Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-11-15


higher state of happiness under the
reign of this system of usury breeding
money. than it is now experiencing. In
fact it has already reached its zenith
altitude, and must of necessity retro
grade. Its destruction is demanded
by every consideration of the welfare
Of humanity. Justice, equality, liberty.
freedom, republicanism, and Christian
ity demand the overthrow and de-
struction of this barbarous, not to say
devilish system of money. 1t is the
enemy of God and man.
But its destruction will produce a
political earthquake The devilish
system has SUCH grip on society that
it will be no child play or holiday
amusement to break it loose
There is no love of humanity about
this system of money. 1t neither fears
God nor regards man. There is no
humanity, no love, in its make up. 1t
is all hatred and selfshness. There
is no patriotism connected with it; no
love Of country about it. 1t knows no
land, no country.
The high priests of Mammon. who
minister at the altar of this golden
calf god, and who live and fatten from
the sacrifice of usury laid on its altar,
would wreck and ruin any country.
any government, before they would
yield
The existence of royalty, the per-
petuity of monarchies, depends on this
metal system of money. 1t is the
foundation stone upon which stands
every k1ngly government on earth.
When this foundation is knocked out,
they tumble into ruin. Hence it is a
conflict of no small proportions. The
world is the battlefield, and the con-
fiict is between democracy ard plr-
tocracy.
Whom the gods would destroy they
first make mad" The money power
being blinded are now needless of the
wants and demands of the wealth pro-
ducers. They are going to compel the
toilers to make brick without straw.
The golden image is set up and all
who do not fall down and worship it
are to be cast into the fiery furnace.
The pressure to procure bread is e.
coming harder and harder every day;
after a while the bottom will be
reached; then the pendulum will
swing as far the other way; then the
oppressor and his power will 90.
All that is needed now is to open the
eyes of the masses to see what 1t is
that is grinding them to powder; thea
this blind Samson will take hold of the
pillars of this temple of the money
power and bring it down into ruin.
Let our Pharaoh, Mr.. Cleveland, put
on Ale thumb-screws, make panics. re-
duce the volume of money; this is the
way to open the blind eyes of the peo-
pie. Nothing else will do it.
This will build up the peoples party.
In 1896 they will carry the election.
When they get ready to take the gov
eminent and put in operation the
principles of the Omaha demands. stop
ping the income of the money power
by usury, then the devil will be to paw.
Then will come the real conflict. 1t is
now raging on pape, on the platform,
in the halls of congress; it is now
war of ideas and moral forces:
it will then be a trial of strength by
force.
And as the masses wake up, and
fail to be submits i've under the power
of our own plutocrats, England will
lend helping hand to protect her
vested rights and secure her usual in
come of 500 millions of interest.
We will see stirring times before
this century closes. There will be
music in the air and an earthquake all
over the land.