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

OF the republican party added ST.
Opo,OOp,O0O to the coin indebtedness
nt the people of the United States.
III was cause.ess, it WAS needless
there is no necessity for it: it was
done III the interest of the bondhold-
er-, and i'll 1873. when contraction
had brought about artifiCla coutrac-
ton, IT brought about its legitimate
mathematical result. and when the
people of the United States were
rrellng and staggering IN the thrOes
OF bankruptcy, when business men
stood like travellers III the Alps, lis
tcnlug to the fall of the distant ava
'auche when they stood ag"ast and
terr"r-stricken at the terrible busi-
ness pane that was upon the couu-
try. right in the mitst of it the re-
publican party demonetiZed silver,
amd left gold the
SUPREME MASTER
of the situation They had already
!nude the bonded indebtedness of the
country, the bulk OF it payable in
| gold, and the only other step to be
| taken was to increase the purchasing
power of gold, and in order to do it
they struck out of the family of
money the foster brother Of gold
>.lvcr-declaring it was no money;
aud | would like TO know from any
honest republican here tonight, and
| | have asked the question: all through
the state of Missouri, why did the
republican party demonctize silver!
Why did they strike it out of the cir
cuiation of the country? Why? The
other day Mr.. Grant. over III Asia.
wrote that remarkable letter to Judge
| | of thj. oft, ha rnrparE-
: able letter that exists in the state
; papers of the United States.
GENERAL GRANT,
who twice took the oatn to support
/ The constitution of the United States
/ -Geucral Grant, who has been hon
& orcd as no other man has ever been
{ honored, not excepting the father of
i ms country, George Washington
= according to Mr.. Howe, Of WisCon-
= SIN. where he went, having exhausted
c the honors Of the western hemls-
{ phere, that they might stand up and
q d, INN reverence, Laughter. lie
y wrote rhis, Il see" he says, "that
t the democratic house of representa-
: lives is about to pass that Infamous
y silver bill"
J. Infamous silver bill, which put sill
ol yer back in the same situation in the
constitution where ur,tathcrs put 1t,
Y which put silver back where the old
). judges of Israel had it when they had
>hekels of silver, and where the new
=. testament had it when Judas Iscariat
" -osd his Savior for certain pieces of
u silver. "Infamous silver bill," says
y. Grant. st | occupied the position
- tnat held for the last eight years,
- as president of the United States, |
"a would interpose
nj VIGOROUS EXECUTIVE VETO"
IL and If they dared to pass 1t ever that
cl veto, what would he do: Il would
advise every citizen and merchant IL
at the United States TO refuse to accept
TO- -iirer in payment of any debt or IL
II= discharge of any contract In Other
- words, ne, the man who had beer
~ ttt.cn from obScurity and penury ant
lifted up above any other citizen o
the United States. and who hat
vice sworn to support the consttu
'iun, he deliberately advised busines
49,. men to nullity aud trampie unde
Wv =, loot the most solemn constitutions
cuactmeut-. II Is The most intamou
." pub!ic document that ever came trnu
anv public man III this country. ID
,uu propose TO refuse 10 take slive
~ III payment of ANY debt or i'll dI;
49,, charge "i any contract Aud yet n
- : the deni-god of the party OF pre-
',,, Grc-s, law, christianity, clvI!izaiio
~ and the great locomotive headilSht.
They have demonctiznd silver an
- fak cli another step in the interest {
the buud- holders and for the supr'
W" mscv Of gold. The republican part
II At! q h,. nj h
n upuu this legislative series OF enac
-, neuts aud they passed
n.if THE RESUMPTION ACT
,ard Nv which they declared on the lst
the January, 1879, this country shou
lrxi come to a specie basis without
yay. ference to the business of the count
iiS.- or its condition at that time.
ing NV tel!ow-citizens, speak tong
paw tn business men in one OF the col
mercial centers of this vast countI
and | declare that it is the eXpcrlen
~ of every business man that the
ma" sumption act of January, 1879, stru
,.", like bolt of ice upon the lnaustf
and energies of the American peop
~" and the very minute that act
'less passed every business man OF nut
iiuence knew that 1t made addition
nihs country commenced boarding gre
t the 80. ,Ia ~ oot rcady for the Isl
tates I','. go wh;la avery merch
east, IS e i'oui- who was a
ders, III ',i do i, ;mmed,ately commen
contracting his business to get res
IS for resumption at that date.
have just returned from
+ by southeastern portion of this ST.
to all and Pilot Knob to day after two ye
is of passed, with all its mineral Wea
was has been pulseless and cold; and
y that The Iron Mountain mines, not S
of as tsrv workman is to day engaged
4 and digging out the mineral from t
pur- almost unfathomablc depths.
ttrrlv over the country--aud l mention
,strov simply as a partial exhibit OF
ID re- business of the country-all over
tional country there is stagnation,
q war, ENERGY Is DEAD.
. . tais; .i The heart of the country has bee
! hi'eu nulseless and cold; and it las resu
'--o from the resumption act. If the
zee "a publican party had said, 1--WE
! hitH" lend to have rcsumption," and
est re- not fixed day, the country m
o1 NY have lived under it. But when
, s,a,e, fixed the first of January, 1879, a.
riesa' hav for resumption, it was the
l ',"" knell to all business Interests.
Ioo' y, NV felow-cltizens, l declare
ma. 'he the resumption ac: of 1873, more
r''nc,, ANYTHING else, has robbed,
',.n,,or MURDERED AND DESTROYED
,iny on the business of the people OF
, Sber- United States. Who asked TO
,a.urv, VINO demanded it? In whose
in the es, was 1t passed ? Did you as
yer de- it? The republican party says,