The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1878-04-20
News from Our Friends.
VERNON.

VERNON.
PARISH OF VERNON, !
April 7, 1875 }
Dear VindicatOr
Planting is progressing rapidly though
~. l,nI j. now very dry and in many
instances too hard to plough. we now,
however. have a tlattrring prospect 1of
r,;u r lie health of our country II eA-
.silrnt and but for the hard times p'"-
ME woul:l b cheerful anil happy nn'
with the gloom that is hanging over t"e
Financial horison Of our country now IN
l. nossible for US to be bright ana happy
Ionk;no back to the time when 'h'
IInit.d States Government was aNe',
nossession Of by the money power ana
trac;uv til, course Of National l"g.Sla-
ton down to the present, we zee INA, I'M;
one effect has continually followed. Inc
laboring classes mechanics ;oa %,";'
farmers; Operatives OF every "escI.p.'" ~
who earn their bread by the n"'r OF
their own hands, together WIN 'iio pro,
f;,sions, and all the middle cl''SS ~ "'
mar, .h,nts have constantly and stea",'y
hccomr moor and poorer, money has be-
come scarc,r and more difficult to o"taill
n,rh year, The value of everything N
the character Of property (cxcept US
bon,ls) has steadily shrunk the wages
If tn. laborer have been reduced {" a
mere pittance, and thousands OF h"hesa,
Industrious mel. have been throw" "''
Of employment and driven to t!a"P'hs'
businrSs men of the first capaci'! nave
failed hy the thousands. Factories are
cl,sed and in our towns and cities, ABOUT
every third place Of business tas oyer !,
tho door the uminous words TO let
without any one to let it to; and All these
woes have increased in al accetlerate"
nr,uortion, az each year has gwen an
nther turn to the ''thumb screw" OF op-
preston in the hands of the moneyed ar
istocracy, and applied Ivy the man'pula.
, ton of the law making power, 10 inc
enactment of laws favorable to the en-
, r;chinp of the moneyed few, and the IN
noverishing of the laboring class. No
! turn of that screw has had so mnch 10 nc
t in producing this result as the kesnmP
1 t IL law. and it's hand maid contraction
!, Iof the circulating me 'inm.) The money
g If the plowhor,ler, the pusher OF the Jacl
0 Name. the wieller of the sIedge hammer
i tho driver of the shuttle, Of the printer
II of the miner, i,s short, the poor man
n money the crcenback dollars, has Dee'
9 called in and burned or reduced to pup
3 mt Of which bonds have been made an'
t. soll to the gold monger for W. the labor
10 mo- wealth producing men Of the natlo'
l. ~ nav INTEREST on ut the rate Of $l00, ooo
ID nm in GOLD annually, while the bonds al
d, mt taxable and the bondholder althong
It, owning millions does not contribute on
IN cent towards the support Of the gover'
>, ment which is protecting and enrlchln
u him. to the injury Of the horny-hande
u laborer who tolls from early dawn un!
the dewy evening, and perhaps at n'g'
ooes home to wife and little ones VINO
hollow cheeks and sunken eyes, tell III
too plainly of the want that IS gna"''
At their yitals ; of the piece OF bread al
cup of water which has constituted 'oe
ed only fare during the day
at. All of these troubles have grown o"t
a one source, the corruption OF our Ia
m makers. This gloom that hang over o
era Financial horsOn is the result OF UNI
M If action on the part of the bondholdt
to and GOLD monsers and las been forese
an. nv them ~ the result of their efforts
manipulating legislation in their ray
and when they have fully achieved TN
the object thew will entirely control the q
are ernment, and in short time VIII o
the American people as comp'etely AZ
ore moneyed arsitocracy of England owns
neople of that country. As soon as
or time arrives for the resumption OF sPt
navment, then, indeed, We will see h
times Tin because then nothing but gold
C. ;ts representative will be legal ten
for tho payment of debt, and that VII
in the hands of few men, and they
control the circulation as easily as
engineer does the movements OF q s,o'
nd. boat, because having oil the gola
:" &c bonds sufficient to absorb (oy mean
- " interest) all that will he mined or
lected by the government. Every
eme who wants gold. to pay debts with
OO4. for the purpose of trade, will ha1
be- nnrhase it from them, at their own p
egal and that with property OF produce
since price also hxed ny then'soNee w. w.
gin ring@, corners vi ,no o,o "". ~ md h
100 holders) controlling both the supply
'uS1 demand of the circulating med'am'
'oa'd practically control every branch
fnstry. and fix the price Of labor as
A that of its products. Some may
mites that the reconciliation of silver
,vent come mn as barrier to these things
otton It might if the cottage was min
Int even here the money power po
foot on the legislation, and places
A re- s;lver business practically under tn
. Fitz troll of Secretary Sherman VINO Is a
aroes willing tool Of the moneyed sristo,
" az which has effectually nullified the
"'So Bill. As to the representative OF
the National banker will furnish
and National bank currency will
J, taR' st;tnte the circulating medium Q
Utility lahorine class. Well how is that
ing to one: if specie payment is resumed
con- enough Mr.. Banker is we'll inform
lands the fact that specie resumption on
%asis ia A moral impossibility, f
United States does not ana c'ano
9 18th. mand gold enough to redeem her
some t'ons, pay t dH an S,l noo ord at the
~. 40 time supply the circulating mned''
Loss AZ 900 600 of people, and lie know
DW. his currency (Which forms to-d'
bnlk of the circulating medium) v
soon as specie resumption remo'
preenback from his path, be the
JNDER- Preventative Of gold, and will be
demand then that now; hence his
to hasten and ensure the time OF n
resnon. tion. Silver will not enter into conf
phs as at az all It's coinage 10 shomt "ns SolI,
rnment oVO'W a!.'" asa: ,,,,",re1 to On ;nto
Oh has c cay: ,n ~ ~ sscretarv Sherman vi
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