The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-09-03

fumpuA anu CREATE qulte III uPhUA allN
excitement upon the streets OF Wheeling
II left loose, wouldn't they? Well take q
whole state and start the madness and you
can form some idea Of the mania on this
subject. II you have any old worn out
cylinder press and u yellow basket full OF
hot steam, ship 1t hence for millions await
you; GREENBACKS, you poor, scorned,
hated, illegal, and bastard child Of the
government you poor, despised reptile,
come and cheer our Southern heart We
didn't like you when you belonged to
somebody else but now that you are to
marry into OUR family We embrace, We
hug and POCKET thee. You whaled us in
war, we'll pocket you in peace, and when
YOU 90 to leave us for Northern climes
we'll growl and swear for more.
So YOU will realize what this great
Greenback movement Is; do you know
what 1t means, what 1t intends to do,
and what its future ISL | had not
the faintest idea Of its strength, and Its
power nor fair conception fits purposes
until / came into the midst OF 1t. ltmeans
this: every printing machine OF the gov
eminent Is to be set In motion; greenbacks
are to fly from their wheels like dust and
these are to replace the interest bearing
bonds OF the nation. This is what It pre-
tends to mean. But TO me 1t Is full OF q
more significant and deeper meaning; it
appears to be an effort to 80 increase the
volume OF our currency that 1t will be de-
preciated in purchasing power to where
say not. Further, 1t seems hidden,
though not outspoken intention, OF the
leaders OF this movement, in the present
~ tt,n IL h has ~
to array labor and the laboring man, loaf
ers, tramps, scalawags and vags against
those who by industry and economy have
accumulated little store for future days.
To sum up the whole question in nut
shell these people don't know exactly what
they want; evidently they want something
to satisfy them; they can't get their three
and four dollars per day Us in the good old
war.times, nor have they their old vOca-
-stealing-to fall back upon, for Mis-
souri, hemp Is plentiful this year, and they
have already tried the strength OF 1t on
several necks; so that they don't know ex-
actly what they do want unless it be a
printing press, paperand ink to print their
once dispised but now beloved gree,Ibdck.
Soberly thought this movementhas entire
" upset the calculations OF both political
parties; OF both it pretends and seems to
be entirely independent, and it looks as
though it would elect its own Congressman
at the next election. have talked with
the most intelligent and best posted men
in this district for the purpose OF finding
out for my own satisfaction the feeltngot
the voters on this subject OF finance, and
find that they are nearly all crow-eaters;
|. e. they relish the food they once vomited.
In '62t63 they damned the greenback; in
rs they bow before 1t and worship II as
their God. In fifteen years convert is
made and in 8 years more / expect TO see
these people slobber over and swallow nm
Amerfcanus Mephitus. There are q few
men, however, left, men who stood by the
Union when in Its peril, and men who to.
day stand by the old flag, who now and
forever are not afraid to battle fora cur
rency based upon honesty, and place our
money upon a platform that all the world
may know it is worth what 1t represents
itself to be. There are some OF
these men left In Missouri yet, and
l would pay tribute Of respect and
admiration to q nameless citizen OF this
State who in by.gone years fought the bat:
tie OF freedom against slavery; struggled
hard to save the Union from dismember-
ment; braved every danger for his coun-
try; saw friends slain in battle and an only
brother cruelty murdered under his own
roof by those whose protection he had a
right to expect; who aided and assisted in
every way in his power and at his life,s
peril, the government SO much loved;
who for months dared not, on account OF
his loyalty, show his face near his own
freside; to this man, and oil like him, !
pay an humble tribute OF admiration and
respects In vain, however, have these
men battled and fought for honesty and
integrity, on the part Of the Government;
the wild cry OF "Greenbacks" has found
echo in the throat Of nearly every voter OF
imitation measure presented before our
next Congress will be supported by all the
members from this State sare one. And
now farewell to Greenbackism, and tilt
at