The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-02-21
Are You Satisfied With Present
Conditions ?

That the United States is the richest
province belonging to the British Empire,
there is no room for doubt. That the
United States is province of Queen Vic
toria's Empire cannot be denied if the
facts are fairly presented. We have, it is
true, nominally all independent govern
ment apparently distinct from Victoria's
realms, but Canada is almost as distinctly
an independent and separate nation as the
United States. The Canadas have local
government about as distinct and indie
pendent of the English government as
the United States. The main difference
between the two American provinces is
that the former owns and boasts of its
allegiance to the crown of Great Britain,
while we do not. TheEmain essentials of
allegiance in these modern times is the
tax contributed by one country to another.
All province is valued for by the empire
or kingdom, and the most it was ever
valued for, is the amount of tax-revenue
it yields to the ruling nation. Judged
by this criterion, the United States is by
odds, and large odds, the most profitable
to the British Empire of any of her prov
inces. India pays 100000 annually
towards the support of the government
and nobility of England. The United
States contribute $500, 900, 900 annually to
the same fund. The minis of India were
closed to the people of India for the free
coinage of silver in order to make the
trade of that country more profitable to,
and bring it more completely under
control to England. The minis were
closed in this country to free coinage for
the same purpose. The minis were closed
in India by decree of the British govern
ment, ordered by the money power of
that empire. They were clandestinely
closed in the United States by bribery
ordered by the money power of England
In every essential particular the United
States are taxed and controlled by the
money power of England as effectually,
though not so openly, as any province of
the British Empire acknowledging allie
glance to that monarcy. Are the people
of the United States willing longer to sub
nit to this family concealed vassalage to
the moneyed aristocracy of England, now
that the DISCUSSES are being torn off? The
ruling power Of England, which is her
banking and money aristocracy, do not
care how much the Americans laud their
Power and National great
ness, construct war vessels and blow hard
of their importance as one of the great
nations of the world, as long as they
docilely continue to contribute $500, ooo,-
900 to keep up English aristocracy and
pride, and the daughters of our greatest
freebooters are used to dover the poverty
gambling roues and libertine
scions of that effete aristocracy.
This is the unvarnished, naked truth of
the condition of the people of the United
States to-day, and this disgraceful, hui
State of affairs, is directly trace
able to the two old parties, whose leaders
for the last thirty years have done little
else than hold their hands behind them
and take brides from the banking and
monopoly interest to betray the people
and grant special privileges: This thing
has been going on for upwards of thirty
years, or ever since the murder of Lincoln,
and will continue to go on as long as the
people can be cajoled to keep either of
these old rafting parties in power 1t does
not require us to go into any detailed
on this subject to convince
reasonable people of the truth of these
statements. The proof is all around them.
Every man feels the facts i'll his own
straitened circumstances, sees the facts
in the gloomy future, which is without
promise, and in the steady march of pow
erty over his neighbors. The truth of
these things spreads over the earth as the
and the light of MONDAY. Are
you satisfied with these things men and
brethren No, you answer. Then begin