Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-03-13

the SIX New England states. This num-
ber will be more than trebled at the pres
sidential election in 1880.
The cOlored voters of the country, cs-
pccially so in st, Louis, are cutting loose
from the Republican party and are casting
their lot with the national grcenback
party.
THE Chicago JOarndl thinks that the
law.maksr who wrote "without respect to
color" should have been in the senate to
see the respect paid to colored Senator
Bruce, as president ofthat body.
SAM CAREY has taken the lecture plat
form against Bob lngerso, and proposes
to prove that there is Il hell. Don't do it
Sam. 1t may prove troublesome in the
future. You have great deal to answer
for.
The Green packers, aided by the Demo
Gratis, carried the city of Portland, the chief
city of Maine, Monday. And the city OF
Galveston, the chief city of Texas, was al
so carried by the Greenbackers, calling
themselves Independents.
Now look out for a movement along the
whole Shylockian front for the remoneti-
cation of silver and the retirement Of
grcenbacks, Nothing else will make re-
sumption permanent says Big Wig be-
hind his gold specEiclcs and gold-headed
cane. He's right. That would do it, if
1t was not impossible. But will you let
him have his way again.
WHEN the national Greenback La1or
party again nOminates candidates for
Office and tho people are called on to vote
for them, let them demand as a prelmi-
nary that every such candidate publicly
and specifically endorse the platform of
the party and give u written pledge to
support and work for all the reforms and
demands therein proposed, or if such
pledge is refused, strike the traitor from
the ticket.
ON the day after New Year, Mr.. Lew
Nichols, OF Cleveland, took u ten dollar
bill of the city National bank of Cleveland
to the place of business of that concern,
and demanded gold for it, He was told
that he could get it by paying one.half
per cent. premium for it, On asking
whether they did not redeem theirnotcs in
gold, he was informed that they did not
do that kind of business. Does 'resump-
tlon" resume or not?
SENATOR THURMAN is described as al
ways dressing in Il suit of gray, which
makes him look like Il granger, and he is
fond of displaying huge bandanna hand
kerchicf All the southern members of
congress, except Senators Gordon and
Lamar, are said to wear soft felt hats, to
which they add personal character by
dents in the crown and curlyIm the brim.
General Butler always carries tiny bou-
quet in his button hole.
LET us look at the vast bunglc, the
management of the national debt. One
year ago the national debt of the Federal
government was reported at two thousand
millions. This year the debt is Increased
three hundred millions. When everybody
thought that Mr.. Treasurer was paying oft
monthly portion of the debt, it turns out
thnt his operation was no such thing, but
by Juggling with the six thousand bankers
he has actually increased it.
HmE public debt of the United State
is given at two thousand three hundred
millions of dollars. 1t bears various rates
of interest-siX, five, four and half, ana
and four per cent. Taking the average at
five per cent. perannum the interest comes
to one hundred and twelve million dollars
year-about hco million dollars mcek!
Now mark! all this money must come from
lahor-irom crclWSircly the peOpic who
hJor. 1t comes from their eatables, drink
ables, and wcarables.
lN the opinion of the Cincinnati Euqui,'-
er, greenbaCkism isn't dead yet. ILwarns
its party, that the democrats of the east
must either seek immediate combination
with the grcenback party or be disgrace.
fully defeated next fall" and recommends
the democrats of the east to form such a
combination on the basis that "eyery dol.
lar that circulateS in the United States as
money, be it gold, silver or paper, shall
be issued by the government, and shall be
full legal tender for all debts, public and
private
EVERY now and then you may hear
somebody say, "Oh, there's no sense in
increasing tha currency. That would give
only fictitious prosperity. We would
have to get down to hard-pan some time!"
This is what the gold-mongers say, and
this is what those who take their opinions
second-hpd repeat. They assume that
the normal, natural, proper and necessary
condition of the workingman and the pro.
ducer is one hardship, privation and sul-
fering-the bedrock, the hard-pan of low
wages, want ofwork, poverty and starya-
on.
CAPITALISTS are now rushing their mon.
ey into four per cent bonds faster than
ever. During the past week more ofthese
bonds have been sold than ever before in
the same length of time. This does moi
look like renewal Of legitimate business
In fact, capital is drawing out of legiti.
mate business every day and going into
untaxed government bonds. This, Of
course, will throw more labor and product.
i've industry out of employment, and, in.
stead of improving the volume ofbusiness,
will contract it, If this is our specie re.
sumption policy, how is it going to help us
any2
SINCE 1866, only twelve years, over
100000 business firms have failed with
liabilities reaching the appalling sum Of
$2,OOO,O0O,O00, sum so vast as to be in.
conceivable, and the terrible ordeal is
still gong on. The shrinkage of values
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