The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-10-12

From the Toledo Blade.
MIR. Nasty Hears from Maine and In
proves His Opportunity.
CoNFEDRIT X ROADS, J
lWlch is in the State of Kentucky,) !
September 10, 1878.
The nooze from Maine hez reached
the Corners, and it hez encouraged
us, both ez Nashnels and Dimocrats.
1t dosen't make a straw's difference
to me wether we, the Dimocrats, hev
swallered the Nashnels, or whether
the Nashnels hey swallered us. There
hez bin swallerin', and the Republi-
kin party hez lost its grip. We are
happy.
Es Nashnels we hev things eggs
ackly to SCOT US at the Corners and
throughout sthis seckshun. We hev
succeeded in institootin strikes in all
the manufacturin Villages in the
seckshun, and hevall the workinmen
out ~ work ana ilsseonsekenf dis
tress. At Factryville thef amt any
more factry at all, for we buried it
in the holy crooSade NV labor agin
capital. In Plainville we hev all the
mechanics and laborers on a strike,
wich he'd the deliteful and cheerin
effeck NV throwing every workin-
man out NV work, nalleeloogy. They
hev nothing to do now but to walk
about the streets day times and lissen
to our speeches mites. And we are
making it lively for the bloatid en-
ployers, 700 bet. When men are
distrest they want remedy, and
they'll take most any kind of medi-
cine,
To support EN-, we hev instituted
provisional bank, wich will do till
the fiat money is ishood. It's the
same thing ez "tiat" money. | am
President NV it, and Issaker Gavitt
is Cashier. Our money is simply a
slip NV paper onto wich is printed
the sole-inSpirin words:
"THIS Is A DOLLAR,
"Aitest: PETROLEUM V. Massey,
President.
lsSAKER GAYITT, Casheer."
The only secoority that we felt wuz
necessary wuz to pledge the sacred
faith NV the Corners that it wuz
dollar.
swat is it TO be redeemed in ."
queried shoemaker to whom / offer
ed it for a pare NV boots, the first l
hev he'd for yeerS.
"In nothin. 1t don't want to be
redeemed. To redeem it would be
to destry its life-giving principle.
Any body kin ishoo money with
gold behind it to redeem it--yoor troo
fnanseer is he which kin make
money wich don't want redeemin.
All 700 hev to do with this money
is to keen it moyin. YoO hump this
bill onto yoor leather merchant, and
he'll hump it along on somebody else,
and ez long ez 700 think it's dollar,
why isn't it?"
He took it, tho il seemed to me he
convinst.
We amt bothered with it all, ez it
amt never to be redeemed, except
that when one bill wears out, the
holder kin come and git another in
its stead. We mite retire IA worn.
out bill, but ez that wood contract
the currency, we don't think it is
the best thing to do. We want a
volume Nv currency atloat ekal to the
demands NY trade.
There wuz some trouble. for a great
many farmers didn't want to take it,
and Bascom kicked somewhat. But
we he'd a remedy for this. The
labrin populashin held d meetin, and
in the sacred coz NV laber agin cap
tile notified the people that any one
which rofoozed to take the money at
par wood be to wunst hung. Under
this stimulus Bascom took it, but he
advanced the price Nv
likker to fifteen cents. and a few
hours after to twenty-five.
We demonstrated with him about
it and he answered US:
"Ef there's going to be a era Nv
prosperity l am going to share in it.
Yoo kin hev all the lfkker you want
at cents, old money, but If | am
compelled to take yoor fiat money
for likker, yoo can't dictate to me
the price | shell ask, for that rests
with me ez a free citizen Nv these
Yoonited States"
I am just man. l acknowledged
the strength Nv his posishun. All l
did wuz to walk over to the printin