Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-01-08

followed through the medium or gov
eminent grants, to timber lands, rail
road grants, mineral land grants and
mortgage foreclosures. Trausporta-
ton monopolies have since come to
abetted, as chattel slavery was, by Eng
ljsh capital England first attempted
to crush our liberties under political
slavery. The war of the Revolution
stopped her sway. She next aided the
Institution of chattel slavery to crush
our liberties. in its effort to perpetuate
itself by extending its territory. The
civil war stopped that. She is now at
tempting to crush our liberties under
the burden of industrial and CONNER
cal slavery. A political war is now
wagiDg; another Gettysburg is before
u.s. England is The arch enemy be-
hind the scene; she no longer fights us
with English armies. She fights us
with American tories and Englisnmen
in disguise. The England we are fight
ing today is not the England of yore.
controlled by king. The Queen of
England today is mere figure head;
the England we are fighting today is
the England ruled by Rothschild, by
Morgan, Drexel 81 Co.. and represented
by the Ichelheimers, the Goulds, the
CIeyelands, the Shermans and the ma
tional bank rs on this side of the wa
ter.
American soil for American homes"
this is our Army of the West" Pub.
lie franchises belong to the people,"
this is our Army of the Center"
Money of the people, for the people,
by the people," this is our Army of the
Potomac" The Army of the Poto-
macn is dong It's heavy fighting now.
ably seconded by the Centre" and
West" Our political Army of the
Potomac is nearing its Gettysburg.
The leaders of the forces of industrial
and commercial slavery have neither
expected nor desired it, yet the rank
| and file on either side are headed for
| the battlefield and the clash of arms
| and roar of political cannon will be
| heard in '96 as never before. The''reb-
els'' against industrial and CONNER
cial liberty, the leaders of the army of
| gold bondage, are the able General
| John Sherman, ably seconded by such
staff as Grover Cleveland, Carlisle,
| VIM. Mckinley, aid Governor Morton,
| with such fellows as G. |. Long and
Dick Blue to guard commlssary band
\ rINhn loo hn
side are the ranks and file. They will
be the heroes. The financial battle has
begun. The opening fight, the fight of
'95 is past. AS at Gettysburg, the reb
els, the champions of slavery first drove
us back, so now we have lost our Sem
mary Ridge. But our forces are CEN
terlng and solidifying. The fortunes
of war have caused us to center our
forces, about comparatively insig
nifcant hill, the Cemetery Hill of our
Gettysburg, the Free Silver OF the Mon
ey Question.
For thirty years we have met naught
but defeat. Gen. Butler was defeated
with his interchangeable bond. Gen.
w Gown oV OlOChOdOh N0tnps ouCu OlO
war veterans as Thad Stevens, Peter
Cooper and Col. Streeter have been sue
ceSsfully routed and even the later lead
ers, Jerry Simpson and Tom Watson
have had their wings clipped. But we
are now at Gettysburg, the financial
battle that turns the tide of war. We
are rapidly centering our forces about
our Cemetery Ridge the free silver of
the money question. They will try &c
flank us on the right, with bond issues
they will try to flank us on the left with
retirement Of the greenbacks. they will
wind up with the most fearful canonad
ing this continent has ever seen on Oul
center, our Cemetery Hill, our free
coinage of silver. 1t will be followed
by the most desperate charge ever
made, for the ablest of generals, Johr
Sherman is against us at the head Of
the rebel hosts. But the rank and fill
OF patriotism, the champions and lover!
of liberty, amid all the din and confu
, sion will stand firm. The rebels will re
treat; they Will assume the defensive
They will keep off the sacred grass O.
liberty. Gettysburg will not end TIT
war, 1t VIII not crush the enemy.
will be repulse rather than crushing
defeat. 1t Mill be the turning point
the beginning of retreat, and whei
Sherman meets his appomattox, as h
certainly will, the war for industrial
and commercial liberty will be won
> our General Lee, fighting England
battle, will be captured. England will
be whipped again, through her Ameri
l can tories, and liberty will be trnl
won. Be up and be doing brother. B
ready for the fray. If Free Coinage il
> center of the battle field, gather aroun,
it, but don't desert the remainder O
the field don't neglect to guard tn
TANKS. Don't let this battle be you
Is last, but follow it up. Don't rest til
Lee and all his horde are captured an
all of Industrial and commercial libert
: is won. L. E. BEALS.