The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1892-11-18
What will the Harvest Be?

distastefu to Washington has been repudi-
ated by the people. 1t got lis first knockout
blow when Jefferson who repudiated that
policy and appealed 10 the people, was
elected President. It's advocates, however,
did not give up but worked on, and when
Jackson arose as a great leader he had the
old enemy to popular government to con
tend against in the United States bank and
money oligarchy which was fastening its
chains on the country by stealthy approach
es, and feints TO lead the con6dlEg people
away from its real point of attack. This
repuse did not discourage the class who
airued to secure permanent control, but they
worked on steadily for the accomplishment
of their fixed purpose.
When the born leader, Henry Clay. pro-
posed to rescue the people of the United
States from dependent position upon for
eign countries for the bulk of their manu-
featured articles, by levying tribute on, or
exacting license from those who proposed
10 sell foreign made goods in American
markets, where such abundance of raw ma
terial existed, waiting to be manufactured,
those who believed in class Legislation and
exclusive privileges saw a promised oppor-
tunity and enlisted under the banner of
Clay who was the embodiment of the Wing
party. Clay's policy was judicious and
purely American, had 1t been accepted with
an honest purpose and eye single, but greed
got the better of the promoters of manufac-
turing industries, and this spirit showed its
aristocratc leaning in such notices on
their electioneeriDg traDsparencies as, ''The
success of the Wings for the sake of the
Wings" and not for the sake of the coun-
Try. The money power invariably attached
itself to the side which asked for aid and
exclusive, or special privileges from the
government, and invariably gave an arro-
giant and domineering tone TO the party,
claiming as right, what they asked the
people to giant as favor. The honest
intent to build up manufacturing industries
in the country in place of being treated as
purely business matter alike interesting to
all the people to achieve a great success,
the money class pushed it forward and made
the tariff an intensely partisan issue, and
the masses were ipfamed with the blind
bigolry which is always born of ignorance,
and chose sides for and against, with no
other impeling motive. The people saw
in the party which espoused the side Of
N, mi
local and collateral issues more or less of au
exclusive or class order, and in the ffties
the Wing party like the old Federal party
finally came to an end. The disturbing
question of slavery also played conspicuous
part in this dissolution.
The democrat party after Jackson was
little else than an objection or obstructive
party. II had no clearly defined principles
which its leaders proposed to carry ont and
formulate into laws, and the machinery Of
the party was seized upon by the slave
holding leaders of the Southern States,
who were all trained politicians and land
lord aristocrats. The Wing party could
not lei 60 OF slavery and it could not hold
on to it, and it had no further hope Of ex-
istence, the country for the time being
dividing on the question Of slavery. This
completed the second overthrow of that
policy which believes that the government
should be always in the hands of the rich
and that its first consideration is to tenderly
care for property aud allow the citizen to
talks care of himself, after every privilege
and security has been granted that the
money class demands.
The breaking out Of the war of the rebel
lion brings us to the close of the second
period of the efforts of the plutocratic or
''strong government class to secure control
of the government through the Wing party,
with an aristocray of another class endeav-
ing to Divide the national domain and es-
tablish an aristocratic government founded
on land and slavery. This effort came too
late in the nineteeth century, and in the light
ola civilization which had grown up in new
world, shorn of all old world pa god wor-
ship and the attempt persisted utterly and
without hope. The democratic party out
side of slave territory, having no distinct
policy for which to carry on a propaganda,
fell back into its old lines in the northern
or free States and pursued throughout the
period Of the war its old obstructive policy.
1t had no principle to lose and only strug-
ged to gain control of the government for
the money that was in the offices, and had
it succeeded it certainly would haye given
the slave aristocracy all they asked for.
But if the breaking out of the slaye.
holders war saw the end of the second
organized effort Of the money power to seize
the government, il also presented third
and more favorable chance for renewing its
efforts on new lines. 1t pushed its way into
the councils of the government and offered
10 direct its necessary laundering. In this
it has been too successful, which a tax rid
den people now bitterly attest. That class
which had contended from the days OF Ham
ilton for a strong money class government
succeeded in swapping the nation at the
close of the war in debt of $4,000, 900, 900
all of which the "fnanciers" of that class
in this country and Europe managed to get
into their possession or under control. For
thirty years they haye worked with the
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