The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1867-10-05

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lihsrslity should Be The nrst - psrssivs that
the master sho ruled BY the lash, vas no
more an enemy to true democracy, than he
Who wrings, BY the false power Of lsgalissd
usury, from Thousands Of nominal fresmss,
the means Of sonfortabls subsistAses. Con
Il be possible that Mr.. Mortcr fails to psr-
esisa that every dollar II the debt paid,
whether by orthodox or heterodox methods,
must come from the sweat Of the labofer
That though nominaily paid BY che bend
holder, every cent Of interest IL . tax upon
wages. Does he not a. plainly zee that
every annual payment Of interest 10 inereas'
ing the power Of the capitalist and deefeas'
ing that Of the laborer who produces eaps'
taii llIogically, be recommends the pro-
dactive capacity Of the country TO wait ssE
Or fifteen years before attempting to opprss'
itself BY paying all or any part Of the prin
cipal.
The practical fact 10 this, that By thi
waiting the people viii have paid an amour
equal to the debt 10 ten years, the power q
the non-producer viii have been doubled 4
depress the condition Of the tar payer. Il
twenty years three times the amount Of tn
debt will have been paid, and only this muel
accomplished, the weakening process viii
have very much decreased the ability of th
people to pay il at all. II the masses do no
devise or soeept some way 60 stop this in
ssress. which is three fold higher tax upo
the national industry than ever was its Brit
ish counterpart, ii viii be q greater stigm
TO their common sense than was sympath
with the rebellion, even to . portion Of it
patriotism. III the evils which are 90 posi-
lively asserted to Turk in currency indasio
have . real existence, they are . hundre
times less than those which In twenty year
could not fail Of producing in America q
AFFECT peasantry az any ct present existin
in Europe.
Even If this expansion should prove to b
financial death, better acute disease who
does its work at once, than long period Q
chronic suffering which can have NO oths
ter mination.
| II our ideas Of currency and the distribI
tion OF wealth are old and e6sts, IL the
have lived their day and have come to II
sere and yellow leaf, 1t is best they shout
drop, though winter of financial chaos in
tervene before the spring time Of new an
fresh growth. a+.
The analogies between individuals. an
nations are perfect. Better to fail youn
than old. In the first instance there 10 LEI
all the vigor Of manhood for second effor
In the latter nothing but powsrless OIL
age, encumbered with plenty of heayil
passing time 10 lament the folly Of a Ca,
tious conservation, which slowly, thong
surely, casts ont all bis energies, leaving lii
a beggar, robbed Of his products by Il
same machinery which renders him 90 pou
erless Of production. =.
That many Democrats favor the conver
sion OF bonds into legal tenders is no reaso
why the scheme should be contemptuousl
rejected. II with partisan or vindictive me
tive they urge just measure, the Rspubli
cans must give il due and honest considsra
ton, or accept the destruction which alway
awaits those who rejees apparent truth.
Democracy presents asguments correct
themselves, bas which they are cure the
opponents VIII mot accept In them they ba,
the most effective snginsry for the destru,
ton Of the Republican party. Bot il Ii
latter would at once accept whatever lie ju,
and right % readily for millions OF toilin
whites as for Southern slaves, Democrat
would be thoroughly disarmed Of it's SHARP
est and most potent weapons, and the part
OF political progress would quietly march i
the road Of uninterrupted ruecess.
In America, in this age, to live IL to %
vance. 1t has no monuments fer conservs
lives, however radical their precedents.
stand still even for day, 10 not oaly to b
be successfully attacked in rear and from
but on either flank. Inertnsss In progre,
sion Is but dollhouse to sprout the seed
Of revolution. II. II. MARSH.