“Thus did the great guile-masters
Their toils and their tangles set,
And as wide as was the water,
So wide was woven the net.”
Our Federal Government may be appropriately compared to a pirate ship, cleverly disguised as a friendly armed cruiser, convoying a fleet of peaceful merchantmen loaded with an immense treasure and Two-hundred-million passengers. When it first came to their “assistance” it was Oh! so kindly! so affectionate! so full of loving regard for its intended prey, for the welfare and bon-voyage of its quarry.
Now, however, that its fifty ships of state are out in the open ocean, and absolutely at its mercy, it strips off its decoy rig, hoists the “Deaths-head-and-bloody-bones,” opens its hidden portholes, runs out its round-lipped broadsides, and yells through its editorial speaking-trumpets: “Heave to there, or you'll be blown out of the water!”
Thus it will be seen the Jesuitic “Evangel of Equality” has proved itself a tremendous success. It seduced the American People into a feeling of contentment and security till their “bonds” and fetters were properly forged, polished, and neatly riveted on.
Their toils and their tangles set,
And as wide as was the water,
So wide was woven the net.”
Our Federal Government may be appropriately compared to a pirate ship, cleverly disguised as a friendly armed cruiser, convoying a fleet of peaceful merchantmen loaded with an immense treasure and Two-hundred-million passengers. When it first came to their “assistance” it was Oh! so kindly! so affectionate! so full of loving regard for its intended prey, for the welfare and bon-voyage of its quarry.
Now, however, that its fifty ships of state are out in the open ocean, and absolutely at its mercy, it strips off its decoy rig, hoists the “Deaths-head-and-bloody-bones,” opens its hidden portholes, runs out its round-lipped broadsides, and yells through its editorial speaking-trumpets: “Heave to there, or you'll be blown out of the water!”
Thus it will be seen the Jesuitic “Evangel of Equality” has proved itself a tremendous success. It seduced the American People into a feeling of contentment and security till their “bonds” and fetters were properly forged, polished, and neatly riveted on.