New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-12-25
THE PRINCIPLES OF LNFL4TIOM.

VOTERS NOT TO DE DECEIVED-MISrAKES ARGU-
MENTs OF INITIATION LEADERS,
To the Edttor Of The Tribune.
SIR: such project rs the following was
lately submitted the people of ONO for their accept
ance:
To be able TO pay on the national debt, dcfray the
expenses OF Cover ment without taxation ana 10 me 10
make the fortunes OF the whole community, Is brilliant
prospect when once man IA caaDe o i ~, e
printing few characters on bits OF payer WIN 40 ~,
The philosophers stone could not De eApecteu W ~"
more "-1Mill.
The money beretcs appealed to the greed and ig-
OF the people in touching strains but the people
were impenetrabe they would not hearken To the
clamors but most ungratciully rejected the scheme
II seems that there not 40 much greed or 80
much ignorance in Ohio s0me persons supposed In
short they were not gudgcons and they wouldn't bite
No true Democrat VIII shed many tears over the result
The cry money is wonderfully alurins TO tbe
moneyless The free voter, he that hath no money"
nothing SELL and lazy to work, sees clearly That
IL tine amount OF currency be doubled his chances to get
dollar must be doubled also He should be taught the
simple equation
The honest laborer Also who makes comfortable sup
port Il doluded into the belief that more currency VIII
make him more comfortable l mean specially those
who work for wages These form very influential body
NJ voters and upon them must fall the evils that inevi-
tbly ensue from any disturbance OF the currency IL Is
an abuse OF charity 10 credit these dangerous propa-
gandsts with any honesty Of purpose They are moral
wreckers bent solely on plunder, and would burn thcr
nrchbors house for the chance Of getting roast pig
This does not apply, however 10 their victims
Propagandists indeed They are not entitled 10 the
name They have no tenets to propagate nothing 10
mold nv Their doctrines az may be allowed TO degrade
the torn, ara nhing but chaos OF falschoOds ana III
eoncruties ncoherent. without form and void They
prIte about the great wealth Of tho mighty nation as
a sufficient guarantee for any quantity Of greenDacKs'
when they know that this wealth has been taxed to the
utternost limits AMI currency 10 IA yet rredeen-
able They even the mpudcnce to tell us In the same
breath that we can't redeem our currency dhyh0H,
and we had lust "a we'll have mopeu, based OF
course on the great wealth." &c. With eroc-
odlle tears they dicato upon tho sacred falth
Of the nation, and without lingo or
shame counsel Immediate population ms
h "a true as it Is atrocious Any serious disturbance OF
the currency impair the obligation 81 contracts
and Ia this extent ut least the Government Is guilty or
repudation If the disturbance is caused by It's scon
The application OF the may be disputed but IL Is cor
rect But further whatever the principal leaders may
SAY on tho hastings elsewhere. there il widespread
conviction among their deluded followers that the United
states bonds are all he paid of in greenDack, Ivy the
simple process OF printing sufficient number Tor the
purposs based upon the great wealth OF this mighty
nationp And then taxation will cease, and We will ali
have "hlgb old time" except tho boated boDdhold-
ers' with whom however. true patriot can be ex-
pected % sympathzc.
Atlanta. Nov. 20, 1873