The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1868-08-29

The nation b In no more need Of such banks
= exist than the human system, in per-
feet health, Of being hung Ill over, with be-
tween sixteen and seventeen hundred great
teaches, permanently fastened there, or for
. term Of tsoenty years, the same thing IL
might - we'll have been forever and done
with il, and great Il better; for then
the people would surely have opened their
eyes TO their situation and this is the rea-
son, undoubtedly, why the term twenty years
was inserted in tae rot. Satan 10 q deceiver,
thief, and the T" father Of liss," and 90
are his servants like unto him. We do not
want paper currency redeemable in gold
and silver, but We do want paper that can
purchase gold and silver 10 the market, at
any and all times paper superior to gold
and silver for all commercial purposes, and
this we may have. Look at the situation in
Canada at this present time SILVER is both
a drug and curse to them, and their com
plants Of 1t have been frequent, all along
Read the following from the Cleveland
Leader Of recent date . paper as much in
tho interest Of capital as any other, pro-
badly: " The American silver coin, which
people 81 rarely see, is circulating 10 such
great numbers In Canada, that they ars a
drug in the market; $7,000,0oO Of these
coins are now circulating in Cancia, aud
the Canadians are anxious to get riG OF
them, and impose duty Of fifteen per cent.
on further importations-
The trouble 10, the masses know little re-
speeding money, its nature, its functions,
and the power OF interest over them
We need coin, be sure, in abundance, ana
may have it, but it should be made Of the
cheapest metal that can be made to answer
the purpose. The metal composing one, five
and three cent pieces is the best that can be
adopted, so far as | know. Take It FIR
granted this is the best, until We can dis
cover something better. | arm told that in a
| FIVE cent piece there is the value OF one cent
and small portion over, in currency. Thi
il wisdom, and there il profit IN il to the
Government and there il little value alb
sorbed or locked up in it, to lie idle com
parative.y j, and still there is, and mus needs
be, far more value in it than there il in
paper, the substance upon which we rely
for the bulk Of our financial transactions.
We can guard against the counterfeiting Of
this metal, as well, perhaps, or nearly, as
we can paper, certainly far better than We
do, at present. We invite the successful
counterfeiting and altering Of our notes, 10
comparison with what it is in our power 20
I - ~ a
inventive Yankee instead " Shylosk, and
YOU will see that the counterfeiting OF the
nations paper will be next to impossible
and the achievement in this line need be no
greater than We have already accomplished
in machinery indeed, Industry has already
informed Sh,lOck how to do this, and it has
long since become patent through our pa
pers, but he will not adopt it. Industry
saws to Laziness, for instance, let US make
our notes Of different sizes, in order to pre-
: vent alteration and Of the best material and
uniform, and executed by the best artists
80 as to prevent c0unterfeitng. But lazl
ness, for some cause, refuses as yet TO gram
permission, probably, solely to increase ouI
burdens! We may be 30 protected from
} counterfeits, az to be in less danger Of being
deceived aud robbed by them, or rs little, r.
say the least, 40 we are respecting the face
Of our friends and relatives, who are con
stantlY with US, for their faces and form.
are subject to constant change and growth
/ which copper or steel plates, aud engraving,
are not, as we know. Charge, therefore, al
the evils we suffer, in this line, to Capital
Ii will be found, on inquiry, that Capita
does istle else than to embarrass, sf
fiict and destroy the life Of the world, which
under God, 10 labor. Capital has no RICH
to exist, as institu ed, i. e. separated from
and antagonistic to labor. God has commu
: nicated to man no such license or power
, and all legitimate power has his sanction
} and proceeds from him, of course We Ar
and can be, conscience bound, by no other
All other power instituted over US we ma,
dsmolish, if we can, by means instituted b.
God, without offending him, as matter 0
; course.
II Capital has learned that religious belief i
necessary part Of her system of oppres
sion, and hence the cooling and wooing abou
our religious teachings and their almost o.
J quite universal corruption by her 1t is
! shocking idea, admit, but still il Is a sol
, emn and indisputable truth III YOU do no
believe IL, 20 listen to the sects as they Grim
nate each other and most of all, scan closet,
, their lives. These are what produces tn
, fruit and and this is the way We are re
, quired to judge. But what are we TO d
then; are we TO abandon all religione
, answer no nothiag Oh the sort, but belev
in the Lord Jesus Christ and initiate his ex
ample study his word and reduce it I,
practice in your own person. Be indepen
dent OF all outside influences, as God in
tended and requires you to be. He viii
take no excuse aud his arrangements ar
such that We have now. We can stand, witt
|. only God, his word and spirit, to sustain US
and no excuse for ways OF sin will be ac
, cepted at the final judgment
am q Christian, and 1t is because am
that am interested ia this subject, and th
10 the only cause, to Wit, because love mi
fellow-meni This, rnligion requires Of me
to the utmost limit, and the Bible is its e.
FOUNDER. The voice Of reason is too feebl,
and powerless. IL cannot arrest men anC
has not In a single authenticated instance
perhaps, entirely independent Of the reysla
lions OF the Bible, Gods word TO men.
this 10 not his word, he surely has neve
spoken and we are safe in trusting IA this
until there is u better revealed No harm
can come TO man, certainly from a belief il
the New Testament and an imitation Of tht
example of Jesus Christ. No person ever
pretends they can.
Jesus Chris. was subject to all the disa.
bilities and expressions experienced by the
poor OF bis day, and our mistake has been
that we have not insisted upon this. We
have consented to let our ministers move
with the upper classes and be there, ia,
stead Of our associates, thus practically
loving our ncighbor better than ourselves.
We have consented to their receiving all
manner OF gifts from our enemies, and re-
joiced in it half fare railroad tickets and
donation parties included. This affords the
hness opportunity for corruption, and CAPT
tai has improved it TO the utmost, until on,
ministers are all with and Of them, as .
general rule In this we haye not done
according TO Chrisps rule and example.
What is this but TO practically charge Jesus