The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-04-25
WHICH SIDE WILL YOU TAKE7
IndividuaIism or Eationalism.

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bilt represented it in railroads, Stew
art in merchandise, Packer III coal,
ROthchilds in money, Soylock IN
usury. 1t is MONOPOLY rampant. 1t
usurpS all it can lay it's hands upon.
I 1t cares not how many Starve so that
1t grows fat. Specie isits instrument,
domination is it's aim, arlstocracy is
! it's result. 1t ignores all democracleS
| of right; lie sneerS at all the evange-
| lisms of equality. When it attalns its
majority and power, it is Louis XIV.
declaring Il am the State
Thefe is a principle in direct antag-
| onigm to this. 1t is association. Its
| aim is the universal good; its civillza-
/ ton is charity; it's religion, do unto
others as you would that others should
do unto you; it's law, love thy neigh
Dor as thy self; its philosophy IS edu-
cation, its humanity is justice. Fran
els de Sales was its apostle. Franklin
was its representative, Washington
its conqueror, Jefferson its phllosO-
pher, Hamilton its economist, Chase
SITS tinancier. Paper money is its in
strument, equality is its aim. Il free
and prosperous people result from It's
y
Of right, its welcomes every means of
equalsZing rewardS-labor proSperi-
ties. When it becomes strong it will
not alone declare that all men are
born free and equal. but it will battle
to maintain Il perfect equality OF
rightS--not Of intellectS. but Of Secur-
ity from Oppression; not OF abilities
to accumulate, but of protection from
all uSurpatlOnS.
Specie has long been the right arm
of power to individuallSm. Paper
money must become the right hand
of power to annihilate the idea that
any mad can arrogate to himself the
power to declare, and be able to main
tain hisarrogance in declaring, either
that Il am the State, 1.-The tyrant OF
railroad power" 1.-The ruler of mer
chandiSe, 1.-The mOnopoliZer of coal,
the ''dictator of money or the zen
SLAYER Of lrbor." SperIe is king-craft,
paper money is democracy; specie is
oppression, paper money is liberty;
specie is the feudality of the past
slavery; paper money is equality,
holding the reins of progress for its
strides in the characterization.
Specie requires submission. Ignor-
ance gave it power; barbarlty made
it king; oppression made it master.
Long ages Of tyrants have made 1t the
autocrat Of privileges ana the enslav-
er of men.
Paper money demands unity, conf
dence, education, and equality. 1t is
the enemy of kings. 1t is the hero to
battle down oppression. 1t carries
the torch of light, and the letters of
the oppressed melt away and are
broken rs it approaches.
Let us understand what the term
paper money signifies. We may
reo5h It's Affirmative meaning by first
showing what it is not. 1t IS not in
divieual bankers paper, nor corpor-
ate bank paper, nor state bank paper;
for neither Of these are money; they
are but representatives. of money. 1t
is paper issued by Il sovereign power
capable of declaring what snail conSti-
tute money, ana by that power made
IL legal tender for al debts, dues. and
obligations, public and private. 1t is
issued under the seal, guarantee, and
sovereignty of government acknoWl-
edging no superior but God, and no re
sponsibiity but TO the people who
constitute it. Money thus created
and heralded IS the sovereign meas
ure of values, circulated under the
standard flag of the free, 10y the plaud-
its of a great and independent people,
is the aper money recognize. The
greenback is its type. The United
States issues it.
Specie requires submission. because
the individual few who are rich con-
troll it. Every thing which gives mo-
nopolized power to the few creates
bower. All power is seltih. tyranni-
cal, and often brutal. Ii always op.
presses those who are too weak or too
timid to resist it. Specie never has.
and never can be, mined III quantities
to meet The demands Of Il free or an
enterprising people. Always sought
after by the powerful, rs 4 means of
controlling men. power has always
controlled ii. The very fact of its
scarcity has made it the autocrat of
privileges. All autocracy create
slavery; all slavery is ignorance. i.-
norance is mental. Tho mental is the
subordinate tool of the masters; mas
tiers are individuals, and any system
which creates masteas creates indi-
vidualism.
PEPPER money is the instrument of
the free. and the free can create just
rs much OF it rs educated freedom de-
mandS-just as much of it rs eqqaliz-
ed rights require TO equalize capital
ane labor. progress and justice. The
sneering individualist says you can
create it So easily that you will de-
stroy it. The individualist is a selfish
scoffer ut all liberty. The Tory of
England said that the excuses Of lib
erty would destroy liberty. The gov
ernment and tbs, pngress of the Unit
ed states kAja Pwer. To admit
that 81 )os DE United States
came rtx&16fc md control their own
issuesof money with salty is to de-
clare that the people are not capable
Of self -goyernment. This was the
O. d ...as = With e the
Ill Hf(}lf IA - libel on the hu.
M ~ hWtn \ Islander on free
de- In government. Individualism