The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1899-08-10

offers the right hand of fellowship
to our Goddess of liberty while 1t
carries a dagger concealed in the
left hand.
IT poses in both parties as Repub-
lican and Democrat, and at the same
time SCOTS at the idea that all men
are created free and equal. 1t offens-
lively champions the idea that this is
government of the people, by the
people and for the people, and at the
same time it stands ready with pow
er, pelf and pottage to thwart the
will of the people.
In the name of honesty, honor and
fair dealing it paid our gallant old
soldiers in dollars worth fifty cents,
and then paid itself on bonds in dol
lars worth two hundred cents. In the
name of Republicanism it establish
ed military despotisms in all of the
rebellious states, in Cuba and in Por-
to Rico. In the name of patriotism,
to aid monopoly, it swept our flag and
commerce from the high seas. In
the name of protection it took hum
dreds of millions of dollars from the
pockets of the masses without cor
sideration and poured them into the
pock cts of the classes.
In the name of honest money it
hnn1ra,te Of ~, ;IIinns Df ,ot;a,,
al bank paper in circulation that is
not legal tender Processing to i'm
prove American monetary conditions
it demonetlzed silver at the behest
of England, when not single
American citizen had ever petition
ed for it. Processing to increase our
stock of standard money they de-
stroyed over half of it. Processing
to be the pillars and support of the
Republic, they artfully shift. almost
the entire burdens of taxation to the
patient shoulders of the toilers and
wealth producers. Processing to be
the friend of the dear people regard
ing them as being almost subjects of
alteration, yet they beliey that the
Legislature can create an artificial
person with more sacred rights and
attributes than is possessed by a
natural person.
Certainly our public prosperity and
happiness will be promoted by re-
lieving Imperialism from further
control in the temple of American
liberty
For almost a hundred years our
nation grew great on every line be-
iore Imperial Gold bugs publicly
sang their song that "a national debt
is Il national blessing"
In the beginning of our great civil
war, Imperialism regarded it as Re-
publican suicide and made prepara-
tons for the funeral, by getting away
with our precious metals and build
ing monument of bonded debt to
crush out the last dying hopes of
freedom. But the expected collapse
did not come. Democratic Repub-
licanism was not born to die. 1t was
desti' ed to roll on until it covers the
earth as the waters cover the sea.
God works in mysterious way,
His wonders to perform
Our flag emerged from its four
years baptism of fire and blood puri-
fed, justified and glorified. Imperi-
alism saw the hand of destiny and
read its writings on the wall, and be-
came desperate.
Republicanism must be tlrottled
and strangled to death or Imperial
ism will go down In ruins. The life
of the Republic was sought to save
it's own. The worldwide house was
divided against itself and could not
stand.
The world was to become all Re-
publican or all Imperial.
For God or for Mammon.
The Republic or the Empire.
Which are we for? We desire the
perpetuity of our Republic. I'M
perialism desires its destruction.
Imperialism realized thirty-five
years ago that to control a nations
money was to control its destiny, and
through this open door, opened by
war it entered. 1t demanded the
substitution of National Bank paper
for the Legal Tender Greenback and
the demand was complied with. 1t
demanded contraction of the VOL
ume of our money and the demand
was obeyed. 1t demanded the de-
struction of the Greenback and 10!
hundreds of millions of dollars worth
of them were burned to ashes or
ground to pulp and their place sup
piled by non-taXable, interest bear.
ing bonds. 1t demanded the so-call-
ed Public Credit Strengthening Act
and it promptly became a law, so
that bonds payable in Greenbacks
became payable in coin whereby the
value of her holdings were doubled,
without consideration, at the ex-
pense of the people. 1t demanded
the demonetization of silver and it
came like thief in the night.
1t demanded relief from income
taxation and our high est court so de-
clafed the law. 1t commands con-
gress to coin money and permit En-
gland to regulate the value thereof,
and the command is obeyed.
1t encouraged the creation of uni