The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-05-08
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thicker than water; and with neither
fortune nor manhood left nothing re-
mains to these puny bearers Of great
names but their titles. Incapable of
self-support, these silly drones must
trade them for the Doodle OF Ameri-
can heiresses.
But while their race was thus de-
generating in Europe strong new
race, natures noblemen, was at work
in America, turning the wilderness
and the desert into gardens Of gold,
and building great towns and cities.
Their muscle and manhood made the
greatest nation, on earth, and the un-
told wealth they produced became the
wonder and the envy Of all the world.
Then the fearful insanity for vast
fortunes brought to the front such
monsters as Jay Gould. Men capable
OF robbing their fellows at wholesale,
graduated from colleges into society
and sin, their sons and daughters,
who receive the legacy of wealth with
none of the spirit and dash Of their
ancestors. These worthless enervated
parasites have nothing to do, devote
themselves to aping royalty in all it's
disgusting uselessness. And having
reached this point, the hungry buzz
riOn, and marriages such as this of
Anna Gould are the result.
Now the danger lies in the fact that
it is this very class of Americans who
possess the great bulk Of the nations
wealth; with power unlimited, they
shape legislation to suit their pur-
poses and not only own Congress, but
the president is their willing tool as
we'll. These empty-headed devotees
of monarchy, having accomplished the
ruin of their country, with fortunes
great beyond computation, spend
their lives in ease and luxury. With
nothing else to do, they become NOR
bidly desirous OF an American mon
archy. They want coat of arms and
an aristocracy, and while the chivalry
of Europe were supposed to win their
titles through merit, these title-hun-
ters seek to buy theirs and would will
ingly build a monarchy on the ruins
OF the republic for the sake of con-
Meeting their names with royalty, but,
until that can be done at home, they
can buy titles abroad.
The masses here are but machinery
to sustain this privileged class, and in
return these parasites look with con-
tempt upon the very people and condi-
tions from which they themselves
sprang, and would be glad to place
over this nation dictator, of which
Cleveland is but the forerunner. To
deepen this desire, Napoleonism is re-
vived, and the martial spirit encour-
aged among the young.
A "blue book" OF royalty is publish
ed in New York which gives the
names, estates, titles, ages, ETC., of all
Af
book is sent to the millionaires of the
land that selection may be made by
ambitious mammas with m marriageabl
daughters. The plutocrats of the ma
tion are steadily taking the dollars
| from the farmers and mechanics to
be accumulated In great piles only to
be transferred to foreign land to
support a hali-breed and worthless
nobility. Is this not worse than
maintaining one at home? Who can
doubt that these families having once
| tasted the royal draught will seek to
have a monarchy in America? They
are already out of touch with our in
stitutions and have no sympathy with
| the misery of the many who toll for
them. They may at any time force a
| conflict to es establish themselves as the
royal rulers OF the people.
l hope we shall correctly measure
| the terrible menace which threatens
us in this direction. The groveling in
the dust of the great dailies during
this last exchange of Doodle for title,
shows that they will be found sustain
ing the idea Of monarch, should such
an attempt be made.
In this recent alliance, we see an ad-
ditional reason for arousing to the
grim necessities Of the hour. It is
becoming a struggle for actual life
and liberty; and if we fail to find and
apply remedy for this evil we shall
merit the curses of coming genera
tions.
l have material enough for a dozen
articles on this point and in my next
will bring to light the names and ad-
dresses Of some of these "noble" pau
pers cleaned from this "blue book" OF
the arist0cracy.
GEORGE F. WAsHBURN.
Boston, Mass, March 9.