Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-07-08

May 1t All Not be Verified

Dag W OohSACeoi anu NV - ~
while prior to his assassination,
among many other things, said: "As
result of the war, corporations have
been enthronej and all era of corrup.
ton in high places will follow, and
the money power Of the country will
endeavor to prolong its reign by
working Oh the prejudices of the peo-
pie uatii all wealth is aggregated in
few hands and the republic destroy
ed. feel at this moment more
anxiety for the safety of my country
than ever before, even in the midst
Of the war. God grant that my sus-
picions may prove groundIess." How
prophetic AS "a result of the war, cor
porations hare been enthroned, and
to-day the legislation Of the Repub
llcan party is directed in the main in
building up towering fortunes, and
Gould5, Vanderbilts, Sages, Carnegies
and multiplied scores Of Others are
amassing fortunes at the expense Of
the tdX-ridden people of this repub-
lie. AS result of the war, the tariff,
the most outrageous tax ever imposed
upon free people in the name of
and by authority Of law, has been
levied, increased and multiplied year
by year to swell to immeasurable
proportions the wealth OF the protec-
ted manufacturers Of this country.
AS result of the war and the con-
tinued power Of the Republican par
ty, lords and tenants, princes and
paupers have grown, increased and
multiplied from ocean to ocean and
from the lakes to the gulf. An era
OF corruption in high places has fol-
lowed as "a result Of the war. Rings
and corrupliouist5 have disgraced
the. constitution and the law, and the
boast of our republic that it is the
home of equal and exact justice to all
men, special privileges and favors to
none," has ltt!e application now to
our institutions since the party in
power has pros;ituted the legislative,
executive and, in instances, the iu-
dicial departments of our govern
ment, that favored classes aud that
individuals might become million
aires and all-powerlul, the considera.
ton being the perpetuation of a po-
litical party in power. The Tweed
ring, the Philadelphia ring, the Chi
cago ring, the Erie ring, the whisky
ring, the Star RouleEng, the Central
Pacific Railway ring Credit Mo.
bilier), and hundreds of other rings
have hung over the lie of the repub-
lic-have almost destroyed it--and
all OF these things are the legitimate
children of the Republican party.
The money power of the country
has prolonged its reign by working
on the prejudices of the people until
nearly all the wCllth is aggregated in
the hands of a few favorites of the
Republican party. The bloody shirt,
after the war, did much service for
the Republican party and drove in
hundreds of thousands of voters to |
the polls like sheep TO the slaughter.
The negroes in the South and in the |
North were told that reinslavemt nj
would be the result of Democratic |
success. The whites who fought for
the Union were induced to vote to
tax themselves and their neiehbors,
for the consideration oflarge pensions
and the fear of the repeal of the pen
sion laws if the Democrats obtained |
control. Lie after lie was told, prejd |
dice after prejudice appealed to, and |
fraud after fraud employed to keep
the money power in control, and the
success met with is alarming, and is
threatening the very lie of the re-
public. Well ought we to feel appre-
hensive for the safety of our country, |
more indeed than if we were now in
the midst Of a great civil war.
On one side are arrayed the rings,
trusts, combines, the money power /
in all shapes-fraud and corruption
the stealing of the presidency in
1876; the decentralization of silver in
1873 and the aggregation of wealth
on the victories achieved by this
side, championed by the Republican
party, with the delusion, "protec
ton" upon its battleflag. On the
other side are the people; the toiing
millions of this land; the taxpayers;
the consumers; the men who live by
the sweat OF their brow; the plum
dered workman in the mine, the
workshops, the farm, and tramps
seeking employment all over the
land.
The people are on this side and
this is not the time to di-
vide. The other side is pre-.
senting an unbroken line, and
are to-day more united than ever be-
fore. The Democratic party has
fought to better the conditions of the
land we love. 1t has fought without
reward. except it las held TO some
extent In check, the rapii march OF
min SIT in motion by the 'Republi-