The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-01-15
APLUToCRATlC PRESIDENT.

ancIents was one Pluto, the god or
wealth.
From the word Pluto is derived the
word Plutocrats, wealthy men who
govern, and Plutocracy, government
of wealthy men.
AS Democratic president is Demo
crat who interprets and administers
the laws in the interest of Democrats,
so Plutocratic president is a Pluto
crat who interrr rrets and administers the
laws in the interest of Plutocrats, says
the Chicago Sentinel.
1t requires scant array of facts and
figures to prove that this government
is Plutocracy, and that Cleveland is
a plutocratic president.
In support of the latter statement
we have but to note the general tone
OF his recent message to Congress-
Two great questions of mightiest i'm
port, overshadoWing in the magnitude
of their Importance all other public
questions, lOomed up boldly in the
foreground demanding timely and ex-
haustive consideration by the recog
nized head of the greatest nation on
earth-namely, the money question,
and the millions of our citizens now
out of employment and on the verge of
starvation.
Upon the proper settlement of these
two questions depends the prosperity
of the people, if not the perpetuity of
the government itself.
How did our plutocratic president
dispose of these great questions in his
message9
As regards the one, he recommends
placing the entire control of the money
of the country in the hands of his fel,
low Plutocrats according to a plan pre-
viously agreed upon between him and
them.
As regards the other and by far the
most vital question-he utterly ignores
it. IF we confine our research to the
presidents message, there are more out
of employment in this greatest coun-
try on earth, nor have there been;
there are no children crying for bread,
nor have there been; there is no dan
ger, nor has there been, that unless
speedy and permanent relief is afforded
the masses of our people suffering from
the misrule of the wealthy few an army
of intellectual "Goths" and "Huns"
will recruit itself from every quarter
of the country and cause to repeat it
self that portion of the history of events
which Immediately proceeded the Dark
Ages.
Grover Cleveland and his duck hunt
ing associates, his Gray Gable COM
panions, his fellow Plutocrats all, are
prosperous, and he evidently supposes
everybody else is, or ought to be. If
not, it is no fault of his. This is no
paternal government.
So he glibly prates about our rela-
tions with foreign governments, the
necessity for an increase Of the army
and navy, the curtailing of postal privi-
leges so as to prevent the hated Popu-
lists from continuing their campaign
of education, the necessity of an in
crease of the circulating medium pro-
vided it be in the hands of the bankers
while the people groan beneath the
burdens imposed upon them by this
plutocratic president, looking through
his message in vain for promise of
bread and finding but the token of a
stone.
Not always will a long suffering peo-
pie patiently submit to the tyranny of
plutocracy.
Not always will modern Belshazzar
sit upon the throne of Gods chosen
people.
''Mene, meme, tekel upharsin" may
yet appear upon the palace wall of this
gouty gormand who disgraces the seat
once occupied by Washington and JEFF
ferson.
The people have already had their
fill of a plutocracy and plutocratic
government.
They must wait for the change, but
a change they will have-peaceable if
possible, but not long delayed.
There will be no more plutocratic
presidents of this American Republic.
LETTER FROM ROWAN COUNTY.
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