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ABSOLUTE MONEY.

Honest enquiry is the best evidence
that a man seeks the straightest road
to truth and progress. There are
thousands in the United States to-day
who. when they consider the vast ex-
tent of territory and the boundless
and inexhaustible resources of this
country, and then behold. on the 9TH
er baud, the worthless multitudes, the
.sstrikes.' the poverty, the starva-
ton that everywhere abound. feel
there is something wrong. Some
thing wrong in our economic system.
Something wrong in our legislation.
How can they help feeling so! 4 new
movement starts which processes to
remedy these evils, and the sympathy
of those honest and thoughtful men
goes out to it; but they themselves
some of them-do not become co-oDe-
rators in the new movement. because.
although they have lost all faith in
two moth-eaten parties. which have
been tried again and which again and
again have been found wanting, there
are difficulties in the new creed that
neutralize their sympathy and make
them hold aloof from it. They well
know there is something wrong, but
they are not quite sure what will right
that wrong. So it is with some men
| whose proclivities are with the green
back party. We have questions put
to us sometimes by such people, and
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-12-13
L. S.TREAsURY DEPARTMENT
THIS Is ONE DOLLAR.
IT REAsrREg
SIGNED


The greehback is based on gold. 80
are the United States bonds. SO
were Russia's notes. If the United
States following the example of Rus
sin in 1864. were to repudlate her
debt. the holders Of United States Sc
curities-the bondh0lders foreign and
domestic-would certainly lose every
thing. Very likely the greenback,
too. would run down; though it Is not
certain it would become utterly
worthless. If gold falls, down tum-
BILE your paper promises. But the
absolute money which we demand
would not be dependent upon any
contingency: for representing not one
commodity in the land but all the
commodities based not upon the
few little handfuls of gold III the
treasury box at Washington. but up
on all the gold, and all the silver, and
all the iron. and all the lead. and all
the minerals. all the houses and farms,
all the horses and cattle. with all the
productions of town and country
founded, in word, upon all the
wealth, movable and immOyable in
the entire land. and sealed with the
seal of the nations sovereignty
this absolute money could not by any
possibility ever sink into discredit.
Never redeemable, yet redeemed
every day-redeemed in every trans
action of trade-this absolute nation
al money would circulate through the
industrial body as the blood circulate:
through the animal body, enabling
the several organs to perform Their
respective functions. and giving
health and strength by its circulation
to the entire system.-Irish World.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-12-13
HOW TO ORGANIZE GREEN
RACK CLUBS.

Below is a simple form for the or
ganization of Greenback Clubs, 1or
the use of any community DESTROYS
of organization. Let the workers IN
every town organize at once.
The MdePen0ent
GreenbGck Club:
SEC. |. This organization shall be
known as the lNDEPEN-
DENT GREENBACK CLUB.
SEC. ,. It's object shall be, to aid In
publishing the principles OF the Green
back party, to the people by getting
speakers, holding meetings, etc.
SEC. 3. Its officers shall be Presi
dent, Vice President, Secretary and
Treasurer.
SEC. 4. It's meetings shall be held
rom time to time, at such times and
M such places us may be appointed by
the Club, through its executive COM
mittee and proper officers.
SEC. 5. The officers shall be elected
every three months, and the first cleo
ton shall be held on the date of the
adoption of this constitution.
SEC 6. The expenses of the club
shall be betrayed by subscription.
SEC. Z. Any person can become a
member of this Club by signing this
constitution.
SEC. s. There shall be an executive
committee appointed by the President,
whose duty shall be, in connection
: with the President and Secretary, to
call meetings, and attend to other
business of the Club.
SEC. 9. Upon the application of ten
members of this club meeting shall
be called ut any time
SEC. 10. This Constitution can be
amended by two-thirds vote of the
Club present at any meeting.
A Letter from Creenbacker OF Dakota
county.
Editor Anti-Monopohst
An article in your paper of Nov
18th. 1877, written by Hon. Robert
c. Masters of Waterford. is very much
in accord with an article have beer
: at for the last two months. but as my
business crowded me | have been I'M
able to finish it. am pleased TO know
that he has opened the way for it
Ny only object in running rs repre-
sentative for the house. at the las
election. related to this matter. 1t i
something that will take we'll with tn
masses of the people. if it could b.
got through the house and senate
1t would assist our friends in congress
very much even if it could not be go
throu III.
The attempt would show our pei
sistency. in the matter, and make tn
capitalists howl. 1t would elevate tn
senator or representative who shout
. attempt to get it through.
will finish the article referred
as soon as possible.
Very respectfully yours.
c. 3. SPENCER.
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The School Book Question in Olmtsead
County.-The Merrill Law and the
Booksellers Conspiracy.

County.-The Merrill Law and the
Booksellers Conspiracy.
Editor Anti Monopolist:
| noticed in the columns OF your
excellent paper, a few weeks ago, an
article concerning the action of the
book merchants of this city, in which.
also. county superintendent Spring IS
charged with having some way con-
nived in the matter; and in which. it is
also asserted that he has refused to
encourage the operation of the
Merrill Text Book Bill in this county.
| know not the source of your infor-
nation concerning Mr.. Spring 5
action. but certain it is. that if Mr..
Springs word is good for anything,
the article referred to does him great
injustice. Mr.. Spring informs me
that he is decidedly friendly towards
the Merrill Text Book Bill, and hopes
to soon see it lin operation in this
county; that he brought the matter of
making a requisition for books. be-
fore the county commissioners, and
found the majority of them decidedly
opposed to running the county in
debt. and that he therefore considers
his hands practically tied for the
season. Mr.. Spring has at various
times spoken in the most favorable
/ terms concerning the merits of the
Merrill Bill. as / myself positiveI,
know, as well as of the principle in
yolyed. I am told that an anonymou
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An Address from the Greenback
Party of Dakota County.
They mean Business. Getting
Ready for 1878.

HASTINGS, Dakota Co., MINI.
Nov. oath, III.
To the editors of all the papers that advocate
: the Peoples cause, by supporting the
Greenback party.
Both of the old dried up skin-flint
political parties of this country are
rotten to the core. They have used
every means possible in their power
to suppress the greenback vote.
Fraudulent returns and other like
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POSTAGE.

We are compelled to prepay postage on
all papers sent out from our othce' rrior
to January 1st, 1875, subscribers paid
twenty cents each at the local post-othc,e
We now pay the postage for them: 1t
amounts to fifteen cents per annum. Ihose
who have not paid US are respectfully urged
O remit at once.
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The coffee tree flOarishers in Cali
fornia any may be extensively culti-
waited there In the future.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-04-05

CRUSHED BENEATH THE WHEELS
One of the saddest calamities that has
ever visited this community occurred on
last Saturday evening. Johnnie Martin,
a little fellow about eleven years of age,
was literally crushed to death by the cars
at the depot while attempting to cross the
track in the rear of the moving train.
The circumstances attending this horri-
BILE event may be briefly recited. The
evening train had come in, and after dis
charging passengers and freight the en-
geneer began to shift the cars. After
disconnecting the two passenger coaches
and leaving them on the siding he re-
versed the engine and moved back to the
depot with two freight boxes loaded with
euano. There were number of boys
running about the track, and among
this number was Johnnie Martin, who, in
attempting to cross the track in rear of
the train, stumped his toe on cross-tie
and fell, with his neck on one of the iron
rails. Before he could recover himself
the train was upon him and had crushed
out his young life. Before the train
could be stopped the two heavily loaded
freight cars had passed over him. His
head was completely severed from the
body except a little shred of torn and
mutilated skin at the back of the neck.
His right arm was also severed from the
BODY. and his face and head crushed al
most beyond all recognition. A crowd
soon collected at the depot; the Coroner
was summoned and q jury proceeded to
hold an inquest over the body of the de-
ceased. A verdict was rendered in ac-
cordance with the above facts i'll the
usual way.-AbbeuiNe Medium.
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The NORTH CAROLINA NEGROES
The fact has been, lately mentioned that
Governor Vance, of North Carolina; had
received letter from colored men in that
State, in which they asked him to assist
them in obtaining means for .colonizing
themselves. Governor Vance has writ
ten an admirable answer. in which he
says he cannot give any aid to their
scheme. that he thinks their fears areidle,
and that so far as he and the party with
which he acts are concerned, he knows
that there is no intention to oppress their
people or deprive them Of a. single legal
right. He informs them that the coloni-
zation scheme has been put on foot by
the same men who told them that he
would put them back into slavery if
elected Governor. He adds: I'VE don't
want you to leave the State. There is
room in North Carolina for you and us,
for your children and ours for many gen
erations. We want you to help work our
fields and live with US in peace and pros
perity." Governor Vance also reminds
them that the Democratic Legislature
has Just appropriated $4,000 to build an
asylum for the insane of their race, and
$4,000 year to support it, and that the
Legislature has also passed an act giving
$4,000 year for the education of teach
ers for. their people. This" he says,
"don't look much like taking your rights
away from you. If you want to run
away from all these helps you will act
like fools. If you continue to war on
the people who are giving them to you,
you will act still more foolishly. If l
were advising you on my dying bed L
would say no more than for you all to go
to work, make friends with your old mas
ters and white neighbors. Quit listening
to the lies of designing politicians and
enjoy the prosperity which labor, peace
and harmony only can bring about"
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GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY.

The Kingstree Star counsels the alb
soition of the Office of Jury Commissioner,
and the whole present system of drawing
juries. Under the law as it stands the
Beard of Jury Commissioners have the
power TO- pick out, just such men as they
think qualified No three men should
be vested with any such power. 1t also
urges the abolition Of the Office of Elec-
ton Commissioner, and says very truly
that we can never have fair elections un-
til we have registration of voters. =
y Mr.. Wm. Nisbett died at his home
in Fulton County, Arkansas, on the 26th
of last December, aged rs years. Mr..
Nisbett was born in Lancaster County, in
1900, and while child his father moved
to Tennessee. In 1926 the deceased re-
turned to Lancaster and married, after
which he returned to Tennessee. In 1861
he removed to Fulton County, Arkansas.
His widow and three children survive
him. He was a good man, q good citi-
zen, and o devoted husband.
- The New York Sun cheers us with
the following: The experience of Vir.
ginia, Georgia, Alabama, Arkansas, Mis-
sissippi and North Carolina will be re-.
peated in South Carolina with the depart
urc of the carpet-bag thieves. Peace,
order and good government are certain to
follow, when the people govern them.
selves and law becomes the instrument of
justice and not Of corruption. Conf.
dence, credit and prosperity must revive
from the existing depression, and what
ever contributes to the happiness of the
State measurably promotes the good of
the whole country.
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EX.PRESIDENT GRANT.

Gen. Grant, the only Ex-President Of
the United States who is now living, ap-
peared before the Cincinnati Chamber of
Commerce on the 26th of last month, and,
in response to a call, made the following
speech, which would not do honor to
even a ten year old boy:
GENTLEMEN-This reception was en-
tirely unexpected by me, but assure
you I am very glad to meet you all, and
feel very thankful to you for this kind re-
ception. I have no doubt but I will bea
great deal better fellow now than | was
six months ago. I don't suppose 1 will
have any political opponents now, since
we are all sovereigns together, as | hope
we will continue to be for good many
years yet. feel that I have considera-
bic life, health and strength left, notwith-
standing the past sixteen years of labor
and toll have undergone, which, per-
haps, has not been surpassed by any
other sixteen years of my life.
The idea of such a man having been
President. No wonder the country has
suffered so much commercially, morally
and politically under his administration.
An analysis of the foregoing speech
shows the Ex-President to be az egotistic
nothing, whom it is disgrace to any ma
ton to have made chief magistrate.
Whatever may be said of him as soldier,
all will agree that he is no statesman,
and very few will accuse him of being an
honorable patriot. He says that he ex-
poets to be better fellow nowtthan he
was six months ago, and we believe it is
true, for he no longer has has the chance
to convert the tuum into the me,ln, or to
appoint others to Office and allow them
to do 80. 1t was an unlucky day for
Gen. Grant when he resigned the Com
membership of the American army to as
sumo the Presidency. As successful
General he had reputation which, how
ever unmerited, ensured him an honora-
BILE position in history, while as Chief
General he held distinguished Office for
life. But when he entered the Presi-
dency he lost all, and has left a reputa-
ton beslimed by the Schenks, Babcocks,
Belknaps and Sheppards who surrounded
him. May he never again appear in
public life to disgrace our nation.
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STATE PRESS, ASSOCIATION.

The third annual meeting: of the South
Carolina State Press Association will be
held in the city of Charleston, beginning
on Wednesday morning, 9th day Of May
proximo. The annual address will be
delivered by DR.. G. w. Bagby, of Rich
mond, Va.
A full attendance of members is earn
estly requested, and journalists who are
not members are invited to unite with
the Association. Amy editor or proprie-
tor Of a newspaper or other periodical
in this State is eligible to membership,
and applications are to be made in writ
ing, accompanied by the initiation fee Of
FIVE dollars. 50
JAMES A. HOYT,
President.
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purpose. -
@gned)
VIM. B. STANLEY,
F. W. McMASTERS,
J. P. SOUTHERN,
Executive COMMITTEES

lIr. Chamberlain did not arrive this
morning. It is now expected that he
will reach Columbia Friday. No one
can say what course he will pursue, as he
maintains his usual reticence. His
friends say, however, that he certainly
will not give place to Gov. Hampton
until compelled to do so by legal process.
They even claim his position is stronger
than before the Washington conference,
as the Democrats are now pledged to
employ only peaceable measures for his
ejectment, and he can prolong legal pro-
ceedings almost indefinitely.
Governor Hampton left Washington
this morning. He will reach here on
the afternoon of the 9Th. The Louisiana
Commission have left Washington. The
Republican says they go not to take ac-
ton in the premises, but simply to ascer-
tain facts concerning existing difficulties
and to consult with the two factions, and
to make suggestions which will bring
about peaceful solution. They are not
regarded as official commissioners, but
simply as friends of the President.
There have been no proceedings under
the Electoral bill to oust Hayes from the
Presidency, and it is most authoritatively
stated that none will be instituted if the
President adheres to his inaugural ad-
dress, and allows his Administration to be
controlled by the Constitution.
Rumor that Bismarck has resigned is
denied, as he has merely obtained lorg
leave of absence.
LArEsr,-Nothing in noon dispatches
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Governor Hampton, in dispatch to
Lieutenant Governor Simpson, announces
that everything has been satisfactorily
and .honorably settled. This declaration
will be accepted throughout the State and
the country that there has been no un-
worthy bargain or intrigue, and that
Hampton has made good the declaration
so often made by him that he was duly
elected Governor of South Carolina and
intended to remain in that position so
long as the people who elected him de-
sired it. He has not quailed before the
bayonets of Grant, nor has he succumbed
to any willy articles Of the enemy. He
is the Governor of South Carolina to-day,
and has been since the 18th of December
last. .;si
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-04-05

The Hampton government is assured,
and with it the right has for once
triumphed over the force and fraud of
Republicanism in South Carolina. A
brighter day has dawned upon our land,
deluged as it is in the wave of political
corruption and villainy: which has swept
over us. By industry and economy the
future of the Palmetto State will yet be-
come as prosperous-and as honorable as
it ever was in the palmiest days of old.
The struggle has been long and fierce,
but the funeral is now oyer, and Repub-
licanism in South Carolina is as assecurely
buried as we predicted, in the beginning,
the straight-out policy was destined to
bury it. This is q complete demonstra-
ton of the correctness of the position that
no temporary advantage will justify the
sacrifice of particle of principle, and
should be a perpetual reminder to our
people that compromises in politics are
dangerous always, and generally termin-
ate in injury to the party making them.
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pared by the Secretary of War, but will
not be sent to Ruger or made public till
tomorrow. General Sherman was clos
eted with Secretary McCrary for some
time before the preparation of tie order
was commenced, which will be in the
nature of despatch to General Ruger,
and not o general order, through the
usual military channels. 1t is generally
believed the order will not be sent until
submitted to the Cabinet tomorrow after
noon.
Chamberlain, up to o'clock, did not
believe the conclusion to remove the
troops from the State House had been
reached. When he had official conirma-
-tion of the fact, he said: "It ends the
struggle, and makes General Hampton
practically Governor"
Chamberlain dimes with the President
tonight, and leaves for Columbia
Wednesday morning.
When Governor Hampton was in
formed this afternoon, in advance of the
official notification, that an order would
be issued for the removal of the troops
from the State House, he expressed him
self much gratifed, but said it was no
more than he expected from the princl-
piles announced in the inaugural address.
He was somewhat interested to know
whether the order would take immediate
effect, as he wished to. be present in Col
umbia when it was executed. However
as precautionary measure, he would at
once telegraph to friends in Columbia his
earnest wish that there should be no out
ward demonstration, such as might dis
turb the public peace, and he was satis-
fed his advice would be respected. On
the withdrawal of the troops from the
State House, he would direct that guard
of two unarmed men be sent there to
guard it from improper interruption, and
he thought such force would be sufficient
for the purpose. He felt satisfied there
would be no disturbance, and that the
people throughout the State would take
courage to repair their shattered indus
tries. He called this afternoon to take
leave of the President, and thank him for
the withdrawal of the troops, repeating
the assurance given in his recent letter,
that all should share alike in the protec-
tion of the law, and not doubling his
ability to preserve the peace. He does
not apprehend that Mr.. Chamberlain will
take any action with regard to the custody
of the State House. Governor Hampton
leaves tonight for Columbia. 1t seems
to be understood that, in accordance with
Governor Hampton's wishes, the order
will not reach Ruger until Wednesday.
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In the overthrow of Chamberlain,
South Carolina has been rid Of the evil
genius which has shaped the ruinous and
disgraceful course Of Repubicanism in
this State. He steps down and out with
the contempt of honest men of all parties
and all States. He has led remarkable
career here, and has ended it in ignominy
and disgrace. His fate should be a warn
ing to all men who seek to crafty ambi-
ton by dishonorable actions and associa-
tions. His ability would have given him
position with respectable men, but an
over haste to attain his object induced
him to seek foul and corrupt methods of
advancement, which have bankrupted
him morally, socially and politically in
South Carolina. 80.
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A LARGE CITY.

Greenville city has mineral spring
within ten miles of the city, and within
one mile of the Air Line Railroad, un-
surpassed in the Southern country forthe
virtues of its water and for the beauty of
its surrounding country GreenuiHe Ne'os.
Greenville city also has fine cotton
factory within twelve miles of the city,
near the G. & G. R. R., familiarly known
as the Piedmont Factory. 1t also has a
fine school within fifteen miles of the
city, called the Marietta high school.
What spacious city