Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-10-17
A Greenbacker's Honest Belief.
A correspondent writes from Patch
Grove the following:

A correspondent writes from Patch
Grove the following:
MANY Greenbackers honestly believe that
Ga January LIST, 1879, the greenbacks will all
pe cailed IN and burned. Wouldn't It be
short 2n
The HERALD has some time ago
given to the readers of the HERALD
the tenor of the Fort bill and perhaps
next week will give It entire. It was
a Republican measure and forbids the
cancellation Of greenbacks. Under it
not a greenback can be destroyed,
yet this measure was voted against
by the Greenbackers in Congress.
But 1t is thankless task to under
take to root ont Greenbacker's hon.
est beliefs. Brick Pomeroy made
them believe some time ago that this
country had at the close of the war
one billion, eight hundred millions of
greenback currency. He saw the
"honest" fellows took this in like a
child believes in catching birds by
throwing salt on their tails, or as they
believe Santa Claus puts candy in
their stockings, and then he made
them believe there had been two bill
lions out. This story was as "hon.
estly" swallowed, and then he made
the dose two billion, three hundred
millions, and then two billion, five
hundred millions. They were right
well settled down to about this
amount and we didn't suppose Brick
would ever give it to them any big.
ger, but the other day that honest"
old fool Col. or Rev. May, in the
courthouse told us it had been
three billions, and so we presume
Brick p. has thrown five hundred
millions more salt on the honest
Greenbacker's tales. The honest
Greenbackers believe,
That the Government debt is as
large as ever it was.
That bankers can make ten million
dollars out of one million any time
they want to organize bank.
That issuing A" fats" will make far
mers rich even if they have no crops
and workmen wealthy even if they
don't work.
That a Treasury bond bearing sew
en- and three.tenths per cent. interest
is good currency, but Government
bond bearing four per cent. interest is
not currency at all.
That keeping horse thieves in the
penitentiary without working them,
and at the peoples expense, would
be profitable to our industries.
That if his wheat is worth dollar
a bushel and the coat he has to buy
is $50 he will be happier man than
if the wheat is so cents and the coat
SIS.
He did believe that demonetizing
silver was the cause of all his ills.
That England paid man $780,
900 to come over here and get silver
demonetized.
That Congress did it at midnight so
the people would know nothing of it.
That Grant stood at the door wait
ing to sign the bill lest something
should happen to defeat it.
He believed last year in his plat
form and by the fiat" of Pomeroy
and Cary that there should be small
intercovertible bonds at per cent.
for the beneti. of poor men. The Gov
eminent went to making them, and then
Pomeroy said they were the d--dst
outrage ever perpetrated and the hon.
est Greenbacker believes so too.
The ".honest beliefs" of the Green
hackers challenge ones compassion
for their simplicity as does the honest
belief of the child who thinks the
stars are sparks of fire from our chin.
neys, lodged in heaven.