The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1895-04-27

form or government cannot last IVv
years longer for the reasons 1 nave Civ
EN-.
Third. The greatest peril menacing
u government is the poverty and in
difference Of our people. The poor are SO
oppressed that they are forced to sell
themselves for what they can get and
are thus at the mercy Of the bosses, the
plant tools of monopoly, who forge to
the front in u political parties.
In reply to your fourth question let
me say that l do not care whether it be
be an alien or a native syndicate that
buys up the land or the business enter.
prises Of the country, for the instinct of
greed is the same in an American as an
Englishman, and we have therefore as
much to fear from land stealing in one
form as another. IT. V. Powderly.
I most certainly think that our pres
ent republican form Of government will
last 100 years longer. This answers
both your first and second questions.
In respect to your third query l re-
Ma WIG 1 UI1IAh VIC Sl6NtcSt pCIIlS W
our republic are insufficient education,
excess of the foreign element and polit.
ical corruption. AS to your fourth, l
think there is no danger of any consid-
cradle portion of the lands Of the United
States falling into foreign control, nor
that any considerable portion of it's
business enterprises will ever be owned
or o,rtr011o1 hv f0roipro~c IT,, Cooo
tor George F. Edmunds Of Vermont.
In my Judgment, the constitution of
the United States is better and stronger
than it was 100 years ago. The great
nation that has grown up under its pro.
lection is more capable of sustaining
free institutions than at any earlier Pc
Rod, for every generation, no doubt.
will find evils to be guarded against
and good principles to need development
and defense. A more intimate unity of
feeling throughout the nation, and a
subordination of local and particular il.
terests to the general good, and a watch
fnl attention to preserve our industrial
and social independence of Europe must
for years to come be the great duty Of this
people.
l can foresee no danger Of a serious or
permanent desertion Of this duty on
the part of our fellow citizens. So long
as there is no such desertion we can
readily overcome any perils that may
us, whether from foreign syndi-
Gates, individual aliens or other sources.
IT l am correct in my views on the
matter, l see no reason why any patri-
otto American citizen need feel any
apprehension for the porpetuity of his
beloved nation. Therefore l cannot pos.
sibly feel any degree Of concern as to
the stability of the noble institutions
which this great country is now in the
enjoyment of. In a careful and Thoughts
full perusal of what l have here written
I think that any rejecting person may
find a full and complete answer to all
four of the questions. Ex-senator Will
liam NJ. Evarts of New York.
l have no accurate data which would
warrant me in expressing an opinion as
to how long the present government Of
the United States will endure.
Your second question, IF not, why
not?' I am equally unable to answer
satisfactorily.
In reply to your third question,
"What is it's greatest peril:' [ would
say that, in my Judgment, the indiffer-
ence of the people to righteousness in
their rulers and to integrity in the adj
ministration of the government is the
| greatest peril with which we are threat
ened as a nation.
In reply to your fourth question /
would say that there is not the smallest
probability that aliens and foreign syn
dicates will ever obtain control of this
country by buying up its land and bust
ness enterprises and eventually change
its form of government. Bishop II. c.
Potter.
Time alone can give the answer to
your first question. "Will our present
republican form of government last 100
years longer?" and also to the second,
IF not. why not?'
With regard to what is the greatest
peril of u government, I think it is
the accumulation Of money in the hands
of a few persons and the rnscrupulous
use of wealth.
I apprehend no danger to republican
institutions from foreign capital or i'm
migration in the way pointed out by
your fourth question, but I think that
great harm is done to the country by al
lowing nihilists, communists and pau.
pers of other lands to become citizens OF
ours. Eek. Senator Wade Hampton Of
South Carolina.