The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-05-17
The -Anti-Monopolist..
A Pointed and Interesting Letter on the
Financial Issue.

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Financial Issue.
Editor Moyaopolist:
In your issue of April Goth, appears
the following extract under the sig
nature of Hon. Francis Gillette;
Zone of the saddest spectacles that
| the sun shines upon. or humanity
weeps over, is that of our stricken
country, with its vast domain and
| slumbering resources, inviting bound
| less enterprise and tireleSs industry,
but paralyZed as by artic frosts. In
stead of the cheerful songs OF pros
porous and contented labor. are heard
the plains of want and the cries OF dis
tress. Forced and involuntary idle
ness sees the wolf at the door with no
means of driving him hence.
What I want to know is, who is to
blamel Is this a country where the
people rule. or is it despotimt Have
the people the power to elect their
own rulers and lawmakers And IT
so. if they have, through ignorance, II
not worse, brought these hard times
upon themselves, and chose this. in
stead of prosperity, have they any
cause to complaint Were they not told
eight years ago, in Chicago, that gold
and silver were the only money; and
| did they not vote Grant in with the
implied. if not direct agreement, that
| the National debt should be paid III
gold and silver. and that greenbacks
were dishonest money. That the same
money that paid the soldier. was a
fraud, and that the next Congress
would agree TO pay the debt IN com
Were the people ignorant that the
same power that built the Alabama,
to destroy our government, run ana
managed the convention that noml-
mated Grant If they were. it was
their own fault. They were told time
after time of it that the money in
fiuence ofthe Rothchilds and Earrings,
through Jay Gould run the convention
to defeat Hancock and Pendleton, and
nominate Seymour. man whom they
knew could never be elected, to make
the election of Grant more sure. Have
they not seen the money power lob
bying III Congress to rob them OF r.
600. 900 acres of land, and $45. ZOO, 900
to build the Pacific Railroad! Have
they not seen Congress changing the
contract on s., 600, 900 900 to their dis
advantage, one-half Have they not
seen our representatives their hired
serycnts increase their own wages
one-half! And have they not still
sent the same men back again to do
the same thing. Here in our own
State the men who favored the salary
, grab. and voted for it, or lodged,
which was meaner, the people have
sent them back to represent them
. again. thereby indorsing what they
have done. Have the people not elect
ed twice to the highest office in their
. gift man who said contraction would
only hurt the debtor class; Il man who
/ signed bin to increase the weight Of
: the gold dollar. to pay the Nationa
debt with. making a difference o.
! 80 100000 to he paid to the bond
! holders! Have the people not JUS
submitted to the inauguration. as Pres
: ident. of a man who was never elect
: ed, because he said on the financia
question:, There must be no step
backward :" And the people know
!. ing that Mr.. Hayes was sold body an,
), soul, to the money power, have quite
~ submitted to see him take the rein
;. of office, and he is doing the duties o
his foreign masters. who say TO him
Heal the difficulty with the Soutl
with cash. every man has his price.
And the people, by their es.quietl
:, say, amen" Now | ask. VII
g should we complain, when the yer
:. course we voted for, with our fu
;, knowledge. brings ruin, destructio
. and starvation in its train To sa
- we were ignorant of the facts, is nc
sufficient reason for we should hay
informed ourselves. The reason VI
Tilden failed is because he was j
- favor Of The repeal Of the resumptio
- act. and that will stamp our Congress
- as the worst set of knaves the worl
ever saw. an act virtually putin
$500 600 600 Of the peoples leg:
= money into the hands Of monied a
O. istocracy. and increasing the taxes {
it the laborer. and making larger I'll
or exempted debt from taxation.
az Asking these questions and maxim
these suggestions
~ | remain yours truly.
L. AK OLD SETTLER.
ell Faribauit. Minn, Hay 5th, 1877.