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Show H i THE DESOCKVTIC TIDVL WAVE. B ' The Democratic tidal wave which fl swept over the country at the begin- H lng of the present msrth is justly B, - regarded as a political phenomenon. B . ' Nothing so overwhelming of its flp r kind has occurred since the c-Uib- H ' lishment of the nation. It was IB generally unexpected. There were H tew leiding thinker, however, H J 'Who appear to havo anticipated just H' i j about what occurred. Among them H' i was the veteran scientist aud phi lo- H( sopher J. Jtodes Bjchtnan, of HI j Boston. That gentlemin clilm) to ij be able t predict with almost ab- j solute certainty, from a scientific J J I basis, future eventsof great moment. m v i The principle upon which he founds H h his conduiions is periodicity. He Hv ! claims that the United States has Ku ' ' three distinct periods of calamity, Bi , two of which have passej, the third, n f he asserts, is approaching. Itisen- il) -i titled by him the coming cataclysm. V II In treating upon the causes leaJ- V " I lug up to the social convulsions be Hi( j j I predicts, he cites the financial de- . !j ( I moralization and discontent which H i ' permeates the granger population of 1i ' the Western States, which have i I operated, through the Farm-re' 1 j- , Alliance, to produce the recent tre- , .1 3 j " mendous Democratic victory. He "!' J, V ' ' quotes, In his article, written last H j ' , May and published in the August H J I number of tho Arena, some of the H , j ' I incendiary statements tlist have np- H ' 11 peared in the public journals, among M I - , which is the following: I' J; it' I "When the gang that calls Itself the Bfllf-'1 l if T I cov-rmnentofthe United Statci, loans BBBsf 4 fill J! 1 J?) 000,003 of money raked in from BflBflBflB If! ' overtaxed farmers and business men to the national banks without usury or interest, and the bankers loan it out, through confidential agents, to struggling strug-gling tirmcrs in the west, at two per cent a month, we don't see wny the gocmment does not more completely organize to enslave labor." The sentiments expressed by Kansas farmers at a meeting held in Ottawa County, Kansas, was still more revolutionary in its tone. The Xon Oonformttt, of Winfield, Kansas, Stay 1st, 1693, reported it as follows "Enemies, traitors, are the lawmakers lawmak-ers of the last tw cnty-cigbt years. X o more petitions, no more prayers, but demands that call for action or blood. Give your people relief or answer the consequences. o more taxes or tar terest after December 1st." Should this threat be carried out, December 1st being close at hand, a dangerous condition is approaching. These words imply deep-seated rage, and when anger is aroused reason takes its flight lt another mass meeting held lu the same State, on April 7th, 1S3J, a cumber cf significant resolutions were adopted. After a lengthy preamble, pre-amble, consisting of what purports to be a statement of facts and grievances, griev-ances, the whole, Including the following, fol-lowing, was adopted: "Resolved, That after the first day of Dcctmbcr, 1S90, wo wdl pay no more taxes, coujkhi interest, or mortgage mort-gage indebtedness unless the go ern-men ern-men aids us in procuring the money, as aboe mentioned, or in any o' her manner vqualK favorable. "llcoUed, That this organization of homo defender should lie jreneral throughout the Unite! States, and that every honorable means should be used in pushing the organization. "Resolved, That the imcccss of this organization is the only hojie of a mortgage-cursed and tax ndden people, peo-ple, and we appeal to our brother farmer!, laborers, and other prod nccrs, to join us in our efforts to be freer The paper that Teported the meeting meet-ing was illustrated by a picture of a Congressman making promises to the people, betraying them at Washington, Wash-ington, and on his return seized, tarred, feathered and hung. Iu the lorvm, some time since, William Barry quoted Bishop Spalding, who eaid. "Our rich men, and they are numerous and their wealth is great, their number and their wealth will Increase but our rich men mu't do tbur duty or uh J sfr-fcAmTriwV rftlerate vat wealth in tho bands of men who do nothing for the people." These evidences of popular wrath and discontent are cited by Prof. Buchanan to show that a climax is approaching, and he holds that they are corroborative of bis prediction uf a coming social cataclysm. Asa matter of course, justly or otherwise, the burden of blame is neeessarUy cast upon the party in power, and the result of the recent elections, to which this feeling of anger and dissatisfaction dis-satisfaction largely contributed, is an oliject lesson to tho rulers and rich men of the nation. We stated that Prof. Buchanan was among these who anticipated an overturning in the field of politics. As an evidence of this we will quote from his article: "The people have lelt the government govern-ment to professional politicians and they are widely dissatisfied with the result. Thu Republican party will be hurled from lower. A Demo cratic administration will come In, and that, too, will fall t j give satisfaction satis-faction " This prediction is in a fair way to be fully and literally verified. The hurling process has already begun anJ only needs to be seconded by a Democratic victory ia tbe Presidential Presiden-tial election in 1S32 to make it complete. But even in that event tbe scientific prophet holds there will be no improvementjbut matters will go from bid to wore. The Democracy according to tbe Boston sage will be succeeded by what will be known as the Liibor nrty still the confusion, di-content and popular fury will increase and the outcome will exceed In horror an similar situation of which history affords a record. He draws a gloomy picture of the near future with a glorious background beyond it. |