Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1874-05-11
REPUTATION.

following language, which shows what
seed widely circulated Democratic
journal is scattering among its readers:
Plow holders
Working men
Taxpayers and victims of fraud
What is the use of attempting an i'm
possibility?
What sense, justice or patriotism is
there in working life to its feeblest flick
er, merely 10 earn money to pay the bro
kers. bankers. bond holders and monop-
olists who now own the United States
government as q hunter owns his dog
that is trained TO fetch and carry the
game his master has killed ? Here We
are. 3S,OOO.000 Of people. the dupes,
victims and slaves of less than two hund-
red thousand Shyloeks, who hold mort
cages upon the hearts blood Of every
honest man-every laboring man. woman
and child in the United States.
What good results from the Infamous
national debt under which the people
reel to and fro in dismay. distress and
despair ? Every foot of land in each of
the States Is under mortgage to the mon
ey lenders and bond-holders who pay
not farthing of tax on the products of
their gold bearing bonds.
The bonds of the United States are
fraud-a lie-a swindle from the first.
Their conception aud issue was Illegal
and unconstitutional. They override the
constitution which declares that taxation
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I and tuns of bonds now out, the country
has never received ten cents on the dol
/ lar of benefit. Their existence is a curse
to enterprise poison to patriotism a
decentralization of industry a robbing
of labor; a source of corruption to courts
and legislatures a disgrace TO the States
of the Union and damnable blister up
/ on the unborn.
There is no honor, truth. fairness or
equality about any one of these gilt-edge
swindles, and the day will come when
every United States bond nor out 'oiH
be repudiotsd
To this end are the people moving.
To this result are they being driven.
Let the day come
The people of this country lived and
prospered before they we're issued. The
people of this country have been run
ming hopelessly into debt ever since
these bonds began 10 come from the
presses of the government.
The people of this country can get
along without them, and all the party
that issued them. The only ones who
would suffer would be the money lenders
and swindlers who stole the bonds and
then stole them away from taxation.
Let them be repudiated if the people
so demand. The law making power will
not tax them on the gold they earn each
year. If. IN times like these. bond. hold
ers are not willing to help support the
government that compels all who have
no bonds to support in idleness those
who have, let the entire cargo be dump
ed, and the debt be paid by Reputation
at once.
Let At Be done By 1875. and then let as
celebrate 1t as evidence of american IN
dependence with shouts of praise to men
who are brave enough to defend their
homes and earnings
This reads well. aud affords an easy
solution of the great problem in regard
TO the payment of the national debt. and
if there was. no dishouor or Injustice in
It. all would De ready TO JOIN with BT1cA
and his disciples in their scheme of re-
pudiation. But let Us reduce this sug
gestion to practice and see how it vii
work. We are nation of debtors. A
war broke out, and We were Obliged Il
submit 10 dismemberment and nationa
dishonor, or fight We chose to fight
The expenses of the war had to be met
The gold in the Treasury was soon ex
hausted, and government must borrow
funds tn prosecute the war and pay it.
army. Notes. bonds, were issued and Il
make them acceptable to those who wer,
willing to take them in exchange fol
other money, they were interest bearing
b, They were bought by our capitalists ant
by many of our citizens, and are still
held among US. Now we can, as a ma
ton, SAY We promised to pay these bonds
principal and interest, but they are be
- coming burdensome and We will no
keep our pledges-we shall pay nothin,
more. and you can keep or destroy ther
as you choose" The people, followin
, the example of the government, eonclud
to repudiate. and We refuse to pay thos
who have loaned US money to build GU
railroads and factories, and even to pa
for our farms, houses and store bills. Q
course, If government repudiates,
would be right for the people to repudi
ate and as We are nearly all debtors
we can cancel our debts by one swoo
Of reputation, and let the few bond
holders capitalists and rich men, hun
for themselves. But while We are an
nulIiDg our debt contracts with those VI
owe, let Us carry the matter little ful
Their and make division of the propert
OF the 'bloated' bond holders and capj
talists. If We have right to keep pror
eEty they have loaned us, we have :
: good right to take other property no
IN their hands. and let US make a gran
division, and all start on an equality
debts all paid and prospects all brigh
This would carry out the doctrine of Il
Democratic journal and would be might
, convenient for some of US who don't ju,
see how We are to meet our obligations