The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-06-07

The United States is an anomaly among
the nations, both ancient and modern.
No nation of people before it in the
worlds history of which we have any
account held in their hand the power to
make the government whatever they de-
desired, as rests in the hands of the peo-
pie of this country. Every year they
meet to determine what manner of gov
eminent they shall have next year. With
all this unparalleled opportunity to
mould and shape, to alter and amend
their governmental institutions to minister
/ to their comfort and general happiness,
they have gone from bad to worse in
spite of their unparalleled opportunity to
mend. This is simply astounding, and
shows the condition of the mass of the
race to be much nearer that of the dumb
belief places them. A people endowed
with the sum of intelligence and reason
ing powers attributed to the American
people, never could have permitted them
selves to be pushed down to the depths of
degradation and want which millions of
the people of this nation have reached,
with the overlooking abundance in plain
view all the time, did they possess that
god-like attribute of human reason to the
degree attributed to them, and with the
power in their hands, and exercised
yearly, to mould their destinies at will.
The history of the American people
plainly shows that the border line which
separates the great bulk of humanity from
the brutes is much narrower than is gen.
orally believed. Self esteem revolts at
this picture of the status of the race, but
stubborn facts stand out like rock prom
ontory and defy denial. This, reputed to
be, the most intelligent body Of the
human race, with every means in hand
to right every wrong, have permitted an
oligarchy of monopoly and class rule to
grow up under their nose and usurp
every vestige of their liberties, take from
them all the wealth created by their in
dustry, usurp all the natural bounties
within the national bounds of our teri
torial lines and control every franchise
inherent to organized society.
Other old world nations have not the
power to fashion their governments at
will as this people have, by free control
of the elective franchise, and there is
much allowance for them, but this people
have absolutely nothing in their way to
preventing them from shaping their gov
eminent at their pleasure. III view of
these undeniable facts it is we'll nigh dis
gushing to contemplate the brute-like ser
Witty of the people to the corporation
tyranny and hoggish greed of the money
class, to which they tamely submit. There
is but one mode of accounting for this
seeming anomaly. 1t was the beastly
superstition Of heather nations for the
worship of idols that enslaved them to
the power of the crafty and INSCRIPTIONS
class among them, and it is the same
beastly superstition found in party idol,
airy cropping out of the old Adam in the
race that makes the masses wear the yoke
of master rather than breathe the air
and enjoy the more angelic comforts of
freedom.
Party idolatry has cast this people down
from the high estate where the heroes of
the Revolution and founders of free
nation placed them, to be again the
hewers of wood and drawers of water for
a class who have taken 'your fields and
your vineyards and your olive. yards even
the best of them" The doom which
Samuel told the Israelites awaited them
when they clamored for king has come
upon. the American farmers, and their
fields are fast passing from their hands
into possession of the money lords. the
mortgage holders and debt holders of
every degree.