The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1877-11-09

than gold ~ money By the government,
| Of the world.
Specic basis, care not how desirable
is not practical In this country until on
indebtedness 10 charged and brough
home. In 1863 congress paesed a law /,
benefit the credit of The government
II was law that added 10 your inAeLt
edness more than four hundred milliu,
dollars. Your debt up TO that time wa
understood 10 he currency debt, ant
gold was worth 80 per cent. They pass
ed this law saying that debt should b.
jpaid IN coin. The labor OF this countr,
buys everything, and that IL the rcaso.
that the laboring man should be posted
upon this question affecting SO cioscl,
his own interest.
The bondholdcrs were not satisfied
with the acts OF their friends in congress.
In having said that The debt should l,t
paid In coin instead OF paper, but sought
still further to increase their fortunes al
the expense Of the laboring and pro.
|ducing classes by demonetizing silver
which was the only way they could
avoid receiving il In payment under tho
law OF 1863, it being At that time as much
q coin Of the government as gold. Our
government Tor about Sd years after its
formation had no silver to amount 10
ang''ing. But within the last 10 or Is
years we have become 10 be The creates,
silver producing government in the
world.
When we produced but little silver. We
gave value to 'be silver bullion OF other
countries by giving IL the same legal
value we gavo 10 gold. Blu. since VIC
have become the greatest silver pro-
ducing country in the world .ud ouyh,
10 be more Interested In maintaining its
value than any other country. strange to
say, our government was vii Ing to enter
into conspiracy against l. 10 the great
injury of tie thousands OF iaboring men
employed ~ mining il, anu also to tho
injury Of millions OF producers Of com.
modities of various kinds, the vaiue or
which was reduced bv lis dcnour,iza.
lion IN the interest o. very few bond.
holders and gold gamblers.
Congress, by demonctizing the silver
dollar, destroye cd la value. oliver pro.
duced 80 ,O0O,0O0 dollars or wealth iassl
year tn the country. When YOU DESTROY
the value Of q commodity. Won take from
labor its value. We have the right fol
pay the bonded Indebtedness in silver
provided We restore il 10 ifs position as|
= coin. Will you s'iow these men tol
destroy this great mining interest? II
hope that the next opportunity that Of
fers, you will vote 10 pay the debt ac-
cording to contract.
The people OF this country will never
be satisfied until this great financial
question Is settled in The Interest Of tho
whole country, in the interest OF the Ia
Dor party ns well as Of the bondholdcr.
We propose 70 pay the bondholder ac-
cording TO our contract. and at the same
time manage our financial affairs in thcl
interest OF the country, and We don't
propose TO pay 10000. 600 dollars for the
privilege Of indorsing the national
banks. tits the duty of congress to give
the same value to the laboring mems
doil:.r az TO the bcndho!dcvs' dollar. Let
congress- pass o law 10 take greenbxcks
for tariff and you have a par money.
In Ohio j was gratifying that such
success has been met with, where the
contest was between those in favor of'
redcemable money and those in favor Of
money issued by the government. The
Issues were squareIy made. and q maiori-
~ OF more than $4,000 votes cast against
redcemable money and the ruinous con-
irar'lnn policy Of the administration. Its
N- inst rebuke 10 MIR. Sherman, the
NiiieT 70 redemption. as well rs every.
hcme in The interest cf The bonds
and against the laboring onda
y Nitia. millions Of the IN nd
is fonciusion. il have made any sug- !
&C. onS That will lead you 10 make fur
Their .vestigations of this great ques-
ton IN which we are all so much iutcr.
ested, shall feel that am more than,
for the time agrceabI,
spent with you this evening.