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Show f Wortb Zloaclizis. Thirty years ago Abraham Lincoln, the founder of the Republican Re-publican party, could foresee its drift and the natural tendency of its policies. He said: "JFemayall congratulate ourselves our-selves that the cruel war is tearing tear-ing its close. "It has indeed been a trying hour for the Republic. "But I see in the near future a crisis arising that unnerves me and causes me to tremble for the safety of my country. "As a result of the war, corporations corpor-ations has been enthroned and an era of corruption in high places will follow. "The Money ower of the country coun-try will endeavor to prolong its reign bv working upen the prejudice preju-dice s of the people until all wealth is aggregated in a few hands and the Republic destroyed. "I feel at this moment more anxiety for the safety of my country coun-try than ever before, even in the midst of war' 1 |