The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-06-03

1From the Chicago Inter Ocean I

From the Chicago Inter ocean.
"A lie" That's what it is. Not
q dollar IN greenbacks, which We
have fondly supposed, but "a lie
That's what Vallandigham and
voorhees, used to call it,
That's what the Chicago Tribune
and Times, and the Rev. Minot j.
Savage call it now "a lie" How
fondly the followers of the Copper
head statesmen Of 1862 and 1864
cling to the epithet! They roll it
like a sweet morsel under their
tongues, and when all argument fails,
and they find themselves unable to
put forward single legitimate plea
against greenbacks, they suddenly
whirl round with the light of tri-
umph in their eyes, and yell in
unison-"A lie" Every now and
then we see going about the country
couple of men with q show made
up Of boa constructor and two wild
Australian children (admittance
twenty-five cents, children half-priee).
One of the showmen gets the largest
of the wild men before the audience
and lectures on the habits and history
of the creature. At every point ne
is answered with the only sentence,
that the wild man can utter, viz ::
you lie" These singular speci-
mems of humanity" says the show
man, "were captured by party of
hunters in the interior of Australia. "
You lie," says the chief specimen,
with a grin. Their dispositions are
most singular" "You lie," again
screams the wild man and so on,
through evil and good report, the
response is always the same-"I on
lie" Something strikingly similar to
this is the parrot-like cry of the con-
tractionists.r "For the first time, "
say you, "in the history of this coun-
try, we have safe, uniform and sat
isfactory currency "A lie," res
ponds one of these analytical shar-
pers. 1T is a popular currency, "
you continue. NO man fears that
the bank will break, and no man
hastens to get rid of it for fear of
loss.n "A lie," chimes in the astute
contractionist again. "Rut you are
greedy to get it and 10th to part with
it, say, you, taking the case home to
the fault-fnder. you work for
greenbacks, sell yourself, body and
soul, for greenbacks, and hoard them
as you wouldjewels ofpriceless value
Why all this if they are only fraud,
cheat, snare, falshoOd ?" And
the only response is the idiotic echo
of the wild Australian child: a lier'
"Wot's your usual tap, sir" said
Sam Wellor to the spotless Stiggins.
''Oh, my dear young friend" F"
groaned Stiggins, "all taps is vanities.
"Uv course" replied Sam, "but
which particular vanity do you like
the flavor on best, sir !'
"If,n responded Stiggins, with
another groan, "there is one of them
less OdiouS than another, 1t Is the liquor
called rum-warm my dear friend,
with three Jumps of sugar to the tum-
bier" What recompense shall |
make you for your services? how
pay you for your newspapers, your
goods, your lands. your sermons ?"
You ask this of the prodigious
moralists who are just now discuss
ing the finances, and they respond
with a groau, '"all recompense is
vanity" But let me give you my
thanks, my good wishes, my prayers. "
say, you, anxious to render some
equivalent. "No, none of these, +"
respond the immaculates IF there
is any reeompense less odious than
the rest, it is the irredeemable lies
called greenbacks, legal tenders my
dear friend, and the larger the de-
nomination the better ?" Wicked,
wicked world !"