Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1878-08-20


the increase in currency. certain men il
the commoOnity, by retoosin to take i
decline to be benefited; therefore. be i
ReSOIUed, That this meeting nv citizens
demand Nv the Town Council that i
townst convene and pass an ordnance
maxim the ishoos OF tho five banks lega
tender for everything from drinks dowr
TO taxes, and that any citizen who re,
toozes to take it. or murmurs at ii. or il
any way discrodIts it, Shell be held ez 6
onI''" enomy and DO imnejitly hung.
The ~ j aresses and the resolooshen was
passed Ia ~urst, and 1 telt easier. With
the power 70 hang all who refoozee &c
tako our Uinney, / rather think kin
make 1t current. A rope over the limb
Nv tree is persuader of raro merit,
and Il ia the best endorsement Nv our
paper we kin possibly hsv.
So far so good. Blu, ist ez l wuz feolin
good over my success. that onmitigatsd
cuss. Jehial Perkins, the man wat Civ his
note 90 Basc0m for bari Nv whisky with
such distinguished success, rose and sed
he he'd series a. whareases and reso
lc0shea 10 psss. lie went on to say that
ho hci giyed this question Of finance a
great deal Nv study He indorSed fully
tho p0sishon Nv the Democrisy NV Ohio
and Pennsylysny. lie bleeved in more
money, money enutf for every body. Ho
pinted with pride TO the development Nv
the Corners since the croashun NV moro
money. and he bleeved that still more
money would make still more prosperity
The ldee wuz correct. The Government
shood ishoo promises to pay and faith
shood make EN- good, without any such
nonsense ez redeemia; and il the Gov
ernment shcod do il, why shoodnt banks /;
it banks, why not indiviijles +? That's
wat he wanted to know. Ii ther wuz
any such thing ez redeemin il in gold or
anything else, tho people might hev The
rite 10 ask them ez ishood the gold or
anything else to redeem EN- with. but ez
ther aini no redeemin perposed. why that
question don't come in. The people hev
10 hev faith. and that's all the hevin Their
is IN the transackshen. He WIZ a bleever
in more money, and he proposed TO hey
more money, and be bleeved that them
ez had the greatest need OF money shood
hev the privilege NV ishooin it; and so
long as the people took it from each
other it anssered all ,he purposes NV
money, 50 wuz money. Therefore he
proposed The yoonsaimgs adopshun Nv
the foliowin whereases and resoloosbens: ::
Wareas, Ef 700 hey good thing, YOU
cant hev too much Nv it; and,
Wsroas, The Increase nv currency in
toe Cv.aors hes bin productive Nv pros
periIy such ez We never dreemed nv; {;
aud.
Wareas, /, is the d0o,y Nv all earthly
governments TO diIooSe It's b.essiDs ekal-
ly, thereby imitg.iu the docs Of heavin,
wich falls alike on the jus; and tho un-
just; and,
Whress, The manu;aSter NV money
shoOd not be confined TO the few. but
shood be the privilege uv the many and,
Wareas, We rekognize tho iustis aud
propriety Nv compellin the people 10 lake
such money ez may DC ishood there
fore, be it
Resolved, That evry man may ishoo his
notes uv hand in such sums as may SCOT
MS interest or convenyenco. and that such
notes shell be legal tender tor everything,
the same 81 the notes ishood by our i've
bank insiitooshuns.
And the Id ideots absolootly passed
tho resolooshen without minit's delay,
and they demanded that the Council
meet that very day and pass the orti-
nance, which it did.
EZ ovrg last man ~ EN- commerst
writin notes to wupst, and buyin all sorts
nv things with EN-, we're liable to have
enutf money st the Corners immejitly-
ez much ez our brethren in Ohio and
Pennsylyany wood desire even.
EYrythng in the shspe nv labor hez
bln abandoned, for evry body hez gone
into the manufacter nv currency, that Is,
evry body who kin rite. Thank heven
that they never favored skools here-the
inability TO use ink is the only limit to our
infashen.
Ono single result hes followed this ol
diuance viz NOBODY has nothing TO sell.
went into a shoe store yesterday !hnkin
10 treat myself to pare Nv boots, but
the dealer hadn't any to sell.
But | see hundred pares on the
shelves. ." said |.
They hev bin lort by people over in
the next county" SEE the vilIin; "they
wuz bort for gold Possibly Of yoo he'd
gold 1 Good ge. one of EN- to sell you a
pare hisself."
And be sed suthiu about bringiu hoss
to water, but 700 coOdnt make him drink.
II is plane 10 me that more legisiashuu
is 8 goin to be necessary. Up to certin
pint they took our money, but somehow
them ez aint maxim il are ftin shy Nv
II. PETROLEUM V. Massey.
President Nv the Oniimited Trust and
Confidence Company.
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