The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-02-10
wealth Of tAe country into the hands Of few.
What an extraordinary spectacle does this pre-

wealth Of the country into the hands OF few.
What an extraordinary spectacle does this pre-
sent
II we look into tbc history or Great Britain
we will see Aat il hes taken that great country
with all It's immense and coetly wars
over century TO run up national dctt OF
eight hundred million pounds sterling or Gbont
four thousand million dollars The grea!
power OF that government enabled il 10 caet
lis landed wealth into the hands o. o few.
The landed interests in England are repro
sented by some twenty eve thousand perscns
or families, in Ireland by come ten thousand.
and in Scotland by some three thousand In
round numbers, forty thousand persona or
families may be said TO represent tho cnere
landed wealth Of Great Britain, out OF popu-
lation of over thirty millions. But IL is not
necessary TO multiply ststist;cs; for they all
point to the conclusion that what has taken
an old and great Power like Great Britain a
century to accomplish in tho way Of public
indebtedness, and in the concentration Of
wealth in land aad moneys. will, under
second administration like Linooln's, require
but decade, perhaps the brief period Of
only some seven or eight years, to complete
in this couatry. We repeat that, accord
ing to all indications, il Lincoln should be
reelected, the war will be continued;
that It's continuance four or FIVE years longer
viii Involve an aggregate cost Of ak thousand
millons-two thousand millions more than
the century debt OF Great Britain; that the
property Of the country will eventually be
thrown into the hands OF W all teet 6nancers
and grasping monopolists aud jobbers, and a
few Other friends Of the administration on this
and on the other side OF the Alies haoies If
The signers to the circular above mentioned
can bring about the reelection Of Lincoln,
they can each retire at the end of his term with
fortune Of FIVE or ten millions each; If re-
elected, Thurlow Weed and his frioads the
bomesteads being abolished can farm out the
public domain, and the satellites and favorites
of Chase and Stanton can attend to the accu-
mutation and absorption of the conGscatod
property and landed estates OF the rebels.
There is nothing to prevent all this; for Stanton
has the war power Chase the financial power,
and Lincoln is striving to get the fanatical
power Of the country into his hands After
q second term, what q splendid present could
these Wall street 6nanciers afford to make to
Lincoln. A bonus of eight or ten millions Of
dollars would be the least that could be ex-
pected, and with that the great joker could
retire to Illinois, and leave his countrymen to
mourn over the traits of his folly aud -imbe-
cility. To prevent all this scheming-to
thwart all these efforts at the concentration Of
wealth and power--t0 meet the financial revo-
luton before us-to blast in the bud this un-
biushing conspiracy to establish in this country
an aristocracy like that Of Great Britain-al
the people have to do is to rally around a
popular, unpledged and unsullied hero and
patriot like General Grant. and elect him to the
Presidency.
If President Lincoln takes into his councils
| Wall street financiers, let him beware they do
not serve the people as the Wall street 6nan-
ciers served his friends, the farmers in Illinois
| despoil them Of their lands. and leave them
the beggarly satisfaction Of knowing that the
President has had his joke, although they are
left landless and to their lamentations.