BANKERS MANIFESTO OF 1892 - HOW MUCH HAS REALLY CHANGED ?

[Morpheal]

Congressman Charles A. Lindbergh, Sr. revealed the Bankers Manifesto of 1892 to the U.S. Congress somewhere between 1907 and 1917.
BANKERS MANIFESTO

"We (the bankers) must proceed with caution and guard every move made, for the lower order of people are already showing signs of restless commotion. Prudence will therefore show a policy of apparently yielding to the popular will until our plans are so far consummated that we can declare our designs without fear of any organized resistance.

Organizations in the United States should be carefully watched by our trusted men, and we must take immediate steps to control these organizations in our interest or disrupt them.

At the coming Omaha convention to be held July 4, 1892, our men must attend and direct its movement or else there will be set on foot such antagonism to our designs as may require force to overcome.

This at the present time would be premature. We are not yet ready for such a crisis. Capital must protect itself in every possible manner through combination (conspiracy) and legislation.

The courts must be called to our aid, debts must be collected, bonds and mortgages foreclosed as rapidly as possible.

When, through the process of law, the common people have lost their homes,
they will be more tractable and easily governed through the influence of the strong arm
of the government applied to a central power of imperial wealth under the control of the leading financiers.

People without homes will not quarrel with their leaders. History repeats itself in regular cycles. This truth is well known among our principal men who are engaged in forming an imperialism of the world. While they are doing this, the people must be kept in a state of political antagonism.

The question of tariff reform must be urged through the organization known as the Democratic Party, and the question of protection with the reciprocity must be forced to view through the Republican Party.

By thus dividing voters, we can get them to expend their energies in fighting over questions of no importance to us, except as teachers to the common herd. Thus, by discrete actions, we can secure all that has been so generously planned and successfully accomplished."

[Skink]

1. This is why regulating banking was good.

That happened sometime later.

[truedelphi]

3. Until in 1999 regulation no longer happened. n/t

[yurbud]

2. kick

[DavidDvorkin]

4. This sounds like bullshit to me

On a par with the Elders of Zion and the Illuminati and secret Masonic plots.

[muriel_volestrangler]

5. The 'somewhere between 1907 and 1917' seems ridiculously vague

anything to do with Congress should have a precise date - they keep proper records. It should also therefore have some explanation from Lindbergh about who gave it to him, and why he thought it was real - and people could then follow that up to check. Instead, it just seems to appear on conspiracy sites with the same "some time between 1907 and 1917" hand-waving - which seems to show they've all copied it from one source, about which we know nothing.

Even if Lindbergh really did read it out in Congress, or however else he 'revealed' it, without the provenance, it's pretty meaningless. We know his son had some pretty dodgy political views, so I wouldn't just take his father's word for something.

[yurbud]

6. do you have a link for where you got this?

[LeftishBrit]

7. I am very sceptical about this

I have tried to find out about this 'bankers manifesto' on the Internet, and have not found any links to halfway reliable historical sites, but quite a lot of the sort of conspiracy sites that feature the 'Illuminati' and the like.

This seems to be a rumour about a rumour. First of all, it's all about Congressman Charles Lindbergh's supposed report on this manifesto. Where did he get it from? Why isn't there a direct source? Could he have made it up? Secondly, is it even true that he reported it? As Muriel Volestrangler points out, if something was presented by a Congressman on the floor of the House of Representatives, there should be a much more precise record of it than 'sometime between 1907 and 1917'.

I would need much more confirmation before I accept this as true.
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