Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1878-10-18
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The doctrines a. the cid ravSy which
SAs always been She h3eo8 81 the pooe sud
laSovjus classes, 40 ne, exactly understand
what lhey want.
The money poweg, From TIE very seSinujOg
a The sovevuneal. has sse6 every meaus ia
lis powes 10 ob,aia ,be eoDlrol OF the govern
aeat Tor the sole porpose oTboHdlaE up ana
fastening upoa he people a tasacisl system,
50 constructed - 10 make The lsborjng and
producing classes Forever tvibutsry 10 The mOn-
ey power. and 70 accomplish their oojec' they
have usjsoru.ly eu6cavoreG to disguise iAsr
motives Is uiSyepreseotag heir owa as vel
a The POLICY Of ghs Democrats party, aud
seeking 70 present false issues before The people
Al every clesroa. For The purpose Of getting
oouyrol o, Rae financial system Of the country
tbe money power deliberately adopted and
perSisssats pursued for years sySte@ Of in
yasioa OF The rights Of property guaranteed by
The Constitution Of ihe Unjied States to the
ciiizcus Of thirteen Of the States Of the Union
on ne ground lhst those guarantees, without
which she Caion never could have been formed,
were "a leagae with death and a covenant
wish bel" The avoWed object was TO allevi-
ate TIE suEe-iags Of The down-,rolien negro
slaves Of the Southern States, while the real
motive was 10 acqajre power 10 establish their
favogi,e financial sys,em. Having hnally sue
cee3ei in involving The country in civil war
they proceeded al oace TO iuauguraie their
system for The appropriation Of The labor Of
he working and producing classes to their
oUa use. Taey 5ss, authorized the issue Of
Treasury notes. commonly called 'grecnbacks,'
10 pay theexpenses OF the war, OF which an
enormous bat unknown quantity were put in
10 circulation, which, bg vigorous applca-
iioa Of tie doaneial principles alone thor
oughly understood ana pracliced by Shylocks,
stock gamblers aad swiailsrs, soon became
enormously deprecated in value, when ibe
nex5 SEP IN the preparation OF the most
gigantic swin3le recorded in The history Of
the Roild vas taken. This w4s The adoption
Of The !so oal,ei) Funding System under
which inieEesJ-Jea.ing bonds were Issued By
the government and sold al par in Green
backs. uhier which ihe Shy,ocGs bought
bonds to the amount Of s., 049 9T5, roo, and
paid Tor them in Cree1bacl.s for which Green
backs 'hey paid s., 81 ,0s5. 392, in gold, being
S67s. 4s0, sos less than the face Of The bonds
upon which iheY have been and are now re-
ceiEing interest. from Tie proceeds oflhe labor
OF the tolliug millions OF the country, which
interest on boads, for which The original hold
ers never paid e dollar, amounts up TO the
present time 10 1881. O45, SOS, making the total
amount Of the swiEdle up 10 The present time,
including principal and interest on the bonds,
for which nothing was'paid 81 ,0l2 535, 0O4.
Although The money-kings though, green
backs good enough for the people they did 10,
consider them 10 be good enough for the bond
holder, and hence they require the interest on
the bonds to be paid in gold, and although the
the bonds on their face required the principal
TO be paid at maturity in lawful money of The
United States amid the howl about Southern
outrages'' they passed alaw through Congress
requiring the principal Of the bonds, including
the hundreds OF millions of dollars for which
they never paid dollar, 10 be paid at matugi-
ty In gold, aud now after swindling the labor.
ing and producing millions out of more than
thousand million dollars, by means Of Treas.
ury notes, they with insolent GOODNESS an
nounce to the world that greenbacks consti-
tute an irredeemahle paper currency, for
which interest paying bonds ought 10 be SUBJ
stituted. The Shylocks propose to take these
greenbacks out of circulation by exchanging
bonds bearing per cent interest per annum
for them, by which financial operation the
people will be compelled to pay interest
amounting to Sl2, 900, 900 per annum, on a
portion OF the public debt upon which they
now pay DO interest. The Shyloeks further
propose to supply the deficiency in the amount
OF the circulating medium caused by the with
drawal OF the greenbaek from circulation by
allowing the National Banks $50 callea) to
| issue bank notes 10 the amount of $500 00O.-
! 600 in addition to the amount of their noles
now outstanding. Upon this $500, 600, 600 in
bonds the Shyloeks will be allowed to issue
aud put in circulation as money 1919, OoO, 600
in National Bank notes, and at the same time
| draw interest on said bonds 10 the amount of
Sl2, 100000 per annum. Ten per cent per
annum is we believe, low estimate of the
| profits of skillfully managed bank upop lis
notes issued for circulation as money and
hence the net annual profit which the bond
holders will realize from the investment of
$500, 900, 600 10 bonds including the interes,
on the bonds and the profit on the amount of
| the bank notes Issued on said bonds will
amount TO the respectable sum of $50 900.
OOO
Upon the Taxpayers and prodacers of Mont
gomery county we call for aid to stem this
current of the abuse Of the peoples money.
and by eleetiug TO the next Congress a man in
the person Of Geo. Peter to siiae the game OF
these men who would cal out our substance
The first news which came from the Oeto-
Der elections was very much less favorable TO
the Democrats than the subsequent full in
formation. Little by little the facts came out
that the Republicans had suffered a decided
reverse and that the Democrats had made sub
slan,ial gains. The growing which the Re
publlcans did was premature The effect OF
the elections as "a whole Is altogether encour.
aging to the hopes Of the Democracy and gives
lor'asie OF the sweeping victory which II
viii roll up on November 3. But to make
mat victory complete and crushing every
Democrat IN this State must do his part
There should be no divided eounsels no split
leket, no Democratic support given ,o-so
ealled--lndePendent candidates whom the