Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1869-12-30
Editorial.l
Fay as you go, and stop GrEm-
bsIDgAor the Currency Ques
lion.

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bsIngAOr the Currency Ques-
lion.
There is a class Of persons con-
s:antly blaming the Government for
the results of their follies. The
currency question is just now the
exciting topic. and many people
consider that if Congress will only
do this thing or that they will place
til e American people in Paradise at
once. The Z" fools Paradise most
certainly. The trouble lies not so
much ut the doors of Congress or
the Presidential mansion, as at our
own doors. We slirk honest work
and insist or "credit " for what We
buy. In other words, the greatness
OF the people of this country live by
the avoidance of honest labor and
"on tick that is stealing. They
expect the Government to somehow
support them. The expansion of
the currency is hoped for by some.
Suppose it is expanded. What then =?
Those who are able TO do so, will
- gobble it up" just as they do now,
and how much better Off shall we be
in the end-3 With still greater ex-
pansion of the credit system and
less honest labor, and all grabbing
for spoils, we should be worse of,
in little while than we now are.
Some are predicting free banking
system. This is only a " balloon"
management unless started on the
principle Of return to specie pay
meDts, or proper security against
flooding the country with "shin
plasters." The indications in Con-
gross at present point towards the
free banking SYSTEM. What the ex-
act shape may be that the system
will take, if agreed upon, remains
10 be seen. The simple fact is, that
we must get to specie payments.
Until we do, We are only patching
up our old clothes" We must
learn wisdom by suffering. We
must learn the lesson of honest
work, and pay as we go. even If We
have to come down from the "fool's
PARADISE into the humble and un.
pretending walks Of life where lie
the axe, and the hammer, the spade
and the troweL No people can be
in comfortable circumstances, ex-
ceps the greatest rascals- and they
indeed stand on slippery places" if.
they did but know it-unless they
owe no man anything butgood Will.
People ere clinging to the credit
system, and sellers offer those in
clined to take credit-and it is nat
ural to take all that can be had-al-
though the result is, that if man
runs up a bill at a certain store, he
will be cautious about going there
to trade The merchant pores over
his account books and wishes times
were better, and buyers and sellers
are in darkness deepening into
darkness" and send up n terrible
howl" at the Government as the
author of all their wretchedness. If
the case is sifted right down It will
be seen that those who are suffering
and grunEling are the ones who do
not do business on the cash system.
They do not sell for cash, and do
Lot pay as they go. Whatever
course Congress may take NTH re-
gard to the currency question, it is
absolutely certain Chat the people
must keep out OF debt and live hon.
cstly Or the wisest financial meas
ures of the Government will not
save them from disastrous results
and chaotic wretchedness. We are
a "smart" people, but we cannot
get ahead of the natural and m oral
laws OF the Almighty quite yet We
might as well come to time and save
ourselves from being "gobbled up"
entirely by ''big devils" who in turn
mus. go into the "outer darkness
where there is weeping and wailing
and gnashiDg of teeth" five will
learn in no other way than let the
''pinch" come that shall land US
firmly on the solid basis of specie
payments, honest work and pay as
you 60. 1t viii be a good lesson,
and If well learned the lesson will be
of inealculable benefit.