The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1875-03-06
The Currency.
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4 defect in political platform. common
T. al parties and associations. refurmers |
included, consists III drafting ana pro
mitigating a series IF specific measures they |
would have enacted INTO laws. instead Of |
FroclAiming fundamental principles II gov
eminent dedy.nl measures from those
principles Ta- practice conveniently
subserves tile purpose II party leaders.
whose Object Il IVY mislead the masses BY
plaus,bl. souh tries into the support OF
@ tae. c.yer -hinAtlons. All the re-
latI.u. " xvii su- .ty the relations Of
Arz.ns w ea.I a,' r, and reciprocally to
( 'rrr,..a ~, AID ne constitution, and
i. I, p Us Of goyJgrmen, are inherent as
fuch 80, as properties and relations Of
Ahings IN rivs..'. Is Is therefore. not the
D 'v.nce 81 I-lslatilI to er,ate those re-
'ati'rs, but Ia yutyro- them.
~ long as the producing. and unprivi-
i-rd classes, aceelt the delusion that
A-e. liberty, aud TIE pursuit ~ happiness
are ti.1..eraa.t;" That the only province Of
goyernu at is e prohatice these by CO.
crcing -ae bal. thy Nil be yictimized aud
desp0i!e. by other decisions. II Is not
the natural law.
Let every citizen Le impressed with the
fact that he has Involur;arily alienated all
hose primitive right to constitute pow
n, W,iose ot,iect = hot only to protect, but
10 serve the whole as one in every , ssible
economic cauacity, and they will more
readily comprehend their rights in the
government and be more prompt 10 de-
lend thtm. Let them believe government
a = an arbitrary corporation, directed by
empir.cs-the sentiment generally enter
tanned aud where is tile hone II briuing
order out n the consequent confusion.
Every department Of being ia Gods vide
universe : based upon, and governed by
Inherent Law. from which Their, il no posi-
tie departure without turbulence Civil
society Is un exception.
Recognizing tile true constitution VI
government to hr -umpact u the citizens
r. Nhleh al have entered upon terms ii
equality the involved problem. sre readi- 1
ISL solved. Vested rights, special pryi- !
."g'', 'i exemption fsom an equal share |
IN .suoi4 --.i..re. wy n violations " the I
.urlaInental conditions Of the social c,tu-
-act. Equality before the law. j. not
~l111ahty in the social compact
There are two fundamental PRINCIPLES.
w condition that are universal ia their
ruie-reciProcal dependence ai,d eroaomy
They are ever asserting their supremacy
and cannot be ignored in the social recon
struction. t. the violations Of those con
ditions, are due all the turbulence Of his
tory and till they are observed, the course
Of the future, like the track Of the past,
Will be strewn with desolatjon and carnage.
The conJugal and family relations, the re-
clpr' cal action " bodies in space. and
molec lar atiinities are illustrations of the
law Of mutual dependence. The corrosive
elements Of matter are all quiescent in
their finary embrace. BY economy, is not
meant parsimCuy, or frugality, hut the /
Of forces and agents. II is
eXemplitied everywhere in nature, ana a
utilized by man in all his mechanical de- !
vices. | repeat, Reciprocal dependence
Is the universal Law Of harmony Econo-
ny is the universal, uncompromising con-
iltion Of abundance. The strongest proof.
nat an exclusive paper currency, issued |
BY the Government for valid considera-
ions, estimated by standard of value,
md based on the national wealth, is the
formal currency, is, that it supplies both
The use Of money being an I
mode Of exchange, it comes into v
Of every man, woman and child. o
Who become directly Interested in the sta
'ility Of the Government. Upon the t
highest whisper Of danger to it, they a
would instinctively rush to its defence.
he national life would be co-existent with n
he ability Of the soil to support popula- p
ion. Internal dissentlons would be i'm
'ossible. If gold, or any portable and II
alusble commodity be the currency, the a
iation's life would be constantly menaced. t,
RESTLESS and ambitious men could deposit a
q some foreign country, plot treason, and Y
DOLLY await the result. Corners" pre- Il
NUNS, and speculations in the currency, p
1ould be sources of endless, and, violent "
disturbances, out of which the robber few d
sther harvest of wealth from the toiIinn
many. A metallic currency violates the o
Inherent laws of harmony and abundance. q
1t is not clear how the interconvert- Il
bility Of government notes. with bonds p
earring any rate Of intssest, or the in h
srventiOn Of bonds II slsis 70 "rsgu- h