The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-10-06

10 more iLterest for the nae of money, thAt
fhe precio1s metals should be discarded
ard absolute money ordained by law
stoCld replace aod measure a!l values and
/ oe received for all duesi Who shoald SC
siren 1oasly resist ati schemes which tend
20 lessen public reverence for pledged
faith, 10 weaken confidence aod 20 cripple
and destroy public and o. coarse private
credit by agreeing to pisDs for tie lrdef
pite postpo oemeut of the payment of pas
lie engAgeme u;s according TO their terms
What portion of the American people reed
credit so much and 60 regularly as the
farmer, who EEs 20 wait six months be
tween seed time and harvest for his means
of psymenti Ifamaa would eEjoy credis
/ LEI him denoupce all schemes TO weaken
credit and ibsist open ali that will give il
strength. To the poor and honest man
who needs credit and !s compelled to bor
row money / earnestly commend theee
words. What portion of the American
people know so well as the Agricultural
classes tie great fact that sll values arise
out of labor, and that nothing OF vslue
can be hsd without it's share of laborf To
wealth can be created by empty promises
to create il be more apparent, and by whom
should it more scorpfully and promptly
be rejected Who knows the reality aud
necessity of steady, continuous msDsal
industry better than the American farmeri
and who can bette. atsest the falsebood of
q system Of currency which instructs men
that pieces of paper upon which Is printed
q promise of payment never to be redeem
ed and which can be multiplied inde6
nitely at the will of any accidental maj or
ity of Congress-, can ever be stable and
reliable measure of the value of those
crops upon the production of which 90
much human toll, anxiety and care have
been bestowedf
The pretended mysteries of the alchem
ists have long since become the subject of
human pity and derision, and surely the
attempt now to revive TIE greater delusion
that a printed Government certificate of
value, not convertible into anything of
value, can take absolutely and permanently
the place of and perform all the functions
of actual value, will speedily be discard
ed by tie '.sober, second thought of the
American people"
Bat little more than twelve mouths ago
we Witnessed here in Maryland and in
other Stases occurrences growing out of
CONFLICTING Claims of labor and capital, in
which lswlesspess raised its horrid front
and shocking scenes of insane aud savage
destruction of property and life were en- !
acted well calculated to fill every citizen |
with appTeheusio and deep anxiety. So |
long as pubic peace and safety are in |
jeopardy there can be for all good citizens |
but one immediate, ever present AID para |
mount duty-the maiDtainance of the law; |
and when law is oteyed and sits firmly |
and uuques.ioned 10 lis rightfal seat Of |
power, then, and only then, and not untIl !
then, sha.l the hearing'ar relief of alleg |
ed iuJures and Injustice be patiently, |
calmly and kindly heard, Investigated aud |
remedied go far as legal justice can suffice. |
But do not propose to touch upon thie, |
the gTaFe+t aud most important problem I
of modern civilization, which ia shaping |
itself and constantly demanding recogni- |
ton in every quarter of the civilized world |
not less in empires than in republics, and |
in the solution of which the remedies and |
course cf action which are most deeply |
touched with a sense of common human |
brotherhood and are the most influenced |
by the esseotial and indelible but unwrit- |
ten laws ot justice and good will between |
u-au atJtt witt aore prove productive t
Of perm aEent prosperity TO all classes. But |
therv are facis which all must recognize !
AID which are fall of present instruction.
OEIrg u a variety Of causes which l will |
not attempt 10 recspit0late, there is to day |
q large body Of our fellow couptrymen !
4 unemployed and in want, who are entitled |
to the most intelligent consideration and |
uost active friendship and assistance. Go |
into the etrsets of Baltimore, and, indeed,
Of every lesser town, and you will find |
tie II idle bat most anxious to be honestly !
employ ed. l read few months since the |
statement OF a leading coal-land owner |
and miuer IN one of the Pennsylvania val |
leys, ia which he assured the unemployed |
people of his district that all the coal
mining now needed could be done with |
one half the hands gathered in that region,
and that for the other half there was no |
prospect of employment. These men were !
to be counted by thousands and with their |
families are to be counted by ten thou |
sAnds.
When think of the fair and fertile |
peninsula on which / live and of which our |
dear old Eastern Shore" forms part, |
wish from my heart that all of these strong !
and willing hands of labor could be trans |
ported and permanently settled on Mary |
land and Delaware farns. When we cast |
our eyes across the ocean, either to the east |
or the weet, and see the fearful ravages of |
death in the starvation of millions in Brit |
ish India and the Chinese Empire, or wit |
meas an imbruted condition of living hu- |
mAnity with more than the paugs and none |
OF the deliverance of death itself, we can |
better form an idea of the difficulties of |
human government under conditions of |