The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-12-06
The CRY OE DISHONOR,


\ swell dinner took place at Del
monico's, New York, last evening. 1t
was given by the wealthiest men in
United States to Junius 5. Morgan OF
London, once the partner of George
Peabody, and now the head of the
concern founded by the deceased mil
lionaire Morgan is q ankee by
birth. and owing to the development
of an extraordinary capacity for shay
ing notes and accommodating money
without entering into productive en-
terprises. he is now very wealthy.
Special trains brought guests from
Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore.
Hartford, Washington and Louisville.
Uncle Sammy Tilden, the great rail
road wrecker, presided. and such men
as Tom Scott, w. II. Vanderbilt, w.
f. Dodge, Royal Phelps, John W.
Garrett and ED. Morgan added grace
to the occasion. AS the New \ Ork
Times says, probably no such crowd of
capitalists was ever gathered around
Delmonico's table on a single night
before. Hundreds of millions of dol
lars were represented.
After doing justice to the richest
bill of fare the house could arrange.
speeches were in order, and, as was
to be expected. the great subject dis
cussed were the financial question.
How these dislnterested patriots did
plead for the honor of the United
States! The congress of the United
States was ferociously condemned for
even talking of the reconciliation OF
silver and the repeal of the resump-
ton act. As for BANDS silver bill.
passed by an overwhelming majority
in the house in obedience to the pop
ular will, the distinguished gentle
men paying respects to Junlus ). Nor
gan. Esq voted it IA ''swinule, and Ia
mented that the esprit OF dlshonor
was rife in the land
Joseph r. Hawley, of Hartford,
was present at the great blowout,
and he found time between boned
turkey and Green Seal to get off the
following speech:
when think. said the speaker,
'sof the country we love SO we'll and
cost so much-not dollar or life
| too much-I confess to an overwhel-
ming Indignation at the manner In
which demagogues high and low dare
to tritle with the national honor. Ire
mendous applause. | am partisan;
I believe in parties. They mean
wholesome agitation and watchful
ness of the outs over the ms; yet
say that while new political parties
can only be formed on new Ideas
there are none ut the base of the pres
ent parties to prevent our sweeping
them away and calling for new dea
of the American people on behal1 o.
national honor and integrity. Ap
plause. Uncle sam must keep his
promises. Uncle sam must be gen
tleman. Renewed applause Tha
which the civilized world accepts a
/ the recognized currency for the pay
ment of obligations, that only ma,
Uncle sam use. Applause and erie
+ of good ."1 That which the worl'
! deems the highest standard Of homes
ty must be the only standard of Tn
Gle sam. Great applause. Generals
t are helpless without such men as ar
: gathered in this room, and the natio
| cannot have the good will of thes
, men unless we keep our promises a
tilCSC SCnticiItll dSk us ". IL
/. longed applause. l.
G All of this sounds very nice to tn
4 unsophisticated. but it must hav
9 been accepted as terribly sarcastic b
4 the swell money lords who heard il
r They know that the government ha
violated its solemn obligations to tn
t people in order to put few hundre
1 millions of extra profits into the pocE
' cts of Just such a crowd of usurers a
. Hawley was addressing.
) National honor!" shrieks Hawley
2 Bah! There can be no such thing s
e long as the capitalists of the countr
g control the government. The peopl
i are betrayed and the men who prof
5 by the betrayal cry ''stop thief"
b order to divert attention from then
o selves. General Hawley knows tn;