Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1876-02-22
Spirit of Jeffersurl,
TUEsDIT MORNING. FEBRUARY 24. 1s1e.
HONEST MONEY.
IFrom the Now York bay-BoOk.l
RIPoN, West Va, Jap. l6. 1876

RIPoN, West Va, JaH. l6, 1876.
To the Editors Of The Day, Book:
GENTLEMXN-In reading some extracts in
your paper, said to be taken from Mr. BaJard's
speech, l came across this sentence: "Dis-
honest money makes dishonest people," Have
you not made mistake in quoting him ? If
not, it does not speak very we'll for the Sepa
tors knowledge. The Scriptures say "the
love of money is the root of all evil" 1
think he ought to have said "a dishonest peo-
pie will make dishonest money" A good tree
cannot bring forth both good and evil fruit
"a good tree bringeth forth good fruit, and an
evil tree evil fruit" Money is not natural
product. but product of law by Congress,
the law-makiug power, and what the Law
makes it, that it is. Let the people cleanse
themselves and then cleanse Congress, and we
will have honest money, whether it be made
ofpaper, gold and silver or any other material.
There is great deal said about money, as
there used to be about slavery" and the
great mass of the people are just as ignorau.
of the one as they were of the other, and if
the people don't repent, and learn the truth
and follow the truth. God will permit them
to butt their heads together until king hard
money bullion is overturned, just as king cot
ton was. We don't hear anything about king
cotton now, and in short time you won't
hear anything about king hard money. Ny
God is a jealous God He is consuming fire;
He will Overturn every idol that man sets up
in his heart except His Son, Jesus Christ
Look back over the history of the human race
and you will find that the track Is marked with
overturned idols. "Ogerturn, overturn, over
turn" saith the Lord. The devil and his
party were the first iuA<tiouiSts, and when
that had served their purpose, they suddenly
became contractionists, aud call those opposed
to contraction infationists, knowing that the
great E,ass of the people are ignorant, and
THAT they will thus deceive them, and rob
aud swiudle them. Opposition to contraction
does not mean imitation it means stability,
what all honest people wish, and what the
hard. money follower says he wants, but goes
on contracting. If you go on contracting,
where is stability? When you see party
saying ore thing and doing another, you
may be tolerably certain that the devil is
with that party. Thus saith the Lord !:
''If the rulers and the people walk not in
my counsel, and keep not in my coun-
sci and keep my statues, / will break them
up; / will turn them over to the destroyer" )"
The hard money party says there is currency
enough and too pnch; they can't lend
It cut they saS,zthes. .lik
that wicked and slothful servant spoken of in
the Scriptures, ''who locked up, hid in a nap
kin, and buried in the earth his Lords money!
| Better lend it out for nothing than to keep it
! hid or locked up it would be some profit TO
| hers and to himself. Here is the fate of
those persons-"B Bring hither those mine
enemies who would not have me rule over
them, and slay them before mine ewes"
Yours, respectfully. T. A L.