Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1878-10-05

more silver, nothing put apsoiut'
money? He is the financial Santa
Claus of the nation. ll.rughter.l
Everybody Is to he rich without work.
| asked All old gentleman IN Vernon
county the other dav, "now are you
going to get this absolute one
'.Why.' said he, 'the government
will distribute it by express. Laugh
teri Ii don't come &. q. ID. Ii CONES
all charges paid. lGreat laughter
Children get up in the morning aud
tiud their stockings full OF absolute
money. An old lady takes down her
suubOuuet TO 90 to me spring ana out
rams n chunk of absolute money. An
old man undertakes To put on his
bout. and he finds them both full OF
absolute money. Why, they sre
waiting down there in some PORTIONS
of this state Tor Mr.. Iiili to arrive
with n new cargo of absolute money.
|. 'ughter.I
Nv tcilou-cit zeus,it Mr.liilrs prop
oslllon. a. declared IN that platform,
he carried out, the money that lie
issues will bo thicker than the leaves
OF Ealiaubrosa, aud not worth half
rs much.
Now | don't know wheis or the
people OF ST. Louis have read this
| platform or not. but | am going for
! y Vcry lew moments. without weary
| inu YOU al sll. TO zee what Mr.. Hill
proposes TO do. This is headed,
'.Adupted bv the National Green
nack-Labor Party III Sedulla."
We demand the issue of absolute
money in greenbscks." How is lie
going to get absolute mouev III green
backs? That is for MIR. Hill TO ex-
plain. G~reenbacks are y promise To
nay by tho government abs lutte
money is no promise To pay-fntl
legal tender tor all purposes what
soevcr.
What. demsmd that all bonds sub
iect to redemption hereafter, shall
he redeemed immediately" How 7
La bankruptcy! What sal this plat
form OF Ia greeubAck party! Re
deemed how 7 LII absolute money.
We demanu that all bonds now
due and payable shall be purchased
by tue treasurer As rapidly rs pOssi-
BILE AT market rates aud Cancelled. We
rcccmmeud that provision be made
by law FIR the Issue oi'--Green-
backs! o.. no ; Tor the issue 81 alb
VI tiphCN ~ Nv AtitCd
under proper restrictions and coudi-
Uu.- To br loaned to The states, Coun-
gics and cities At the rate Of 2 pei
cent. per arIuum. ON crltain voluntary
security TO be used to pay their bond
ed Indebtedness and relieve the pro-
pie of the oppressive burden OF taxa
ton.
Now Mr.. Hill il d constitutional
lawyer and | would like TO know
where he finds the power in the con-
>~t,tutiou of the United States to put
the government down As u broker, to
loan its money 10 states, cOuntie:
and cities al per cent. but ever
waving constitutional right, l would
like to know, where
THE SECURITY WOULD COME FROM.
Take a little town, | suppose it woulC
give the own pump. | suppose thu
county would give the county Jail ant
court house. and whenever the govern
ment got tired o. waiting tor Its pay
and foreclosed the mortgage, Their
would be no place 10 administer ~justic,
AMI no place to put q fellow in. il h'
was convicted OF crime.
Now, Mr.. Hill got this clause up 70
the single and sole purpose OF meeting
the demand Of seventy odd dehtOr-op
pressed and bond-ridden counties in tn
state OF Missouri He knows to-day tina
ST. Clair county is almost IN 3 state o
, revolution, and that jeff. Younger /
going through the county with this plat
torn OF the greenback-!abor-reiorn
party in one hand aud . six shooter Il
the other. [~Laughterl They hay
=, destroyed the taX-book, and forced tn
: county court to resign and threaten tn
assessor with death and everlasting he
structlon ii he undertakes to assess any
body. and all in the name OF the green
par
ty of the country. But Mr. Hill, nc
satisfied with that. and here is the trio
in ii that catches everybody, propose
!, to tender to the bondholder-what? al
, so.ute mouev--paper money to pay tn
: national debt; and if the bondholder Re
fuses to receive the same in prymer
then congress IS to provide by law t
loan such money to the people at tn
= rate OF : per C. mt, interest, aud thus {
, course the laboriDg man is relieves
Laughter.
4 My fellow citizens, during the lai
war there was some suspicion that III
quartermasters and commisSaries wei
not as pure as they might have beef
aud there has since beeu some intiIu;
: ton that the Internal Revenue depar
meut was slightly mixed but the que
!" ton OF the personal integrity OF ever
e one OF these institutions is as pure
the virgin snow that falls from heavt
To earth spotless and stainless, compare
' with the system that would be Inaugur
d ted III thi. country if that last clause
1t the platform would be carried out.
. IMAGINE 1T
II every township in the United Stat
would have an agency Of the COVER
# ment to loan money to everybody
debt at , per cent. on voluntary secul
" and here would come ZONE feilO
: with a brindle COW. and another with
bob-tailed Eony, and another with for
acres of rocky land that did not ha
enough vegetation on it for a dog
l. scratch itself a hiding place, b
~ the government would have to Ia
it as security. | would, in su
IT. a case. rather be one OF the ofiic,
Of the government, tor money-makII
II purposes, than to be secretary OF
e. treasury with five syndicates thrown
- Why. they would steal everything
this country before they were done wi
IT, it They would take the gold plugs
of an honest mans tooth in broad OPP
y daylight. Just think of II, 2 per cen
- and every body to come up and borr'
III what he wanted. Why, Mr.. Hill is,
some respects.
nj Ii ABSALOM OF HIS PARTY,
al for | believe. according to scrlptural
count, il is stated that he stood at
" gates OF the city and cried out that
90 who wanted relief could come to b
80 He wanted to overthrow his father.
King David and for this reason he CT
" ed upon the people, the debtors. oil
countr TO come to his assistance. A
to-day this platform is nothing else
AN exprcsJn d the discomfort of
debtors or state uT Missouri, W
out regard to any principles of fnanC
and honest political economy.
~. But, my fellow-citizen, more Il
this. and feel earnestly upon this qr
ton, say that when the people ign
~ public and individual honesty, it is
first step to ultimate national destI
ton. There IS but one way to pay h
DIV. est debts that has ever been know
ted and | say it reverently. do not Ii
hey God himself could create u o,
10 way-and that Is by honest work