The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-09-27

hands of this monied class, seeking to
commit our government to gold
coin. thereby adding to the bonded
debt additional millions.
With such record, and such an
example. it is no wonder that great
fortunes have been accumulated by
unscrupulous men while in the public
service.
1t is estimated by republican au-
thority (the Gin. Gazette that by the
act of 1889 the public debt was in
creased at least five hundred millions
Ii. speech at Mansfield you do
not refer to the most extraordinary
law ever enacted by the representa-
tives of free people, the act demon
etizing silver.
Not one word of comment upon that
radical measure is uttered by you.
What does this silence mean by the
great fnancier of the republic !! At
the time Of the enactment of this law
YOU was chairman of the standing
committee in the senate on finance.
You then knew, or ought to have
known, that this radical measure
would effect the interests of the gov
eminent by the conversion of a coin
! that it was vital to the entire debtor
class converting paper money debts
into the single standard ofgold.
You knew that there was an Eng
lishman, a bullionist, on the floors of
Congress, ernest Seyd,) who was lob
bying this measure through congress
in the interest of European capital,
unjust and against your own country
men and your own government.
You were silent then, and you are
silent now, upon that wicked measure.
You we'll knew that this measure had
been denounced by the people OF the
State who had honored you, and had
put their trust in your integrity and
ability. They were before you to
listen to your words of wisdom and
advice.
You were processing to give full
account of their stewardship, ana
having been so long at the very head
of our financial policy, the people had
a right to know whether you had con-
tributed your aid to the passage of
this villainous measure in the interest
of bondholders, foreign and domestic,
or whether you had resisted it's pas
sage. The burden of proof was upon
YOU to show what you were doing
when the people were about to be
swindled by the passage OF this law
through the senate. The act was a
high handed proceeding. and the well
informed mass of the people regard it
* a
long confided to you.
Your silence is confession OF guilt
in the commission of high crime
: against your country and the people
you have betrayed. In 1868 if you
had Indicated the policy that you have
since adopted and pursued, you never
would have held the position you now
hold. You pretended to be opposed
to eXtortion and Reputation, land since
then have stultified yourself by being
willing and active tool in favor of
the monied class,a against the great
industrial class.
You have gained power and place
by fraud in protesting to be the advo-
cate of a sound, legal and equitable
policy in the payment of the national
debt and now when you have, as you
suppose, got the government com
mitted to the payment of its debts in
gold coin,you are silent as to the STRAIT
egy by which it was finally accom-
pliShed.
If your silence upon this vital sub.
iect was attributable to lunacy the
people of Ohio would have greater re.
spect for your integrity if not for
your ability. But they believe that
in your course of policy III the interest
of capital that there is method III
your Madness The great mass OF
J the people of this country have beer
confding people, and during the
deadly conflict of the late rebellion
they paid little or more attention tt
the integrity of their representative!
in.the civil service of the government
} They knew that the soldier on duty
forfeited his life by being fount
: asleep at his post, with no treason il
. his heart. and they expected theil
representatives at Washington to b,
| equally vigilant in the discharge o
their duties. Their expectations have
not been realized for instead of being
vigilant some of them have been I'm
scrupulous and have accumulated
large fortunes by corrupt means in thu
discharge of their official trust.
{ The people thus betrayed are n,
longer willing to take the mere wore
I of any public functionary. unless hi
e record is clean. and free from charge
: of speculation.
During the terrible struggle of on
e country. and in the darkest hour 0
n the rebellion, when the credit of tn
: government was based upon wise an,
just legislation to raise revenue t.
e furnish supplies. there was law en-
q acted imposing a tax on whisky
t emitting the law on spirits on hand
or to be manufactured thereafter 70
v several months. which enabled som
t men understanding the law, and tn
). effect of the law, to make immens
5 fortunes:and thus defraud the govern
e ment at that critical moment of larc
amount of revenue.
f In your zeal for civil service reform