The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1896-09-24

San Francisco Examiner: The entire
plutocracy is in revolt against our sys-
tem Of popular constitutional govern
ment. So mehacing movement Of class
against people has never occurred before
in our history-not even when the same
class under the leadership Of the brides
Of the United States bank captured the
administration of John Quincy Adams
and so intrenched themselves in control
. of the government that they looked with
, contempt on the attempt made by the
people under Jackson's leadership to
dislodge them and restore popular gov
eminent.
The wealth of the plutocratic class Of
that day was trivial compared to the
holdings OF the same class now, but new
ertheless the points Of similarity between
the campaign which won against them
then and that which has now been in
augurated are striking in their sugges
tiveness Of the way history repeats itself,
both in causes and results.
John Quincy Adams had been elected
as democrat. but he abandoned the
party, repudiated the principles to which
it had pledged his administration and en-
desvored to revive the federalistic party
whose fundamental maxim, as defined
by Daniel Webster himself, was that all
stable and orderly government must be
based on property.
As the fundamental tenet Of democracy
is that all just government must be based
on manhood and on the consent Of the
governed, the masses of the democratic
party felt the same hot resentment
against the Adams administration which
they now feel when they see federal Of
fee holders controlling the action OF con-
ventions called at the instance of Mr..
Whitney OF the Standard Oil company
and Mr.. Belmont, American agent OF the
Rothschild banks.
Andrew jackson but voiced this Just
resentment of the masses when in his in
augural address he declared that it was
the right Of the people to elect from Office
those officials who bad used Office In an
attempt to dictate the result of elections.
1t WAS because the people bad seen fed
eral offices used to control state legisla-
lures, to dictate nominations, to inter
fere at the polls, that Jackson denounced
life-tenure in Office as foreign to the spirit
OF America and declared that whatever
the evils Of change, they were less than
those Of the permanent tenure which
breeds in the officeholder the spirit OF
insolence and of despotism.
He was again the exponenent and
champion of the masses when he followed
his attack on federal bureaucracy with a
determined assault on the national bank
and its control of the treasury aud OF
congress. For this he was denounced in
New York city and Boston, as 10 other
American president had ever been de-
nounced before. But he did not swerve.
With a supreme confidence in the people
and in his own integrity, he forced the
lighting, keeping the aggressive always
and not stopping to defend himself, until
overwhelming victory showed that no
man who really represents the cause OF
popular freedom need fear to appeal to
the masses for support OF the principles
on which their freedom and progress de-
pend.
On the Issue as il was then presented.
appeal has once more been made 10 the
people. The plusocracy has once mere
usurped control OF the government.
Democracy has once more been betrayed
BY those 1t trusted. Once more the
millionaires Of the country are in the field
openly asserting that property has d.
vine right to rule manhood and that 1t is
treason TO deny it.
These men call the democracy Of JET
ferson and jackson, as they do the re.
publcanism Of Lincoln, an evil thing
They say that the rule OF the people is
anarchy. and they threaten the country
with the worst they can do against il IN
leas they are allowed to name the mex,
president and put Messrs. Hanna sn!
Morgan, Whitney and Belmont 10 con.
troll at Washington City as their agents
The issue against African slavery WE
never so vital nor 50 sharply defined ~
this, for ii these few thousand a.en who
control more than half the wealth Of tho
country can nse it to control the govern
, ment, il means seryitude for the people,
regardless Of race or color. BIT they
cannot win, There is not money--there
are not rifles and cannon enough in
America or in the world to impose plu-
tocracy on America as permanent con-
dition.
Against plutocracy and class govern
! ment the democratic party has made its
appeal to Caesarp And 10 America
, there is no king but Caesar and no Gaze
. sar bot the American People.
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