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VIRGINIA FREE PRESS.
l. /. & \. I. B. GllIlHEl. EDITORS
j1arlestown, Jefferson Co, ". Va.
OFFICE Is "JErFEssoN BUILDISG.'
seturday. October 90. ls77.
The areonback Meeting Resolutions.
EIplanati,n cf Aem By John h. S'rider.


I.t Resolution Re,olr,d Tha; wc deem It im.
persiiye upon every fair minded citizen 70 aid il
putting in legislative bodie. men who will exert
themselves To equslire the burdens OF the people
lst. By establishing circulating medium OF eI
change Il equal vslue, be it gold, silver or Psper
Wecl4m that Congress can accomplish ly
leyidahon, what is now aimed 70 BE- done Ly
tJdf0H namely, by amending the legal
tender act" aud making the crceuback dollar
receivable in psymcnt of al debts both pub
licand private. This atonce practical. equal
izes gold aud paper and virtually brings about
specie payment, 81 the merceulry motive for
holding gold would thereby be destroyed, for
as uey-gold-would have no greater value
than the paper dollar; the reader to folly re-
a'ize the force Of this assertion must Feclliect,
tuat money i tool" created fer public use
and convenience by the authority Of the State
or government under which we live
The United States has certainly attained
sufi-ien. rank among the nations Of the earth
% entitle her to mouitary system OF Der own
il now devolves upon her statesmen 10 devise
such al one as shall meet the growing wants
OF her constantly increasing population and
consequent expansion Of business.
To fully comprehend the Importance Of this
question we would invite an unparalleled
consideration Of the business status u every
man, from the penny dealer 10 the million
are 10 trade. and the honest response will BE-
decline. decliuel The cause Is the question to
be looked after 4 bet ci"cu. providence
has been a bouutiful rs heretofore, tie earth
has given forth her products 10 abundance
bu: our financial managers for speculative
purposes have Withdrawn from rs oHr tool"
II exchange e-money-made II scarce so as 10
make u bi.h-priced. consequently j; costs Us
more 90 obtain I. than what we produce with
Il will justify Us in giving. Experience Is
more positive than theory, aud it is the ex
pereDce Of almost every man engaged 10 any.
aud all kinds Of business that there Is a strin-
cency in trade the hundreds Of suspensions,
and total failures Of business men within the
past few years are painful evidences that
something Is wrong.
That wrong. We claim Is in the character of
legislation. which places in the power Of Wal.
Street brokers in New York, to proclaim each
day in TIE year, the disparity IN the value q
money, which the people Of this nation are
obliged 10 use.
Pad Rs,9'rt19p.-Th7t we demand that all
y-orerfv of whatever cN.ractsr or lind shaI be-
equally faxed for the supper, OF government, both
state and National.
No fair-minded MAJ can honestly object to
tie demand that A.. rroocrty. Of whatever
sort or kind, whether stocks, bonds or land,
shall be equally taxed FOR the support Of 60
yernmelt.
Pe,orrtion That t0 avert the ari.tocrc,ic
influence money. capital there should be a uni
.r in,'s.' "a" 4- y :,.- ,s -', ,sev 11l ~ he
s.eer,sired productive capaei,r flsbor and Land.
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