The herald., 1896-09-08
The lmpious Hand

Editor Herald: 'The Ark of the Coyen-
ant was held by the children Of Israel in
| God himself. 1t was the oracle from which
| God communicated His will to His chosen
ubiins placed over it, as its sacred watch
ers.. Oza was struck dead for impiously,
| profanely touchcing it. May we not with
| of the United States to that ancient COM
pact? Is II not for us. His oracle because
It Is the oracle of the people? God com
OF that constitution should be accepted as
the voice of deity. V,ox populi vox Del.
The guardian angels with outstretched
wings, hovering over our ark, guarding
the happiness and prosperity of this ma
ton, are typified by. agriculture and COM
11nht 1m1ehrce. the main RELIANCE OF a free and en-
What Oza has dared to lay impious hand
| thereon, even to the ensavement of the
ized the former, lextinguished the latter?
Cast your eyes abroad over this fair land
over the mighty ocean, whose very roar an
It is that Oza. that party of falsehood on
its crest corruption in its heart, with prom
ise ever ever false Of prosperity and protection.
its breath a deadly sirocco of tho desert
| it has laid its blighting, whitening hand
upon the ark and glyen us for happiness
for prosperi3y o millions III Of medcant poor
tramping upon equal rights and justice to
all, special favors.t to none; that party that
in it's obsequious1 crinsing to the behes.s
Of foreign nations. ana n, cruel lust for
srs, q Jefferson. Jackson, Lincoin. Garfield
w wvksre IS tho American commerce, given
England for American ships and American
seamen? We all know that UP to 1850 the
nag Of the Stars star the Red White and Blue
ever the same rose in foreign seaports and
our sails whitened and glistened on every
Of India. China. north and south, from
thousand Of fieetesf ships in the world,
| brave Intelligence Of American seamen,
| owned by true American shippers. gone,
gone. lost and gone, disappeared-a mem
Republican misrule, piracy and plunder.
Proudly then could we exclaim thirty
"O'er the glad waters of the dark blue sea,
Our hopes as boundless and our souls as
free,
Survey our empire and behold our home"
This, only one of every national subject
ed upon, as a direct result of the infamous
dissertation of the ark of the covenant by
that party of .plunder.
shall settle it now Their platform and
dictator, Hanna, demand It,. Let us settle
the account on this one single item of COM
The Republican party to the people of the
United States, dr.:
1866 to 1895.
To loss in transporting $4,000
passengers per annum and the
freight outgoing and incoming,
| all carried by English, French
and German ships. So, ,0O0, ,000, ,0e0
| To ships engaged in carrying
| same, which ought to have
have not been................ 1,ooo. .ooc, ,ooo
etc, paid to foreign owners. -. LOOK. 900. 900
| To loss in foreign trade, now en-
| gagged and owned by foreign
sers, to Asia. Australia, South
America, Africa ................ 1.000, ,0o0, 900
Pay this bill, Mr. Hanna, as you are the
financial. as well as the political dictator
of the Republican party and in cash, gold,
not tinsel glittering generalities Of gold
bug platform.
Don't argue about security and prosper
itY in your embrace give us hard cash.
Security" (proiSction) "the dream of
Even when he thinks in his deluded sense
To snatch at safety, falls without defense"
Aye. Mr.. Editor protection for the aris-
tOcratic proprietors of manufactures. the
operatives the slaves of capital" as said
by Justice Stephen ]. Field Of the supreme
court of the United States.
Yours, very truly, ..
| Los Angeles, August q.