The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-04-25
WHICH SluE WILL YOU TAkE7
lndividuaIism or Eationalism

tnoVQualiSm or EdVond"s'
y The principle of all individualisn
1 is defiance. 1t is the egotism OF pow
er, the selfishness of gain, the ambl
ton to control. Scott and Wander
bilt represented it in railroads. Stew
art in merchandise, Packer i'll coal
I R0thchilds in money, SOylock IL
usury. 1t is MONOPOLY rampant. II
usurps all it can lay it's hands upon
It cares not how many starve so that
1t grows fat. Specie is it's instrument
domination is it's aim, ariStOcracy is
its result. 1t ignores all democracies
of right; lie sneers at all the evange
lisms of equality. When it attains Its
majority and power, it is Louis XIV
declaring II am the State
i Thefe is principle in direct antag'
Onigm to this. 1t is association. Its
aim is the universal good; its civiliza'
others as you would that others should
do unto you; it's law, love thy neigh
Dor as thy self; it's philosophy is edu-
cation, it's humanity is justice. Fran
els de Sales was it's apostle. Franklin
was it's representative, Washington
its conqueror, Jefferson its phllosO-
pher, Hamilton its economist, Chase
| SITS financier. Paper money is its in
! strument. equality is its aim. a free
and prosperous people result from It's
principles. 1t halls every democracy
|, of right, it's welcomes every means OF
equalszing rewards-labor'f prospect.
| ties. When it becomes strong it will
not alone declare that all men are
\ born free and equal. but it will battle
to maintain perfect equality OF
rights--not of intellects, but of secur-
\ ity from oppression; not Of abilities
to accumulate, but of protection from
all usurpations.
Specie has long been the right arm
of power to individualism. 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 81 am the State, 1.-The tyrant of
railroad power" 1.-The ruler of mer-
chandise," "the monopolizer of coal"
the 'sdictator Of money!" or the sen
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 it's
\ strides in the characterization
Specie requires submission. Ignor-
ance gave it power; barbarity made
it king; oppression made it master.
long ages Of tyrants have made it the
autocrat of privileges and 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 a sovereign power
capable of declaring what shall consti.
tute money, and by that power made
u legal tender for all 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
sponsibility 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, by the plaud-
nd In 10
is the PAPER money l 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. 1t always OPP
presses those who are too weak or too
timid to resist it. Specie never has,
and never can be, mined in 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 it. The very fact of it's
scarcity has made it the autocrat of
privileges. All autOcracy create
slavery; all slavery is ignorance, ig-
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
as much of it as educated freedom de-
mands-just as much of it as eqqaliz-
ed rights require to equalize capital
ane labor, progress and justice. The
sneering individualist says you can
create it 50 easily that you will de-
stroy it. The individualist is selfish
scoffer at all liberty. The Tory of
England said that the excesses Of lib
erty WoeM aanf1or 1kherty. The gov
ernnset rrGress of the Unit
ed St[444 wer. To admit
that y United States
cand control their own
issa q th salty is to de-
clarg - are not capable
.Qf This was the
Lasa1iom with the