Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-08-13

gained and brought into being. Something
is wrong This we all recognize. Now the
question arises, what remedy is there TO
right the wrongs that have been perpe-
trated for years upon the peoplea
The Republican party claims to be the
Moses that will finally lead the people out
from under the shadow of class legislation.
and the Democratic party asserts with
equal fervor that it is only necessary to
join its ranks for the people TO accomplish
the purpose in view. But we have listened
with too much credulity to these
fair promises and what is the RESULT
Our condition has grUvn rapidly
worse and will continue TO retrograde till
we open our eyes and forswear allegiance
forever to both of the old parties The
cause of the present hard times is the land
mortgage system and the usury which is
practiced upon the people. To-day there
are 5000, 900 farms mortgaged in this coun-
try, and this state of things will continue
so long as the present financial policy is pur-
sued. So long as the wealth'of the country
continues to be concentrated in a few. so
long will the people continue to grow
poorer. and our country drift toward the
fate which ingulfed the prosperous coun-
fries of antiquity The circumstances are
Similar aud the cause of ourpresent situa-
ton is identical with that Which caused
Egypt, Babylon, Greece aud Rome to sue
in their own governments. The cause
OF the overthrow of each great empire
was the concentration of the wealth of the
country into the brands of favored few
On this account the people lose their pa
triotism, and the bulwark of the govern
ment crumble, on account of it. = When
Egypt stepped down and out as the mis-
tress of nations and relinquished her claim
to supremacy, less than 3 per cent of the
wealth was in the hands of the people. We
find the same condition of affairs in Babylon
and in Greece, when these nations were
overthrown bv the same causes.
When the Roman empire was in the hey-dey
of its power and dictated to the world, So
per cent of the people owned their homes.
When the empire collapsed what is foundl
Less than 3 per cent of the people owned
property. The wealth of the country had
concentrated into the hands of favored
few. and these capitalists had so prosti-
tuted the country as to cause all patriot
ism and pride to be forgotten by the
masses, and the result was the overthrow
of the grandest nation the world has yet
been. The cause of the overthrow was
what have just mentioned. and you are
graphing with the monsler to-day. The
Democrats and Republicans say that the
present condition OF affairs has been caused
by the contraction of the circulating me-
dunn. But what but the legislation
of these parties caused this
contraction. Several years ago rs
per cent of the wealth of our country was
in the hands or our people. Now only Is
per cent is held by them. How long will it
be before we follow in the footsteps of
Rome and other nations, a victim OF class
leg islation2" Mr.. Veatch also discussed the
national bank question, alleging that the
Democrats were to blame for any
trouble that had arisen from this
source. He also noticed the chal-
lenge of Mr.. Ramsey in behalf
of Messrs. Poindexter and Crane to meet
advocates for discussion in
johnson county. These gentlemen, he said,
used no arguments against the sub-treas-
ury, but Were forced to resort to ridicule to
closed by prophesying that the South and
Northwest would join issues by 1892, and
revolutionize the country in the interest of
freedom and justice.