The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-03-22
EX PhRTE ARGUMENTS.

No matter how silly the arguments of the
leader of party may be there are always
some newspapers and followers who are
sycophants enough to corroboratc and praise
their er pdrte reasoning. When President
Hayes message appeared in the papers, de-
claring that of all citizens the laborer and
the man receiving salary were tho most
Interested an having money of Il stable
aud uuchanging value, hundreds Of persons
epeated-parrot likc-the sentiment, and
by parody declared Great is Diana of the
\ lEphesians The truth is, his argument was
very futile, aud believe was not prompted
by desire for the best interests of the class
named, but by that Of purchased praise
| cannot think that he was so silly as not to
know that the most important consideration
with the class named, was to get a salary or
chance to work for something which he
can procure the means of life with But
tho idea Of making the money or compcn-
sation OF this class SO precious that the en-
p'oymcnt Of it becomes accidental, it ought
to be clear to mind Of average acumen,
that to rush t. such a basis while industry
is in debt is playing into the hand of the
money power. TO all but the willfully
blind it is plain that the channels of trad,
which is our money should be made as easy
as possible, by making money cheap and
plenty. -
If it is desirable to have labor employed
and remunerated, and the country made
better by our living, we must convert all
tramps au1a unemployed persons into labor
ers by making money plenty enough to
hire them.
Every one who is acquainted with the
history of Illinois, knows that our prosperity
has been greatest when money was cheapest.
This State never improved faster than dur
ing 1859 and 1860, when we had plenty of
wildcat money which was established en-
the gold basis theory, but was not worth on
an average more than two cents on the dol
lar, but it served to'cxchangc the products
Of one citizen of the country for that of
another, which should be the only legitimate
use Of money. And then Immediately at
close Of the civil war our money was plenty
and cheap, and our prosperity began on
new lease which has terminated unhappily,
when we in our lcthargy suffered capital to
get possession Of our law making power,
and dictate the resumption Of specie pay
ments and then destroy our silver as Il legal
tender, and by that means increase the value
of gold.
America ausht to be free from all other
countries; and not determine that we should
pay our president fifty thousand dJllars a
year because some other country pays it's
king more than that many pounds and not
determine that we cannot use paper or iron
as Il legal tender, because some other coun-
try has determined to make gold its only
legal tender and above ALL as it is one of
the products of our Jurisprudence, that laws
are made for the protection of the weak
against the strong.
The popu!ncc often know their interests
better than the Shylocks arc willing to
believe, and we are forced by the drift of
the Presidents message, to accredit him
with want of sympathy for industry or g-
norance Of its nccd.-J. r. PARKS, IN
.Jomnot Of agriculture and Farmer.