Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-02-28
WASHINGTON LETTER.
The Speck Of War Between German,
and tho United States.
0clilltree aud tho American Hog at III,
Bottom Of the Business,
A Chapter on Banks aud their Power
Over the People.
Special Correspondence ofthe Gazette.

other products of fureiyl countres IA,
pruhibtory tariff, aud now, wb,i
these countries exclude American purl
and cattle, pork aud cattle producer
would have retnliatOry DEGREES enn,te,
by congress Were it not wiser TO No
gotiate reciprocity treaties with Euron
as with Mexico and the Sandwitcl
/ lands? But has not Ochiliree. whpI
curryiLg favor with New Braunl.l
and the German voters of Snuthw.st
ern L xas, Won everlasting fame? Tn,
old story has ever been th,,
all wars are inaugurated Il,
women. There is tradition in WASH
lngton that our inter state WAS pre.jp
itated by the women of the capital
ihey were of a POI clique In fash
ionable aud political life, and derpl,
offended BECAUSE Stephen A. Do,ivI,.
welded Ada Coults They induced
judah +. Benz ,niin to make that IA
nous anti squat er-sover,-ign sue, ch II,
the SENATE, which cleft the Democrat,
party in twain. Even as Cieopstr,
destroyed Mark Antony aud crowne,
Caesar with roses. But here We hay,
he American hog aud Tom Ochiltre,
AT the bnttum % the frightful war be,
tween The two eniperprs this If Ann r.
lea and that uf Grrnuny. Will no,
OchtltTee figure Tia hi-tory rs the most
woDderful5iuau of our tim? But abe
american hog divides the cro vn with
Ochiltree and there is glory enough
for both
Unhappily for Ochiltree, his resnlu.
tion wa. adopted ny the house OF rep
r.Sentatives as Il mere mat, + of form.
Nobody supposed II had any more zig.
nlicauce than the bravt,tio of those
politicians i'll the same body, whu
sought Irish Vutrs by little buster
aud gaIlImun about the crimes Of En-
gland aud woes of Ireland. Gladstone
smiled In the one case, Bismarck
III 'ked IN The other, aud Ochitree anu
tie" Vt alone have suffered. Neither
the Germans nor the Irish were hunI-
bigged. The great mass of the people
OF Tins country aud oi Germany, how
ever solemn the aspect of the prIiti-
cians, rdicule the " hole series of bIun-
drrs and fOllies. The congress had no
right, in rts"luiinn ~ -ert ing respect
i"r great q r'nan philosopher and
s'ale-lian,Io critlclse ar condemn, even
b, lndir"ctl"n, the policy Of German
rulers vi the German gnvefnment,
and Bismarck properly te,ls the hOu-e
"i representatives that it should read
before enhrtlug at cWItun-
dun, declarations having n
significance in Germany which
the innocent Mr.. Ochiltree himself
had meyer measured and may not vet
comprehend
The government of Germany diff, n
very materially, in theory at least,
from ours II is elmint ntly puterfud.
EV' ry cIliz II part ana parcel of the
empire, He IS II chilnhoud it, yupil.
II l. his chief, ~ beuetnctOr. II stands
i1 TOGO lurentis. IL -durates him. He
Is it, solnier, and then, of course, its
beast Of burden. When not himself
Its soldier, he must bear one STRAPPED
across his back. He arms and euiiips.
and feeds and clothes soldier OF
local aud personal independence lie
knows nothing.
Here, on lhe contrary, the citizen Is
absolutely free to think. write. speak
or publish what pleases him. The son
owes primary allegiance TO the parent,
and the household. like the state. is "A
pure republic. All service rendered
the state Is purely voluntary, and only
when extraordinary exigencies arise
can tue state, when its very existence
Is endangered compel the service of
the citizen ~ a soldier. Here all DOW
er ana all rights inhere in or ar. de-
rived from tie consent iof the people:
mere, IN and from the emperor. IL il
not to he presumed that Mr.. 0chiltree,
as so-called "Repu blican,n conIpre-
hends these broad differences between
me system aud theory Of government
administered by Bismarck and this
conducted by Arthur; and. in this
met consists the only apology for
o'chiit trees .fGuE pas. Here power
ana right 20 up from The people;
There, down from the crown. There,
they talk of the "divine rightr OF
Kings; here we do pirate, and Justify,
700, about the divine rights of the
people. And just here Hes the ulti-
mate difference between Democracy
and The party Of Ochiltrce. Democracy
means local and personal freedom,
while this pseudo "Republicanism"
when Ochiltree represents means LEGAL
snu personal dependence upon central
sbsoluiism. Therefore the astonish-
tneht and amusement of the cnuniry,
wheh II was discovered that Ochiltree |
nad uh"ittingly offended this German
iutocTat.
THE BANKS AND THE TREASURY.
Plainly enough the majority of the |
'eGhte, Whatever may he the action OF |
ne house, Is resolved o. maintain and
berpeiuate The existing banking sys.
EN-. Mr. Vest, Of all the senators,
las been most earnest and demonstra-
I'VE IN asserting bis antipathy TO
nese Institutions Why the treasury
h0n Id not do directly that which II
loes Indirectly s not clear to the masses
" the people. The federal government
ives credit aud currency To bank
,"tes' ltprints them. IL gives them
neif whoie value. and yet employs
iese oanks ~ issue them, and In do
ng TINS enables 2 500 corporations to
svy enormous tribute upon popular
OIL The hanks, instead OF tie gov
rnIhen', Tx the value Of currency.
uu mus the prices of products Of
ifips ana mines aud mills. When ,,
herman, as Treasurer, turned the =
numb screw Of contraction in com :
'Thlily with the policy of the banks. y
ne people lost, IN depreciation OF prop !,
TX values, more than ten thousand ),
Unions OF property. Every farm and ),
'wii LOT owner who Owed balance 3
a M property, lost the whole, and -
INKS made All that The people Loot =
hen congress proposed 10 lessen .
'puiAf BURDENS by iessening the rate
interest on United States bonds, the
ihks com blned and in "a few weeks
ssened the volume Of currency
lirty millions or more, aud the PEOPLE al
rcd Ia a..l