The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-09-26
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ChtagO Time.
In the English translation Of the account
Of the creation Of the universe commonly
supposed to have been written by Moses,
we read: "God said, Let there be light
and there was light" 1t has never been
claimed that the Almighty spoke IN
English on that occasion. Moses allows 1t
TO be inferred that He spoke in the He.
brew tongue; for he or some contempt.
rary writer gives a~n'aceount Of personal
interview between the Almighty and
Moses, and there is no reason to believe
that the latter could hold q conversation
in any other language unless, possibly. II
was the court language OF Egypt. But
now comes q new Moses declaring in the
most positive terms that the Almighty
spoke In Latin, and that the words He
actually used were Fiat hri He does not
state II as an opinion mol rs q supposition,
nor as q conclusion reached by some pro-
cess OF ~ntiocination, nor as q TACT resting
upon the authority Of history, tradition,
revelation, or any other secondhand in
formation; but rs q fact In his own know
ledge; a. that which he knows; asa verify
present in the consciousness oil the new
Moses OF the fiat-money nationals"
God said, Fiat hnt, and Immediately
there was light. Light existed in obedi-
ence to the almighty fdt. NGod had only
said, Fiat money, there would have been
money. Money would have existed, in
obedience3o the almighty fat, as abundan-
tly rs light. No man would have been
Obliged 10 labor and produce something
in orderto get money. Itwould have been
readymade for all, In sums and quantities
10 suit alIdesires. ft%ould have been distri-
buted equally to all the inhabitants of the
earth, at any amount pr capita they might
prefer. Plainly, It was q great mistake on
the part Of the Almighty 50 the new
Moses gives us to understand : that God
did not say Fiat nioNey rs well rs Fiat ltr.
To remedy that mistake by the Creator
Of the universe there is no way but to
have recourse to legislation. What the
omnipotent Jehovah overlooked In Great
ing the universe the Omnipotent American
congress can supply. Congress has only
TO say, Fiat m0nev, and there will BE-
money!
Not only is this what the new Moses
SAYS, and what the national" party say,
but il also is what Mr.. Thad. Stevens and
other distinguished believers in the omni.
potence Of legislation said in 1852. Belle
wing that II Congress should say, "Let
there be money!" there would be money,
they persuaded Congress to authorize the
issue Of treasury due-bills, and to stamp
on the back OF each due.bill the legisla-
tive tiGt: This note shall be lawful money
and a legal tender" .
Congess said, "Let there be money"
and there was money!
And Congress saw the fiat money, that
It was good; that it also was green; that
the measure OF it styled q dollar would
buy of gold, and OF silver, and Of corn,
and Of cattle, and Of every other commod-
ity one third Of that measure; and that
the people who believed the word OF Con-
gress were green likewise.
Then appeared the Spectator and the
patriot called the aruiy-contractor, and the
shoddyite and the gambler and the black
leg Of every name and kind.
And they made business liyely!-
Now, these are the generations OF the
omnipotent fat: In the beginning Congress
fat money even out OF nothing was
fiat money created by congressional fiat.
And fiat money begaf imitation, and inaa-
ton begat speculation, and speculation be-
gat debt, and debt begat bankruptcy, and
bankruptcy lbegat fat.money lunacy, and
lunacy begat the nationals, and
the nationals begat Ben Butler, even the
new Moses that %pretendeth to more know
ledge and wisdom on the money question
than the, Almighty Creator Of the uni.