Land of bandage land of the free?

Answer 1

Ladies and Gentlemen ,

The tao does not come here tonight to be judge , but to judge .

Here his accusations and his sentiments .

I indict the Spanish Encomendero for inventing taxes impossible to bear .

I indict the userer for saddling me with debts impossible to pay .

I indict the irresponsible radical leaders who undermine with insidious eloquence ,

the confidence of my kind in the government .

You accuse me of not supporting my family . Free me from bondage and I shall prove you false . You accuse me of ignorance , but I am ignorant because my master finds it profitable to keep me igorant . Frre me from bondage and i shall prove you false .

You accuse me of Iindolence , but I am indolent not because I have no will but because I have no hope . Why should I labor if all the fruits of my labor go to pay an unpayable debt? Free me from bondage and I shall prove you false .

Give me land , land to own - land unbeholden to any tyrant , land that will be free . Give me land for I am starving . Give me land that my children may not die . Sell it to me - sell it to me at a pair price - as one free man sells to another and not as a userer sells to a slave . I am poor , but I will pay for it . I will work , work until I fall from weariness for my priviledge , my inalienable right to be free .

But if you will not grant me this last request , this ultimate demand , the build a wall around your house . Build it high! ... build it strong! ... . Place a sentry for every paraphet . For I , who have been silent for three hundred years , will come in the night when you are feasting - with my cry and my bolo at your door .

And may god have mercy on your soul .