The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1892-12-30
The Industrial Legion of the United
States of America.

A0 AuuuStfldl Legion OF Inc OnlteO
States of America.
The farmers organizations haye
been the preparatory schools for the
peoples party. This was the true
reason of their being, and their ex-
istence had no other logical end,
This was the memorable trend OF
events, and it is manifest destiny
that all the great farmer societies find
their higher mission and perfect
solidity in The Peoples party.-Ihe
Vanguard.
These farmer schools have in
structed The rural population more
iu the principles of popular govern
ment than all the schools, colleges,
party newspapers and party
harangues of all the party orators
that have existed in the past. These
schools will still continue to organ
ize and teach the multitude who yet
remain in midnight ignorance on
the most vital principles of popular
government. But the army that is
destined to do the fighting is next to
be organized outside of these schools,
so shat through discipline and SOL
idarity its force shall be irresisti ole
at the ballot box and its victories
complete conquests.
With this end in view the active,
leading spirits, who have guided and
led the Peoples party in the great
campaign which closed on the 8th OF
November, with the rout of one wing
of the Plutocratic army-a rout so
complete and DISASTROUS that that
army of the enemy can never again
be re organized for effective resist
ance-have formulated a plan of a
more complete organization, in order
to insure the future solidarity of the
forces composing the Peoples party.
The plan OF party organization is
copied after that of the Grand Army
of the Republic, or rather their sys-
tenn has been chosen as the best by
which the future great political party
of the country can be organized and
consolidated The three great fun
damental principles of the party,
Money, Transportation and Land are
to be the shibboleth of the party and
all who subscribe TO these principles
will be enrolled as members of the
Industrial Legion, which is the name
chosen for the new organization.
The military form of organization
is the most complete of any system
created by the experience of ages.
1t was devised aud perfected for the
purposes of murder and trapping
under foot the liberties and rights of
the people. Henceforth it will he
used for uplifting the down trodden,
oppressed and despoiled classes, by
consolidating them for a conquest OF
peace and prosperity; an army that
will beat swords into pillow shares
and spears into pruning hooks and
teach the art of war no more,
In place of military tactics, the
principles of true republican, dem
ocratic form of government will be
taught, system Of government we
have completely drifted away from
and allowed the aristocratic, pluto
cratic systems of England to be
fastened upon US. The people of the
United States are now burthened
with the worst systems of the mon
arches of Europe, with all of the
ameliorating features of the old
world systems left out. We do not
yet feel their blighting effects so
sensibly on account of this wide,
rich and thinly populated, new world.
But all that is necessary to bring
this nation and people to lower
plane of humanity than old world
nations now living have reached, is a
generation or two more of time with
the deadly influences now at work.
To turn back this bitter tide of want,
misery. crime and degradation which
is surging about our people and day
by day sweeping thousands into the
gulf of despair, where no ray of hope
reaches them, is the purpose of the
organization of the Industrial Legion
of the United States of America.
Our present society organization no
longer rests on the Christian broth
erhood of love your neighbor as
your self, and do unto others as We
would have them do unto you; but
like the son of Hagar it's hand
is against every mans hand
and every mans band is against his
neighbor.
In place of a Christian brother
hood the socity of trade has become
nation of Bedoaines, divided into
three classes. The corporations.
whose motto is the good old plan of
he who has the power may take and
he may keep who can. The great
middle class army of wealth pro-
ducers; and the poor, whose numbers
increase as they move steadily
towards the famine ling.