Excerpt from The Workingman's Guide and the Laborer's Friend and Advocate: The Great Social Question Solved

Class of politicians, and they will redeem the world from the lying, aristocratic, Black Republican Codfish Aristocracy, whose sole occupation in the world has been to lie, cheat, steal, rob, and oppress and enslave their own race. We say shame on the Black Repub lican Aristocratic Brutes. And every honest man will say amen. These Black Republicans, four millions strong, are more imbued with party spirit than the Barbarians of feudal times; they did not have the ad vantages these barbarian fools have; these have the advantages of schools and civilization, and yet they have not so much reason and sense as a blind dog pup, no conscience, no soul, all party, perfect serfs and slaves, fools and knaves, lie and cheat, and rob and steal for their masters, with more zeal than the negro Slaves of the South had for their masters. All their masters have to do is to give the word of command, and they are unhesitatingly obeyed. Their masters say we steal, and if we are turned out those put in will do the same the four million fools will say (so they will). Their masters say there is no honest man, the four million serfs echo (thereis no honest man). Their masters say we are going back into barbarism; the four million Slaves say (we are going back into barbarism). Their masters say the democrats and workingmen are not fit to run the government; the four million of insane imps will answer (certainly they are not). Their masters say we are for high wages for the workingman; the silly gulls will say (so you are). The black scamps will steal five millions of dollars a day, and the fools will say to the Democrats, (you may be glad to get off with that). The fanatic Black Republican will say aristocracy has always stolen from the people, and still he votes the tartarean black ticket every time. The silly gudgeon will say he is not a good man and citi zen who upholds corporations taking over thirty-seven per cent. Out of the hard earnings of the people, and he is sure to vote the infernal Black Republican ticket the first opportunity, and they take as high as one hundred per cent. Out of the people in many cases. We.

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