9S lloy Hollinger Corp. pH8.5 THIRD TRIBUNE EDITION. OOPYIilliHl, lOUy, BY LEMUtL BuP DHIT. "WOEKS OP LEMUEL BORDEN. This Er'ef8 oM nes j»hfnt The Ccf^f^ Jnstiniatt at the bottom of paee O'S. bmU of one-rpr| postage there reanhe^, -^nd with it reoe^sity of binding a pamphlet peo^rately. Eart,h'.4 oonrfQ and jnH<»to, node?, and ptates, cbnrchep, bomec-, ^ebonl-', ^nd goopeV", «abon'd NOT repeat the deviltry sketehed in 2028, and which they do repeat and multiply mnob too readily. — See a pointer or two, in current, pre-^s, World's Wom<»n's Congress at Buda- pe.Ht — * ' Womin's Queea ' ' (see our own pages 605~G1 \)— in the heart and centre of that world w i le organizUion. See ColPer'g Weekly, 61,20; August 2. 1913, pages 7, H, U. * ' And It tUiue eye offend thee, pluck it out, •nd cast It Iroiu thee: it is better for thee to ^Trib Lsadets Opyrgt . , 1909, etc. The Tribune op The People, 661 enter into life with one eye, rather than har- iug two ejes to be cast into bell fire. * ' Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; lor 1 say uuto you, That \n heaven their angels do always behold the face ol my Father which is in heaven. ' * Fur the Son of man is come to save thai which was lost. » ' Matt. 18:9,10,11 [2030. /rhus, it appears, tbat * » The Gospels » ' ar» ever God's Word to Man aod that the shame and the ciime of it all, are with the gospels' matiipulators, as aforesaid, io nation apon nation, in generation after generation. 4:11 p. m.] (1995 again continued.) Impartiality, equality In courts are of their very essence, force. The sages love obscurity, retreat. 4,17:'13, 6:35 p. m. KOTP.— In rereading the pamphlet, joeil Anished, I notice, tbat, at bottom of page 65S I mcd a plural instead of a singular verb, ani •62 The Tbibune of Thb Peoplb. hence please read: Is the Right Hand, the Brain, ttoe Heart of Bench And Tribune, Chair of State. But, by a slightly strained construction, as in lines about De Qaincey, page 628, noted on page 630 ,— the lines on bottom ol 632 might be considered almost perfect as there inter* |i»reied. Macadam's system for road eri^g:ineer^I One century islimii ol mau'tj liiej — Acquires his growtb complete at one score years And live;— acquires his weight complete at two Bcore years , — wastes after 60 years of age. At 50 woman gains her greatest weight. Manure from farm-yard feeds alf kinds of -piants. -* Marino's gem of dwarf d^oaoeracy. Monogamy, the practice of mankind, V Continues after women get their rights, ^^ Trib. Leaflets; Opyrgt . , 1909, etc. The Tribune oy The People. 66S Provided, children thus can be best born, And rear^d^ aud educated, jiud the church, The home, the state, the world cau thus r^ ceive Their health, joy, peace— tbe culture, progrejge, hope, For which earth's gaiuts and saviors lived anA died. Child! Mauland Woman!! Sing the M«. FeillaiF.e!!! S*iDt Matthew's gospel is material Or bodily; Saint John'p, Luke'8 Rpiritnal. The Methodists seek c?hriatian ll'e and work. Moravians! O Prince of Brotherhoods! Like other * * suns ' ' and benefactors of Mankind, the Hebrew Moses struggled 'gaijMl An adverse fate. His courage, qualities Which moulded slaves until a nation greal Bose at his bidding , —perseverance, calm Disinterestedness, keen energy, Sapidity of action; patient, meek; In council wise, and bold in war— this was The sceptre which be held. His ritual And law and work make human grandeur pale, 664 The Tribune op The People, Id the brief span of human history. iJ^OTB . —I will have to ask of my leaders, in addition to their overcoming effects of period-commas, i's not dotted, f^s that print P s , &c . , — the tricks on all pioof. leading played by my 31 years old types, that ttre worn out, and still worse if not so old press rollers , — to correct any eirors, supply any ouiisbions, like the woid ' ' Iriend / Mor the word * ' friends ", on page 639. I read over ihe stanza, there printed, as often probably, as 50 limes, betore I saw tbe mistake myselt. if a friend or patron will turnish me the quar- ter century^ pa>t expeuses Til show on and up free salary ami more than Atlantic Month- ly literary excellence in a nearer approach to Outlook, ColIi?r'M, Commoner's, Unity, and Funk & Wagballs typo^iapby . —First para- graph of 2031. Emendations When placed in type, 8 9;' 13. (2030) As Willie's Wife's Methodist preacher told The Tbibtjkb op Ths Peopl«^ e«5 kim, * ' The people are oot ready, yet for any sort of Bpiritaal unity. ' ' If I had tb« oouArol of the education of my grandson until lie 18 2i or 31 years of age, trje work ftketcb^d in 2031—37 would be worthy of his or any other man's genius; but, then, this entire planet any of the mornings where * • From shore to shoro It's always punrise somewhere, ' ' may awaken over all its circumference, to find itself spiritually united without any oniB •f the new earth's (new h^^aven's) * * unitari- ans, ' ' (but after a far nobler ideal than any Joues-Ohanniug-Emerbon Dream or Vieiob) , being able to give a reason why or when of where the dear old heaveu-earth's spiritual utity was realized. —Back of it all, I wanted to . . . 8,10;U3, 1:20 p.m. (This article may be better than no reason at all for my inability, after placing on 6 postal cards $ manuscript copies, more than 200 words each of 2035 to make 8 times as large mannscripl copy of 2031—37 in time for next morniBgHi wail, •Ithosgh nearly a doEcn copies ot that «Ci? The Teibune op The People. «eiie.H0fessay8*hadja8t been made with thafc 4ej^ree of lightuing rapidity and to make the long copy 3 times over for Lulu, for Viola, and for Hon. R. E. Borden. )--Later: Like the hoy in school who bad been whipped by another boy, 1 knew I could n^t whip • in ft faT fight, but, then, I could make up Re- naissance, Reformation, Revolution Faces wh^ch produce New Eras of Local, Kationa], Cosmopolitan Spirituality. Such faces I could make at the other boy's sister (communions.) 8,12jU3, 10:30 a.m. (1995 again continued.) Odd-Fellows in the name of brotherhood, Fraternity of noble hisiory. * ' A fox for cunning, dove for tameness, lamb For innocence, a bee for industry, And sheep for usefulness ' ' -.—high character! la Parker (Theodore) is head and Ironl Scclesiastical of modern views Wuicb aim to ms^ke this earth one brother- liood. THE Tbibitnb op Thb Pboplb^ WW A mysticoin religion, William FeDn la business affairs, was practical. A great name io the church of Quakerism! Perchance, io social and religions life, Brook Farmers and Perfeetionists can give With other communists one ray of light Societies and individuals And governments can use to find their patht. [Can * ' Modern Socialism ' ' do as much! Seek money last and first seek character!! , With Je6U8, Paul, and Moses —Sparta Land-M! 8,24/13, 10:10 a.m.] Saint PauPs Epistle to Philemon lells The master to receive OnesimuJ», A slave, as brother, now, who is belovM. Great delicacy and grt^at tenderness Of feeling, tact, and subtlety, address,— Enable Paul, as ever, when he seeks His way to innermost heart of a man. Epistle to Philippians is one Of latest of Pauline Epistles. Church There was the first fruit of Apostle Paul'i EvangMization European. There Were members singularly kind to him. Again* again Philippian brethren sent §6S The Teibunb op The People. To Paul their contributions, and he writes JTot much of matters doctrinal, but pours Forth feelings of his heart to brethren, friends. The period of PhoeDecian history, Two thousand years, and their career brought them In commerce, politics, in contact close And constant with most highly civilized Parts of the nations of the then known weri4. The Pietists exalt the virtuous life, Beligious feeling; power of the soul. With Plato and great Greeks, philosophy Meant wisdom; wisdom meant wise action; this Meant virtue— practical philosophy. The power of Plutarchus lies in grasp Felicitous of a whole character; Skill in subordinating the details. Political economy now means The science ot the laws ot Providence For regulation ot communities. The proper mode ol governing a state Is politics; a branch of ethics;— peace, Prosperity and safety to attain. ▲ proverb is short sentence into whieh The Tbibukb op The People. 619 The ancleDts have lifers lessons well comprtfis^d; A nation's genias, spirit, and its wit. The Persian Saadi gain'd bigb place; Was sam'd ' * the nightingale of tbonsand BOD ga. * ' In SecMarism has been found a crimed, Or system ethical. Life, nature, source Ot trutn and duty, which it most concerns All men to master. Agencies which are Material as far as can be search^ Are calculable forces of the world, And it is wi8dom, mercy to attend To them— and duty. End of human life, Is to perform all dntien. Principles Intended lor the training of the class Ol wo/ king people , —with their reasoa itarl. Grow with their intellects, and end with d«atli. finch knowledge is tbe kind tbai'a fonnded im This life; relates to conduct of this life; Conduces to life's welfare , — capable Of test by the experience of this life. Thus seek the truth and find it ev'ry wh«re. 4,20;'13, 6:36 p.m. The Shakers teach that hnmaa labor is A eacred priestly function, when bestow *4 •TO The Tribune of The People. Id making earth the heaven it ghouM be. The Sisters have an air of sweetness and Bepose, which falls upon the spirit like The music shaken oat of village bells. Good health is the Urst prize ot Bhakerism. Truths of democracy, philanthropy, Were taught by Sbelley, Burns, and Emerson, The lines they drew all earth soon followed up. Ko means were promisM but the holy lawB Ol)e>M by ev'ry man and woman, child. The Engli.-b Eeaif, whose Amer'can High record ^stands alonej— with Shelley stands — Two lords of all the earth's best liberties. Philosophy, religion, poesy In Realf, Emerson and Shelley meet. They heard, they felt the heart of nature beat. The growing tides of earth's democracies. Philosophies, in state and church and home, Bring Christian Eras and Millenniums. The Sincere Brethien, or True Friends, achieved, !Near end of first miilenumm, one of ^h© boldest, comprehensive tasks, perforni'il In world of literature: the treatment in The Tribune op The People, 671 Eucyclopedic form, half hundred bookt, Of science ethics, and philosophy, Xheology, and metaphysics. They Gave the light which the Saracen at height Oi Islam's civMlzation's wave bore mind Oil aii great questions which most vitally £ogage man's thought in all earth's growth and change. These treatises are part of all that is Moat creditable to the human mind. Socinus and his uncle van-gnard were Of army that now holds tbe citadels Where Ration'lism rules the thoughts of me». Great Socrates did not seclude himself For study; open'd not a school, nor taught' Dogmatically, but his practice was To talk in common conversation, like The Greatest Master in the Jewish Land. They studied man's relationships and man's Concerns of practice, theory. They taught Austerity, and joy of duty done To fellow men, and joy of cultur'd life, And law of spirit governing all laws. They, they alone could strike from minds U men 473 The Tbibune op The Pboplb, And oations, fire which lights thought, life, and work, And leads the race of man to holiest bliss. Successful farming with the spade depend* On inexpensiveness and fertile soil. Romancers like Hawthorne and Laurence Sterne And Dickens, Thackeray, George Elliot, stand As side lights for the best historians. The Sunday School, Y. M. C. A. are belpa Where education and the family Have not an average perfection reached. [A narrow orthodoxy should no more Bar out best people, doctrines earth has koown. 8,29;M3, 4:4 p.m.] The G«m of Earth is Modewi Switzerland, The First Epistle Thessalonian Is early Pauline Letter, cans'd, it seems, By good news brought by Timothy, of faith And charity displayed by members of The Macedonian church. The letter shows Apostle bold in God, yet gentle as A nurse;— who used the plainest speech, and sought Vo dignities, and working with bis hands Both night and day, to live in honesty. The Teibune op Thb People. § '^ KoTB.— Amazing! Got 2 I » s in » * Eliot ' ^ an laat page! Bat tbe MS. Copy was cofrecl, Panrs Pastoral Epistles which he wrote To Titus, and to Timothy— advise, Warn and exhort, predict, and discipline. The Tankers, Dankards, dare to stand alone In primitive simplicity of faith And practice, and with Qaakers, or tbe Friends, Did much to LuthVan^ze and to reform The Lutherans and other later sects. All LibVal Christianity and thought Gain impulse from the Unitarians. The Vatican at Home is library And palace, and museum, gallery. la vegetarianism man may find A system suited to his better life. Italian Yioo sought the laws of growth, Decay of «ll societiesj—gieat work, 4,2l;a3, 6:U p.m. As representing movement of the mind And heart of man to'ard civil liberty Aod possibilities of happiness S^fllmowB to ages earUer,--the oame 4t4 The Tbibune of Thb People. Of Washington is near the height of fam*. lu worldly knowledge, prudence, Wesley was, — Ciike few enthaaiasts— pre-eminent. A total reconstruction of the law Gives cbiliireo, women, laborers, their righUu Oreok Zeno, founder of the Stoic school, Taught manly energy, the simple life. And higbe8t reverence lor moral worth. Count Ziuzeiidoif was the Herrubuter'a friend And touodet; — best of German Methodists. Swiss Z^viugli, EuglisU Wesley and Georgt Fox, With the Fieuch Calvm, German Luther wcie The later prophets of Judean laiths. Thk Mystic Sj^ven I, II; (Iliad and Odyssey of North America.) Introduction . —(2031) Deo volente some- *hing less than 60 copies of tbe omitted paito •f the poem wdl be printed as soon as possible;, act Ut publication; but as mauuscripcs, or ft*l The TBiBtux op The Piopift «75 typi»writteD copy for later pri»t«rp, to b% Uken ear« of by members of my fa»i1y (8,4j*13 ft:li aJQ ) until copyright pePODisgions are obtakioed m tv^ritiDg, or th© copyrif bts have expired by ltmit»(ioD« of time on the ▼olomes froM wbich I drew part of the facts aod ^ome the wordg ot ttoe*e mj later pftemu of Stioiner, LiUf^li, BmertQB, Browo. and B«alf. 8J;13, 5:2« n no. I agaifi retain fbauka. at< on page 6S3 to JMtti^ri, Di»?i8, 8baver, Murrtiiou.— My D«iir »ii(i Only SU^«r, Lydia; M^ Daugbiera, Lyiu, loiif^^ Vioia; M> Wite, Juua, eiilibi liviug or dei:caata,--pro4>aUiy, a« wtii aa tbe learoedi afe(>uie, gbotltt ai tiat, did, ib tbe worda of Car) Sctuiz, * ' baud ' ^ n« * * tbe bricka M "^I « * Uttdl. ' ' ^ere tt,e poeai woriiiy ot a ftieBd. skip 0t •mm cuuaiie»ji worib, I would d«divaic3kr. md EvaSager, aj'd to tba friends nnd ths other lelatjvei ftforesaid. 8,5;'15, 4:4J am. [2042] . . D^enomeDa of the great •CDsnal intelligent avHricious Americas which •xalted graft or c; mm^rclalism into a religion; natural history of 2 virgin continents of untold wsourcfs which h.d been exploited systemat ically by powers of i.l^ck, white, red, brown, •uu tawny slave.y. This, ia the eye. of all B.tory, Poe.y, Prophecy, is ,.tio.al,provin/ The Tribunb OP Thk People. .hoIic, or other leading type of c'in«tian orth<^;doxy; becaus«e the pith of th* epic ia the di*'^d-lift effort of democracY to rf»:»l7ze what *^^f^rj pavior of a nation and ol the world onlv dreamed, and to realize what j*M the Dead Sea Apea of every ape and land neither dare<^ nor cared to dream about in all their lazy, cr^'zy, rotten institutions. See th» pnr^ graph* »\? Thomas Carlyle on the subject of Dead Sea A-msm. in ♦ * Past and Present? The Modern Worker— Gospel of Dilettante •78 ThkTeibunkop The Peopl». i6m. ' ' TUis position was flomewbat elab> rate'> explained Id tbe series of eseaje of wbicu uumber 2036 was tbe culminaiioit. ii, Ibf'io, caii a, m. [JU^iJ Later Still and not yet ** in type, » ' »« • • 2U.J6 ' ' bad been lor several weeks be- iore tbid concluding sentence was writtea; (seo tbese pages, 664—066): And sometimes be moch more than the Loud jii Times, or * ' Tbe Thunderer ' » Bryan'a ' • Coumoner ^ ' was when Bryan was 0D(y commoner. Iwo comiuentd now sunderM by the band Of msin, demand th^ir soiig^. A challenge bere Is thrown by Auglo-JSaxua uortbern world To first man of the centnry down there, lu song immortal to clasp living hands Of Bolivar and Washing,.., across the ditcU Man's hands bave dag for all earth's unity. 4,29i'13, 6:30 a.m. All history is one with poesy And prophecy: esch, all, the health, the hope, Best life of race of man. Remote in time And place and in t% fore not maater'd in Xhe West, like cycles of Old Eastern Landa-^ Thb Tribune op The Peoplb. $79 Of Egypt, Persia, India, China, and Japan, are not anveiPd and not beheld. Arabian sands their nectarM well-springi gave To SalemX Atben's glory. Elder Eome'«. Swiss priest and Saxon monk, Rousfieao, Saint- Just, Great Milton, Cromwell. Franklin, JeflPersou, And Greeley, Sumner, Lmcolu, Emer^oul Earth's Story ot the Soul ts told. (UalMfl Tatt, Koofcevelt, W lihon and Champ Clark are here, And Bryan Leading The Blind Senator.) 1,4}1910, 4:1j a.m. Borden^s Works; 3d edition; pages 542, 543. From founts of Nilus stream, From Egypt's pyramids, The fables of the world To Salem Moais brought. And thence to BabePs walls By Jewish captives borne. In mouth of Indns stream They met the answers weird From Tart'ry's sabtle sphinx. Ml The Teibune of The Peokji. From China and Japaa Aud to tSibena'd 6Maud The river valleys poured The Secrets ot the East Aud e'en to savage isles Aud uew world cootinents Ttie riddles ol tde «pDiDx Were borne by ocean's waves, And greeted at each shore By Moses of the tribes. The Eastern world wag stilled And travailug witn Fate. When born. Fate's name is Borne; Its grave is Italy. With genii of tbe East Th' Athenian goddess liv'd, Till Caesar rnled at Rome And Christ at Salem died. Then Wisdom had no homej No friend was at her side. When natives of The East Had crossed The Sea of Peace, The TBI3UNB of Thb Pbopls. §81 They foaud the ZwiDgliao corse In Fox and Wesley's aimg; 'Mid beliowlngs of lui-t Felt Emersonian vAmrmn, All Virtue, Wisdom, Truth, 9nd Liberty Mast guide the tremhiing h^nd of bloated Wealth, Or darfe Oblivion will devour The spot whereon tbey stood, And fame of earth shall be unknbwn, Till beings live and die who learn 'Tis healthy work and thought that give the bliss Ot immortality. '1574 aiid imi; Borden's Woiks 1st editiouj Studej.c and riibiine, volume vi pages 13— 15j— 2a edition, pages74— 78— . * < Emerson (Ralph Waldo . ) ' ' , (2054) Lines 42— 49,--[of the copy as then in exis- tence],— of the Iliad and Odyssey of Korth America, now in course of publication. Cop. les [of this message on postal cards] by 8 25; 'i3 mail to Doctor J. B. Glower, Woodsfrck Va. , Pies. WileoD, Secy. Bry^n, Senator ^2 THB TBIBUNB 07 THS PXOFIA W ;*dbii*gtoD, D. 0. , [and to lone]: Jaarez, Diaz, as the Watshington And Lincoln from the chaos deep and from The civil darkness, should be helpM to bnnf The light republican now shining where Kan finds his liberties in ev'ry land. The Lands of Bolivar and Washington Sbould spread their Hope oVr The Joarei! Land. This, of course, should be done bj thft peace policy wUich the president and State bccretary are now pursuing. Congress, Cat). inet and American People, should banish from American history, the words and the thing — * * dollar diplomacy, * * forever, even thougti lo do so, Mexico must forget the name of Diaz, and find her Lincoln safe, tried, trne, in •ome far distant lutare. L. B. , 8,24;'13, 10:4» a m Copies also mailed to W. J. Keller, and |0 Brother J. LI. Jones. — Latin South America ■bonld guarantee to Central America and to Mexico a republican form of government, and uo so although tbe doing of this whole west world duty mean relinquisbmeat by the U. 3. The TEiBuifE of The Pb of North America of the Canal I ina:— Anti-Imperialism! ^ United States of all South, Central America, ^nd Mexicol (6;48 p« in.) (2066) [This postscript, article, or additional para- graph which I am constrained by sense of duty to publish, and a constraint it is which I i^ndure very reluctantly— was, of course, no part of the preceding postal card message, the message mailed in manut!cript, nearly a week before 2056 was written and communicated to no person untd it had oeen printed and pub. lished as part of this * ' Introduction. » ^ 1 P. S. to 2054 . If there is one reafeon why the Komans (Anglo-Saxons) of the modern world should shoulder the destiny of the Odual Zone at Panama (and with it, before tiiey know what they are doing or dream of what they have already done, shoulder the destiny of Mexico, of Centra! America, and of South America)— if there is such reason ii j8 because that south land is old Spain, i^ tfying race sealed to feodalism, anti-eugenu^s, •nd to all sorta of nedievaliam. World over, 634 The TEiBinfE of The People. the opposition of many bierarobies to demoo. iacy, and their attempts to destroy or nallify the rightt) of man, bavt rendered tb« regala« tion, aye, abolition, extinction of such hierar- enieiii, matters ot prime necessity. Bnt to first ot all, to put Spartan, Jewish and later engen- iOH into oar own national melting pot, by aiop^iug one ii'hilippines, Bawau, Alaokai, I'orto Kico ana i'anama, and seasoning the biAlauce well with the rights and duties of womeu, ol chiiareu, and of ail eorts oi laDoieia would probably at sume uibiaiit period suable us to more worthily assume duties ot guard, lanship, and lur passing through our own youtu, chilahouu, yea, intancj oi democracy, republiuauism, jsucu pnuciplca alibrd time Wi*j,o, luertUB, Uioiiiuus, uppoiiuuity. 6^29- x^ l'6b p. m. Emeiiuatioua wueii plaueU m t^pe, (2060) A world syndicate, with Hague Peace Foun. dauon guarantees ol New Jerusalem admiais. tration, could take care ol Panama Caual, ^'h.ipp.aes, Hawaii, Alaska, Porto Rico,' and ^Bh due Union therefrom could be invested: worlu The Teibune op The PEb^LB. 685 \ (1) In rel'eviDg oecessities oi indigeiMi moth. erf and of lost or wayward children: (2r\In dry log op more rapidly all onr own national aid provincial Foarces of crime, disease, bar- barism, panperism, and insanity, by the most; apnroved methods known to the best experts of the world in the arts of government, ednca. tion, and industry; (3) Improving the phys- ical, intellectual, and moral health of onr own DaiioD as much as possible. 9,6;'13, 9:34 a.m. (2000) Charles Sumner, next to Lincolo stands, or e'en Above him. Group of five Americans Most eminent in nineteenth century A& in the eighteenth century, were Paine And Franklin, Jefferson and Washington And Hamilton, are Sumner, Greeley, Brown, And Lincoln, Emerson. As Webster, Clay, Connected the two centuries of life American, so Schurz and Realf, born And rear'd in other lands, the torch high hold For Bryan, Wilsoi, Boosevelt, or the man Or men who can to Liberty \>% troo fk TsiBUKE OF The People. the work the earlier heroes did. I The new substantial ground of character Gives real social rank and dignity. All national asBOCiations are Parts ol the bod> cosmopolitan. One purpose now doth vibrate tbrongb each, all The governments of earth:--Tbe good of all; All individually; all as one. 4,29;a3, 8 a.m. AH civil order grows from social needs, As common interest rules all concerns Of free men; forms and executes thpfrlaw. Res-publica is public bus'uess, good; The public thing; the welfare of all men; Where all state reasons publicly appear. Attachment to the nation is its strength* The int^r«8t ot the peoples, its support. Bach people constitute their govftrrmrnt All public servants duties have; not rights. It is the interest of majorities The Tribune gp Tot People. 6S7 To dave things right; and when debate is free A»»d lair and lull, protracted,— rights win oat. All precedents are growtbti; renewals need* Man^s nature's saintly; man is man's best friend. Compassion, brother of misfortnne it. One word of courage utterM and one thought C'>nceiv'd in proper spirit, companies In proper spirit put; and nations too, Scbrol children's breath upholds the universe. Laws bastiles are to children and the poor. 4,29;'i3, 2:16 p. m. All peoples have three fnodamental rights: Oiioose and dismiss their rulers, governments. Man haM no property in man; no race Ol man owns races that will follow It. immortal pow'r is not a human right, AKd cannot be a right of parliament. The circumstances of the world do change. Opinions change. Opinion is the law. The unity, equality of man, Are taught by ev'ry legend, science, iaith. This greatest trntb is trnth the oldest known. All oivil rights, on rights of oatnre reat. 088 The Tbibune of Thb People. Society makes men proprietors Who draw od social capital at will. All civil power^s delegated right Of individnals, for each mao's good, — And pow'r for anght bat welfare is unknown. ImagiDary coneequence dotb biiste Away^ as world of reason, love dotb rise. The graceful pride of troth knows no extremes; Preserves in evVy latitude of life The high right-angled character of man. Not circumstances can be made by man: He can improve them when they do occur. The sacred rigrhts of men and citizenP:— All men are born and they continue free And equal. State distinctions therefore rest On public service and utility. The end of state association is The preservation of the rights of man— Of liberty and property, and ol Security, retiscaiice to the hand iJ-baeutiaily due soufcecj ol ail juct Or iignteous buv'feignty:-nx«t principle.. Devotion oi leli^iou* kind can noc Thb Teibunb op Thb People 689 So maoh as be made subject of a law. 4,30;13, 11:34 a. m. To make the reader feel aod onderstand And fancy, is the pow'r posaessM by few. Some aDimation mast be felt and rais'd. Imaginatioo mast her pictares pamt. Aod reason, judgment do the perfect work. Things, men, are seldom measurM at first sight. Analysis and synthesis, at times, Are lost in impulse of intuitive Besults more accurate than reasonings. Truth's language leads the earth; its literature, ' Art, science, — patrons of all countries are, Aud in their temples all the nations meet, To fit the pow'rs of thinking and the turn Of language to the subject, so as to : Bring out a clear conclusion that shall bit The point in question, and hit nothing elnt) — : is all good writing's true criterion. That natioo's great that leads the world to peac«. Tbe day for human reason, virtue dawns. 6,lj'13, 11:26 a. m. In fieryic« of mankind, all literature 690 The TlMB«mB OF THE Pbopli. Sbonld be employM with all beneTOlence; ITe'er toaching office, party, pelf, aor bat«| Nor any like inferior concern — The mind, the heart, the flonl of duty, joy. Sensation is sometimes too great for thought And laugnage. The conception bulky 19; Cannot be born. We thus stand dumb and each And ev'ry finger tries to be a tongue. Tne body aeemd loo little lor the mind. To view maokiud in the cold air of law, la ne'er to enter htsarens of the soul; J^'or truth and right are parts ol heav'n alout. What have we now to dof That is as clear As light. It is as straight as any line. Tbi^i couutry was the gift of heaven; God Alone is its Lord and its Sovereign. Each government is fonntaia from whence rise Each conotry's manners and morality. My introduction to this part of earth, Was through Great Franklin's learning, patronage. Whatever I write, is nature pure. My pen, My soul have gone together ever, and i The Teibfne of The People. en Mj writings I have alwajs giv^a away Keserving only th© expense to print Tbem; sometimes paying e'en for that, and ne'er Have courted either fame or interest. My way of life will justify these words. The most men have more courage than thiy know Of, and a little is enough, at first, To give sense of the people legal form. An empire universal is the high Prerogative of writer. All mankind By him are told their duty. Letters are Kepublic aacient of high character. Defense of reason is defense ol hope, These times try souls of men. ^ Twere strange indeed If Freedom and the things celestial Were gIftB and not the things that must be earn'd. The birthday of a new world is at hand. Ky* Out of 273 lineu^ in printer's copy, only 124 lines have been selected. II What is not honest cannot aseful be. 692 THB TBIBimE OF THE PEOPLE. Cooverse to teach or learn, ploast) or persaade. Truth and sincerity, integrity, In dealings with onr fellow men, — these are Important to life's true felicity. Think innocently; act accordingly. B. Franklin's voice was low; his connte. nance Was open, pleasing, and his manners frank; His speeches made in lew words; to the point. The way to wealth is plain as way to town: Depends oo two words , — work, economy. A great man's tbonghts, deeds, maxims are his own, FormM on the feelings of his heart alone. Heed good advice, and health, joy, peace, and hope, Are help of God for all who help themselves. All leisure's time for doing something good. We must be settled, careful; oversee Our own affairs; work wisely, steadily. Be tree, industrious; be frugal, tree. Employment constant, constant industry — Of peoples' morals are preservatives. This form of g«vernment can only end The T&iBtmE OF The People. 693 Id despotism, as othdi: forms before It, when the people shall becoiue corrnpt And need despotio government because Incapable of any other form. * * My orab-trde walking stick with a gold head Wrought in the form of Cap of Liberty, I give my friend, who is friend of mankind, — George Washington. Were it a pceptre, he Has merited it well, and wonld become it* ' ^ III GeorjEte Washington was td hSc body^s height S'x feet, two inched, with brown hair, bine eyes, Large head, strong arms; a rider, gracefnl, bold; Attentive to appearance pergonal, And his own dignity; at times reserved And cold, yet graciobs, gentle;~-childies6 man, Yet happy in lifia of hi^ family. For solid information, judgment sound, High influence , —the first man of his age. Surveyors scarce, remuneration high, He wealth amass'd before majority, Or manhood reached. This fact, high 694 The TEiB^mB op The Pboplk. character, GainM him a solid repotation. Thni At once be won esteem and confidence. His industry was extraordinary, and Devotion to his business affairs. Memorials of the life of Washington Have grown into an art, a literature; His countenance the heir-loom of all earth. Man can be free by just obedience, And magistrates be prais'd when honorable. PittshowM clear judgment, vigorous mind, and great Decision of high character. His plans Were always grand, like hand and arm of fate;— Kegarded only nation's interest. He searched for merit only; It employed. America and Europe, Asia, And Africa own glory of his pow'r. AH governments depend on men, and men Make constitutions good and keep tbem good. The end of government is to support, in reverence with the the people, power pure, High, holy, and destroy all luxury. f^ Trib. Leaflets; Opyrgt . , 1909, etc. The Tribune op The People. 695 That spirit of the best entbusiafim -And patriotism whiob elevates the miod, * Became the passion off America; O^^tain'd estabUshment of libertieii And lavirn, with free religion and best life. The writer, * « Common Sense, ' ' possese'd a style And manner by which boldly be said things Well fitted to act on the mind of man; Enlist all feelings noble, and to bold The judgment by bis wendrons mastery. Foundations of the nation's policy ▲re laid in the pnre principles of life, By which each pnblic servant dotb maintam Ttie highest of all titles—' * fionest Man! ' ^ And the best honest private man is ' ^ Lord! '' For when the people do not always see And are misled, they feel,— and then act right. The people's mind and actions, (which abonld be Tr aln'd to research in matters of their own Best government)— shonld be as free as air. To operations of the government, All modaration and all tenderness, Bring peaoe and joitice, safety, dignity. 696 The Teibunb op Thb People. AdvancM state of the arts and Bciencts Aid Bations' fame and their prosperity. Toward all,-j«8t, kindly feelings cultivate. IV The Great Good Jefferson, in person tall, Six feet two and half inches; bony, well Derelop'd frame; his features angrnlar; Complexion ruddy; hair, red, sandy: pyes Light hazel,— and opinions positive;— An intimate of liberals advanced: Mass of the people wish'd to elevate. He lovM bia country with a patibion deep And holy and intense; philanthropy That like the rainbows charm all zone* of earth. From working of strong energies within Him rose an early vision, too, which cbeer'd His youth, accompanied him through his lite— The vision of emancipated man Throughout the world; all states, all churches free. He plainly saw that Christianity As taught by Jesus, meant democracy. The will of the majority must rule; Bat, that will, rightful, mast be reasonable. The Tribune of The People. 697 The prudence, temperance of your debates, Promote good will, conclusions rational, And thaa provide a body-guard for truth. And in a government that's bottomed on The will of all, the life and liberty Of ev'ry human individual Is matter of the first and most concern; tiecause his injury is insult vile. A nation should establish character 01 liberaiiiy. Magoauimous In word and deed;— is the true name for fame. One question ask about each candidate: Is he as honest as can be?— and is fie truly capable — a democrat. For only be who serves the people can Bise to the height of statesman, patriot. 6,16;'I3; 2:35 p.m. V Hamilton; VI Clay; vii Webfeter, not to be supplied. Introduction to ' * The Mystic Seven II. "— HamiltOD's party and influence lost to the new republic one half of the victory for liberty, Tee TBiBuin of Thb Peopul which the armies and real itateamen of tht oolon^ea achieved. 9.20;'13, 7:21 p. m. The period of Clay and Web«ter ia nnwor- ihy of the attpntinn of either poet or hiator.an, ic wae the goidea age of the tyraot and the bigot and it was the hell time of the slave. For that pie<^ of the Christian era Mature aaemed to tiave no other a^e than for the irteods of freedom to nnrae their energies and gather their reinforoementa for The AmeriCi^a Conflict #t 1861— »«5. If we do not change our intention, when we print the conclasion of * * The Mystic Seven 1,11, '^ we will there aubatitute for Clay and Webater one personage of the civil war period aad a little earlier, and another person of the ^reaeut age, who«e paat record ia among toe A^obleet of all the recent aentinela of liberry. (L^dt two paragraphs written on the etare road from Calvary to Woodatock, 3 p. m. 9:29; 13.) AU laxiiry ahonld be taxed ont of exiateLce on every sqnare foot of every continent, on every wave of every water that floats a boat large enough to hold a Pingle homan being. Lal>or, ana Ubjr'a health, ttDdioaaoeas aapi* ThB T^IBITKE OP THK PEOPLB 699 rr. [|.>n, hope, aed eoDteDfiCt-Dt, sboald 1>e ci:»*iii«bi-ij, iiuar:»be«<»it »od wilder b«m. Ko bome, sor »td:p, onr ffebool, aor ehoreb bad a riehft to ex'«t, fwhpn war baa ce ao e d an<* loiary ba^ b^.n h^Qi8be«i from tbe eaitb), aoleM eaeh o e is the af^eoey of etoiciHin aod myaticiBiD wbicb trant^ceod tbe be«t Spartao tzamplee, the be^t Jodean precedeofsi. 10.14;'i3, 7:10a.fii. Witb tbe«e prioeipiea, peatim^nts ia Bsfrd, we diKmuta tbe Iliad of IT 76. and adTaace « i b tbe beroe^i of lS60->19i3, iota a laad atlU a ore div?oe— The Odys^ty of Nortb AiMritti. (7:50 .•», IB.) As anthor bero, Greeiey i^tands witb Paine, I^ rr.tiF'itp thp rffiirial inicd, aad m*cd O' i>nh»!>, for tbe deelaraffon ^and. 0« liberty. throDshoot the Mod. Tbey drilTd Aod arm'd battalmnit for rhe migbty atrifia. 6,17;'13, 4»7 a.n. The Mystic Setbx II 700 The Teibunb op The People. I Oor More Than Later FraDklin took the bands Of Linoolo, Sumner, EmersoD, and Brown, And led tbem to the work they bad to do. fli8 mind was early given to the themes And questions social and political And greater qaeations still— industrial. To the discnssion of snch topup, brought A strong desire and purpose to secure The highest public welfare, people's rigbtp. Great vigor and intelligence, and high Resolve and moral purpose, mov'd his pen. He came to the metropolis, a youth Of twenty years, a printer lad, and clad But poorl.v; twice five dollars and no more. With aspirations of the noblest sort, And character unsullied, mind informed, Were Horace Greeley^s capital, and stock In trade, for work befitting angels, gods. Hft recogniz'd the law, development; DifTis'd right principles, and walredj workM With God, who uses, orders all things welf. He overta^k'd his powers for many years, And fell, at ia^t, the first of men, who fed ' The TRrBrwE op The People 701 The pioDeerfi of western libeitj. Be was admirM and lo?M by good meo of All parties, (iect8, opiDioDS)— tribnnt*, sape. Tbe noblest lessoDB ,— virtne. wisdom give i^or iLt lUbtiuctiou, guidauce ol luabkioa. iu Itta lauds, progreee ol opiuiou la to'aiua justice wide, high, abboiute. Xbe IreedoiD ol the under clat&eftj tood, Free preofi, tree tboaght, Iree bpeecb, and lawi of crime Which are not blackest of all cnmesthemBelvebl All civ'lization, liberty, are rights Wrong from nsurpers by tbe scaffold, stake. Intelligent democracj aloud Commands home, state, and church to do the rigLt. On quetitions of decided moment are At times developed differences of Opinion, where opponents have same lights, And where should be concurrence ultimate, In one essential line of action^ plan. All slavery is most barb'roup, unprovok'd Unjustifiable war of one part ol Society against the other part. The side on which Qod is, at last will have, 702 THE TEIBTOB OP THE PEOPLE. Hia ever had, the law, majority. All freedom^d safeguards will be recogoiz'd la jarisprodence civilizM humane. The christian martyrs of the centuries Obey command which says: * ' If any man Come to me and hate not his father and His mother, wife and children, brethren, yea, His sisters, and his own life also, he 04U never stand among disciples true, — Where Brown and Lincoln, Sumner, Lovejoy stood. ' ' The nation, the conspiracy which doth Oppose themselves to all research's free course, Inquiry's— bat oppose the Providence Of God, and human destiny. They might As well think to suspend the laws of man Or nature, stop earth from her motions in Her orb t. or the suns of heaven quench. In reasoning from obvious, from clear, Wfcll settled principles— man's nature— see A conflict here that's irrepressiblp, Brftweeu opposing forces which endure. Free labor system educates all men Alike; secures contentment; brings all force ^i man to highest, best activity. The Tribune of The People. 703 Eqaalify of all men is the same Before tribunals bamao and divine. TLe Lew composite man ol augel I nild, The womeo, children of the golden age, I5^eed and will have the earth for heaven I j borne. The tendencies on ev'ry continent, All geographic, economic cause, Compel wide union of democracy. In all the civil contests of the earth, The forces moral, intellectual, Material—to freedom, progress lead. Fraternity ot nations and ot man 1^ batt'd ou science, duty, mysticism. Pedestrroibm, solitary, is Mobt favorable to good health, to peace Aud strength of mind; to culture and to thought. The weapuus ol the mind are argument, Appeal, coudemnatory criticism, luvective, eloquence, and humor, wit — All hostile to the gainful arts whereby The cunning few, the powerful, scheme, live, Without true labor; often getting wealth By pandering to stnsuality 704 The Tbibunb op The People. And lnvrless vice; to caroal appetitej — Indulgence sensual aud criminal. Mls8 Fuller was the bravest soul and high That had irradiated womao'8 form; UeipM gtve accouut of tbe best things that were Then taking place in world without and woild Within; belp»d fill * * The Dial, ' ' * * Trib- uue ' ' page. Yjuih shoaid a neasoQ be of caltnre la The industries; in lettera, sciences. The tranaceodentaliats enlarged tbe sphera Of thought; eosmaird sphere of authority. Substantial ble88ing8 follow only in The wake of peaceful and contented labor, thought. Our Later Franklin And Much More, above The med^nm height; was rather thin and had Slight stoop; bis head was bald except some Hght And flaxen locks at side and back: teeth white' And reguUr, in talking seen. There were No vvrinkles in this face of cherubim. He weighM each man for each man^. real worth. ThbTeibunbop The People TO"* * * Be DO man's man, bat comntoD people'H, tfath's; Tread yonr own path and tru^t in God alorf.' ' * * * The borne is charming; in the country; bold, And free in all aroand it; oity near £aoQgh by traction lines; — commanding friends And time, retirement;--flower garden fili'd With trim box borders, shmbf*, large vines. Oo both sides of the hoase are beanteous trees. Piazza stretches whole length of the house.' * ' * * So, shnn delights and live faborioos days, So that man'p welfare he promoted. Grapp The pen. And seeing through yonr own clear eyes, Ft-el impnlHes of your own honet^t heart. As truth and love shall dictate, speak and wiite! A^k but to live by labor of your hands, XJutil reward be tendered willingly. * * Let naturalness and simplicity And candor, plainness, e'er be manifest. Vocations, social structures, usages— Vu9% in the oracible of brotherhood. 706 The Tbibtticb op The People. Tbe golden age of knowledge, virtae bring. ' ' ty We pnut only a few— a very, very few — extractei from ibe remaiudur of oar printers copy of * * The Mystic Seven. ' ' II * * Not intellect nor will, bat height of eoal, Lifp, heart —and parity of view, and aim And purposes;— goodness makes man greats ' * » Wo mean to be deliberate and calm A boat it as is possible for man To bej tirm and resolved as man can be. ' ' III » * The nation'* independence, government, Are louuded ou the adamantine truth 0\ equal right* and human brotherhood, A troth time recognizes constantly Ihe lestou ol oar country to the world ' ' * * Not through, then over the old parties shall This current irresistible find way. ' ' * * Obey Goi and not man, and calmly bear Xhe peril, puuisbment it may provoke. ' ' 6,i7;'13, 9:45 a.m. The Tribune op The People. 707 IV Id the last hundred years, a movement vast 01 thought develop^,— holding geraj* of new L'.le, like the century when ObriMt was burn. [n ioRpiration and in sympathy; In health, faith, hope, love, joy, peace, rever- ence, Exist the highest personality. Salvation's honesty to self, to fact. V An Object-Lesson Most Sublime, at gates Of Southern, Western Empire, on The Plains Of Kansas— crowns the Works of Tribunes, Sage. For greater love few men have ever bad Than John Brown And His Men, who gave their lives That Melting Pots in Westerr, Eastern Worlds Might hold Hi^h Order of the Brotheibcod Of Man, and Earth a Nobler Heaven Be. VI Mazzini, Hugo, Gladstone, and Ko^Futb, Hymn'd Earope'a hope for nobler liberty, Denied awhile in older home of maoi 708 The Teibunb of The People. Awoke to glory in The Western World, When Schurz and other heroes led the waj. vit He nobly strove; efiBcient aid be pave; His is The Voice of all, most resonant; — i^ecaase of him, all life is good; death, «weet. • * O Barthi tbon hast not any wind that blows Which is not mn^'c; Word to liv'ng thing. The tonch of an Eternal Presence thrills The fringes of the sansets and the hills. Hear voices from the Infinite that take iSoui captive; see dove wings that arch the world, The Sanctities that sweep the strange Beyond, ^trains like the singing of a star stream dowQ And from the Holies bring man peace and rest. Learn more of revVence for the soul of maa. Know sacred temples wherein dwell the seers, And angels, oracles of lowlinesH. Iq Gud^s child, Man, is God^s eternity. All blest thin?8 lie in worthy fellowships. Theequilibiiomsof Omnipotence Poise the big worlds in safety and in joy. Id years when meanings of oar brotherhood The Tribune of The People. 70d Eoll their high revelations rouLd the spheres Ibd solemu pasbion of best lives shall be A wonder and a wor«hip uuto all Wh0"«e eyes behold apocalyptical Transfiguration of humanity. » » 6,18;'13, 9:12 p.m. (2001) * » The State of Oklahoma is the most Best Democratic State of Union. * * When Oklahoma's Constitution came To polls, the president sent out his great War Secretary, who made war upon Oar Constitution. Heeded not his voice, A id with our great majorities we roli'd The thousands on the thousands, listening to The Century's First Master's Holy Vo're. ' ♦ And, Oklahama, to her Sister States, S-ys, * Go! Go! Thou!! And, likewise do. So, do. ' '» * * * Don't let her speak! Don't! Mis- tress Gage! For it Will rain usi ' My only answer was, * When the time comes, we'll seej we'll see! ' 710 The Teibttne op The People. * * Old Sojourner, as qaiet, reticent, Aa Libyan statue, sat croncb'd 'gainst the wall Ou corner of the polpit stairs. Head dress I>id shade her eyes; her elbows on her knees; Chin resting on her broad hard p^lms. S'je rose, ' ' Rose slowly from her seat, although till She'd scarcely raisM her bead. And, the^, she mov'd As slowly, solemnly, in, to the fronr, Like John Brown's Men and Gen'rai Grant's- L:keS.hurz. Dutch. Laid her old bonnet .; Her feet, ^^en turn'd her great and .pea J 'og eyes To Pre8idento< Second National «^onventionoftheWon.enSuff.a,i,t«, W.oroae,anaea,d: ■ Sojourner T.utM Give earl ' ' ' Tben, tbere, by God's own hand, era«M, was one Badcen,nryofc.«yandWeh,,.,,„, rj«.ay be, too. „,,„„,,,, ^^^ ' " The . XouMbeSontMbrew down, e. WH and in ConTeatioos National Of Nineteen '08 The Tribune OF The People. 711 Aud 12 the conquered banuer luilM itself Within The Starry Flag, once more, twice more. All patrlota then moved to flute and harp Aod bide by side they marchM to fife and dram. The women sav^d the counfery.— Ev'ry eye Was tix^d upon the Amazonian Jorm, Which stood near six feet high, and head erect; Eye piercing upper air, like one in dream. * ^ At first word came a stillneHRf bush pro* found. * * She spoke in deep tones which though not loud, reached Each ear within the house, and out through throngs At doors and windows. Made her first point count. * * Then rais'd herself to her full height, and her Voice pitch'd like rolling thunder; then she ask'd, ^ Ain't I a woman? Look at me; look at my arml ' 712 The TRiBtnoB op The People. She barM ber right arm to her shoulder; showM Much more than woman's force and energy, » ♦ The cheering, here, was hearty, long, aad loud. ' ' • • . The rolling thunder could not still That crowd as did those deep tones wonderful As she stood there with outstretchM arms and eyes That flashed the fire of God and angel«, men. She raisM her voice still louder, to repeat, • < Whar did your Christ come from? He came from God, And from a woman. Man, had nothing for him- And man, your men, had nothing to do with him. ' ' And in her reminiscences, the dame Who was that president, this song doth endj This Story of The New America, New World, and New Jerusalem: the new New W^sbiugtOQ, Chicago, Orleaob:— ** ^Vith strpiming eyes and hearts of gratitude. ' ' The Tribunk op The People. 713 Tbus, weak things of the world, likt Greeley, Browo, Aud Lincoln, Tbe Blind Senator, pnll down The castles, baetiies of old wickednett. 6,195'13, 10:30 a. m. Extracts from 2126, 2127.—. ... If yOQ have any enggestions or corrections, let me have them, immediately. 12,27;43, 5:51 a. m. . . . Firit doty of each man, woman, chilr^, in every land and clime:~-To lend hand, head, heart, to eugenics, eutheoios, realizable by nnitj of social, edacational, philanthropic, religious, political organizations, world over. 12,28jU3, 7:18 a. m. . . . ... The defeat of Greeley, Sumner, and Scburz, in 1872, resulted in a filty years orgy ot social, national vice, crime— diseases of av. arice and luxury— and the attendant conse- quent degeneration. . . . liV^V^^ 4:54 a. m. Wanted: A Man! A man who will do tbe duty Columbia demands, and stand forever on J 714 The Tribune op The People. iame'8 eternal CRmping groand; — a 14th statue that will eudore forever in The Korth American PADtheoo of Wisdom, Liberty, RightcousDess, 12,2j»13, 7:25 a. m. (2107) The NonTaEBN Course of Empire. When veeselH of Culombas ehow'd the way, The conqu'riog heroes came; MaiDtainM Old Spaia's, and Frauce'd, £ug. laud's sway — Held high the white man's fame. MoQtcalm aod Wolfe Qaebec's great issae tried. Earth's north lands held the sway WhiGh all of the earth's destiniefl decide For better or worse way. But, in the aoutbern, Syrian land and clime, And nigh Eurotaa tide, Have lived, have died the monarcbs of all time — Jadea'e, Sparta's pride. — Written abont 8 to 8:45 a. m., on the road from Calvary to Wesley Chapel »Md Green Hill, li,liri3. IP Trib. Leaflets; Cpyrgt , , 19U9, etc. r if^ LIBRARY OF CONGRESS ■HI '7020994 0M 9