The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-08-28
The Comparison.

in the public mind over chattel slavery,
similar in many respects to the present
agitation over the reconciliation of silver.
Apparently the excitement which led UP
to the breaking out of the shareholders
rebellion was the concern of the people
north of Mason and Dixon's line for the
suffering and alleged injustice inflicted on
the negro slaves. AS matter of fact
these were among the lightest causes Of
the rebellion. The northern people as q
rule were far more prejudiced and ami
mated by a spirit of ostracism and unchar.
itableness toward the negroes than the
southern people. The southern people
had paternal feeling and TO large ex.
tent fraternal feeling for the negroes,
which the northern people were entire
strangers to. If you wanted to find real
"nigger'' hater you had to seek him in
the north. The southerner had assigned
a certain position or place in society fol-
the negroes, and while they were confined
to that position there was in the main a
warm attachment between the races
There was nothing of this in the north,
except among small class who had cul'
tivated what might properly be designated
an abnormal sentiment for the slaves
These were known as "abolitionists.
This supposed repugnance to slavery
was not the cause of the great and bloody
war which destroyed slavery, but the arts
tocratic, class spirit which grew up
amongst the large slave and land pro-
prietors. Their pride and selfish spirit
could brook no rivalry. The boosted free
institutions on which the nation was
founded was a rebuke to them. They
wanted no connection with it, but nation
whose corner stone should be negro slav-
cry, and the governing class should hold
patents to nobility resting on the owner
ship in slaves and land. 1t was this spirit
of .aristocracy inflated by the inherent
pride, hate and contempt for the rights OF
the rest of the human race which would
be content with nothing short of imperial
power or destruction, that has been
characteristic of the spirit of aristocracy
and the thirst for dominion of its selfish
class in all ages of the world.
The American people are again face to
face with that same evil genius, the satanic
spirit which has ever sought to enslave
and inflict cruelty OH the rest of the race
to satisfy its loss of power and pride and
unchallenged sway of despotic ambition.
This time the evil genius of the race
has made its appearance by stealth and
treachery rather than attempt open force.
The road to conquest by force has been
blocked by the intelligence and power of
the people and the attack has been made
under disguise and by bribing the trusted
agents of the people. AS soon as over
thrown in its last contest by arms, the
attempt to gain power and enslave the
people was commenced through the
medium Of money. To gain control of the
money of the country was to become
virtual master of the people, and by grad
ually reducing them to poverty and
destroying their manhood, their enslave-
ment could be accomplished, as it has
been in the nations of Asia, and as it is
slowly but surely being done in Europe.
But i'll the present more enlightened age
of the world people think and act more
rapidly than in the past. The design OF
the enemy has been unmasked and the
battle on this new field has opened. The
old arch enemy of man comes under the
guise of the gold power. By the power
and blanishments of money he hopes to
conquer. The intelligence of the people
has driven him from cover. He stands in
unmasked hideousness, repulsive as the
unveiled Prophet of Khorassan.
We are now on the eve of the battle OF
the Anarchists of Wealth against the
people. They own the metropolitan press
and the telegraph, the chief medium of
intelligence. These they are using to
falsify facts and scatter falsehood broad
cast among the people. But the people
fortunately have other sources of infor-
nation which are enlightening them.
The class who have marked the great
wealth producing masses for their future
vassals, are being driven to their last
resort, which is their money. TO corrupt
the ballot, and this will surely fail. They
threaten to drive their debtors to the wall
by foreclosing mortgages. returning
stocks from Europe and dumping them
on the market, to carry off all the gold,
create wide, devouring panic, close up
factories and throw more people out of
work. Let them resort to all these CO.
ersive measures as the master uses his
whip to intimidate the slave. 1t is but
exposing the danger the people have per-
rnitted to approach them and which
threatens their total enslavement. The
rank and file of the people have little to
lose and only the semi-rich, the wellto-do
who cringe while they bask in the favor
of their superiors who hold the whip over
them. The great voting masses are not
frightened by these threats. This is the
plutocrat system of education they have
promised. They call hard names and
threaten to ruin those who are in their
power, but this will not win. They are
| beaten and thew knO,u II