The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1872-06-08
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AFTER GREELEY-WHATI
The Cuquest Of America-The Conye-
0uences Of Horace Grecley's EIection-A
Prophetic Tale.
From the Cincinnati Times.l
The following is supposed TO have been
written in 1892 by Max Adeler. who was y
witness to the terrible scenes which occur
red At the time of which the story tells:
THE CONQUEST OF AMERICA.
You ask me to tell you, my children, of
the events which Immediately preceded the
destruction Of the once great American
Union. and the capture Of the country BY
its present European rulers. I undertake
the task with heavy heart. for when l
revert to that terrible time cannot help
contrasting our proud condition up to that
fatal year with the humilisting position &c.
cupied now by the American people. The
story 10 short one. In the Fall of 1872
Horace Greeley, the editor of newspaper
in New York, Was elected Presiden. of The
United States. The people voted for him
because they believed him ~ be an honest
msD. But he was vain and weak, aud he
entertained certain fanstical and prpposter-
Gus noti0ns-ab0ut agricultural matters, for
instance-which he was determined to force
upon the people at all hazards, and despite
all opposition. He believed. among other
things, that every man ought to 20 to the
West to earn his bread, and long before he
WAS chosen President he used 10 advise
everybody to move TO that region rs y cure
for eli the disasters which could bcfall the
human family.
As soon rs he reached the executive man.
sion, which we used to call the White
House, President Greeley organized IN
army Of two hundred thousand men, xnd
proceeded IL force the entire population If
the seabOrd States westward at the point OF
the bayonct. The utmost violence was
used. Those who resisted were shot down.
and their dead bodies were carted off to .
national factory which the President had
established Tor making some kind of hu
mOrOus fertilizer. All the large cities Of
the East were depopulsted. and towns were
entirely empty. The army swept before it
millions of men, women and children, until
the vast plains west of Kansas were reach
ed, when the pursuit ceased. and the army
was drawn up in continuous line, with
orders to shoot any person who attempted
10 visit the East. Of course hundreds OF
thousands of these poor creatures persisted
from starvation. I his seemed 70 brighten
President Greeley. and I've sent message
to Congress recommending that 70O.O 0O
volumes of q comic book of his. entitled
/" What Know About Farming" should
he voted tor the relief Of the starving suf
ferers. Thi> was done, and farming imple-
ments and seeds were supplied; and then
the millions of wretched Outcasts made an
effort to till the ground. OF the result of
this will speak further on.
In the meantime the President was doing
infinite harm to the country in another way.
Ills hand writiny was 20 fearfuIly aud
wonderfully bad that no living man could
read it. And 50, when he sent his first an.
nual message to Congrcss-the document
wac devoted wholly to the tariff and IL ag-
riculture-s sentence appeared which sub
was ascertsined to be, Large
cultivation Of rutabagas and beans is the
only hope of the American nation, am
sure" The printers not being able to In
terpret this. put It in the following form.
In which 1t went forth to the world 1.-The
Gar of Russia couldn't keep clean ii he
washed himself in the whole Atlantic Ocean
once day" This perversion Of the mes
sin by the Russian Minister, and the Gear
was 90 indignant that he instantly declared
war.
Just At this time President Greeley un-
derto0k to write some letters to Prince Bis.
inarck upon the subject Of pOtntOe rot, and
after giving his singular views ut great
length. he concluded with the statement
that it the Emperor William said that sub
soil blowing was not good in light soils, or
that guanO was better than bOnedust, he
was ~ liar. = villiar. and slavew Of
course the Emperor also Immediately de-
clarcd war. and became an ally ut Russia
and 1T England, against which latter cOun.
try MI. Greeley had actually begun hostili
ties already. because the Queen, in her
speech from the throne. hal declared the
zsj6une's acvOc ICY Of tariff on pig-irOn
aud calculated 10 disturb the
peace of nations
Unhappily, this was not the full measure
vt our disasters. The President had sent
to the Emperor of Austria copy of his
bOOk, "Wbat know" ETC.. with his auto
graph upon fv-leaf. The Emperor MIS-
took the signature for caricature of the
Austrian eagle. and he readily joined in .
war x&sins. the Un,ted States; while France
was provoked to the same act by the fac,
that when the French, Minister came to call
on Mr.. Greeley 10 present bis credentials.
The President. Who was writing an editorial
At the time, not comprchending the FrencI.
language. mistO0k the Ambassador for .
beggxr, and, without looking up. handed
him quarter and nm order for clean sl,iti
and gruhbing hue. and sai.i to him. Go
West. young mango West"
50 Ill these nations joined in making war
upon the United States. They swIOpcd
down upon our coasts and landed with II
opposition, for those exposed portions Of
our unhappy country were absolutely de-
serted. The President was afraid to call
away The army from Kansas It i,rst. for
fear the outraged people upon the plains
would come east in spite Of him. But At
last be did summon the army to his aid.
aud It moved to meet the enemy. It was
ton late! Before the troops reached Wash
inytOn the Foreigners had seized Washing
ton and oil the country east Of the Ohio,
and had hung the President (whOse loss
was not regreited). the Cabinet and every
member of Congress. The army disband
el in alarm. and the invaders moved 10 the
Far West. where they found the popuIa
ton dying 1T starvation because they had
followed the advice Of Greeley's book IT,
= Try your first crOp 10 raise Inns. and
don't plant more than bushelOt quckiime
in hill!" OF cnursc these wrctchcd pen
pie were at the mercy Of the enemy, who
t. his credit be It sAil-trraied them kind
ly. fed them, and brought them back 10
their homes, You know what followed