Successive Congresses having greatly impoverished the People, they were discouraged and wept copiously.
"Why do you weep?" inquired an Angel who had perched upon a fence near by.
"They have taken all we have," replied the People--"excepting," they added, noting the suggestive visitant--"excepting our hope in heaven. Thank God, they cannot deprive us of that!"
But at last came the Congress of 1889.