For Sale at THE NEW REPUBLIC. FOUNDED ON THE NATURAL AND INALIENABLE RIGHTS OF MAN, AND CONTAINING THE OUTLINES OF SUCH A GOVERNMENT AS BY E. J. SCHELLHOUS, M. D. "The true Republic is not yet here. But the birth-struggle must soon SAN FRANCISCO: BACON & COMPANY, PRINTERS, No. 508 CLAY STREET. 1883. IV. HISTORY OF THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTION, AND AN ACCOUNT OF THE LEADING MEN WHO ADVOCATED AND WHO OPPOSED IT 39 770301 TO THE READER. Ir may seem like unwarrantable presumption for a single individual to put forth his efforts to restore to the people their rights by effecting the requisite changes in our government. If I presumed upon my own power or personal influence, such presumption would not only be unwarrantable, but ridiculous. My appeal is to you in a common cause; it is to your sense of right, your love of justice; it is in behalf of the innocent, helpless victims to the overpowering greed of corporate rapacity; it is to that just and laudable pride that comes from self-respect and claim to the dignity of true manhood and womanhood. I appeal to your sense of duty, that everpresent but often feeble voice that speaks to all, that our destiny and happiness are inseparably connected with others; that we can help ourselves only as we help others. I wish to remind you that our interests are |