The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1876-12-09
TEXTS FOR THE PEOPLE.


the bonds, he is an extOrtioner and re-
pudiator. John Sherman.
ave should do foul injustice to the
Government and 10 the people If the
United States, after We have sold these
bonds on an average for not more than
SIXTY cents on the dollar, nos IL propose
to make nev contract for tho benefit II
the holders. 20. +. Morton.
"A SHAMELESS FRAUD"
"While cur present monetary system,
which is shameless fraud, continues, the
poor man will become poorur. While frau
dulent money brokers and bank note
manipulators will absorb the products ~
labor. Hon. r Hughes of Pgnnsyl-
vanIa.
AN AMERICAN SYSTEM or FINANCE Dr.
MANDRD.
IL am convinced that when true Ameri-
can system Of finance is adopted. which
shall put all that circulates As money on-
tirely and exclusively under the control
az the Government, making II receivable
for all dues and debts, employment for an
the working classes, and prosperity for the
whole country will be the natural ,ad per
manent result Peter Cooper
PETER COOPER on PROTECTION.
1.-The American people aud Government
cannot too constantly remember that It is
utterly impossible foi Us 81 nation 70 buy
anything cheap from foreign countries THAI
must be bought at the expense Of leaving
our own good raw materials unused, and
and our own labor unemployed. "- Peter
Cooper.
THE DCTY or 4 GOVERNMENT.
"What Is Government 80 4 for, if ia
such country a. tins, with all its material
resources and vast evert, 1t cannot prevent
large part Of its people from the distress
Of want Of werk and Of bread Tins seems
To me the first duty CT Government. '-
Peter Cooper.
THE ALL-IMPuRTANT ISSUES.
''No single interest touches the dumes-
tic comfort and prosperity Vt the people
as this one of the currency, aud ln the pres
ent condition of the country none l. II -
much immediate importance, or calls for
more immediate solution. IT. put ctf this
question, therefore, with vague express
SONS Of reform, and the deslrableness If
specie payments, IS to ignore the ruling
interest Of the hour. II Is e. ,urrenda z tbs
people to their sutierings without any
promise Of remedy. Peter Copper.
WHAT HIGH INTEREST Is DOING.
"Exorbitant rent Commonly called H.
terest) IS silently but surely devouring TIE
substance Of the people. Peter Cooper.
PAPER-THE BEST KISD UP MoSEY.
The people are the sovereign p,y,er. AVA
no man can question then rgh- Through
o
exchange tmorey) As viii be necessary toy the
wants % trade. Paper money is better than
either gold or silver, as ITS voidme cannot he
| contracted BY using It a. a merchandise. --
Hon. John Mag~1re q >. LOUIS.
! DANGEROUS MONEY DESpoTISM.
'One great purpose Of the money power,
| who nave broaght about contraction, IA Ju
control the mass VI the people, that they
may further enrich themselves and pauG,r
70 their lust 81 power. Further Empower
ishment nay render successful resistance
hopeless, aud they VINO would w fre- fr.m
this great money despotism mu-t strike
the blow before II viii be too late. Hon.
| +. Hughes Of Pennsylvania.
HENRY WILSON A CRsEN8AcK MAN.
~ look upon this contest the discus-
sion in Congress, IS ~ whether the inter
EFT or the public debt should he pad IN
green5acks or gold a. contest hptweeu
the carb-sjone brokers. the Jtw brokers
the money changers, the men Who suycu-
late IN stocks, ami the productive taiilu1
men # our country. Henry wilson
FINANCIAL IGNORANCE TAUGHT in con
LEGrs.
The biindest iSaora &c regarding tine fn-
Snoial history and status 81 the world pre-
walls amongst almost all classes. and j. taught
IN our colleges. aGd IS most ytasIicuru.ly
manifested ~ th- l1s,-uakinL aHt executive
departments of oar Goycrnm-s-. We m0-
pose H.ti"usl currency 70 consist wholly Of
Sreenbacks to bc entirely controlled NV Jhe
people representatives, and thus 10 be abso-
lutely beyond the control or Influence Of
spectators IN gold. sydney Myers q Chi
cago.
now MUCH MONEY Is NEEDED.
The amounts II money needed u 4 couu-
try should be determined ny tile wants W the
people and can only he done by national
paper money. Henry Carey Bard.
WHAT MONEY SHOULD NOT BE MADE oF.
Money should he a tnng of. or hrlougug
to, the country. An eNpor.able commodity
- not fitted IL he money Aud nothing could
he mere mOnstrous than EIglaud's priuci-
pie ful-owe,l by the CVted States -ot fore
Ing her people y rs buyer a5 gold, aud max
ing then possession of s-ld -oLe " the sa-
credest articles ia the world-the condition
OF being able to furnish themselves with food
and clothing Hon. Isaac Buchanan Of
Canada.
EXToRTIoSERs AND RFPUDIAToRS.
IF the bondholder refuses to take the
same kind Of money (greenbacks) With
which he boughc the bonds, he IA an ex-
tortioner and repudiator. senator
Sherman.
PERTINENT QUESTION.
President Grants salary is paid in
greenbacks, aud SO is Governor Tlldcn's.
Why, then, should We pay gold t. the
bondholder, seeing that the bondholder
lent greenbacks to the government, aud
not gold. ~ Richard Montgomery Griffin.
WHY SO MANY ARE IDLE.
That millions Of people should w idle.
and in many cases absolutely starving, not
because there is no work to d., but be-
cause there is no medium Of exchange, is a
disgrace to our government. a New
York Mechanic.
"FALLAcY AND CHEAT"
"When the country viii realize the glo-
ries of gold basis, and learn what is
meant by irreedeemabie trash the fallacy
and cheat of a gold basis Will have been
demonstrated for the thousandth time.
Both Tilden and Hayes are pledged to
support this fallacy and cheat samuel
+. Cary.
FACT.
at is labor, not coin, that maintains the
public credit aud gives prosperity 70 the
people. "-Wm ID Kelly
INCONSISTE NCY.