Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-02-01
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The Money Question.
EDITOR Of the Alexandria Gu:etts

10 the EDITOR Of the Alerandria Gu:etts:
Tie following exrac: is from an edi,c1i,,;,
the Gazette Of January 2S:-"Auy man ~,
votes 10 favor of allowing large corporstjor:
who owe money, or who txpend large sums f.,
wages, TO lquidate their debts, or pay their rccr
employees in currency worth ten cents in l.,
dollar less than greelbacks, shows pretty Va
bow his synpathles run co the labor ques:!3p"
This together With previous AID subscquen, ~
presslons would seem to place you in opp?si,3,
to large majority Of your fellow c.tzors vlo
favor change in the financial policy Of t..
Government, to arrest Impossible, the va, g..
sructon traceable thereto. II you mean ,f..
the pernicous Legislation OF the past l.l..r
years, which has brought such VIDE spraaI
Tuo to the thousands OF homes throughor, ON,
land, which has starved the laborer uo,Il H. *
reduced to mere vassalage, ground the pos! H.
to the very dust until amos. the last spark o.,
| independence has been starved ou.. dem,f!l
'z2d l1 certain sections, the whole body pyl.
so that "repudlatioc' is gradually crecp!ut il
10 and popularzIug sentiment hcretotp7: Oh
| ooXlous 10 communities saunch IN hooasty. rr.
driven to desperation 10 bltt!!ag agal1.t al7ar
s,y. II you mean that tie Legislation sh,r'I
s:snd, which he's enabled the Els,sru algl
holder to roll 10 wealth while the poor .a5o.,o,
devils 10 the land ere compelled to coa;rian,
their very lItss blood and tina. Of th,i:slIria,
| families TO bis sggraod;Z,mcnt, We respce.!Q.
protts: you do got reaoc: the sentiments Q. H.,
people, as expressed With great uaariaity :.
the late Couocil Chamber meeting, aui tho2.l
not 40 aspirant for otficc would ask % !.t,c-
| platform to stand before the people Of A!syla
| dtla than the negative CT y0uc poStlo0. y,
pend upon /. much Of the present dslrc., /.
the natural result Of class legislation, Thcl -,
made the rich, rlchar, aud the poor, poy;.r,
until the labor0g classes IN the c0untry 70 j..
are little better off than the Scrs OF RIs:.
This programme, maturad By the vas: @.55ei
power of New Eogland and which has 52t,r.
been successfully carried out 10 lh2 Oh cJI!.
tries, the people are now determined to small
and the lodcltloos arc the smashing is alr,.!i
begun. Even outside tie Currency question
these considerations are Waighty, but waca
taken 10 connection with tia. most i;npif;aa,
measure, the "B!and Silver Bill" is It aay
wonder that the impoverished people Of AK
anGria should give il CD speed. We W..
more money, and those representatives who Z:
| largely Interested 10 To7ernDc0e securities, 0.
who represent constituencies whoG iltarc>.
are hostile to Our own and who seem 80 vlr.
solic!tous lest the DOOR labo!iog man 81 2ul
be compelled to receive his poy 10 dcnr. a.
silver are the variest hypocritcs a1d keeper =
trap into which they hope to inyege th'
poor man and then dcvour him at leisure. III,
give the poor pao work and pay him in s;'~r
CT even in coppers. and he will be c,p;cnt t.
submit to the horrible depreciation w&i:s
Mr.. Tideus keeper, Hewitt aod others ha2'
so wildly depicted. Ever since contraction b,.
gun our condition has gradually grown wor>>,
prices are lower, it is true, butthe wolknpn42
is without means. When fur was SD ! r
barrel be could buy it because wages were @o)..
With steady employment, nov he must b, car
tent with his ash cake, and ga enough t. I,
even that, while those who have bied Eim Is
10 kings houses, fare sunptuousIy ov>ry q: I"
and are protected By naiooa! legislation.
FIRST WARD