The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-01-24
SEVEN FINANCIAL CONSPIRACIES
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men ominously shook their heads;
young men stoutly declared that
1.-THE Union must be preserved" and
mothers on Bonded knee clasped
more closely their precious boys, and
prayed God that the storm cloud Of
war might pass. But above all the
prayers, wailings and forebodings,
the attentive listener could hear
from Wall street the echoes of jubi-
liant satisfaction, and harmonious
preparations for an onslaught upon
the industry and prosperity of the
country. Nor was Wall street alone
in this exultation over prospective
civil war; all along the line were
ringing notes of exulta ton, even our
beloved Michigan swelled the cry
''to armsv' led on by that great lead
er who startled the entire Christian
world by his infamous declaration,
''That nation is not worth a curse
without blood-letting." A declara-
tion that must forever dishoncr the
name of it's illustriOus author.
Now do you ask why this exulta-
tion over prospective civil war?
Do you ask why the money-kings Of
Wall street and the great political
chieftain of Michigan were so anx-
ious, and positively joyous, when the
guns were turned upon Fort Stump
ter and the declaration of war sent
it's thrilling notes throughout the
length and breath of our land? Do
you ask why their hearts became
like steel, and their thirst for hui
man gore Unsuitable? Why human
life had lost it's sacredness, and the
thunderings OF the war trumpet was
music in their ears? Reader, do you
imagine it was because of their
great love for the dusky toilers in
the cotton fields of Mississippi, or
because the finer instincts OF their
nature revolted against the cruel
system of African slavery? Do you
suppose the story of Uncle Tom and
Little Eva had touched their hearts
and they had sworn vengeance upon
the perpetrators of such cruelty? No,
no; the money kings of Wall street,
and the great political chieftain OF
Michigan, we're not the men whose
hearts were touched with pity by the
cries of distress. Their love of gain
had stifled the finer instincts OF
their nature, and they rejoiced be-
cause they saw in the preparation
for war their long-coveted opportunity
for plumber. The calamity of war
must bring it's necessities, and
through these necessities they de-
termined to subjugate their unsus-
pecting brother men. TO accom-
plish this it became necessary to OBJ
tain possession of the national finan-
ces. AS blood, the circulating medi-
UNI of the body, is the life of the
body, so they knew that money, the
circulating medium of the country,
was the life of the country. Its in
dustry, it's education, it's morality, in
truth, it's very life depended upon it's
medium of exchange. Controlling
it, they could initiate or depress the
business of the country at pleasure,
they could send the warm life cur
rent through the channels of trade,
dispensing peace, happiness and
prosperity, or they could check it's
flow, and completely paralyze the en-
dustries of the country. They knew
their opportunity was at hand, and
the tidings of war that blanched the
cheek and sent terror to the heart
of the multitude was to their ears
sweeter then the music of the
spheres.
Scarcely had the war cry broken
ere the gold and silver money in the
country disappeared. True to the
history of metallic money of all ages,
in the hour of peril, of a country's
greatest need, her gold and silver
money always takes flight. What
had become Of it? Why Shylock had
obtained possession of it, for what
purpose we shall see hereafter.
The necessities of the war required
vast sums of money; but the trea-
sury was empty, the gold and silver
money of the country had fled.
What was to be done? The govern
ment was in duty bound to suppress
the rebellion, to defend herself
against the agressions of her enemy.
She must call out troops, clothe, feed
and provide them with munitions of
war. She must equip hundreds of
thousands of soldiers to defend the
liberties that had been entrusted to
her keeping. But where should she
derive means for this vast expendi-
ture, where, in her distress, should
she look for succor and support?
Where, indeed, could the govern
ment look except to her own mon
eyed classes? Did not Wall street