Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-13

SCOTLAND. -....-- l6,, l01
Total. ......................- O.747.uo1
have here before me q list OF land pur-
chaSes ranging from -, 100 to = OK, 900 acres
aggregatiug ,42s 900 acres. Win The pub
lie land exhausted, disposed of in immense
grants or at nominal prices To foreign and
domestic c. capitalists, then ana not till then
the period of peril 10 This republic Will be-
| gin, Mr. Holman continues. 4 great mo-
nopoly OF land admits of 10 remedy; II IS u
crime against the human race. and deserves
the eSceration of mankind: 10 time can
palate the wrong.
MORE LIGHT On THIS sCBUE, T-LISTEN - sa
ENGLISH THREAT.
The Hon. John Heaston nf Council Grove,
Kan, relates conversation that took place
between himself and all agent of al English
syndicate that points pretty clearly 10 oat
condition to-day. The Bririsher was telling
OF the superior intelligence OF Eu2liShneR
over Americans. TIE WAS returning from
Texas, where lie had been looking after his
large landed estates. which he had obtained
through grant by the legislature OF Texas
for the building OF the state house. said
he: Texas built her own state house and
gave us 1000, 900 acres OF her lands for the
privilege. The railroad systems Of the
United States We're hGi.I by Americans but
belong 70 lis and are run IN our interests,
your bonded debt. vast mortgage juuebteG-
ness, OF which YOU have not money among,
yOurSelve 70 pay oue-tn'rd the interest,
fOur-ffths, rs your records show. belong ~
tue intelligent English" II we have
not money to pay the interest ON the mort.
gage, what will be the ma result. said Mr..
HeaSton 10 the foreign agent, The British .
aristOcrat said Enforce YOUR laws close YOU
out we are better modern. Americans than
You are. and think more OF your laws
Should you oppose them We have 30O0,OO0
armed me il India that We can throw here.
at once 10 sustain them. We have but y
call on your congress
You don't mean to say that the congress
and senate of the United States will sustain
you in taking our country"
If the congress and senate Of the United
States have been YOUR friends they would
have kept tho laws III Your interest. IL
friendly TO us they would make The laws in
our favor Examine you' laws" Was the
tool OF the foreign uroues right III his statcS
mcut! Yes, shameful as that statement IS,
il Is living reality. and the GannabiA
fraud goes on under our very nose.
The Dutch company under the protcc-
ton of our laws, shot down our fell0w-citi-
zens on the Maxwell land grant in New
Mexico, and our fellow-citizen Partridge was
Shot and killed on the Baker ranch in Texas
by the mcrciaaricS of foreign corporation.
Verify, we must be i'll dread Of the 5000. SS
armed men from India
India brings me to your question about
excluding foreign money. India was a pros
porous country before the saw English
money. Her people Were civilized aud
clothed in purple ami fine linen when the
Anglo SaXunS were a1ed. painted sSyageS
roaming over the wi!ds OF H0lstein
With English money Il curse and Blight
fell on India. The trial of Warren Hast
ings exposed part of their villaiuy, first as
trader, next intriguer. Since then India
has had nothing but war. famine aud pesti-
lence. Her sons chained To posts and
hlnN.u hundreds h,a bC 2
British cannon, and her daughters are a.
this day led captive as prostitutes 70. Ia
British army.
Look al the benefit foreign capital has
conferred on the Argentine republic. Look
at Kansas il was doomed in the interest Of
foreign capital. but where once stood tho
happy homes of freemen has been turned
into an English sheep ranch. kansaa
leaped at foreign capital, but Like tue bull
frog, only TO light i'll the mud
Look at Egypt-England got her ill-got-
ten gold III there Now her people are
picking cotton under the gentle persuasion
Of British bayonets, and that cotton then
then taken as payment of British bonds,
We, the people of Texas, must learn u
compare our state and condition with tho
state and condition of others. An examiua.
ton Of facts will lead to this, then we can
feel proud of our great state and be thank
ful TO God we are not as others
! voted for the alien land act knowing
well what was voting for l never took
into consideration the interest Of boomers
or usurerS or the value of the thirty pieces
of foreign silver l think more about secur-
ing the homes of our people and of unborn
generations. | approve of the whole act,
IL has only one fault-it was, like Royal
Charlie, lang o cumin'. We have now two
good laws of which our state may well be
proud, our homestead law and our alien
land law. We have thus dealt with foreign
foes. We now require a land limitation law
to save US from domestic traitors If our
national government hasn't got the power
to coin money ami fix the value thereof,
then welcome coon skins-we have still our
homes. The same state of affairs we have
now existed in Switzerland Just fifty years
ago. The uSurer and the party in power
worked hand in hand. Their object was by
legal means TO obtain the control of tho
farms of the country, and they had almost
succeeded when the people rose en- maSse and
said at the polls III ls4S, no further; this IS q
country of freemen, and free we intend IL
remain. America for Americans. No re.
peal, never 3. f. PHILLIPS,
Eleventh District
West Mountain UpshUr County, Tex
Sept. :, 1871.