Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1872-06-20


ssssa jsdg~ess. The prscsiual sisdos. the
inenrrspsible integrity and the illsssrioss
sasviess o. Ulyoss y. Gnss have CON.
msaded hin % he heart Of he people.
and With hin ss oar hsad ve seand to-day
uPoa ssw march b victory.
A PRoPHErlc TAlR Tolp IN 1895. -
The following = sappessd 70 have been
written in 1892 By Max Alder. Who sas .
witness to the terrible scenes which occur
red ct the time Of which the story tells :
THE CONQUEST OF AMERICA.
You ask me to tell you. my children. Of
the evcuts which Immediately preceded
the destruction Of the once crest Ameri-
can Union. and the capture Of the country
BY il present European rulers. and 70 say
something. also. Of the causes which led
TO these dcplorable results. undertake
the task With h.avy heart. for whenever
l revert to that terrible time I cannot help
contrasting our proud condition up to that
fatal year with the Illuminating position
occupied now BY the American people -
The story is . short one fn the fall Of
1872 Horace Greeley. the editor Of
newspaper in New York. was elected pr ~
ident Of the United States. The people
voted for him because they believed him
to be an honest man. But he was vain
and weak and be entertained certain ia
uaiical and prcposterous notions-shout
agricultural matters. for instance-which
he was determined to fore. uron the pc
pie at oil hazards and despite oil opposi-
ton. He believed. among other things.
that every man ought to 60 West to earn
his bread. and long before he was chosen
President he used to advise everybody TO
move to that region Is cure for all the
disasters which could befail the human
family.
As soon "a he reached the executive
Mansion which We used to call the White
Hoa:e President Greeley organized an
srmy Of 200.0 900 men and proceeded to
force the entire population Of the seaboard
States westward at the point Of the bayo-
net. The utmost violence was used -
Those who resisted we're shot down. and
their dead bodies were carted Of to ma
tional factory. which the Prelident had
established for making some kind Of hu-
morous fertilizer. All the large cities of
the East were depopulated and towns were
entirely empty. The army s~ep. before
it millions Of men. women and children,
until the vast plains west Of Kansas we're
reached. when the pursuit ceased the army
was drawn up in one continuous line. with
orders to shoot any person who attempted
to visit the East. Of course hundreds Of
Thousands Of these poor creatures persisted
from starvation. This seemed 10 fright
en- President Greeley. and he sen. q mes
| sage to Congress recommending that
7Ou. 900 volumes Of . comic book Of his.
entitled, "What I Know About Farming"
should be voted for the relief Of the starv-
/, ing sufferers. This wss done aud farm
ing implements and seed were supplied,
and then the millions Of wrstched outeasss
made nm effort to ill the ground. " the
result Of this I will speak farther on.
10 the meantime the R6esident vas do
ing infinite harm in another way. His
handwriting was % fearful and wonder
fully bad that no living mao could read t.
And 50 when be sens bis 6rst annual mes
sage to Congress-the document was devot-
ed wholly to the tariff and sgriculture-a
sentence appeared which vas subsequent
ly ascertsiued to be. Large cultivation
Of rutabasas and beans is the only hope Of
the American nation. | am sure" The
printers not being able to interpret this.
put it 10 the following form. in which it
went forth to the world:
THE Csar Of Russia couldn't keep
clean II be washed himself with the A.
lansic ocean once . day" This perver-
sion Of the message was Immediately tele-
graphed 70 Russia BY the Russian Minis
ter. aud the Gear vas 20 Indignant. tina. he
instantly declared war.
Just ut this time President Greeley un-
dersook to write some letters 70 Prince
Bismark upon the subject. Of potato rot.
and, after giving bis singular views At
great length. be concluded with the state
meut that il the Emperor William said
that sub-so;l ploughiug was not good in
lights soils. or guano was better than
bone dust. he vas - liar william, and
. slave |" Of course the Emperor also
Immediately declared war and became an
ally Of Russia and England. against which
latter country Nj. Greeley had actually
begun hostilisies already because the
Queen in her speech from the throne had
declared the Tribune's advocacy Of tariff
on pig iron ineeuGi,ry and calculated 10
disturb tie peace Of nations.
Unhsppily this wss not the full meas
ures Of our disasters. The President had
sent 10 the Emperor Of Austria copy Of
his book. ''whas know" &c, with HE
autograph, On Ay-leaf The Emperor
missook the signature for earicature of
the Austrian eagle. and he readily joined
IN the war against the United Suites !;
while France vas provoked 10 the same
oct. BY the fact that when the Preach
Minister called on Mr.. Greeley 70 present
his credentials, the President. who was
writing an editorial ct the time. not
eempschesdiug the French lasguage, mis-
took the AMBASSADOR for . beesar. and.
| withoss leoting up. hssded him . quarter
snd On order for clean stint md q rub
hing hoe. md said % hin. Go Wet,
yoane Dsn-go Wess."
So Ill these sssioss jcised n nakise
vas upos Tie United States. They svooc.
ID down % cur coasts end lasded viskocs
eppssisise. fsr these pestisss Of COR 10.
happy cOvn'ry were sbsolssely deserted
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