The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-06-26
The Principles at Issue.

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more to clear the political atmosphere
than anything that has transpired within
the last two years. The politicians hoped
that some kind of straddle might be
effected, and Mckinley, through Mark
Hanna went as far as it was safe to VEN
ture in the direction of straddle OH the
money plank. The money trust had evil
IDENTIFY weighed the chances carefully,
and concluded the time had arrived when
| it was safer to risk a pitched battle than
to longer depend on the strategy of decep-
ton. The firm stand and determined
movement taken by the silver element in
the republican party, although expected
to certain extent, struck the party with
thud.
The goldring had spared neither STRAIT
egy nor money to make the convention
solid for gold, but the blow the silver bolt
struck was a stunning one. If conven-
lions were held to again nominate dele
gates, since the developments of the past
few weeks, there is little doubt that half
the delegates chosen would pronounce in
favor of free coinage. The free coinage
sentiment has made itself felt within the
last thirty days in every quarter of the
country with cyclonic force. The cool,
determined, manhood spirit and patriot
ism shown by the republican seceders at
st. Louis has acted as an awakening force
to the spirit of resistance that is every
where seen, to the donineering money
oligarchy which has stealthily stolen upon
the people and seized the government
through the republican party.
The United States government has be-
come as completely English as though
Qneen Victoria had stretched her royal
scepter over it. The men we have unfor-
tunately placed in control of national
affairs, cringe like spaniels and ask the
consent of the British nation to shape
our affairs like hers. We must not coin
our own silver without her royal consent,
lest her plutocracy denounce us as dis
honest. We have government ruled by
banks, monopolies, trusts, combines and
special privilege classes like the English
government
The price of our silver, our stocks, our
wheat, our cotton, our wool, in short of
every staple product of this country, is
cabled from London every morning.
| English syudicates levy tribute of four
to five hundred millions annually on the
people of the United States, and command
us to maintain the gold standard in order
that the price of everything we produce
shall be forced down to the lowest notch
The gold plutocracy of Great Britain,
through our national banks, intimidates
every business firm in this country. No
firm, mercantile or manufacturing, dares
to say all independent word which may
offend the banks lest the vengeance the
money lenders be visited upon them. All
the business, outside of the smallest retail
trade, is run on bank credit, which at any
minute can be withdrawn and the rebel
lious firm wiped out. The business of the
country cowed, robbed and intitnidated
by these jackals of the English money
trust is steadily dying by inches.
The republican party is entirely in the
power of this English gold trust. Since
the st. Louis convention every one with
eyes can see this. The democratic party
has been destroyed by it and Cleveland
was selected to give it the finishing blow.
The Chicago convention that is to be held
in few days will be but hollow mock
cry, and worse split, ten times over,
than befell the republican party at St.
Louis awaits it.
The lines are drawn broad and strong
with the republican party as the cham
pion and exponent of the English fnan-
cial and corporation system of govern
ment on one side, and on the other the
free American people are rallying and
coming into line as the antagonist of this
un-American and unpatriotic, disgraceful
policy.
The political battle about to be joined
10 I'LL q SOAlSSt vi oIlNSL dSdlASl SOltl
Let no one be deceived by such a false
idea. Both silver and gold money is the
constitutional money of the United States
The battle is between the British single
gold standard, which is enslaving the
Christian world, and independent Amer
lean system of government, free from all
alliances, monetary, corporate, monopo-
listic or any other foreign, aristocratic,
plutocratic or monarchical system.
These are the real battle lines and not
merely contest between silver and gold.
1t is the awakened spirit of Anlericanism
and liberty against foreign enslaving
policy now being championed by the
republican party.
Gold Standard and Harder Times.