Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-06

! democratic institutions and love them so
well that they would be willing to sacrifice
not only property but their life's blood in
maintaining and perpetuGting these grand
! institutions. aud not by men who know lit
tic or nothing of our form of government
and republican institutions but who care
less: in fact, men who are enemies to
our institutions. and who would use the
money they draw from US in the way of
rents, etc, to subvert these grand prinCi-
pies and overthrow our form of government
/ and establish on its ruins monarchy or
despotlSm- And man is blini indeed if
he does not realize that this is the tendency
of events at this time.
l favor the latter clause Of section 10, viz:
That any deed or conveyance to any alien
or to any firm. company or corporation
composed IN whole or in part OF aliens shall
be void because Cif this provision
were not there the whole object and pur-
pose of the bill would be defeated, because
hrms, companies ana corporations innum-
cradle with one or more naturalized citi-
zens belonging thereto and tue rest aliens,
would be formed, and in this way would
buy. OWN and control our country rs thor
Oughly as If no attempt at legislation on
this subject had ever been made.
l feel that | have answered your first
and second questions. | have no changes
to suggest unless | could amend the law SO
as to make II stronger and more binding.
As TO Your third question, Was the in
tent of the law to exclude foreign capital
from the state,' ! have simply to say that
the intention of the law was to prevent
men who have no love or sympathy for our
laws and our institutions from acquiring
such power and control in this country as
would convert this Gland of the free and
home of the brave into a country of serfs;
10 prevent in this country the condition of
landlord and tenantry that has biignted
and withered some of the fairest countries
of Europe. II is folly TO argue that this IS
not the tendency of this condition of things.
Give the money lords and autocratS the
power, and they will act here precisely as
they have in England, Ireland and other
European countries And how. l ask,
could You more thoroughly vest them with
this power than by giving them the owner
ship and control of the lands of the coun-
try! Give them this, and you at once make
them masters Of the situation. By cOntroll-
ing the lands they control the masses of the
people. and thereby completely control the
legislation of the country. And ii requires
no seer or prophet 10 forecast the character
of legislation that would thus obtain. Eu-
rope has already dictated legislation to this
country that has been Il whitening blight
upon US. She das largely dictated our
financial policy, and what do we See3 \
spirit OF discomfort and unrest-Scenes Of
commOtiop and agitation that reach the
profoundest depths of our social and politi-
cal structures, causing them to vibrate to
their very centerS.
These are not theories, but actual con-
dltlonS that confront us. And now shall |
we continue to nurse and nOurISh the viper
into more vigorous life that he may plunge
his poisonous fangS deeper into our political |
and social vitalS! 1t seems to me that ii is
time for every true American patriot 70 |
arouse from his slumberng lethargy and |
crush this monster, even though 7 cost the |
withdrawal of $50.00O.O00 from our state |
But is argued that the withdrawal of this |
amount of foreign money from our state ut |
this time would have L very depressing |
effect upon the country Admit this to be !
true. Yet IS it not . fact that the longer |
this kind Of legislation is deferred the |
worse 1t viii be: If ii causes depression |
now TO withdraw S50,00O00O, what will be |
the result when there are 100000 900 in |
vested: The fact is. this matter has already |
been deferred too long. Is it not a sad |
commentary upon the patiotism and states |
mansnip OF this great couutry-a country of |
such JoundleSs and ineXhaustible resources |
and pOsSihl!itieS-that we cannot supply |
ourselves with money, Il circulating medium |
sufficient to meet the reasonable and legiti- !
mate requirements of the people, to meet |
the demands Of trade and commerce. but |
must bow the suppliant knee TO foreign |
autocratS and enemies of Our republican |
institutions: Shade oiWashington, JefTer-
son and jackson, can this be so! Very re-
spectfully, 7. J. TILsoN