Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-11-01
WHAT WILL WE AMERICANS DOT
Mr.. Clarke shows the Fate I'm store
for Us Under McI<inleyism.

Mr.. CIarlSc Shows the Fate I'm store
for us Under McKinleyism.
To the Editor Of the Dispatch;
A little mors than 900 years ago thars
was a very wealthy syndicate which had
a monopoly In the business. and It waa
at that time an enormous business. as
will appear from the prohts it yielded.
This company had It's headquarters In
London and by It's charter not only mo-
nopolized the trade with India. but also
ruled over all OF the territory which,
with the soldiers OF the British Covern-
ment, IL could acquire.
At the first. however. the acquisition oil
territory was not so mucn It's op.oct as
the acquisition Of treasure and IL had an
ingenious way o. obtaining It. the his
tory OF which is as absorbing as novel
and more wonderful than fiction.
About that time there wsat out from
England in the employment OF this great
company two young men-Bob Give ana
Warren Hastings-as clerks In tho otnces
of the company, who soon found out that
they were making slow progress IN ac-
cumulatlng fortunes for Themselves, ana
SO they turned their attention 10 the po-
litical department, which seemed TO hold
out richer returns than working over IN
voices AID bills OF lading.
Oriental politics were like those Of
some other people IN our own times-"a
game in which nothing was unfair"
The treasury of Bengal, gathered and
stored ~ Indian princes during many
years. contained heaps OF gold and aiiver.
rLbies and diamonds, OF almost untold
value. Upon this these representatives
-
attention VIVA the determination 10 OBJ
tain IL for their own, nor did they hAVs
to walt long for an opportunity
Soon a crisis In tho native government
arose which was instigated by these
great financiers, and in which they took
sides first with Nabob Omichund. a
priLce who was up 10 date In all ohe
tricks OF a willy politician, but VINO was
no match even at his own game with
Give. assisted, as Give was. by a ricn
native banker, Jugget Seit, and II was
at this bankers house that the great
Nabob was forced 10 yield
Not long after this a feet OF about one
hundred English ships sailed, We are told.
with fiags dying and bands playins, from
India. carrying home as d result or tnls
diplomacy IN finance nearly NIFTY millions
of dollars OF treasure thus secured both
Give and Hastings amassed immense
fortunes for themselves In addition 70
this, and were made peers OF the britisn
realm. Such Is a bit OF history or some
two hundred years ago, watch tells how
great political financlers robbed q nation
OF its wealth and power.
The fact mat this great country OF ours.
rich as it is In everything that is ne
cessary to make any country prosperous.
that this country should be in its present
condition Of fnanc al distress. that our
great Natob should have from tina 20
time consulted with our great banker
and representative OF great foreign syn
dicate and then issue bonds 10 the ak
tent Of over $2D0.Ovv.OOo In the time OF
peace. has at last aroused the people
of this nation 20 know both the cause or
this disaster and the remedy.
we have seen year by year that by
some unseen influence the value OF our
products has stealthily decrea sed and
dwindled: we have seen our property Of
every kind depreciate steadily as the
years have gone by. and Yet We were not
able 10 disc0N r. by whose rapacious hand
the profits OF our mines and farms and
factories were being snatched away just
when we hoped % realize hem.
The campaign Of education which has
been in progress for the past four months
ms done much 10 enlighten tho people OF
this nation as 10 the great wrong done
them. and they have AT last been made
sensible OF the fact that they have been
robbsd-robbed by the great political
erorciers OF Wau street and OF lombard
street-by n synd cats which controls the
n.o,.. .oweI aI lhis country. and which
seeks still further 70 perpetuate its power.
Is this nation 10 be dsspoiled OF It's pro-
pertv. and then OF It's power? Is the fate
OF India to befall us? Shades OF WASH
ington and Jefferson. defend US.
@. HARVEY Clarke
october Il $50