Louisiana capitolian., 1880-08-17
GREENBACKISM,
EAsr BArox Ro,t;E. AUD. 7. 1850

true, but not more glad than to be my
self refnted If untrue. The greatest
advantage is to le freed from, error in
the search Of truth, and the next great
est is to free another
Could the grandeur Of the principle
involved in the above statement be fully
realized by the editors of the thousands
Of papers now striving to mould public
opinion IN our country, how many Of
s''cl, editorials as the one appearing IN
your paper oftl,o 'lst Of July, under tho
hr'"ling "a Fmlorn Hope" would be
consigned to the "waste basket" or
else never be penncd.
fou say "ln Maine tho Grccnbackcrs
have united their strength with
the Democrats in order to carry their
state for Hancock" Is it want of infor-
nation that enables you to thus attempt
to mislca'l the p'oPlc' The call of the
State Central Executive Committee Of
the National Grccnback Labor party, in
the state Of Maine, calling 4 State Con-
vcntion, to assemble Oh the 2lst of Scp-
tenber next, and nominate the electors
for q Weaver and Chambers ticket, has
been issued and printed, and perhaps
circulated and read in every State of the
Union, as know it has been in Louis
lana. And yet you are still repeating
the Republican, Democratic, Money
cry of "tmsion in Mainc.'
ion say: "We have apostles
of the Grcenhack faith, ready to "bulgc'
right into the Natiopal treasury aud
substitute grrrnbacks for bonds, gold
and silver with am unconccrm that il
traly refreshing" This is, again crro-
ncous. Read sections one and two of
our National platform, and you can
readily perceive that nothing of that
kind is proposed. Yet we do claim and
demand that: "All money, whether
metallic or paper, should bo issued and
its volume controlled by tlcgovcrnmcnt
and not by or through banking corpora
tions, and when so issued should be a
full legal tender for all debts, public and
private.
And section 2: "rhat the bonds of
tho United States should not DC refund
ed, but paid as rapidly as practicable
according to contract. TO enable the
government to meet these obligations,
legal tcudcr currency should be sul,sti-
tntcd for the notes ofthe National banks,
tho National banking system abolished,
and the unlimited coinage of silver as
we'll as gold established by law.
We do not propose to Substitute
groenl,acks for gold and silver on tho
contrary, swe, demand the unlimited
coinage of both these metals into legal
tender debt (and bon'l) paying currency.
Yet, realizing that some paper currency
il necessary, as well as convenient, in
order to effect an equitable exchange of
tho fruits of labor, as we'll AZ to maiu-
tain "iixcd and permanent value for
currency" BY CONTROLLING its volume in
such % manner as to prevent tho ruin
incident to repeated expansion and con-
traction, such as your banking system
fosters, We do demand the substitution
Of legal tender treasury notes for the
notes of the National banks. We also
demand that the National banking sys-
tom be abolished. It is this "substitu
tuition" and attack on the Nation banks
(the pct scheme of q bond loving money
p0wcr) that so cnragcs the servilc press
OF tho Democratic and Republican par
ties, as to cause them to malign aud
villify those who are demanding their
rights Of equality and justice by the
abrogation of class laws, and return to |
that liberty contemplated by such dem
ocracy Of government as was advocated
by Washington, jefferson and jackson. |
We arc not content to submit to such an
of government as your par
ty would permit tho money power to
fnstcn upon this country. Your party
are not only not willing to say aught
against this money power, which al
ready has almost absolute control of the
nation, b"t as if afraid they might
think you opposed to some Of their
schemes, you have endorsed them in
tho adoption of your National platforms;
md in the nomination of W. II. Eng
|ish (whO has been for fourteen years
president Of ono of their most important
institutions) for the vicc-Prcs-
dency, whore he could as President of
The Sc,'ate, not 'ot'ly watch over leg
Station, but largely influence and share
t in their interest by appointment of
etc.
Again you say: "Thc United
states. n country whose nonulotiou in