The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-09-05


recently,
SENATOR THURMAN delivered a speech .;
Athens, Ohio, on Saturday last. Il is the
clearcst exposition Of the questions now
commanding public attention, that We have
seen anywhere, and should be in the hands
of every voter in this land. Speaking Of
the money power, he said My second OBJ
lection 10 the National banking system is
,hA; !, tends to concentrate, combine and
intensity wha, is called the money power,
That is the power Of those who WELD the
money capital in the country Now, don't
misunderstood NE. III know myself,
am not, and never have been, and never
will be, demagogue. There is something
in my nature that revolts At the idea. Ii
am everapparently demasogical, am self
deceived man, for never intend to be,
have. therefore. no defamation to pour
out before You against money capital.
have no war to make upon capital hon
es,ly made none whatever. No country can
tx rich and prosperous without capital, and
AIN not the man TO make an assault upon
capital honestly acquired. But | do say,
my friends. that of the influences in this or
any other country, where free Institutions
exist, that influence which is 10 be most
icalonsly watched and guarded against is
the influence Of this very money power.
Let Us for a moment compare the intlu
ence il cXerts with the influence eXertcd by
the farming portion of the community.
Very much the largest proportion Of the
wealth of this country Is in the land, the
tiocks and crops; much the largest proper
ton OF our community are men who are
making their living by delying into the
soil-the farmers and agricultural laborers
Of the country. And when did any one
Of you ever see them lobbying about the
halls of legislature or Of the congress of
the United States to get laws for their own
! special benefit, that shall give them privi-
lcgcs other men do not possess: Are there
any such men herel As one Of your repre-
sentatives for nine years in the senate Of the
United States, have never seen
there an agricultural lobbyist in all
that time while | have seen hundreds of
men lobbying in the interest 0: the money
capital of the country; and yet, my friends,
Mr.. Secretary Sherman, in his late speech
at Toledo, says that | am quite wrong in
thinking that there is any danger from
concentrated money capita!--that tits the
weakest influence in the world. ! really
do think that it Is he and not !, who is
wrong. Without going any further back
than 1865, at the close Of the war; and COM
inc from that day down to this, demand
of him and Of everybody else who is cog
infant Of the facts, to say in whose interest
has the legislation Of congress been! Has
it not been VIGOROUSLY in the interest Of
moneycd capital, and added hundreds of
millions to the value Of the bonds, and Sc
curitics held by money capital, and added
that much to your indebtedness! What in
terest, pray, was it that made the iive-twenty
bonds, which by the law were payable in
grccnbacks, by an alteration OF the law pay
able in coin! That was the very first act Of
General Grant, administration. Was not
that brought about by influence Of the mon
cy power! What influence was it that de-
monctlzcd silver! Was il not the influence
of the money power What influence is It
that has steadily contracted the currency
for so many years. thereby approaching
the value OF money and making its pur-
chasing power far greater than it used to be-
while the purchasing power of everything
| else remains as il was or has diminished
Was it not the money power: Did the farm.
, ers OF Athens county go to congress and
, ask 1t to pass these mcasuresl Not one o.
/, them. Did any farmers ever petition con
, grcss for any such purpose, or any mechanic
| Not one of them. Who was it put thi
measure through but this combined money
I power, which Mr.. Sherman thinks is til,
weakest power in the whole country
1 Oh, my friends that won't do. Why
+ there are old men here before mc--for / SCI