New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-01-16
honor and all tho vice. sprnsns from the lowest depths

Of poverty and human misery. az. , 1919
this Governmen having already DESTROYED silver mon
ey determined destroy within the next four Years sr
left than could a be redeemed re- s@SarH IN
p 1shG that toysd Tie
Of the people Ssr 81 fne vo what could
be sold for 800 five years ago can Dc bognI now 1Ss
sS' on criminal aa nve eonscaon Of property
ing to less In value than ten thonsand ao nS
section efn ' alike In this vast shrnkase Of values a
ing from the shrpkagc Of money in circulation H. 70 nc
and ruin which now I'LL the land with the sound OF all
Ing business houses. commercial failures, brokers,
pSSr who "f have been robbed o. their hard
earnings and Of the opportunity 70 earn oo upa d
ures have taken place IN tits country February,
s7 Ts o Te RS eRns n Gsas
moment of the sorrow the broken hearts the shattered
the b sGes has
misery the greatest number ts success mas peeh co
Every act Of egatonthusfar has been dictated in
vested capital and not one by the people Every agta,
ton Of the question IN anu mn ~ 9sp adona
advantages. The people thus far have borne tner
and fnow they rise at last and it that their right.
better respected II is because the fu measure vi
There is not a dollar to-day in the hands of the people
which they have not paid tax for the privilege OF
having 1t put In circulation by the Government. Inc
National Bank Is the mddle-man between the Govern
Inent and the people, and Is enormously paid ir DONG
what the Government ought directly TO do itseli.
viii any one pretend that cheaper and more equitable
mode 81 supplying the country with circulating me-
dunn cannot framed by our Legislative wisdoInt lie
who desires its peanence desires also the permanenee
of the National bonded debts The two inseparabc
am much deceived in the people il they have not
turned at last in defiance and bold warning upon Iner
oppressors. They are not I'm favor OF repil1atlhY
single dollar Of their public or private dees Ihey IN
tend to pay everything they owe but thGyten9 70 1o
nit to no more changes Of contracts violation OF oplga
tons and breaches Of public aith In order TO increase
their indebtedness or take away their means 10 pay ~,
They demand too, that certain specihc wrongs sna pe
reduced.
ton OF the silver dollar exactly as u stood Dei3re II Tas
touched by the Act of February 1873 They desire that
it shall have unlimited conase not fearing tbat %
become too plentiful for their wants. ana that IL DE NIUE
ul legapndcr, believing that 10 Is rs good now WIN
which pay all debts public and private, a. IL was our
Ing eighty-one years Of American history. -,
Second-Tbey demand the repeal unconditionaiy, o,
specie payments IN January, 1879 holding that the
question return 10 specie basis i"r our currency
the co%ntry. They do not believe that the country
should dragged through the depths Of ruin; wretched
for The benefit alone Of the income classes
Drd-They demand that the National banking system
he removed; and circulating medium provided oy ne
Government for the peoples without taxing them for me
privilege Of Obtaining it, Aud they ask that the amount
thus placed In circulation shall beara reasonable aud
udicous proportion the business transactions anu
The population Of the United states.
FUlp'th-They demand that the currency authorized
and circulated the authority Of the Government shall
be made 6 me t al G18ts PI We
Knowing that it will then be at par with gold or more
likely ut premium over IT,
Tth-rhcy demand that hereafter the financial policy
of ire country he framed permanently In their Interest
that they sha NOT be disseminated against in future
legislation as the past and thai their prosperity ana
not the growth Of income to retired capitalists
shall be the primary duty Of the Government
In conclusion, Mr. voorhees, quoted from articles
he had noticed certain Eastern newspapers In regard
To the rights OF the bondhoders, duty Of the aborng
clnsses, aud the policy that should he pursued Dy
capitalists the effects OF anticipated Iegis-
arinn ON the silver question: and sad 'sr, nave no
word OF menace Ia utter on this floor hut IN heha OF
every lahnrer aud every OF the soil whom repre-
sent warn al such value thcir investments tha',
when these doctrines OF despOsm are sought TO be en-
forced tbs fair land Will again be confused IN agony,
and the flies Of liberty viii blaze forth again ~ they an
100 wears ago In defence Of the natural rights 81 man.
Applause in the galcrie-.l May the wisdom OF our
the bengnity of our God avert such an issue;
but II shall cOmef natuatOn has seized our councils
the result will only add more Instance 20 the long
catalogue q. human crime and :Oly, where avarce like
ambition ovcIe1ps itself and In its unholy attempt To
rob others their possessions loses its own Gredt a
plausc IN the galleries.
Tie senate then at $40 on motion OF MI HAM
I'm adjourned