Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-01-30
Shall the Nation Live shall the Bonds he
Paid

Don't rub your drowsv political ewes, and
say, in your thoughtless. indolent, law
way, "Oh, guess there ain tany danger. &
| tell you there is danger. Wake up, sir.
and, for once in your life STARE trufh in
the face. Here are the facts. and if is
time for you to draw vour own conclusions.
from reason, instead of from the political
trap that some aspirinp dcmooou1c holds
out for You to suck nt
The government of the United States
now owes over s. 900 O0O 600 The most
of this vast sum in fin. shane Of interest.
bearing bonds.
On this sum we. ths people. have al.
ready paid s.. 700 600 600 in ooh as IN
tercst, and we are now nav;np nearly S1OO.
900. 900 in gold. as intarest, every wear,
Nearly ali Of this immense amount of
bonds was originally in The shane of money
which was in circulation among the peo.
ple. Bnt "national honor'~tbat is the
dishonest rrasr inc. ungodly creed of LOT
of bcaN,ess unecrunnlons Sbylorlys-
causeA this money IN he taken from tbe
peoDlc and converted into honds fins ot
fne STR, ke' CREATING n load for The neonlc
70 carry and nj the same fine rnhbing
Them Of tbeir nbil;tv IN boar The Lnrdnn
These bords wern orio;roilv made nav.
obIc in groenLocks Int The same dorgcr.
ous and dishoncst nower"tho money now.
er-changod the contract 90 that thc bonds
could ba na;d alonn in "coir " Not con-.
tent with thoyo ;nFamons acts thS same
mower made tLa Amer;can couoress do.
,monetizo s;Ivor thna L,;n%;rC, t6o bonJs
down to n singie metol-goid7
Tho nevt mo,,o was 10 Contract tho VOL
ume of ,', ", ,nay st,II m ,noro ~ 90 that wa could
resnme @ .nrriS noyment ~ '''''' ~ '''''
Tins hv thcre vorions acts If fraud an
unnecessary handed delft was saddIed upon
the people as a perpetual burden and
curse, and our money DESTROYED. so that
what little was left to us could be put upon
specie basis-an experiment we have
tried time and AGAIN. but always TO fail.
because il is imnossible
Now, sir, be good enough TO keep your
eyes and ears onen. while fell Won some
of the results of these blundering acts of
inflmy.
waking away thc money Of the pco.
ple thcv wern forrcd to Do business on
r,y5H instead offor cash ne thev did when
currency wns abundant Consequently
thp ne6n,e arc enormonslv in Jnht
Ry sbrinking tbe volmwe n Of money all
tbe nronertv helonging io oll thc Hconlr
has been sI,,,k IL r6J,s more than one.
half tbns robhing ne of more thon half onr
nbii;tv 70 nav onT Jobt. nj, is an i'm.
n,ntaiIc ro rmorctarv Iaw II ol,roys has
Lnon on
In iS1O tho ossossod yoIr,t;on If our
nromortv on v,as sr'S go 00o ooo % 00o Il ;s now @
P' tSom wa" TX G06 G00 ma shon;r Nv"
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n mc puV'a Id in o p,n%'' "oo,o .o VI tlnn ,'o
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pnr'JInI t'1'i '''u'''o''' II "ou'o "oU pay
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COMMISSION anu you Will "hu V'"V II II
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wow, answer me u question w h!t II ~
youI 1pllllon, lluSt Dc ,IIt l"tp Vi an lllIl-
X!uuIl WHO owes iIi1rr tu"!l lG mo !" Wot'ni
lou r,a6 know very wen mat Ill o2 c',StS olt
., too' p,Iiikrup!cy ~ must o'tTtaAc MN at
I'St, G All All experience proves IilIS. ifr .;u,
Can you expect ahything ulIcrenV WIN
namn natlqn Inc RUE HoLu Goou IN oolni
In all these years OF steady, meS2ra0lc'
uallliilpIe surlniAlh8 SI vaIufs' o' haPhr
ness, oil PATRIOTISM, ot business ana aoiIily
to pay our ,' ueots' WE lho ie" 'h'i'SS ''"'