any wor hnv 1
mr years boon reading of th
agonies there endure 1 au t the daring deeds
1 hern witnessed. It was my great dosiro to
hnv 1 sotno one who hud witnessed the
scenes transacted in Lucknow in 1857 con¬
duct u* over the place. We fou 11 1 just the
man. Ho was a young soldier at the time
the greatest mutiny of the ages broke out,
nnd ho w is put with others Inside the
residency, making which was a cluster o." buildings
a lortross tu which the representa¬
tives of the English Govercmnnt lived mi l
which was to be tile scene ot an endurtnee
and a tonhar.lment the story of which
poetry aud painting an i history and secular
and sacred eloquence have been trymgtodc
piot. Our escort not only had a goo i
memory of what hud huppomd, but had
talent enough to rehearse the irage ly.
In the early part of 1857 all over India the
unlives were ren iy to break out in rebellion
against all foreigners and especially against
the civil mid military representatives oi tin
English Government.
A hall dozen causes nen mentioned for the
feelltig of discontent and insurrection tint
was evinced throughout India. Tu • most
•f these causes were mere pretexts. Greased
cartridges were no doubt mi exasperation.
The grease ordered by the English Govern¬
ment to be use! 011 these cartridges was
taken from cows or pig-*, au l grease to the
Hindoos is unclean, mi 1 to bite these car¬
tridges at the loading ot U 10 guns would bo
nn oitcusfi to the Hin loo religion. Tue
lenders of the Hlu loos sail that Pies)
greased carl ridges was only part of an at
the lompt natives by the English Government to m ixe
give up their religion ; houee, uu
bounded Indiguaiion was aroused.
Another cause of the mutiny was that a ii
•therdnrge province ofln lia had been a>i
ncxwl to the British empire, an I tliousan In
o officials in the employ o. ihc King of th it
province were thrown out oJ position, au l
they wore nil ready for tro iolo making.
Another cause was 9 dd to bo tho bu I gov¬
ernment exercised by sotno English oflRiais
in India.
Tho simple fact was that tho uitiv >s of ru
din were a conquered r ico, na l tho E-a ;lis \
weirti tho nouquerarv. For 101 years tha
British scepter nad been wave t over In lia,
.and the Indians wanted to break that s iep
i*»r. There never had bo m any love or sym¬
Europeans. pathy between ttio natives of India an l tin
There is none now.
Before tha time or the groat mutiny the
English Government risked much power in
tho bands of the natives. Too many of i h m
manued the forts. Too many of them were
in tho Governmental employ. And now the
time had come for a wide out wreak. The
natives had p irsu 1 1e«l theais i vos th r they
COUld send the English Government ilyiti, -
nud firearms to accomplish and it dig ;or an t mvoi* 1 aui ,
mutilation and slaughter mint
do their worst.
It was evident in Luckuow that the u i
tives worn about to ris i an i put to de it U all
“ 1 he Europeans they could lav llieir
«nd into hauls
ou. the residency theCamtinu pap¬
ulation of Lucknow huste ie l for defense
from tho tigers iu human (or n w lieh wor i
growling for their victims Tile occupants
of live residency, or fort, wore—military an 1
—•in noa-coephatautx, number men, women anl children
about 1692.
I suggest in one sentence some of the
chief woes to which they wore subject© l
when I say that these people were in 1 1> »
change residency five months without it sing.o
heat ot clothing; some of th ’time tm
at 1*20 aud 13d degrees , the place black
with flies and all a-squirn with vermin;
firing of the enemy upon them ceasing
neither with dny nor night; the hospital crowd- l
Ibe dying; smallpox, scurvy, cholera,
adding their work to tuat ot snot and shell ;
women brought up in all comfort au I never
having known want, crowded and sacri¬
ficed in a cellar where nine children
were bom ; less and less foo i; uo water ox
cept that which was brought Iro n a wil
under the enemy's lire, so Unit the water o >
tabled was at thepricc of blo.o l; the st-nc i
of tne dead hors *s aid *d to the effluvia of
corpses, anl all waiting lor tho moment
when the army of 63,000 shrieking Hin loo
devils should break in upon the garrison of
the residency, now re .ue 1 1 by woun is an l
sickness and death to 976 meu, wo nen ail l
children.
“Gall me early,” I said, “to-morrow morn
rag’*,aud , Jet US Uti.-u the esidency oeforethe
r
sun bscirnes too hot. ’ At 7 o'clock in the
morning we lott our hotel in Lucknow, .anl
X said to our obliging, gentlemanly ocorr,
“Pleasetake us along the road by which
Havelock and Outram came to the relief of
tb« residency." That was tho way we went.
There was a solemn stillness as we ap¬
proached the gate of the residency. Bit
t«r*d nnd torn is the masonry of the on
©f trance. Signature of shot and punctuation
cannon ball ail up and down nut every¬
where.
“Here to tho lert," said our escort, “ars
tnsremsius of a building tae flr-t floor of
which in other days had been use i os a ban¬
quet *ug Ball, but then was used as a hos¬
pital. At this part the amputations took
place, and all such patteuts died. The heat
W»8 to great and tho loo t so insufficient
that tho poor fellows could not recover
from the loss ot blood. They all died. Ampu
All iii tho Wt * re performed witnout ehlorotorm.
anaesthetics were exhausted. A
fracture that in other climates and un¬
der other circumstances would have come to
«B»y convaleeoene - here prove l tutu*. Yon¬
der was Dr. Fayrer's houso, who w.vs sur
roou of the place an t is now Queen Victor¬
ia* doctor. This upper room was tho offi¬
cers room, and there Sir Henry Liwreuoe
our dear coalman } ei . ( vvas woiw , While
hesat then* a shell struck the room, au i
some one sugtestel that ho hn i better
leave ike room, but be emded au l sai I
’Lightning place.’ »#v*r Hurdiv nfrikes twioo in the
same had ho said this
When another shell tore off hist big j, an i
was the carried dying into Dr. Fayrer's * house
OB other side ol the road, gir Henry
Lawrence hud beau In poor health for a
iwng the Urn* Ifldl.ift before servira the muting He had been
m ffor years, auiheh-i
started getting tor England tin to recover his health
».ut m far Bombay the English
t©iu? rmr.ent awhile.- requ-stod giro to remain nt
Jer Jus coat id sot be spared
ift such ibiDKcrous limes. • H 4 <• iqw* hare to
, tttt l far Casing the siege Oi this
„ r*
--m-tor. Ther,n,
and autnr and charcoal nnd fo U»r for tha
oxen and h»v for the hors«". Bat now. at
th** time whan nil the peor> 1 « wer** *oo t»n?
fo him for wis lorn and courage, Sir Henry
is dvinjr.”
Our escort describes the seem, lin*qu«,
tender, beautiful an l overpowering, »n I
while I stood on <lha very spot where the
siehs and srroans of the beaietsd an t !a-*«ri
ted and broken hearted met the whiz o’ bu'
let», and the detnonine hiss of burs!In* she’!,
and particulars. the roar of batteries, my escort gave nu
the
had “Vs soon as Sir Henry w is toll that he
not many hours no live h« askel the
ehao'ain to administer to him the holv eom
•oanion. He felt Daftlculari.V nnxiou® for
M, e sa'ety of the wo.U'U iu the r*«Mencv,
who, at any mo neat. mtyu ha subjected to
th * savig's who howlel around the res
dency, their br.nk'mr in only a mattero’
time notes* r -*n'oreaneot should po**v\
1 “ woull frequently say to thos« who stir,
ronoiel itis death couch: * 8 av* the
'a lie«. Go i help the no >r women an l ch>'
dreu !’ Ho uruve directions for the desperate
'’efens'* of the p’ lco He asked forziveness
of all thos > whom ’.<« micriit unintentionally
have n 'elected or off.*n to l. He leTt a mes¬
sage for nil his fri<»n 1". He forgot not to
give directions for tiio card of his favorite
'•ors'*. He ch ir-ro 1 Ms offl *'*rs. saj-in*? *Bv
no means surr-m let*. .Make no treaty or
n’sn with desperadoes. '
'■'itnp -o the Dio
1 tiding.’ Hutook charge of tha asylum he
• 1 l establish© 1 for the children of soldier*,
fe guv* directions for his burial, say
ng: ‘No nonsense, no fuss. Let
nu bo buried with the men.* He dictate 1
*is own eoitip’i, which l real nhova his
*o*nb: ‘II re lies Hanrv Lawrence, who
iriod to do his duty. M iy the Lor l havi
mercy on his sou’.’ He said t ‘I would like
to hnv 1 a p issuge of Scrintur i a He l to the
vor Is on my gray, such as, “To the Lor t
our Go 1 beionjf mercies an 1 forgivenesses,
hough w 1 have rebelled against Him."
nn’t it fruit I) mini?’ 80 as hr ivi a man as
rbin l or Lilia ever saw expirel. The
-oldiers lifts 1 tilt) cover fro n his fici
>ni kiss) l him before they carrie 1 bi n
out. The chaplain offered a pr iver. T mi
hoy removed the great hero amid the ru¬
ling hail of the guns anl put him down
among other soldiers buried at the same
dm'*.’’ All of which I state for tha bmMlt
>f those who would have us believe that th >
Christian religion is fir only for wo n i l in
ie eighties an l children under seven. Tver 0
vas glory enough iu that departure to halo
Christendom.
“There,” said out* assort, “Bob the
Nailer did the work." “Wno wis Bo’) the
Nailer?’’ “Oh. he was the A'rican who sat
at l hat point, and wuon any one of our man
ventured across the roal ho would drop
dm by a riflu ball. Bob was a sure marks¬
man. Tie only way to get ucross the roal
: or water from the wall was to wait until
ais gnu flashel nu t then instantly cross
boiore he had time to load. The only way
WO could get rid of him was by digging a
nine under the houso wiero ho was
hidden. When the house was blown uo,
Bab the Nailer wont with It.” I sai 1 to him,
“Had you made up your minis what you
and the other sufferers would do in cisa tho
llend9 notually broke in?" “0 1 , yes!” said
my escort. “We had it all planue 1 , for t ie
probability was every hour for nearly (Ivy
months that they would break in. You must
remember it was 160.) against 60,00), an i
for the latter part of tho time it wis
DO) against 60,000, anl the residency mil
the oarthworks arouu t it were not put uu
for such an attack. It vras only from the
mercy of Go l that wo were not tuassacrU
soon after tho besiegement. We were rc
solved not to allow ourselves to get into the
hands of those desperadoes. You must re¬
member that wo and all the women ha l
heard of the butchery at Cawnpur, and we
knew what defeat meant. If uuable to hoi l
out any longer we would have blown our¬
selves up aud all gone out of life together.”
“.Show me,” I said, “the roo ns where tue
won«n and children staid during those
aw.u! months,” Then we crossed over an l
w*nt down into the cellar of tho resllency.
With a shudder of horror indescribable I eu
lered the cellars where 622 women an l chil¬
dren had been crowded until the whole floor
was fuli. I know the exact numoer, tori
counted their names on the roil. As one of
the ladles wrote in her diary—speasing of
these women she satd, “They lay upon tao
floor titling into eaca other like bits iu a
puzzle. ’ Wives had obtained from their
husbands tho promise that the hus¬
bands would shoot them rather than let
them fall into the hunts of these desper¬
adoes. The women withiu thi residency
were kept on the smatl*»st allowance that
would maintain life. No opportunity of
privacy. Tha death nugel and tao oirt 1
angel touche l wings as tney passed. Flies,
place, mosquitoes, vermin in full possession of tin
an 1 these women in momentary ex
pactatiou that the enraged savages wou l
rush upon them, iu a violence of which ciu >
an 1 sword and torch and throat cutting
would be the milder forms.
Our escort told us again and again of the
bravery of these women. They did not d«-
8 pair. They encouraged tho soldiery. They
waited on the wounded an t dying iata»
hospital. They gave up their stoemugs tor
hollers of the grapeshor. They soiicei
each ot hor wlieu their children died. Wueu
a bus mud or lather fell, such prayers o.
sympathy were offered as only worn*n cm
offer. They endured without complaint.
They prepare 1 tneir own callhren tor uuri u.
They were inspired for tha men wno stooJ
at their posts fighting till tney droppef.
Our escort told us that again aud again
news nad come that Havelock anl Outran
Were on the why to letca these b siege 1
ones out o! tnolr wretchedues. They na t
received a letter from HavdiooK rolle i up >u
a quill an 1 carrie l in the mouth of a dis¬
guised messenger, a letter telling them tnat
he was on the way, but tho next nows was
that Havelock had been compella 1 10 r -
treat. It was constant vacillation between
hope an l despair. But one day tney near,
tho guns of relief sounding nearer imi
nearer. Yet all the houses of Luckuow wer •
fortresses filled with armed miscreants, and
every step of H iveioek an l his army was
contested—tiring irom bous-tops. firing
from windows, firing from doorways.
I asked our frieu t if ue thourut that tha
world famous story of u Scotc i lass in nar
delirium hearing the Seated bagpipes ad¬
vancing with tho Scotch regiment was a tru)
story. He satd he did not kuow but tuat it
was true. Without this man's tellin ' me I
knew from my o wn observation that de¬
lirium sometimes quickens some ot tne fac¬
ulties, and I rather think the Scotch lass iu
her delirium was the first to hear the bag¬
pipes. 1 decline to believe that class ol
peoplo who would like to kill all the poetry
of tho world anl banish all the ffuj sen¬
timent. They tell us that SVnit
tier’a poem about Barbara Freitchie was
founded on a delusion, nnd that Longfellow's
poems immortalized things taat never oc¬
curred. The Scotch loss did hear the slo¬
gan. I almost heard it myself as I stoo 1 in¬
side the residency while my escort told of
the coming of the Seventy-eighth Higaianf
Regiment.
“Wore you present when Havelock cvne
in?” I asked, for I ooutfl suppress the ques¬
tion uo longer. His an iwor c*acu3;
‘ I was not at the moment present, but
with some other young fellows I saw so.
diers dancing while two nignlan t pip*«
played, and I saiJ, ‘Want is all tats, excite
Then we came up an i saw ta it
Havelook was iu, aud Outrun was in, aal
the regiments were pouring iu."
‘‘Show us where they cams iu," I ox
claimed, for I kuow that tney did not enter
through the gate of the residency, that be*
*•* bankal up inskto to keap the murderers
? U J* it is,’ answered my escort.
11 is—tbo embrasure througi waica
1 hey came "
' Vo up to «POt. It is now a
broken down pUe of bricks a dozeu yards
from the gate. Ling gross now, batriea 4
blood spattered, bullet scattered opsniuf ui
thnwaii.
A * * e s;o< ? J rh,?r< N although tho fgyga was
thirty-seven , years 1 them coneiu
ago, saw
i“S*!f- l * , "‘“* B “ ro '“ ?wuw tM er4Bj,J
“ The Voice of tlie People is f lie Voice of God.”
FORT GAIN ES, GA„ FRIDAY NOVEMBER 80, 1894.
“dVhnt then happen®*’?” I said to my e«.
con. “Oh,” t'e s»i I, “that is Impossible to
t*»ll. Ti« **arth was rernov* 1 from the gate,
and soon all the army or relief entered, and
soma o r us langhe’, and some cried, and
some pray**», ntl I some danod. Hiehiau
d**r« so .last covered and enough blood an l
woun is on tb**ir faces to make them un
r-*cognizahle snatched the babes out of
their mothers’ arms and kissed them an l
PH*s»d the babies along for other sol.
dWs to k ; s-, and the woun led ni“n
crawl»d out of the hospital to join in the
cheering aud it was wild jubilee until, the
first exc’tement pass-d, the story of bow
many of the advancing armv had been
si iin on t*>« way began to have tearful
effect, cn.d the story of suffering that ha l
been endured inside the fort, an i the an¬
nouncement to children that thev were
fatherless, and to wives that they wn
widow*, submerged the shouts of joy wita
wailing of agony.
“But were you not embarrassed by the ar¬
rival o f Hav“look an I 1400 men who brought
no iood with them?” He answered; “JJ
course wo w*re put on smaller rations im«
m«!iately In order that they might shin
with u», tiu* wo kn**w that the coming o' bis
re-^nforcemeat would help uslo hold th »
p'ace until further relief should come. H id
not this first r«linf arrive i as it did in a lav
or ! wo at most and perhaps fn any hour th »
'>esieg *rs would have broken in, and our an l
woul I have come, The Sepoys had dug six
mines un ler the residency aal would soon
hav« explo led ai'.*’
After we had obtained a f<*w bulLts that
had heen picke l out of the w iP, an l a piec >
o f the bombshell, we walke 1 around the elo¬
quent ruins and put our hands into the scars
or the shattered masonry an l explore d t ie
cameterv inside the fort, where hun Ire is o£
•he <T«art solliers await the coming of the
Lori of Hosts «t the last day, anl wo
cnul l endure no more. My nerves were
all a-’.remole, anl my emotions were
wrung out, and I said, “Let us go.” I
had seen the resid *ncy at Luckno w the
day before with a beloved missionary,
an l he told me many interesting facts con¬
cerning the besiegmneut of that place, but
this morning I ha l seen it in company wil l
one wno in that awful 1S57 of the la lia i
rautinv with his own fire had fou ;at the >e
siegers, yell and with his own ear hal heird the
of the miscreants as they tried to stor u
the walls, an l with his own eyes hal wit¬
nessed a scene of pang an l sacrifice an 1 en
•lurance and bereavement and prowess an l
rescue which has ma le ail this L*ir«o>v
fortress an l its surroun lings the Mount Cal¬
vary of the nineteenth century.
On the following day, about four miles
from the residency, I visited the grave of
Havelock. The scenes of hardship an i salt’
sacrifice through which he hid pissed wire
too much ior mortal endurance, and a fe.v
•lays a ter Havelock left the residency whie i
he had relieve d he lay in a tent a-dying.
while his son, whom I saw in London on my
way here, was reading to the old hero the
consolatory Scriptures. The telegrap i
wires had told all Nations that H ive
iock was sick unto death. IIe h 1 1
received themessa to of congr ituiatio i fra u
Queen Victoria ov*r his triumpns anl hi l
oeeu knigiite 1 , an l such a recap* ioa as E i -
land never gave to any man since IVeiliu ;
ton ca ne back from Waterloo aw tite l i »
return. Bu" he will never again see his a i
tive laud. He has led his last arny in l
pi tnued the last battle. Yet he is to giiv
another victory. Ho declared it wao.i in
ids la 3 t hours he saldto General Outrrn “I
die happy and comento d. I have for forty
years so ruled my life that when deat : o i;u s
I might face it without fear. To dieU
gain.” Indeed this was no new sentimen¬
tality with him. He once stated that in
hoynood with tour companions he was ac
custo ned to seek the “seclusion ofonoof
the dormitories for purposes of devotiou,
though certain in those day's of being brand
«1 as Metho lists an 1 canting hypocrites."
He had in early life been immersed iu a Bap¬
tist church. He acknowledged Go din every
victory an i save in ona of his diso ite.iei
that he owes it “to the power of the Eafleld
rtfia in British ban Is. to British pluck aud to
the blessiu' of Almighty Go l on a mos:
righteous cause.” Ha was accustomed to
spend two nours every morning in pnyee
auiliibie re a ling, an i if tue armv w is to
mirch at 8 o’cioe c he arose for purposes of
religious devo.iou at fi o’clock, au l if hi
ar ny was to m tre i at (Jo’elock he arose at !.
A plain monunent marks Hav dock’s
e-rave nut the eicnaon is as beautiful aa 1
co noranensive as auytnia ' i n ive eyer.sa u,
an 11 copie i it taen an t taere. an l it is as
oiiows: “Hero rest the mortal remtini o’
deury Havelock, mijorgeueril in t ie Brit
*so army and Kuight C om nan <er of t u
4ath, wuodiel at Dilkoos ta Lac ta c v o:
dyseutry inp'iign pro inel by the hardships o’ i
c iu w lie l ho achieve l i;u n irtal
a n«, on the 2 ith of Novem >or, 1.i3r.
lew is corn on tie 5;i of Apr! 1 , 1795. u
Bis lops, Wer noutb County. Darhim, Eaf
m “. Entered the ar ny 1815. Came to fa
da 1821 an i serve 1 tnere with little inter¬
ruption till his death. H s bor e aa hoaor.i >1 *
part, iu tao wars of Bar ai, Afga iaistan, :ac
^lahratta campaign of 1813 an l the Sntii j of
1845. Retained by ai verso circu ustaucas
.u susorlinate position, it was tas aim
of -iis life to show taat the profession of
a Christian is consistent with the fullest
tiscaarge of the dut.es of a sol liar. fl i
cvn nan le-i a division iu the Persian exp-
•titio i of 1857. Iu the terriole coava sio i of
mat year nis genius an l chiructer wire at
l**agta mily deyslopel an i known to t i>
world, saved from s lipwreek on the C >y
ou coast oy tne Pr >videuce wuicu design i t
him for greater things, n« was noniuml
to t ie co n nan d of tae colu an destine l to
relievo tae or ive gurrisou of Lucca i.v.
Tula object, after a! nost suoeriit nn
x-rt : oa, ne, by the blessing of G>!. AO
conplisaed. But ho was not spared to r>
oeive on eartu the rowird he so dear y
earned. Tae Diviae Muster whom h •
served saw fit to remove him from the sphere
t of nis la >or in tne mo neat of his greatest
triumpas. Ha departed to ais rest in hum¬
ble but confi dent expectation of far greater
rew ir !s an 1 donors whicn a grateful cou i
iry wasaaxious to bestow. Iu him the skid
o a commander, the courage an t deration
of a soidier, tne learning of a scholar, the
grace or a nighiy ore l gentiemaa aa l ait
tne social and domestic virtues of a hus
oand, father an i friend were blen 1 -
«d together, an l streagtueuc J, h ir noaizs l
an i aiorued by the spirit of a true Curis
tian, the result of the infinauca of the Holy
Spirit on his neart. an t of an humble reli¬
ance on the mer ts of a crucified Saviour.
II Timothy, iv„ 7, 8 : *1 have fougat a goo l
fight. I have finished my course. I have
kept the faitn. Henceforth tnere is laid up
or me a crown of rignteousness which the
Lord, the ngnteous Judge, shall give me at
tuat day, and not to me only, but unto all
them also that love His appearing.’ This
tnouum*-nt is erected by nis sorrowing widow
and lamily.”
Is not that magnificent? But I said while
standing Haveioci’s gra*vc, , Way does
at not
England take his oust to nerself, an l in
Westminster aoboy make him a pillow? In
ail her ntstory of wars there is no name so
magnetic, yet she has expressed nothing
on this man’s tomb. His widow reard i th j
tombstone. Do von say, “Let him sleep in
rue regiou wherenedi t nis grandest dee is?”
Tae same reason would have buried Wel¬
sailles, lington in Belgium, an t Von Moltke at Ver¬
and Grant at VieKsourg. an i Stoni
wall Jackson lar away from his beloved
Lexington, land! Vs. Take him home, O Eng¬
The rescuer of the men, women and
children at Lucknow! His ear now duileii
could not hear tne rod oi the organ wa«n it
sounds through the venerable abbey the
national anthem. Bar it would bear the
sime trumpet that brings up irom among
those sacred walls the form of Outram, his
fellow hero in the overthrow of the Iu linn
mutiny. Let Pur iament mike appropria¬
tion irom the national treasury, aui some
great war ship under some favorite admiral
sail across Mediteran-an and AbraOiau se ts,
nnd wait at Bombay harbor for the coming
Of this conqueror of conquerors, and taen,
saluted by iae shipping ot all free nations,
irt him pass on apt 1 pais up and coop? uu Jer
the arouas of tas abbey nu t along the aisles
where have oeeu earned the mightiest d©*d
of many centum*,
IS THERE NO PITY?
UNEQUAL CONTEST BETWEEN
MAN AND MACHINE.
Millions Without Work—The Strong l)r
rours the Weak —A Timely and For¬
cible Address From the Kloqueut Rob¬
ert G. Ingersofl;
Invention has tilled the world with
rompetitors not only of laborers, but
of mechanics—mechanics of highest
skill. To-day the ordinary laborer is,
for the most part, a peg in the wheel.
He works with the tireless—he feeds
the insatiable. When the monster
stops, the man is out of employment—
out of bread. He has not saved any¬
thing. The machine that he fed was
not feeding him—the invention was
not for his benefit.
The other day I heard a man say that
it was almost impossible for thousands
of good mechanics to get employment,
and that in his judgment the govern¬
ment ought to furnish work for the
people. A few minutes later I heard
another saj r that he was selling a
patent for cutting out cloth, that one
of the machines could do the work of
twenty tailors, and that only the Week
before he had sold two to a great house
in New York and that over forty' cut¬
ters had been discharged.
On every side men are being dis¬
charged and machines are being- in¬
vented to take their places. When the
great factory shuts down the workers
who inhabited it and gave it life, as
thoughts to the brain, go away, and it
stands there like an empty skull. A
few workmen by the force of habits,
gather about the closed doors and
broken windows aud talk about dis¬
tress, the price of food and the coming
winter. They are convinced that they
have not had their share of what their
labor created. They feel certain that
the machines inside were not their
friends. They look at the mansion of
the employer—but have nothing them¬
selves. The employer seem to have
enough. Even when employers fail,
when they become bankrupt, they are
far better off than the laborers ever
Were. Tlieir worst is better than the
toiler's best
The capitalist comes forward with
this specific. He tells the vvorkingmau
that he must be economical—-and yet,
under the present system, economy
would only lessen wages. Under the
great law of supply and demand every
saving, frugal, self denying workman
is unconsconsciously doing what little
he can do to reduce the compensation
of himself and his fellows. The slaves
who did not wish to run away helped
fasten chains on those who did. So
the saving mechanic is a certificate
that wages are high enough. Does the
great law demand that every worker
should live on the least possible
amount of bread? Is it his fate to
woi-k one day that he may get enough
food to be able to work another? Is
that to be his only hope—4hat and
death?
Capital has always claimed, and still
claims, the right to combine. Manu¬
facturers meet and determine prices,
even in spite of the great law of sup¬
ply and demand. Have the laborers
the same right to consult and com¬
bine? The rich meet in the bank,
club house or parlor. Workingmen
when they combine gather in the
street. All the organized forces of so¬
ciety are against them. Capital has
the army and the navy, the legisla¬
ture, the judicial and executive de¬
partments. When the rich combine it
is for the purpose of “exchanging
ideas. ” When the poor combine it is a
“conspiracy.” If they act in concert,
if they really do something, it. is a
"mob.” If they defend themselves it
is treason. How is it the rich can con¬
trol the departments of government?
In this country the political power is
equally divided among men. There
are certainly more poor than rich.
Why should the rich control? Why
should not the laborers combine for
the purpose of controlling the execu¬
tive, the legislative and judicial de¬
partments? Will they ever find how
powerful they are? A cry comes from
the oppressed, the hungry, from the
downtrodden, from the unfortunate,
from the despised, from men who
despair and from women who weep.
There are times when mendicants be¬
come revolutionists—when a rag be¬
comes a banner, under which the no¬
blest and the bravest battle for right.
How are we to settle the unequal
contest between man and machine?
Will the machine finally go into part¬
nership with the laborer? Can those
forces of nature be controlled for the
benefit of her suffering children? Will
extravagance keep pace with ingenu¬
ity? Will the workmen become intel¬
ligent enough and strong enough to
become owners of machine*? Will
these giants, these Titans, shorten or
lengthen the hours of labor? Will
they make leisure for the industrious,
or will they make the rich richer and
the poor poorer? Is man involved in
the “general scheme” of things. Is
there no pity, no mercy? Can man be¬
come intelligent enough to be gener¬
ous, to be just, or does the same law
of facts contrcfl him as controls the
animals or vegetable world? The
great oak steals the sunligfct irasq the
smaller trees, '/be strong animal de¬
vours the w©ok—everything 9$ the
mercy of beak, and claw, and hoof,
and tooth—of hand, and club, and
brain, and greed—inequality, injustice
cvery where. The poor horse standing
in the street with his drat*, over
worked, overwhipped and underfed,
when he sees other horses groomed to
mirror, glistening with gold and silver,
scorning Witli proud feet the very
earth, probably indulges iu tile usual
socialistic reflections; and tins same
horse, worn out aud old, deserted by
his master, turned into the dusty road,
leans his head on the topmost rail,
looks at the donkeys ill the field of
clover, and feels like a nihilist.
In the days of cannibalism the strong’
devoured the weak—actually ate their
fiesh. In spite of all laws that man has
made,in spite of all advances in science,
the strong, the heartless still live on
the weak, the unfortunate, the foolish.
True, they do not eat their flesh or
drink their blood, but they live on
their labor, on their self-denial, their
weariness and want. The poor man
who deforms himself by toil, who la¬
bors for his wife and children through
all his anxious, barren, wasted life—
who goes to the grave without ever
having a luxury—has been the f<rt>d of
others. He has been devoured by his
fellow men. The poor woman living
in the bare aud lonely room, cheerless
and fireless, sewing night and day to
keep starvation from her child, is
slowly being eaten by her fellow' men
When I take into consideration the
agony of civilized life—the failures,
the anxiety, the tears, the withered
hopes, the bitter realities, the hunger,
the crime, the humiliation, the shame
—I am almost forced to say that can¬
nibalism, after all, is the most merciful
•
form , . winch man has ever lived upon
in
his fellow man.
It is impossible for » man with :i
good heart to be satisfied with this
world as it is now. No man can truly
enjoy even what he earns—w'hat lie
knows to he bis own—knowing that
millions of his fellow men are in
misery and want. When we think of
the famished, we feel that it is almost
heartless to eat. To meet the ragged
aud shivering makes one almost
ashamed to be well dressed and warm
—one feels as though his heart was as
cold as their bodies.
In a world filled with millions and
millions of acres of land waiting to be
tilled, where one man can raise the
food for hundreds, yet millions are on
the edge of famine. Who can eompre
hend the stupidity at the bottom of
this truth?
Is there to tie no change?
Are the laws of “supply and de
maud,” invention and science, monopo
ly and competition, capital and iegisla
tion, always to he enemies of those
who toil? Will the workers always be
ignorant enough and stupid enough to
give their earnings to the useless. "Will
they support millions of soldiers to kill
the sons of other workingmen? Will
they always liuild temples and live in
huts and dens themselves? Will they
forever allow parasites and vampires
to live on upon their blood? Will they
remain the slaves of the beggars they
support? Will honest men stop taking
off their hats to successful fraud? Will
industry, in the presence of crowned
idleness, forever fall upon’ its knees—
and will the lips unstained by lies for¬
ever kiss the robber's and impostor's
bands? * Will they understand that
beggars can not lie generous, and that
every healthy man must earn the right
to live? Will they finally say that the
man who has had equal privileges with
all others has no right to complain or
will they follow the example that has
been set by their oppressors? Will
they learn that force, to succeed, must
have thought behind it aud that any¬
thing done, in order that it may suc¬
ceed, must rest on justice?
Why a New Party?
Honest and patriotic men are asking:
What need is there of a new party?
Why not stick to the old party and
fight out the great questions of the
day under the same old banner? Let
us see.
The labor question is as pregnant
with revolution as the slave question
ever was, and with this question the
politicians of the old parties are tern
porizing, and perhaps will continue to
temporize until the soldier is again
called upon to settle it.
Invention is every year giving capi
tal greater power to oppress manual
labor in the field of production.
Every year, through the agency of
“s-r-2
e n those vh se onh capital is tiuii
product, but capital is -athcring in all
thisincrea.se.
From this merease, millionaires are
multiplying 1 u every hand, while
labor is perishing of want and destitn
'
A few great monopolists who have
are reaping the benefits of the progress
of this ingenious age. wliile the genius
which invents and the labor which
operates these inventions are scarcely
above want.
Labor, perceiving the great increase
of wealth and wonderifig wbv a part
pt it does not fall to its share, is becom¬
ing dissatisfied, stubborn. relieliious.
Bi The most stupid peveeive that our
system of production is rapidly ehang
ing. t our politicians, whose Only
ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR.
issues are the honors and spoils of
office, see no danger ahead, and car©
nothing for the necessity of effcct
ing a corresponding and just system of
distribution.
They do not seem to understand why
labor is muttering aud threatenin'.
They fail to see that a new historic
period is crowding* upon the nation.
’I’hey overlook the fact that every
issue which gave rise to the two old
parties, is settled in history.
They are blind to the fact that new
i issues are pressing to the frout for
i adjustment,
If they are cognizant of these facta,
they are endeavoring, solely for selfish
purposes, to keep in the background
1 the issues of the hour,
They are trying to infuse life and
virtue into political organizations long
since dead and damned.
’ Whenever a political party lias set
tied the issues upon which it was or
ganized, and then exists simply to use
its power and influence to secure posi¬
tions for spoils seeking politicians, it
lias survived its own death, and intelli¬
gent. patriotic people should see to it
that it is removed to the political grave¬
yard to make room for a live party
with living issues.
Every age has its issues and these
must have their party,
America is a land of. growth and
progress,
Here have been solved already some
of the higher problems,
It will continue for many, many
years the battle ground of new
thoughts and ideas.
The battle of industrial freedom, the
right of eacli man to what he produces,
has yet to be fought.
I I Ins t lie . of ... the day. ,
is issue
If it is not the crowning eondiet of
eivilization.it is at least the next in
order.
We do most earnestly believe that
; the People's party is the most promis
: ing movement in the direction of in
dustrial freedom that lias ever heen
set in motion,
If wisely conducted it will mark an
j epoch in history, of even greater im
portanee to the race, and to eiviliza
tion, than the memorable Fourth of
July, 3770.
Let the ropresentatives of American
j industry and of revolutionary ancestors
j put their shouldurs together, touch
elbows and inarch in a solid phalanx
to the polls next November and con
sign to the to.nb the dead carcasses of
j the old parties, whose souls have long
! Iceen resting in the bosoms of Jeffer
j son, Jackson aud Lincoln, but whose
j bodies yet cumber the ground and
; whose stench ascends to high heaven,
Democracy in New York.
Democratic editors have recently had
much to say about Populism in Colo¬
rado.
Suppose we take one of tlieir strong
holds and ask them to defend the way
they govern it.
Take New York city. It is demo
cratic from top to bottom. They hold
every place of power from governor
and mayor down to scavenger and
street sweeper.
How do they govern the imperial
city of the Union?
How* do they administer law in that
great metropolis of civilization and
Christianity?
In a manner which disgraces human
nature, defies justice and mocks God.
They plunder the business men of
$10,000,000 per year to fatten a horde
of ward heelers, political parasites,
bums, thugs, repeaters, shoulder hit¬
ters and election manipulators.
They levy blackmail upon all trades
and professions.
Their police “stand in” with crimi¬
nals and force tribute from the inno
cent in return for “protection.”
Their judges aid them in stealing
election returns and in wringing money
out of honest tradesmen who have
committed no crime save that they re¬
fuse to join Tammany.
In the judicial investigation now
going on in New York it has been
proved that the democracy of New
York has committed every crime known
to human depravity; that the demo
cratic sway in New York has debauched
every branch of the public service, and
turned the machinery of government
into a mere instrument of political
greed to extort money out of the
people,
Before our democratic friends get
too much engrossed with “Populism in
Colorado,” we advise them to read up
55SW2K4-S. a
He can tell them all about Tam
ventions, dictates policies lor southern
democracy: takes a bribe of a million
from a Broadway street car company,
aud a tribute of $5 from a wretched
peanut seller who dares not go with
“JXTLSSrZZL 3 ot trod.
haTe Dotlli tost „ dem00 .
racy in New York?’
Simply because the Tammany lead
ers are the subsidized allies of the
money power.
Wall street “buys its peace” from
Tammany; pays roundly for it; hut
having paid the tribute, gets value re
oe Wail .\'* e ^ ^ street never service. yet started . game
rbafc the Tammany tiger did not help
to pull it down.
Whenever the money p^wer goes op
the warpath the Tammany braves falj
into line,—people’* Tarty Taper,,
NUMBER 27
Fame.
How sweet to mortal ears the voice of Fame!
Like music, it doth touch the strings of
pride.
Doth promise an imperishable name,
An aureole which ever shall abide.
And yet, of all the phantoms of the mind
There's none moro unsubstantial, more ab¬
surd
Thau Fame. Who seeks her leaves repose
behind,
Content to struggle for au empty word.
—Milton Goldsmith, in Philadelphia Ledger.
HUMOROUS.
A word to the wise is sufficient, but
a fool needs the whole book.
“Hoes she love music? “NT— yes.
lint not enough to keop from
the piano.” *
Poets are born, not made, The
present state of the market wouldn’t
warrant their manufacture.
As long as man can assign tliu pro¬
perty of his creditors over to his wife
marriage is not wholly a failure.
I11 groceries, ns in other things,
’Tls well to unilerstand,
A man will never make his weigh
Without a lot of saad.
Bucon.—Does Penman make any¬
thing out of his writings? Edbert,—
I don’t know. I never could make
anything out of them.
Tho reason why peoplo who see
what they think are ghosts never
grapple with them is that they know
it is dangerous to hug a delusion*
.Landsman—When T , two ... boats are in
of collision, which one ateevs
oil’ami gets out of the way? Yachts
man—llio one that’s last painted,
«i >q>i a ver y j, ar j j 0 part,” he said
While standing fondly boro;
Blie glanced at his smooth, gleaming head,
And said, “You mean your hair."
Maud—How do you define love?
Marie—Love is the lifo of illusions.
Maud—And what is marriage? Marie
marriage is the death of them.
Gertrude—I thought you said Mr.
Casey’s face was enough to turn a
girl’s head. You must havo very queei
taste. Jessie—So it is enough to turn
ft girl s head in another diveetion.
Visitor—These are m\ k>,fgraduates,
e h? X suppose many of them will ye!
become professors. President—Yes,
—if they Btudy hard for a few yearn
longer and get to know a little loss.
The race not always is to hiu\
Who hustles ’round and hollers
Some victors from an office dim
Just ladle out tho dollars.
“When a man’s wife tells a funny
story I’d like to know how he’s going
to know when she’s got to th > point. ”
“Easy enough. The point’s the part
she tells half an hour after she’s fin
ished the story.”
“See, there comes Hummel. I don’t
want to meet the man. Only last
I week I asked him to lend me 100
marks.” “He might have given you
the money; he is rich enough. ” “Well
—urn—the fact is, he did.”
Thinkitt—How complete the big *
dry goods stores are nowadays. Do
you know that they serve luncheon for
shoppers ? Knowit-t—Yes, but they
don’t provide board and lodging for
customers waiting for their change.
Propagating Albino Trout.
The Game and Fish Commissioners
of Minnesota have succeeded in pro
pagatiug, at the State fish hatchery in
g t Pau i, a bree d of trout that cannot
be duplicated anywhere in the known
world.
The albino trout is nothing more or
less than a freak of nature, and up to
three years ago. when these fish began
to make their appiearance at the Miu
nesota hatchery, none was known to.
exist. Three years ago Snperintend
ent S. S. Watkins secured thirty-nine
specimens, though where he got them
is a secret locked in the breast of the
g ra y -haired official. From these fish
he succeeded in bringing thirteen to
matnrity, but only three specimens
wintered successfully. At tho spawn
in sea£on there were found to be two
jar*:
the hatching 147 fish, but of (his
nnm, "; r ; ,rriv ’- ,dat
m » tnnt r - The forty-nino have amce
.
multiplied, until now Mr. Watkins
has 700 albino trout iu tho tanka
I The Superintendent is exceedingly
1 careful of the beauties, and well may
be token of them, for, with their
pare white bodice handsomely dotted
with pink spots—with their pmk fin*
| ftn< | eves _they are a curiosity
1 D °* *' , e duplicated. . .. . - — Minneapolis Mi
Journal.
Aji Impostor.
Father-mSo you have returned after
eloping with the coachman, have yaa?
Daughter (pvddigaD—Papn, I was
deceived in tmn m.
Fathers*My child, te
Daughter—I have disoov
bo ft oal; a foreign apbleiaa
