The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-03-28


of sturdy men to stay the dark waters
that are overwhelming this people,
For twelve years this little Spartan
band has stood guard at the mystic
pass that leads down to national
death. For twelve years the old party
Goliaths have stood in awe of this
band of Davids, and God has strength
ened their arms and multiplied their
numbers until there is no place in all
this land where their voice is not
heard, and where their words do not
cause hope to spring up in the hearts
of the oppressed.
But spurred on by his appetite for
plumber, Shylock still dares to raise
his murderous hand against this peo
Pile. Greed is never SatlSfed-itS ill
gotten gains only serve to sharpen it's
appetite, and it is ever crying more,
MORE. Cunning hands, scheming
brains, degenerate souls, still plot the
destruction of this Republic. Their
next plan is to destroy the $346, OOO, 900
of greenbacks, which have only been
preserved thus far through the untir-
ing vigilance in our national Con-
gress of such men as Weaver, Gillette
and the devoted DeLamartyr, aided
by the purse, pen and brains of such
men as Peter Cooper, Glover, Swinton,
West, Norton, Harper, Heath, Berkey,
Phillips, Martin, Polk, and an innu-
merable host whose names are en-
shrined in the hearts of grateful
people.
Besides the destruction of the
greenbacks it is their settled policy
to rob us of the silver dollar and place
our currency upon single gold basis.
This is another diabolic scheme solely
in the interest of the creditor class.
There is not, there cannot be
greater enemy to the American pro-
ducers than John Sherman and that
class of men who are devoting all
their energies to the destruction Of
silver as money. With gold as a
basis and the banks to issue the pa
per currency of the country, the peo-
pie would be entirely at the mercy of
Shylock Indeed, are we not already
at the feet of the money power?
The New York Tribune, under the
management of Whitelaw Reid, said:
"The time is near when they (the
banks) will feel compelled to act
strongly. Meanwhile a very good
thing has been done. The machinery
is now furnished by which, in any
emergency, the financial corporations
of the east can act together on a
single days notice with such power
that no act of Congress can overcome
or resist their decision"
Shades of Horace Greeley! Can it
be possible that the New York 71'ib-
u,oe, that once powerful advocate of
justice, has become SO perverted as
to call it "a very good thing that
the financial corporations of the east
are furnished with the machinery
whereby they can control Congress.
Where are we, then? Is it the finan-
cial corpora tions of the east, or the
United States Congress. that govern
this country? The New York Tribune.
that grand old anti-slavery champion.
says it is ''the financial corporations
of the east" and rejoices in it as "a
very good thing
What, then. avail the words of
Horace Greeley, or the blood of
million martyred soldiers, or the ex-
penditure of five billions of treasure?
Have we not today fifty millions of
people under the bondage of financial
corporations? A bondage more gall
ing and more heartless than that be-
meath the lash OF southern slavery
more CALLING because perpetrated in
the name of liberty, more heartless
because there is none to heed the
cries of the starving white slaves
none to pity them dying, none to bury
their dead. The shackles were
dropped from four millions of black
slaves, not to make them free, but
to enslave the whole producing in
dustries of the country, through this
internal bond and bank scheme.
History proves that nothing has
been so disastrous to nations as the
enactment Of laws which favor the
few at the expense of the many.
There is no robbery so suicidal as