The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-08-28

Shot and She'll" Of which the mstto is s"An
homes, money is the noblest work of man."
Here are specimens of the questions and
answers, which though not remarkably ell
egant, still have a certain force and power
when presented to an audience of common
people:
What is Republican?
He is sort of political bolega a-made
up Of the scraps of defunct organizations Z.
He is willing to sacrifice ali of his wife 8
relations to perpetuate the party that freed
four millions Of slaves, then robbed them
Of the nations currency and forced them
into idleness making the commercial ruin
of the whole country worse than the war
desolation of the South, BY destroying the
peoples money and making them pay the
bondholders interest for the privilege OF
thus being robbed. His creed is to the vic
tor belongs the spoils, and to-day he is gen.
orally spelling.
What is Democrat?
He Is . rslict of the stone age. and there
very few of them that wish to be identified.
He il = Democrat because he is, and you
can't make nothing else out Of him. He
will supper, any man, vote any measure,
OF swallow any dose labeled Democracy.
His creed is, party FIRST, heaven afterward.
Then il is argued that money is func-
tion of the law, not thing, that it should
not have any intrinsic value, add that gold
and silver are not honest money. The cat
ecism goes on:
What is National bond?
1t is an invention of the devil. impair ted
to the labor robbers in all governments, q
sort of financial trap set by the rich to
catch the wealth earned by the poor.
What 10 interest or usury?
Il is q system cursed by God and the
Scriptures. and despised BY all honest men
Of pagan and Christian nations, and was
denounced by all Christsndom, until the
fifteenth century, when England, the red
robed harlot and nation robber, instituted
and legalized it to enable the profigate to
rob the industrious. II is the toll collected
at the tread mill of labor to pay the rich
for grinding the poor.
And it goes through half dozen lesson.
We have only room for one more extract:
Who owns the United States?
The people, of conrse.
Who owns the people?
The bondholder.
What will be the portion of the bond
holders il they don't stop their unjust de.
mands?
He'll and damnstion.
But Beecher says there is no hell.
Then the voting millions against the
bondholding thousands will get up one for
the especial benefit.
What do you know about the National
Banking system?
IL is the most complete scheme ever de
vised for making the labor of the conntry
pay enormous tribute tribute to wealth
for the sake of securing circulating me-
dunn. 1t stands between the government
and the people, and is enormously paid fol-
doing what the government ought to do di.
rectly for the people.
But, after all, it is the songs which take
the popular ear. When our plain Mr.
Lurton sings:
I"When Greenbacks were abundant oul
people lived at ease,
Prosperity on every hand as leaves upon
the trees
We demand restoration, or we'll raise 6
/ mighty breeze,
AS we 60 marching along.
The average farmer says to himself
That is 60, az know" And he believes
that it was the greenback which made tn.
allsdged prosperity, and he goes and votel
for more of them. And then how is thi
for q popular song:
Well gather from tie East and from thu
| West;
Well rally from near and from far;
: Well raise Greenbacks and Labor from
disgrace
we are coming prepared LOT Inc war.
CHORUS.
Then lift up the banner on high;
That glorious old banner so true,
Well fight beneath its colors till we die
Then hurrah for the red white and blue.
For labor and for honesty we'll shout!
We" gather by day and by night,
And echos loud resound throughout th'
land
For the Greenback, the truth and tn,
right.
Our taxes shall be levied full one half
Our INDUSTRIES shall run as of Yore,
Money shall be plenty for business in thi