New Orleans Republican., 1875-10-03
NAsBY ON INITIATION.
CosFsDRIr X ROADS,
(Which is in the State Of Kentucky,
10. har l. 1QrS Y

tdjk III Lut IuUeb UDETdttIul OIL '
the Onllmited Confluence and Trust Com
pany. They are getlin $l9 bushel for
wheat, and abUut the same for oats and
corn, and men now talk Nv thousands wich
never before knOwd how t pronounce the
word, but yet they amt happy. They hev
a hSnkerin after rede mpshun Nv some sort
they demand to know when this money Nv
ourn is a-goin TO be redeemed in suthin
else-sOme other kind Nv mouey-ez tho our
money, backed by faith. wazut ez good ez
any in the world. Et these malcontents
wood only take it and look pleasant, there
woodent be any trouble about IT,
But these men are not the worst we hev
to contend with. The citizens wich are the
stanchest supporters NV the new money hev
determined that of We hev the rite to ishoo
money they hev the same rite. And SO four
10, banks hev bin started this week.
Mackey aud Burns started one, with
Mackey ez President and Burns ez Cashier
with them aud u Niger carpenter cz the
Boord of Direkters. They hev got the drop
on us by requirin the utficers to give bonds,
wich they accomplished by hevin Mackey
sigu Burns Burns sign Mackey's. and both
sign the Niger carpenters. Than they
hev another advantage over US, for they
bought their own press and print their own
notes, wich, ez we hev t, pay Simpson. the
printer, a profit, enables EN- TO make money
cheeper than we kin. They Call taeir in
stitooshun 1.-The Nashnel Benefit Assosha-
sben,' and hev the bankin offs in Mackey's
bedroom in the POgram House.
Scasely wuz this bank histin out money
atore Squire Pettus and Gedney the shoe
maker started another, wich they called
The Blessin Diffusion Bank Nv North
Ameriky," with the offs il Gedney's shoe
shop, and they got ahead Nv us by printin
their notes in Two colors, wich l must say,
gives EN- a solvent look.
BY this time wheat he'd got up to 500 per
busuel, and wuz scaae at that.
Then Parkins ard Barney, the plasterers,
who he'd made great deal Nv money since
intlashen 8, in, they he'd to 1T art bank,
wich they called 1.-The Ekitable and Insasb-
able Bankin Company NV the Yoonited
States" and they ishood their bills by the
bushel.
Wheat went up immejitly to $3s per
bushel, and DoO era NV prosperity sot in.
Before these tinanseers got fairly under
way Butts and Busterd conclOOded they'd
go into bank n, and behold one mornn the
bills of the Labor StimvOolatin Company
i. Butts, presdentf-made their appear
ance. They didn't hev any offs, for Butts
sed he didn't see no yoOse Nv an offs. He
could pay out money on the street, all he
wanted to, ii the people wood take it, and,
ez it never wasn't goin to be redeemed,
what did he want of an offs ! He want a
going to any sich expense, for he bleeved
iu economizin. To go to 20 )selis expenses
wuz to show culpabe disregard Nv the in
terests Nv the people.
Wheat went up to $i5 per bushel, and
there YVES more prosperity.
Then trouble set i'll in chunks. The peo-
pie who wuz not interested IN bankin re.
fused point blank to take any Nv their
ishooes. Banks wuz gettn rather too fre-
kent, and the times wuz gettin rather too
pro tprous. A reackshun okkurred agen
our money, wich we who were interested
determined to crush to wunrz.
The officials NV the five banks in the town
met, and decided to hold meetin Nv the
citizens, at wich tt4ps shood be taken to le-
galiZe our ishoos.
The meetin wuz held and Nv course we
kerried it without any trouble, for seven
tenths NV EN- he'd our money in their pock-
cts, and they wuz very favorable to any
ackshen that wo I'd keep it a bilin. To that
end we past the follerin resolOOshens:
WAREAs. The Democrisy NV Ohio and
Pennsylvany, with singerly just appreshia
shen nv the wants NV the citizens nv the
Cross Roads have demanded more money;
and
Wareas, Five companies hev kerried out
the idee NV the Democrisy Nv Ohio and
Pennsylvany by turnishin the people more
money; and
Wareas, Notwithstandin the unparalleled
prosperity that has resulted from the in
crease in currency, certain men in the COM
mOOnity, by refOOzIng to take 1t, decline to
be benefited therefore, be it
ReSOlred, That this meeting Nv citizens
demand NV the town council that it towunst
convene and pass an ordinance maxim the
ishoos Nv the five banks legal tender for
everything, from drinks down to taxes; and
that any citizen who refoozes to take it, or
murmurs at it, or in any way discredits it,
sci be held ez public enemy, and be inme-
jtly hung.
The whareases and the resolooshen was
passed to wunts, and l felt easier. With
the power to hang ali wich refocze to take
our money, / rather think l can make it
current. rope over limb Nv tree is q
persuader of rare merit, and it is the best
Endorsement Nv our paper that we can
possibly hev.
So far, 50 good. But jist as wuz feelin
good over my success, that onmitigated
cues, Jehial Pelkins, the man wat gave his
note to Bascom for barl Nv whisky with
such distinguished success, rose and sed he
had q series Nv whereases and reslooo-
shen to pass. He went on to say that he
had given the question of finance q great
deal NV study. He indorsed fully the posi-
tion Nv the Democrisy Nv Ohio and Penn
sylvania. He believed in more money
money enutf for everybody. He piutcG
withpride 10 the development Nv the Cor
ners since the occashun Nv more money,
and he bleeveu that still more money would
make more prosperity. The idee was COR
rect. The government shood ishoo prom
ises to pay, and faith shoOd make EN- good,
without any sich nonsense ez redeemib md
if the governm ent shood do it why shOod mt
banks; if banks why not indivijiles That's
what he wante to know. Ell ther wuz any
sich thing ez I, deemin Nv it in gold or any
thing else, the people mite hev the rite to
ask if them ez ishood the money he'd gold
or anything elsa to redeem EN- with, but ez
ther amt no r. ieemin perposed, why that
question don't come in. The people hev to
hev faith, and hats all the hevin ther is in
the transackshen. He wuz bleever in
more money, and he bleeved that them ez
he'd the greatest need for money shocd hev
the privilege nv ishooin it, and SO long ez
the people took 1t from each other it ansered
Therefore he perpOsed the yeOnanimus
adOpshun NV the followin wherases and
resOlushen:
WAREAs, Eff yoo hev q good thing, yoo
can't hev too much nv it; and
Wareas, The increase Nv currency in the
Corncrs hes bin productive nv prosperity
sich ez We never dreemed Nv; and
Wareas, 1t is the dooty NV all earthly
governments to diffoOse its blessins ekalIy,
thereby imitatin the docs nv heaven, wich
falls alike on the Just and unjust; and
Wareae, The manufakter Nv money shood
not be cOnfned to the few, but sho0d be the
privilege nv the many; and
Wareas, We Recognize the justis and pro-
priety Nv compellin the people to take sich
money ez may be ishood; therefore be it
hesolred, That every man may ishO0 his
notes Nv hand in sich sums ez may SCOT his
interest or convenience, and sich notes ehel
fsru H.