The Crime of Caste in Our CountryDavenport, Benjamin Rush
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The Crime of Caste in Our Country
Davenport, Benjamin Rush
Social problems; United States -- Social conditions -- 1865-1918
A double object would be thus accomplished: First, the primary
consideration for which they voted, the abolition of “caste,” sham
aristocracy, would be brought about by preventing vast incomes being
enjoyed by individuals or families, and the consequent idleness,
luxury, selfishness, sensuality, and snobbishness attendant upon the
enjoyment of vast incomes, where the recipient remains in idleness.
Second, it would afford a cure and relief for the present excessive
system of taxation which falls so heavily upon the general mass of the
people. Thus, at one time, and by one measure (perfectly consistent
with the will of the people by whom he was elected), Grover Cleveland
could right most of the wrongs, and give relief to the “Common People,”
the “plain people” (so called by the New York _World_), by whom he has
been chosen as chief.
There is no need to mince matters upon this subject. It is plainly
and obviously the duty of Grover Cleveland to give some outward and
visible sign of the inward and spiritual grace which is in him. There
is no time to waste in this matter. Grover Cleveland understands too
well that he was not elected by the Democratic party; that he will have
the support of the party of the people, call it by what name you will.
The Populists, representing, as they do, some of the grievances of the
“plain” “Common People,” will act with Grover Cleveland’s party, the
party of the “Common People.”
The New York _World_ furnishes an admirable article upon the subject,
“Why Are They Natural Allies?” speaking of the Populists. Because
they are the party of the plain “Common People,” who, along with
the Democratic party, will control the legislation of the nation,
Grover Cleveland represents this army of “Allies,” as surely as did
Wellington, at the Battle of Waterloo, and the “Common People” will
expect him to defeat, “horse, foot, and dragon,” the enemy--the sham
aristocracy, the representatives of “caste,” and the monopoly of money,
who have, like Napoleon, carried devastation and destruction into our
country; just as Napoleon did into every country of Europe. Grover
Cleveland will have the assistance of these “Natural Allies,” the
Populists, which is indicated in the timely article below, from the New
York _World_, of December 15, 1892:--
“The Populists in the next Senate will be the natural allies of
the Democrats on the most important matters that will come before
Congress.
“The Democrats and the Populists fused in several of the Western
States. They will together control several of the legislatures.
The third party has no affiliation with the Republicans. It is
composed in the main of voters who have become disgusted with
Republican rule.
“The Republicans cannot rely upon retaining their grip on the
Senate by the votes of the men who have overthrown them at the
West.”
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