AMERICAN DEMOCRACY.

Maoriland Worker, Volume 9, Issue 349, 16 January 1918, Page 6

AMERICAN DEMOCRACY.

Editor, "The Maoriland Worker," — Nowadays Henry has quite a lot of politically-prepared untruthiulness dished up for him morning and evening in Mister Collar-the-lot's newspapers. Such terms as "tho free United States'- , and "Democratic Aanerica J ' must make Henry think (if ho ever does) that Sammy is fighting for tho existence of Democracy. Tho following, taken from a copy of tho "Australasian Signs of the- Times.", is part'of a speech, by a. Mr. Inyißs in t3ie United Slates .Senate on the 14th of January, IS9I. and may sravo to open Henry's eyes as for as Amerie.im Democracy is concerned. Mr. Ingails said: "It is the most appalling fact in history. It is, &o far as the results of democracy, as a social and political system, are confined, tho most t'.rrible commentary that was ever ret>ord-e<l in the bocks of tim«; and Nero fiddles while Rome burns. It is thrown off with a ljuigh unci a sneer as the froth on tho beer of our political system. By son:e means, KPino device, same machination, some scheni'O. »m« incantation honest or otherwise, some process that cannot,l>3 defined, less than a hvo-thousandth part of our r>opnlo'ion have obtained r-ossession and havo kept out of iT\e penitentiary, iv spite of the means they have adopted to acquiro 'it, of more than one-half of the entire accumulated wealth of tho country. Our society is becoming rapidly stratified—almost hopelessly stratified—into the condition of the rich and' the hopelessly poor. AYe are accustomed to spoal; of this cs 'the land of ihr free and the home of the brave. , Tt will f-oon bo tho home- of the rrrit and the land of the slave. A soc'.al MYiie.ni which offers to tender, virtuous and women tho alternative l.vtv.wa prostituion and sukkle as an escape from Ijojjgary is organised crime for which ficme day unrelenting justice- will demand atonement an 4 expiation." Mister Editor, is that Democracy Henry Dubb of America is fighting forf About yoars have el-TSfd since IMr. Tng.iHp madf tho. above speech. Has tho so-callod American democracy changed for the better during the last twentysis years? Has A.nverica any df>mccra< , y at all? If so, what of Frank Little, the cripple? No, Henry Dubb, you will find as much Democracy in an empty beer bottle in God's Own as you will in the Government, administration of "Freo America." —Yours, etc., EED THE REBEL.