Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1878-08-27
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Now, what we do demand 10 the United States
law so that when the people wish to go out of
debt they will Lot he obliged to part with all their
possessions. their lives and their Liberties to oh ain
a little, of hat OF which they are entitled to all
they need, for the profitable carrying on of bust
ness. Ours is Government OF absolute power
From the adoption Of the c institution it had the
power TO create legal tender money to pay every
dollar II owed As fast as the Government found
itself in debt it had the power to create money to
paw its debit Therefore II had no more need in
common sense or in equity to the people, to Dor
row one dollar of money to pay interest upon,
sucking the profits away from the people to pay
it out interest. than Almighty God had reed to
hire world when he had from the first the abso-
lutte power of creatonl"
Hot Drops, No f.. is adorned wi h H.
Ia STATIONS too vulgar to he here described
and ia filled with the same kind OF foolish
and reasonable trash. 1t pretends to give
history OF the formation of the IN
stiiutiOD to sustain the doctrine that il was
the intention of the trainers of that instru-
ment to authorize Congress to issue "ab-
solute" paper money, and goes to show
by garbled extracts from Supreme Court
decisions that such was the case OF
course, well informed p 'ople know that
nothing could be more fagranty false
Ga page seven we find the following:
Tn eat 10 overthrow the Government.
"In the face of these truths and defence of this
living principle pertaining to the Republic, we
demand that the Government at once exercise its
legitimate constitutional power. and for the
benefit OF the people recall that money which ha,
been destI eyed and create enough more thereof TO
pay every bond in full. thus relicv ing the people
from the payment of iuterst for the support Of the
Idle, untaxed, perncicus aii,tocracy that is now
as it has been from the first, tresspasser upon
the rights Of man.
If The Government will not DO this thing then
we, the people, 10 defense If our lives, our lber-
ties, our homes, our families, and a that the flu
tGIe holds ont to Us as promise through the work
of the founders OF the Republic, must overthrow
thi- Government, repudiste all of its uncon,itu
tional contracts, " Pc out the Indebtedness Of the
OAItu sntdit>, commence anew. lutftiUTe
say to those who administer the laws-pay the
Boudholder to the utteimos fartbng in green
backs full legal tender mosty, aud ever after hold
il at par with gold, or any other material of which
money is made. D. this or we, the people will
be compelled, in self defense, to repudlate YOU
who are in Congress and the Presidential chair
only as our servants-to repud late you and your
unconstitutional promise-,o teach you who are
our servants, AMI You who are our plunderets
lesson that will last every one of YOU for all time"
SIch sentiments as the foregoing ex-
tracts contain, sent forth from the fountain
head, the central spring OF Greenbackism,
are conclusive proof OF the reasonable,
wicked, dangerous character of the Green
back organization. The sentiments hav-
ing been repeated in this Safe in the or
gans and 10y the leading men of the ,rty,
there can be no doubt that The uarty is
PR p ,red to take the CARTRIDGE BOX
ii IL fails at the balIol-bux.
Lit The voters of Maine see to il that
this revolutionary, commuIstic party
meets with the rebuke it deserves ono
week from next Monday.