Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1878-08-17

lCti ditN ScNiHt
i~uprrativc!v demand recognition and
remedy. No love or hate, no pride
no prejudice, born OF old conflicts
over obsolete issues, should control
the votc of 4 citizen i'll presence OF
the crisis al To-day
The great questions We must now
meet are purely financial. Inc south
is restored to sesf-gosernWent, an"
bayoue rule Is ended. Inc scheme
of the republican party 10 perpetuatt
its power by sectional hatred, race.
feud.aud 4 standing army. was utter
Iy defeated ut the hailot-hoN III 1870.
The weakness of certain democratic
leaders, and the fraud and bra&Sart
threats OF Republican managers, gave
the oftic, of president 10 the defeated
candidate. He was declared elected
under the forms vi law ana USAGE.
and there is no method known 10 the
constitution TO contest his title bui
he sits IN his high office without the
mora power wnich clothes n people :
president. Tie base perpetrators OF
the fraud, though whitcwa>hcu with
official station, are daInutd to Listing
iufamy, aud the republican party
itself IL paraly Zed by lis Iminorai
triumph. The details of the deed are
beIur rxposci aud recorded, In be
read auH adhered - long as free
government lasts. Tie army, MATE
au instrument in the crime, mas, pE
the determined action OF thr demo
cratic house OF representatives. nech
confined To its appropriate duties.
lieucufurth congress alone VIII ct
1ermiuc who has been chosen prt>l-
dent. ana he vii. bc inaugurattd by
force ot a public VIII. before which
all the Grants, BradIeys aud Cnaud-
Ier> will quail ana >uccuuib.
What Is the money question: Is
it whether we s.ail have cold OF
paper? There is no such issue, and
never has been. Paper hi> tons
been. and must hereafter TIE, the
great money factor in new and highly
progressive countries. Cold ANA
silver accumulate in countries which
have approached or reached their
Zeuitr, where gathered wealth taxes
control of the productive forces ana
wage people toll for bare existence
There concentrated capital, low In
terest and cheap labor combine L"
make cheap products. and gold nowe
there 20 buy them. But in the United
States, with our heretofore swift
development, distributed wealth aud
well paid labor, we have never Deeh
able to get or keep enough gold or
silver 10 be the chief currency, INK
have ALWAYS relied aud must here
after RELY mostly on paper money a
the agent of Industrial developement.
The practical money question IN the
United States i, therefore, hot
whether our currency shall he III
coin or paper. but Who shall issue
the paper money, aud how snail l'>
sot,Inmor+ of ms or.stinu depenls
tho soInt,on ot cnlet uoIitical auu
eoc;,I rr,hIom which now aoita1es
81 arj.ou ,a,,Io
w. :. 80 - aud what i the
%ftha i,toInrahIa nar,lysis OF
h,ass toz,rurrinu of yaIuts. and
d~on-oJaf;on Of Ishor which now OBJ
80 aud alarm our npople
IT. nan-a fa,Iow.citIIrus. still
;rsist i l. innracricnble attempt
70 tn.ra Snarin ymcuts Ii was
,N pn. fro,n tho ontsrt.
t .Hrnna,t oud res.nuiur
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tam W. have toe
1i.,L. o,.,i TO Ettla nowrr tC
-. 80 maEo rnruannut rr,unp
,in ,oS-iLfn u;rhnut an pnOrm0U.
" po,, anr n,nnr currency
W. haya cyncriemcet !. contraction
=. abnn, ~ ,0n nlO bv cancellation
go ,,ro NOV. han ,h,t hy hoard
on . - .o.r.nf c,nirai.ts a. Il
~ ofac, Of tfa resnmnrIUn law: ali,
49,. onntr,c,ion ha. re.uI,cd IN Al
annrTon. t.iI of nrice-. ruin .
- .,d ,,x.niyrr pruIirlr-
hUCnas. hanLrnmtrv manner wages
an "n,n,l,rnent Starvation
rra. hn.-,arv ouI crime.
D, - tbst mere can h
cn,,r,rtjon brcau.e-
ho a-i,a,i,n nv the dem
ian, 80 ar.imst n resumptio
Tau pat.s n's forhi dd.u ,he d,
80 .nanrhacr curreur
> sacret,rv of In
mi.i i nu, hon rrdeemcu
n., r; Dad I.,t,r ~ ON
nu. 'u't "a" FOR the NOR,
stn'u'c oo"h7' NIIP. -, lit III
eiiec' VI tnc 80 u,,a,,T nari.I
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