The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1868-04-25

H. aiming Of money viii uuuaturaI Iscnl
powers, which, two centuries -, devslopod
themselves In tho form Of ths Yuinous
n6fionAl debt systsm, which has thers
ground IAbor into the dust Of The earth.
SdnulafinK prndnction, Il II trne, but Il the
cost Of the prodncera generating idlsfs,
|fnanciers, and lawyers; and (by making lhe
poessssion Of money The measure Of sxeel-
lsnce) dehaslng and debsuchine mankind.
Before proceeding farther Il 10 necessary
here to glance Ct one or two Of the rssults
Of these aystems. Glass interests bounded
shs ambition Of the one, bat the other bassd
itsslf on the common welfare Of I'll mankind.
In proof Of this il may Be stated, that the
English carriage was the last result Of ten
centuries Of almost uninterrupted Britain
rule. The first gin Of the American Repub-
tined within fifty years to roll life and hight
into Africa, and rouse into new sxsrtion and
healthy activity the populcus nations Of the
continent OF Asia. The one could hardly
BE- said 10 have been conceived for the many,
and the other could not be sustained by the
few. Under she one systsras centuries could
not, in very limited space, command even
unity Of language In compact community /;
under the other, nothing was more certain,
than that half . century would establish,
over half continent fillsd with humanity
collected from Ill the quarters Of the globe,
. people owning one law and speaking one
tongue.
But these systems mot only differed 10 re-
suits but in the selection Of the means by
which great results could be effected. The
British statesmen measured nations by the
magnitude Of thsir exports and imports, and
held the numbers Of their war ships and the
power of their armies, % proofs Of their ex-
osllence. The American statesmen calculs-
ted the strength Of o community on the
material condition, intellectual advances, and
moral status Of the people Of which IL was
composed. The former placed the highly
.lucated few in the foreground, and called
upon the world to acknowledge their nobility,
at the same ii 10 ignoring the services Of the
Intellectual and material workmen, from the
teacher 70 the tailor, on which their great
ness was built and vainly striving to hide
from sight q million of paUpers which form
ed the manure heap on which such peoples
grew. The true American admitted their
claim to intellectual greatness. without
ignoring the means by which il has been
perfected, requiring the same intellectual
training for all our citizens, for the security
of the Republic, that WAS, in Great Britain,
only considered requisite for those who, by
birth or fortune, might obtain the dignity OF
legislators.
At the termination Of the war Of the re-
bellion both these systems stood face to face
lin the Republic, ready to join In mortal con-
flict. There could be no compromise between
them for the victory of the one was the doom
Of the other. The Powers Of both had been
largely extended during and at the close Of
the war. State necessity had compelled 70
sort to the national debt system had sue
ceeded in forcing upon the people paper
currency, in spite Of the Constitution. which
only permits TO Congress- the power to coin
money had made in the same currency IN
vidlous classi6cationr Of the people, and, in
the establishment Of national banks, hat
conferred upon the wealthy . double powe'
Of oppression, All Of which had largely in
creased the force of the British land, money
and social systems, those mischevious for
eign legaces to US, which escaped annihila
ton IN the revolutionary war. On the othel
hand, the American political system had alst
made great progress. It had snnihilatet
slavery, aud extended the suffrage, the rsa
defence Of the laborer against the Landlord
and money holder 1t had compelled atten
ton from Prussia aud Great Britain to tn
claims OF Eaturalized citizens, frightened
France out Of Mexico, and by its forbearanc,
and bloodguiltlessness at the close OF tn
most formidable rebellion that ever shook
nation, merited and obtained the respect o
q civilized world.
| In conclusion, the partisans Of one system
were to be found in the great cities
generally, where it was not difficult to cor
rupt the masses, and in the governing States
on the Atlantic seaboard the other obtained
largely among the thrifty rural population
OF the Union, but the Malakof Of its powe
was in the great States Of the West.
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