The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1869-10-09
ID We left a proper question for cOuvr. 4:

and We left proper question for Gomez, a
iona action. e'
But suppose Mr.. Boutwell, in dsD,,.,.
from the proper dignity Of the Governing
If be felt at liberty to enter the lists a,
had done 80 in the interest Of the Tra,..
the people, and while quietly redo.;'y
the price Of gold FROM l624, retakan r .g
these robbers Of the people fifty miIIioa" J.
that on which they had laid their aacr.s. U
ious hands, would this have been 4 co"-Ss-
any more unworthy servant Of the neo r,se
any more inconsistent than the Que hs,nnI'
Ifit be desirable to use the extraordiDs..
power Of the Government to keep down i.
price Of gold, was not this just the occa.; ~
do it in the interest Of the Treasury. r,,h
er than as be did, to enrich one Wall s,,s.,
ring or pool, with their foreign ASSOCIATE.
BY robbIng another ring-all benis N.
deadliest enemies Of the people. WIN II,
secure regard for he interest Of the pubI;.
treasoryi Is their no higher purpose 4
the once Of Secretary Of the Treasury thu
to act as police to keep robbers ia line win.
they are plying their profession.
Is NIL snch practice as this anv evidenc.
Of healthiul and wise exercise OF the Dor'
err Of the Government 10 an emerg.ncv' \.
II not rather q fearful trihing With mo..
vital matters, and evidence to the peoDle AZ
weakness or corruption, whose effect c.onnt
fail to measure dntold injury In the futura
Will the breaking Of i've plighted faith of
the Government to-day Inspire coniidenc.
TOMORROW. Is it safe to place every com.
mercial, financial and mercantile interest d
the whole country in the power Of one uan,
And that man a cheap Massachusetts, cOuu.
try corner groceryman less than ten years
ago. But let US examine q little closer. Il
is not argument to declare that Mr. Bout.
well is a mere tool Of the money power. II
the people required 0 new evidence Of tins
that the Secretary was only part aud pur.
eel of q wholesale system for plunderinR
them-his conduct and that OF his prede.
cessor proves it.
That the acts Of the Treasury Departmen,
Of this Governments is always in the inter.
est and under the control OF these bankers
and bondholders, these gamblers Of Wall
street, and their confederates on the other
side Of the Atlantic, is patent to all obser.
vers, and the history Of the last four DAYS
proves 1t beyond the power Of cont fiction.
The most noticeable feature Of the pres
ent financial system is that the supreme
power to raise or lower the price Of gold,
and consequently Of all property, is LODGED
in the Secretary Of the Treasury.
Have not the people the right to ask un-
der what pretense should this vital, this
dangerous, this despotic power be lodged
in the hands Of one manP Under what
pretense does be exercise this kingly power
over oil values, over trade and commerce,
ever lands, over stock, over labor, to en-.
ploy it or force it to idleness.
This IL the answer, tits the only real
answer: That the interests of the bakers
and bondholders requies that he shall 80
shape our financial affairs as to keep down
the premium on gold and appreciate bonds
till We can get 10 specie payments"
This deception is continued, this argu-
ment 10 tie Justification for every species Of
fraud IL matters net that we have less than
ten millions Of actual gold 10 all the barks
OF the entire country, a SUN easily locked
up BY any one Of many very rich men, o.
BY few loose gamblers, by the aid OF Tor
eign capital. Il matters not that We can
not raise forty millions from all sources this
year. IL mAlleTS nOb luhb OuE ANNUAL lh-
terest account to foreign creditors is over
one hundred millions. Our sapient Secre-
tary Of the Treasury with no broader views
Of political economy than such as Gao b
seen 10 bis effurts to keep down gold pTemi-
um, enters the financial and commercial
market with the entire power Of the United
States Government whenever il suits bis
fmrnwr ~ mnwvna h,o hank 49, ana NJ IA.
fash Of the telegraph takes fifty or 67s
hundred millions from one set Of men and
gives it to another. Upsets all commercial
and other values, stops the wheels Of con.
merce, aud tramples upon the people, yet
this is called q Republican Government
How long, Oh! how long, people Of America
will you tolerate this nest Of robbers an
gamblers to make your laws and cOntious
this neGarious practice on YOU.
Horace III. DAT.