The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-08-15

should it! It was ASK and We shall
receive ''Knock (at the door of Con.
yress) and it shall be opened unto
yon.'
1t is 1859. The war is over. Con-
traction has been at mark, and ''gold,"
which had been at IL premium of
more than 100 per cent is now down
to Il premium of 81 per cent. There
is no lone to be raised, and the Bond.
lords have already realized by the
contraction hundreds of millions.
The bonds are payable in lawful
money, but il they can have sup
Elementary bargain made the bonds
will be as good us gold. Yes, but on
what pretence or plea is this supple
mentary bargain demandedl Well,
we will call it IAN act for Strer 9Th
ening the Public Credit of the United
States But that is no excuse; the
public credit is strong. 1t has been
Strengthening every day, and is
now Il great deal stronger than it
was three years ago, even by sixty or
seventy per cent. Besides, do we
want credit! Instead of borrowing.
are we not paying off You must call
this new act by some other name. Our.
credit wants no strengthening.
But retorts Shylock, lit lust get
a name. you know, of some kind, ard
ana it would not do to call
it an act to add 5000, 100000, to
the United States debt would it
No! let the name about strengthen
ing stand. The people will acceptit.
Our watch-dogs of the press will bark
out about the public honor and the
great credit it will bring to us abroad,
and the patriotic motives that inspire
congress. and once it becomes law.
our people are a law-abiding people,
so pride in that name that. no matter
what burden you put upon their
backs or what kick behind you may
give them, if you only do it il due
form of law'-law dictated by our.
selves--they will kiss the very dust in
obedience.
And so it was done, and SO it turned
out. and the people never would have
noticed the commission of this enor-
nous fraud--never had known that
$500. 900 900, We're ut one stroke add.
ed to the public debit few re.
formers. the Irish World among
them, had not dived into it and Gshed
it up and flashed it in he eyes of the
people, and let them know what kind
Of conniving rascclS were ruling and
running the country
And to attain this Object, by this
fraud, these assassins of nation
scatter loss and confusion, and ankle.
ty. and down-tnmhling over the mid
die walks OF lift. And privation, sor-
row and despair, ending even III sui
eide, among the most innocent OF our
popnlation--the dlsinherited poor.
And these madmen are suffered to so
abroad instead of being shut up in a
lunatic asylum. And they are per-
mitted to keep a multitude of news
paper dogs barking and bowling at
us, and they ride about in carriages,
instead OF the prison van, and they
wear black broadcluth. instead of the
Jall-bird stripe, and honest men make
way for them on the sidewalk. and
some of them are SO mentally debased
us to off hat to them--off to those
base, selfish, insane men who are
numbering the nation; who, through
o,1hNo VI ounce ~, uIlSpcdhdDle, have
brought us to tYle verge of anarchy
and social war. Immortal honor to
We . the great men Of the past centu.
ry. You put the ballot in our hand.
May we use it with success And
may not even the insane ones repeat
that prayer. Visions Of happiness
AMI security hanging round the ballot
box have for SO lar soOthed the out.
ragged people into patience. Had no
ballot and no such hope existed we
, may well shndler To contemplate
What must have followed long before
noW--what must surely follow if
those hopes are blasted. There is in
deed no class SO deeply Interested in
the reform movement and its full
success AS the very criminals whose
deeds have provoked 1t and brought
II on. Its success will bring peace
10 then. and force health and com.
mon sense into their diseased lives.
But What would follow and fall upon
them If the peaceful change should
fall F! What! Let them look into
history for III answer. Or if too liz.
noiant and too lazy to do hat, let
them take :. look at the Indication
furnished by the hlocked-np blazinlng
roundhouse Of pttsanrg.
Yesterday morning heavy browpd