The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-12-23
"HOAEST MONEY!"

1t now appears that COL VIM. M. GroSvenor,
of St. Louis, who made tour through Ohio,
tue last canvass, lecturing the people on the
beauties of specie bass. "honest" money and
national integrity, had Sl,oOl of the whisky
rings money IN his pocket. We knew from
his harangues that he was a scoundrel, hut
could not heretofore put our finger on the spe-
fiic act. When you hear man prating so
loudly about national honor and "honest"
money, thus assuming that the people are dis
posed to bring about national dishonor and
dishonest money, YOU had better search him
right then and there for stolen property--In-
dianGpOiis Sun.
That last canvass was curiosity in its
way. There suddenly cropped up in all
| parts of the country q horde of hired
lecturers, like this Grosvenor, who went
around prating about "honest money"
until the poor fools of people began to
think that the greenbacks in their pock-
cts were lies and insults. And yet
day or two before they had received
them with delight and were able to ex-
change them readily for everything they
| needed to wear, eat or use tor books
and newspapers, for clothes and fuel, for
meat and bread and drink. Like the
fellow in the play who discovered to bis
intense surprise that he had been talking
prose" all his life without knowing it !;
these worthy people woke up to find to
their intense horror that they had been
living and feasting, marrying and bur-
rying, going in and going out, upon
dishonest money!" rag money!"
Lies" false pretences," &C., &c.
Look at it," cried the Grosvenor
tribe of spouters; "Look at that green
| - -
that it is five dollars? No; it says the
United States promise to pay five dollars.
Therefore it is not money at ALL"
But suppose the greenback read,
This is fiye dollars" then according to
these logicians 1t ,couid be five dollars.
Not word in all these howlings about
national bank notes! Not a denunciation
Of them as lies and rag money. and ye,
they are made of paper too, and they
read. The National Bank of Mugvillt
promises to pay five dollars on demand
But if you 60 to Mugville and demasd
your five dollars what do you get? Cole
and silver? Not bit of it; but another
five dollar bill of the bank of Plugville
Why 'hen this morvellous silence
about this rag money? And why thi:
/, | cEusauc a.tfius1 ciC Ict III vi paper NUN
ey and this attempt to wipe it out OF ex.
is,ence and supply its place with another
currency OF the same materiale The
answer is plain:
No body makes anything off tht
greenbacks but the people. They save
the interest which they would have Il
pay ii that part OF our debt was IN inter
!, est. paying bonds. But every dollar o
national bank notes costs the people
from six to seven cents each year of In
terest; and that goes into the bankers
: pockets! And hence the pharasees ''pa
. per lies" rag money! "rag babies,
Sc, as applied to the greenbacks, be
come, presto change. 1.-THE finest curren
cy in the world as soon as the NEGRO
!. mancer's hand turns over a nationa
, bank note.
Are not the American people ashamet
. OF themselves tor the passion into which
they worked themselves q month ag'
about ..honest money!" Where is nj
that furore nows 1t served its day. l
gave the Republican party some victor
> les. 1t took the place Of the ''blood
! KuKluk" of \ year or two previous
The Pope will probably do equall
!, good service next year; and what it wi
: be the year after the Lord emily knows