Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-06-05
FIAT.


assembled at the Court House last
Saturday 70 hear what Mr.. III. Martin
Williams had to say. The leaders
OF that organization were present,
bnt what has become of their follow
ers? Where is the enthusiastic
crowd that hailed the advent of Brit
ton A. HitlI Doubtless some of
them were being entertained by the
m~ountebank Indian doctor with the
performing purp on the square. Who
shall condemn their taste? Most of
them, however, were at home en-
deavoring by honorable toll to better
their estates. If they, too, have had
q surfeit of fiat delusion, who shall
condemn their judgment?
There was nothing new in Mr..
Williams talk. The same things
have been often said before, with far
more telling result. The wonder is,
that in the present condition of the
country with free suffrage and i'm
partial jury trial in jeopardy any num-
Der of sensible and patriotic gentle
men should deliberately seek to
weaken the only political organiza-
ton that can possibly maintain popu-
lar liberty. With elections con-
trolled by mercenaries, with ballots
counted by Republican supervisors
and juries packed to sustain their
d~ecisione what good can arise to the
people from the establishment of
governmental fiat-power? Would use
of it regain lost privilege? In the
hands of a designing administration
would it not be q ready instrument to
reduce citizens to the level of the
cattle and sheep that are destined to
he iayed and heeced? Mr.. Williams
dwelt on the power of legal-tenders
to raise and sustain armies, but did
not tell that so vast a trust might be
abused. He spoke of the fraud Ion
nected with them, when paper dol
lars were put upon the basis of gold
ones, and yet advocated more fiat
money, forgetful that the cheat COM
planned of, might be repeated and the
e.1A,I- - tho ~npf nvaooHnH nv
that of the future. He had not a word
against accumulation of coin. He
even avowed that he favored gold and
silver as we'll as greenbacks. What
he demanded was more fiat. Gov
eminent has accumulated all the gold
it can get. Wealth surprising that
of Soloman's, more extensive than
that of any other nation is piled up
at Washington. In other countries
gold and silver circulate. Here
they are boarded by q fraudulent ad-
mi%nistration. Never was the political
horison more portentous! Never
was individual liberty more threaten
ed! The party Of the administration
evidently means mischief. With one
hand on the sword and the other on
the purse, ought it also to be authori'
zed to issue fiat dd Hbitum! This
is what Mr.. Williams advocated
Claiming to be a Democrat, profess
ing admiration for and sympathy
with jefferson, Jackson, Polk ano
Pierce he makes a bad mistake.
ever contemplated the union of the
purse with the sword in this coun.
try.
We appeal to our fat friends &c
pause and reflect. Look out from
among yourselves and away from
your peculiar and personal embarrass-
ments. Be men! Initiate your COM
rades now at work and make the
AiooU VI IuC picSoibSS Va DoullcOuS
providence. Get out and from be-
hind the mortgages, interest and
taxes that Cypress you. There are
matters dearer and more worthy of
conservation than personal enrich
ment. The freedom of the country
is endangered. Help US to restore
popular right. Assist us to obtain q
free ballot and just courts. Follow
the example of your representatives
ut Washington. The right of Con-
gress to control appropriations is
disputed with the taunt that the
taxes shall be collected, and the sum
in the treasury already too vast, in
creased. Vote for a government fit
to be trusted and in return We pledge
ourselves as honorable men, to do all
that a be done to better your pecu-
mary condition.