The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-09-18

National oAnk o1lis are NOS money, puS
deceptive and unreliable repre-.
of money.
Gold and silver always hid their heads
when most needed, in tims OF war, pssti.
lsnce or famine.
Every good citizen of the United States
is directly interested in keeping up the
credit Of the Rreenback.
Whatever the people [Govsrnmens] de-
ts,mine shall be money, let it.be money,
and nothing else but money.
There was never any necessity for the
Government 1.-THE people] to borrow a
dollar of money, or sell single bond.
The doctrine of Specie basis" is cheat,
delusiod, a deception, . snare, a lie; and
be is not wise who 10 deceived thereby
The most prosperous time ever Witness
ed in this country was when gold brought
$40 10 grssnbacks, and wheat $3.50 .
bushel.
There never WAS, and never can be,
fixed OF established relative value between
gold and silver, or any other two commod.
tiles.
Every bond of every kind drawing in
terest, ought, of right, to be subject to like
taxation of any aud all other species of
property.
There IL not now, never was, and never
will BE- "money Of the world" until all
the people of the world constitute one
Governmt mt.
Whatever il not legal tender in the
purchase Of goods and In the payment Of
all debts and taxes, public and private, is
not money.
The American people were never so
prosperous and happy as when there was
the largest amount of Government paper
money in circulation.
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Democrats, but there can be no such thing
a. . De mocratic Greenbacker, or Republi-
can Greenbacker
| All the Government Of the world com :
bined cannot il or establish the value OF
gold. silver. iron, wheat, corn, cotton, hog,
or any other commodity.
Bondholders and bankers are better able
to pay taxes to support the Government
than the lsboIers and producers who have
no income except from toll.
The people comprising the Government
have the exclusive right. privilege AND
authority to coin their own money out o
any material, and In any quantity they
please.
No man who votes the Republican o.
Democratic ticket has any right to com
plain of hard times. By their vote .he,
say they are in favor of hard times. anl
they ought to bear it.
We shall never have prosperou. time
in this country until there is large inAa
tion of Government money, greenback'
put into actual circulation amongst tn
: laboring, producing, taxpsying people
If every acre of land within the bords
Z of the United States were put up At aucsio
, to day, it would not bring as much money
a. the resumption scheme has already COZ
the people of this country.
The people (the Governmsnt) are psyin
= tens of millions of dollars every year I
keep up The National bank paper, while .
equal amount of better currency, greer
backs, could be furnished for nothing.
y Money locked up in the United State
;. Treasury or in the vaults of bankers an
bondholders 10 not money in actual circl
, lation. and so far form being . bsnef, =,
o the people, might - we'll be sunk in II
e bottom of the ocean.
II II National bank bills are safe circula
's ing medium because they are ssdsemabl
e In grsenbacks. why are not grssnbacks
safer circulating medium than Nation,
/. bank bills? is not the redesmer bstt,
q than the thing to be redeemed
II Every dollar of greenbacks ever Issue
4 BY the people 1.-THE Governmsnt1 and MAJ
= BY law (fss] full legal tender In u
payment Of all debts and taxes. public ar
:. private. and receivable BY the Cover
ment for all dues, customs, tarif3s an
= duties WAS money.
Resumption 10 the most costly snterpri
n the American people ever engaged in. /
y cost will never be fully realized while the
IL 10 Jet q mortgage to be forsclossd, = msrs
lie ant and tradesman to be bankrupted,
mandatory TO he closed or people to
d, pauperized.