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."

[abelenkpe]

1. what?

Is that real?

[Veritas_et_Aequitas]

2. Looks real. Unless Lindbergh manufactured it.

Story goes that Lindbergh, a staunch opponent of the Federal Reserve and US entry into WWI, came across the above memo, which supposedly served as propaganda to the big bankers. Lindbergh republished his letter in his 1924 book Economic Pinch. That's the story anyway.

I never have been able to find independent verification of that story or find a copy of Economic Pinch (it is real). However, in 1913 he did publish The Money Trust in which he supports the gold standard and opposes the Federal Reserve.

[comtec]

3. Language is wrong for that time period imho

The language seems... odd.
It's more modern - 20th century - than late 1800's.
but that's my 2 cents.
even if it was written in the 20's, the outcome seems to be the same anyway.

[Jim__]

4. Where did Lindbergh get the document?

It's hard to believe anyone would create a document claiming that they must enter into a conspiracy: Capital must protect itself in every possible manner through combination (conspiracy) and legislation.

[lligrd]

5. PNAC! nt

[Jim__]

6. :-)