The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-01-24
millions did not cover and tremble as
the, aPproaeh Of winter fot the lack Of

ilItEVttH Qlu uOt ccHcE 2fU tfemUto ~
the approach Of winter for the lack OF
food and shelter. The public peace vas
not broken by fio.b In resistance to STAR
vation yagea. The, courts were not prin.
cipally occupied in esfs- --ccing collections,
foieelosihg mortgages, ordering sheriffs'
sales, OF. In punishing the destitute and
the outcast. These are some things
which did not take place. Othere that
did ere equally striking. Coed wages
and good prices stimulated every labor
ing mans muscle, every business mans
brain and ever? power Of machinery into
the highest and most productive activity.
Hope and encouragement were in every
heart. New farms were bought and cui-
tivated. New workshops were opened.
New manufactures were established.
New mines of iron, coal and silver were
sunk into che earth, whose contents In re-
turn assisted In: the glad acclaim of q
universal individual ard national pros
nerity. ~ 't8ti' s',' h'te .af
Mr.. Voorhees, argued that there is not
o dollar to-day in the hands of the peo.
pie on which they have :.nt paid q tax
for the privilege of having 1t put In cir
culation by the government. The ma
tional bank is the middleman between
enormously paid for doing what the gov
ernment Ought directly to do itself. He
spoke. of the eyils Of the national bank
ing System, and eaii that if the national
banks wero blessing then our public
debt was a blessing, for tho debt supports
the banks. In concluding he said that
those for whom he spoke demanded the
restoration of the silver dollar and its mn.
limited coinage, not fearing il would be.
coma too plentiful, and that il be made
O legal tender. Second, they demanded
tho repeal Internationally Of the specie
resumption act of January Il, 1875.
Third, they demanded that the national
banking system be removed and circu.
lating medium provided by the govern
ment for the people without taxing them
for the privilege Of obtaining it, aud they
ask that the amount thus placed ia cir.
oulation should bear reasonable and ju.
dicious proportion &c 1ho business trans.
actions and the population of the United
States. Fourth, they demanded that the
currency Authorized and circulated on
the authority Of the government shall be
made legal tender in payment OF all
debts, public. and private, Including dues
to the govefhinent. Fifth, they demand
that hereafter the financial policy of the
country be framed permanently in their
interest, that they shall not be discrimi-
mated against in future legislation as in
past, and that their prosperity, and not
the mere growth Of income and retired
capitalists, shall be the primary duty of
the governments. - ,Has'Iinl'
In conclusion, Mr.. Voorhees, quoted
from an article he had noticed in certain
Eastern newspapers in regard to the
rights of the 'bondholders, the duty of the
laboring Glasses, and the policy that
should be pursued by caritaliats to coun-
teract the effects Of anticipated legisla.
tion on the silver question, and said !:
tSir. have ID word Of menace 70 nttsr
on this floor; but In behalf of every
laborer and every owner Of the soil whom
1 represent, warn all such as value
their investments, tint when these doc
trines Of despotisnn sre sought to be en-
forced, this fair land will again be con-
vulsea in agony, and the fires Of liberty
will blaze forth again as they did one
hundred years ago in defence Of the nat
ural rights Of man. [Appladse in the
galleries. May the wiRdom of our
fathers and the benignity of our God
avert siich AZ isstie; bat il ;s shall coTs.e,
if infatuation has seized our councils, the
result will only add one moro instance to
tho long catalogue of human crime and
folly, where avarice like ambition over
leaps itself. and in its unholy attempt to
rob Others of their possessions, loses its
own" Great applause in the gallery. ]