Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1878-09-26
THE GREENBACK IN COLORADO.
Enthusiastic Meeting in Denver, Ad-
dressed by ). n. Wood.
rt1m the Co!orado Croonbackcr.

Fflm the Colorado Crccnbackcr.
On Monday evening large and very
respectable audience, with Il goodly num-
ber of ladies' to grace the occasion assem-
blcd at Manncrchor Hall to hear the
standard bearers and other friends OF the
grecnback cause. The speakers brought
down the house with applause, and dur
ing the speech of Hon. 5. n. Wood, Of
Kansas, the cheers made the welkin ring,
and the enthusiasm was immense.
Hon. II. c. Childs depicted the suffering
and distress Of the people over the who'll,
country, groning under the burden OF
debt and idlcncss. He plainly pointed
out the causes of the ruin that overspreadS
the land. and plainly explained to the au-
dlrncc the only cure. He showed the ne,
ccssty there is Of a financial change, and
the increase Of the medium Of exchange,
the substitution of the grcenhack Tor the
bank note and the immediate payment
of the bonds, and thereby bring prosper
ity and plenty in the place Of suffering
and want. Mr.. Childs knowing that the
principal speaker wgS to follow HIM,
gracefully retired amid the applause OF
the intelligent audience.
Mr.. Samuel n. Wood being introduced,
spoke in substance as follows:
1t is not without some embarrassment
that attempt to speak. came tonight
and urged Dr. buckingham and Mr.
Childs to speak first, that | might know
what kind of Il speech TO make in Colo
RADIO was afraid Kansas speech
might not suit in Colorado. ! long ago
! learned that Il Connecticut speech would
not do in Indiana. have been Il icpub-
lican from my boyhood, and am pretty
good republican yet. but it occur. to me
| that we have been voting according to
party prejudice long enough.
Both parties III Kansas have been try
ing to steal our platform, and ] under
stand that the same has been done by one
at least of the parties in Colorado. Hay
ing fought for the suppression OF slavery
he was opposed to its further extension.
Men bllndly vote the party ticket with
out examining the principles. He voted
the republican ticket ever since KANSAS
became state, and his voting it had not
done him any good. He asked his rcpub-
lican and democratic hearers if their votes
for these parties had ever done them amy
| good. We have about 10000 OF men
ont Of employment; never so before, and
vet with plenty Of wheat and corn at the
lowest prices, starvation and want are
over the land. Even mining camps are
at standstll, traders complaining of dull
times. There must he Il cause. II is the
duty of voters to find out that cause and
to vote their own interest. What i, the
reason of all thism Republicans say wC
have reached resumption and good times
are at om doors, and yet we see he fac
tories idle and no money to open mines oI
other works. Tried to get capitalists tC
open smelling works, but was asked for Il
Guarantee of II profit Of leo per cent. Tn,
land is passing into the hands Of the rich
When You sold yOur farm it went IN
to the hands of your rich nclghbor
No man can pay 10 per cent. on money
and invest in any enterprise and succeed.
Yow farms in Jefferson county paid IL
per cent. for money and you will lose youl
property i'll time. Factories must do the
same or stop. Labor produces the wealth
. and lawyers produce nothing, The law
ycr engages in lawsuit and large sums
pasS from hand to hand in its progress bu
no wealth produced, Since labor ptoducu
wealth let rs lrgislatc for labor. b@
lieyc there is not alimcburncr in congress
Lawyers and presidents of national bank
and railroad kings compose it. Capita
will rgislatc in the interest of capital
+, If ten men will not out vote one then lu
hor cannot ont vote capital. There Is NJ
need Of riot. murder or arson. Brlmon
on one side. Gould on the other, the onD
} a democrat the other II republican krcl
the people divided into two parties, th'
one tries to beat the other as party men
hut votes in the interest Of money! anI
the people can find no good in their votes
l}ut we can satisfy them both. Let tho
dead bury their deaf find by Il reliable
! republican document the circulation Wa
$40 per capita in lS6j, contracted nov
to $ll per capita. Money is measure o
value. We use II measure Of value t.
, avoid the cumbersome use of barter. Re
l publicans tell lis we cannot make some
> thing out of nothing. We cannot max
; money without intrinsic value. The gov
y crnmcnt says ncklc worth one-half cen
u in intrinsic value must be taken at a valu
u of five cents, and the silver dollar wort
: eighty-fom cents intrinScalIy by lcgis
y lating sixteen cents into it 10y the govern
I ment is made a legal dollar. The speake
o read a long and interesting quotatio
Z from Applcton's Encyclopedia to shov
Il what money really was, that it had bee!
: made of many substances, such as gold
i silver, iron, copper, paper, salt, Goldfish
: mskct balls and other material, an
Il showed that the stamp or authority of tn
u government made either of them money
i The bank of Venice never paid ont Il dC
u post which passed from hand to hand 4
IL money and ncver was redeemed. The onl
l. object of money is to effect exchange
: If you give a mortgage for SlOO,OOO an
'I the circulation is reduced one-half, Il,
u debt is doubled and it takes two day
work, now to pay the interest that on
days work would have paid at first. f.
erythng but bonds and mortgages shrln
or in value by contraction. ~
Vi The government gives S5OO,OOO to I'll
u national banks of Denver. Will it II,
II give loan of 100000 to the people
Arapahoc county and thereby lift the tax,
Of from the county? fit has money to lou
" " let it loan it to the people and thereby Ii
~ ~ them out of their poverty. Better to {
oS 20 this than loan it to the rich who don
70 70 need it.
IL A New York gold bug once asked, ,
NJ NJ you want to pay the bonds in rags?
r u. asked him; Did you give rags fot Il
Il. bonds and now ask gold and silver i
4 Il what cost you nothing but rags? Durir
~, the rebellion gold and silver were mo
y, VI disloyal than the democratic party wa
a. a. The confederate money was not good b
or :" cause we whipped the value out of
u The same would have been the fate of Il
ns a.. grccnback had the contederates whipp,
lo us.
ie e There are only two ways out of o
h ho present dilemma, by reputation or 4
ie y. success of the greenback labor part. v
III III want to get out of it honorably. Wi
n Gu hard times we can never do it. Wipe o
u u the republican party with its nation
IL banks, and the democratic party with
,ts rallro.- or prosperity
10 stead -,. md thus save I
~ Is county. lauy $4,000, 100000 and p
H. y. the bonds and get greenbacks into cmC
nL lation. Pay off the outstanding debt u
VI VI make it IL blessing instead of curse,
b. Not an Inspiring Scnd-Off.
IL From the Buffalo Express.
on The Maine election does not give t
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