The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-04-25

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luton. Bunker Hill, Trenton. Mon
mouth, Saratoga, Yorktown were its
battles, its victories. its triumph. q
century has created nation. The
strength, the intelligence, the power,
and the wealth Of that nation is
Americas answer to the libel, the
SANDER, the lie.
Specie was the right arm of Eng
land, as she said to the colonies, "sub-
nit to taxation without representa-
ton. or we will burn your towns, an
initiate your commerce; Indians shall
murder your citizens and scalp the I'M
protected, and HesSianS, hired to kill
liberty, shall revel in the blood Of
your people,
Specie in 1912 was master of the
ocean. Arrogant and insolent, it i'm
pressed our Seamen, inSulted our flag,
and played the tyrant, until. using our
treasury certificates, we showed the
British lion that he must attend to his
own ships, mind his own business,
and cease all interference with the
American flag. Our national charac-
ter was sustained by our national
credit.
Specie, in 1916, 1925, 1888, 1887,
1872, 1867, 1851 and 1873. through the
selfish tyranny of capital, made it's
wicked battles to kill our credit, ruin
our manufacturers; Starve labor, and
and bankrupt business, simply to sat
isfy the greed of Individual sharks
who controlled the finances Of the
country. Oar slavery to this indi-
vldualism Of specie capital costs the
people more than our present national
debts IN losses. bankruptcies, failures
and stOppages. 1t added colossal for
tunes to indviidualisin. represented
by the holders Of dead capital. 1t
wrenched, and robbed, and desecrated
the lifelong energies and earnings of
ten thousand people where it benefited
single usurer, and added pomposity
to Il single capitalist. Millions were
trampleu into the dust to give superb
GRITTY 20 a few hundred hoarders of
accumulated fortunes.
In 1861, Wnen our nationality was
the atake, when liberty WAS assailed,
when slavery held alofJ its flag of bat
tie and defied freemen to the duel be-
tween Il government of freemen or a
government of slavery and servitude,
England and gold were the right-hand
supporters of rebellion. Then came
the test; all mOnarchlcal arlStocracieS
sung ho5lnnas to the south; all tyrants
! prayed Tor the success of slavery, all
! landlordism in the British Isles, COW
ertly, meanly, and sneakingly sent
their aid to kill liberty in our gov
eminent. The same dastardly cow
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women and children, and who hired
the butcher Hesslans to make battle
on the free, were against us. The
murderers OF Ireland were against us;
the deSpots who rule India were
against us; English gold was against
US. We had to battle all these ele.
mcnts into utter defeat, or our life.
us Il nation of freemen, was ended.
We had to battle without gold, and
against gold, or be slaves. In fact,
from July. 1862, to July, 1865, and
jan, 1878, gold aud silver were never
seen; they were not used as currency
or treated rs money; they were our
DlttereSt enemies, they fought against
us, anu yet we conquered. The peo-
pie money (the young giant, the
greenback) fed our soldiers, clothed
them, Shod them. paid them. 1t fur
nlShed us with arms, ammunition,
transit powers, and, in fact, with ev-
cry element an army OF Americans
required to sustain American arms.
American independence, and Ameri-
can money. Paper money killed coin
! money. com represented the slavery
OF lndlvidualism; paper money repre-.
scented associated freemen-the peo-
pie. Coin is the instrument of indi-
viduaiism the world over. England
makes 1t her Achillian shield, bat
America makes paper money her club
of Hercules. England recedes.
America progresses. The lion growls,
the eagle scars aloft. England is Il
land OF "mOnstrous riches" and
more monstrous poverty Her
lords are the pillars OF the throne.
The masters OF her lands and her peo-
pie. England represents individual
lSm-arlstocracy. America is Il land
devoted to freedom. progress. Equal
lty. association OF all Tor each. and
each Tor all. is her principle. She is
no longer afraid OF England, in her
heart she despiseS her-her arrogance.
her graSpIng tyranno. her oppression
OF the poor. her robberies in Ireland.
her pluntering vandalism in Ida. her
sneahing meanness, her hypocrisy
and let her understand that America
VIII not rubmlt TO any interference
with her financial Independence. She
must keep her hands off. or by the
Eternal we will thrash her. break Ire
land yoke. and send India legions to
crush out the black-hearted infamv of
English rule Specie is England
god. Her god is her tyrant. Indi-
vldualism worships it. freemen curse
! 1t.
Nationalism. as distinguished from
lndlvlduallsm. is the nation as a unit.
acting TO educate, enlighten. equalize.
and christianize the people in every
element of liberty and in every idea of
progress. 1ndivldualism is the IA
voree few. always seeking to take ad-
vantage of money. power, privileges.
and monopolies by which the favored
shall grow rich at the expense of the
subdued. at the expense of labor. at
the expense of justice, decency, and
I humanity