Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1871-09-26
Spirit 0f 9efft.son,
Cbarlestown, West Va, September Is.
GFOr the Spirit Of JefTer'Ou.l J
WHAT Is MONEY!

s0nlhCd crcUH OF labor ana tue productions VI
labor-thc conrcn,cacc Of labor and the pro-
duc,ions of labor-tLe mc0Surcr, OF labor aud
the productions ofIabor, Of lie ra'nc of days
work aud OF the prodac'OnSot that day $ work.
| stand by these definitions, and dry contra
diction
Now, rIo should furnish Mis instrument,
this calJoiie,i and PcrSoDWed credit, this con-
rcajcacc, this measYrcr OF tutor ant tie pro-
dartions--this mcosucr Of diy'S rorh, aud
of the production OF that days work p? Aye,
who should furnish it,
That is the question! The constitution Of
the Uuitcd States answers Mat question!
Itsays, cuphmirniy "thc Congress ithc
United States shall coIu money aud lix lie
raine thereof"
1t does not say of rrhot the constitution
shall "coin money but it docs say that, "it
shul fix the value thereof"
Has Congress ever complied with this re-
QUESTION, this command, this direct injunction
Of Me coas,tatioaP hns it ([ougreSs) ever
"lixcd the value Of moucy!" The answer is,
it has never "fxcd tho value Of money"
Then, what has been the consequence Of
A.. - r r, ,.-, a., 40. ,ho ,.,i,,a Of
'nls Jug@'e gn VI oO"s''sS " "N '"' '@'4'
'"o"vy . A.. ,...,,,,,,., or ,ho r,;,rro or
COngrcss-tho inevitable cOnscQnonce-bas
been to subject htLor 0nd tie productions of
abor-thc lchot capidi Of the cOuntry-to to
."a u1nu'% ,1', I% 10 ,%o ro",mor. 5,LL Of
" u w.. ~ o, av y;L"nnc,rmny,
sss" M "'"1' r a' 10" m' Hv md corrnSn"
"'"' VI e"'' inv I''U%'i"e "'iI -
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lo" saI 'I'' T''rM,o"S ,!, 'F" ~ w W.; '-,"n,
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"vs' """I" IT,, .''o' @ ..%' .% ,o. "",a" nnS h,rrcn
suPpo''y" a"" F''u h '"' '"as GI,,i GT. J" m,,%
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WHIT ""u ."a"o. ,s,, u ~ ""I' - | ,,, is ,b;s
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sevea '','l"". " "'''-."Tt .'ns Vi """ ,%"
IoMs . uo"i' 'n'o @ ''s ''t' w. "%n- Iji u,y ~,
anu !'sa'''"'r "',%, ''p %a%, %i r H." T rInia ]
m's,."%S, ,, a'",o 49,, '' % ,n, Von. Of mca.
annual nett income 81 l''y ,i,y ~"'y'@' y r, t.,,
MsMae"E'gs M ill., "'y VA L' .rn"n ""J,r inoo, """ I'%
|1o"S 1" " a wv d;n;J , % %a',.onn ] ,.S.,,. fam.
G,V:o". or tho nrolI,s.iops ef labor and iabor
i,,sIl which prodvceJtbc ,rIoi JMiion fnct.
;ncrcsss-,o Lc di.uoscd orY
''Iii" Ti"ro ar. In, ,row wnys lalt IN isl,yp,Icd
and chcnted nconle Ia iisposc of this monster
@moro ~ mnus,rops tbnn tbe "Nsmmn lion"
tho 'Icrrmn hy.dra" or tho "Erymauthean
w;ld bnsr /" "or nnv otbpr monster Tint Her.
"niS. hSn, IN ricrr: with bis club or cIoked in
his rrosn-,his scecn 5R,ins Of deJt-,his
"mon,trnus accumulation of nSgrv,nmi jiup,l;"
ORIGINATING in tho NEGLECT and failure of Con.
rrcss to "coin money and fix the value there.
of" as it was III duty bound to do by the e%-
press letter of the constitution Of the United
States: For il Congress had discharged that
duty, such a debt such an unjust, niquituus,
and fraudulent incubus, private aud public
would not at this moment overhaug and
threaten, like dark cloud, the lives and lib.
critics and prosperity of the American people.
The lust way or plan, is tho one proposed
bv the "labor,reform party;" adopted by the
democratic party Of Ohio into its platform;
aud cnuucistcd, in lis great speech, by Mr..
Ewing: ltis that,
uTbo rorcral covernmcpt shall furnish all
,Lo mnrSy of ,hS nronlc in nm i.spc which
shSIl bo n Ie.,I ,onder onu,Ilv vi,b coin tnr
.il M "rLI;c arG rriv,tc jrbts whntsocvsr cr.
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