Sketches of Nineteenth Century Whitewash Civilization (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1895 Excerpt: ... lynched. What wonder that there are lynchings when such a fiendish brute as Mate Watts receives light punishment? WHAT WE WANT. All hail the dawn of a new day breaking, When a strong-armed nation shall take away The weary burdens from backs that are aching. With maximum labor and minimum pay. When no man is honored who hoards his millions, When no man feasts on another's toil, And God's suffering, striving billions Shall share his riches of sun and soil. There is gold for all in the earth's broad bosom, There is food for all in the land's great store; Enough is provided, if rightly divided--Let each man take what he needs--no more. Shame on the miser with unused riches, Who robs the toiler to swell his hoard; Who beats down the wage of the digger of ditches, And steals the bread from the poor man's board. Shame on the owner of mines, whose cruel And selfish meanness have brought him wealth, While the ragged wretches who dig his fuel Are robbed of comfort, and hope, and health. Shame on the ruler who rides in his carriage, Bought with the labor of half-paid men--Men who are shut out of home and marriage, And are herded like sheep in a hovel pen. Let the clarion voice of the nation wake him To broader vision and fairer play, Or let the hand of a just law shake him, Till his ill-gained dollars shall roll away. Let no man dwell under a mountain of plunder; Let no man suffer with want or cold; We want right living, not mere almsgiving--We want just dividing of labor and gold. There are numerous victims to bad laws in the United States. CHAPTER VII. VICTORIAN INTERNAL ADMINISTRATION. Three of the self-governing Australian colonies are somewhat in difficulties, namely, Queensland, New South Wales, and Victoria, consequent on over-borrowing, lavish and spendthrift...