Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1872-09-03
lFor the Spirit off eftersonl
To my Fellow-C Citizens Of the End Con-
gressional District. 4a


and ffrdternised flag of the National Labor
Union and straight out Democratic party
OF the two parties now before the country,
to>wit: the Republican and, L wont say the
Democratic Conservative party; butthe mon.
grelized, unprlncipled, Greeley CON bination
for spoils: Neither, meets the appreciation
OF a people, now, sick of policy and expedi-
ency, and bent on truth, and justice, and prin-
cple. and honor la
a third eparty--a party of the people, and
for the interests of the people, in contradis>
tinction to mere place men, and ofic seekers;
and born place men and hereditary Office hold
ers |; is, now, become necessity (; as was lately
proved in the election for Governor; in which
the people vindicated their right to- personal
suffrage against States and combinations, and
administered to small men, and pigmes,
lesson, it is hoped, they will not soon forget.
And, now, what is that third party--thas
party of the people and for the interests of
the people?
introduce it to you my fellow>citizens as
the party that maintains lst. that all the'pub
lie lauds7belong to all thepeople- -men, women
and children--that Congress is only their
agent, and has no right to give away single
acre to railroads or corporations; but, is
solemnly bound to preserve every acre for the
their children, may ask their port: and de.
sire to settle upon it, make it their homes,
cultivate, and improve it for their own benefit
and that of the whole country: And,
As the party that maintains 2ndly that.
money, or the exchanging medium, lis, like the
public lands, high. sovereign, power of all
the people; ,emanating from them for the sole
purpose of exchanging their productions. and.
never, for one moment, intended, or designed
as an Investment!
as the party that maintains 3dly, that. by
the Constitution of the United States Con-
gress is bound s'to coin money and regulate
the value thereof" and, that if Congress pcr.
formed this plain and 'bounden duty, everv
man. the day laborer, the mechanic, the farmer
the merchant, the manufacturer, could by
money furnished by the government--solid.
and based on all its property, inciu6ing qo,d
and sifrcr-do his exchanges for or 8 per
cent, or even for l LILO. when, now, he paws
10 per cent on every dollar furnished by cor,
poratlons, to whom, most iniquitously. this
sovereign power of money, flched from the
people, has been transferred by the ignorance.
and corruption, aud bribery of their I.egisla>
lures and Congresses
In proof of this assertion, and further in
proof of the sodity, aud safety, and Cheap
ness OF the peoples money over the money of
heartless, and corrupt corporations and Banks.
adduce in favor Of the peoples money Chased
on the entire wealth of the country including
gold and silver) and against the money of corr
porations Chased only on the gold and silver
present or not pr"scnt) and the limited stock
subscriptions of the individual corporations
tthe authority of Jno. Taylor of Carolinc) the
friend, and companion, and compeer of Thos.
Jefferson
lie says, that if paper money is useful it
should be furnished by the State. or States.
or nation in respect that the money will be
cheaper and safer: and. he instances the case
OF Pennsylvania before the Revolutionary war
lie says that State was rich in all that CON
sttutes wealth: She had houses. full barns
cleared lands. cattle, horses, sheen. clnthipo
in word, all that makes up abundance. and
plenty. and comfort hut that she had no
money to exchange it. and was cnmnelIed tn
barter. Now. what was to be done? Whv
the State herself became the Banker and
furnished the money to her people at : per
cent. This :, per cent. as tax was ra;d into
the public treasury, and went to defray the
expenses Of the Government, and all worked
well and justly the exchanges were in. fact
made without cost to the people. But low
few Of the people, combined in rings and
lypO
lSlatnre to transfer to them this soreye;yu
po'rcr OF furnishing the currency and thew
did furnish it (the same paper currency to
the same people at 10 and l2 per cent, and.
put it into their orn pockets instead of the
public treasury. How. UNANIMOUSLY. and fur
lively, and with what loss to the people. this
vile transaction was accomplished, all who
have eyes mus: see; and, yet this thing, (this
vile thing and cheat) so perpetrated against
Pennsylvania, is the, very thing, now. prac,
ticed upon larger theatre and that of the
whole people; and who are, now, compelled
to pay to corporations for the use of their oru
sovereign power OF money 10 and | 2 and 3
and ~ per cent, when the nation could and
onght to furnish to the people safer and
cheaper money, if Congress did but carry out
the injunction of the Constitution bv ..coin~
ing money and regulating the value thereof"
Aye the currency could be furnished by Con
gresS, as shown, safer and better and at the
rate OF 2, or 5, or even LILO per cent; and
with saving to the people that any one can
compute who looks to the State rates on one
hand and that of infamous and usurious cor
pora''ons on the other. Commissioner Wells,
in his report to Congress- page TO- shews that
the net increase of all labor, farming, manu-
featuring, and commercial. is only 81 per
'o.''' 10" - IL possible 1or people aver.
aging only 81 per cent. to pay for the use of
Their o.c" instrument money, thus fraudulently
handed over to Banks 10, Is, and 20 per
cent 1t is impossible and the result is
that while forty millions of people have created
the entire wealth of the country it has been
concentrated into the hands of f,ro millions of
the people, while Mjrty>ciyM millions are pau
pers, and must continue to be paupers, until
this sorereiy" Nancy po,ccr is rescued re>
seized, redeemed, and reclaimed from the
hands of rings and corporations and restored
to the people.
This reclamation of the sovereign money
power of the people to their own hands. where
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