Land of bandage land of the free?
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 .