Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1881-07-08
COrrfsu0nn II I.

NJ Ei,ssr la recent s-.ar o. yaar Paper
you Wa. pleased 30 otrr ur e osss- fEsg (
coa'8 no. prove ms assertion. Ihsg 'fe general
government a9r The S,g-s before the Kevola-
ton IiI i*sge legal leudrf paper menev 49,
Your wa-rr hoarrs-. - $50 snail fha' ja 40
view 81 the case. - /; WORTH consideration --
save on ysur part AS a means Of b'ur,ag a o
antagonist. 30 not At 'h5s time propose 10
offer proof rryt because "a ,aan souyiprrsi A.
Eaiust his Syii - Of 'Ge same op.aicu stsis -
Bot DO propose Ssh 10 u.Ter IS IN a ere seua~
proof y b}rh - induction voG aHA sour read.
rTs must come SO the conclusion HAT am sl'h
er kuavs OF the general government has the
power to make legal tender paper rnuues ADD
therefore, raAg have isus a. and that the States
"a their colonial eoatirlou. ioue the SANE
thing before hey surrendered The YigA; "a u.sk.
money 10 The geueral government. For IN
stance can ans ssge ruso suppose that ie;prson
would have ssid. Bank paper meaning pr
vale and State banks mus; ~ suppressed aat
the circulating medium. irra,1Ty acfrs must
DC restored TO the nation 10 whom = belongs ''
-Jehsrson works, vol, i I'D lSg. Zoo col
Again upon the subject OF legal tenders We
have the opinion Of M-disoa Eccoliryt. w
Editor. that Madison wss the father . tae con
sii,ulion, and il any one man knows hat the
( privileges Of the government OF The [ ) arr
upon this subject and ~ hat tie States nsd sur
/ rendered, surely he did " ha, said nv mob g
witness upon this, to Us, most vitsl point 10
his message To Congress on December 3rd lsf6
/ lyoI. l. p 1871 ne saws upon this satirct -
The constitution has entrusted Congress ex-
clusively with he power of creating and rcgu-
| lating currency OF tha; description etc.
meaning treasury notes.
| Can any intelligent man honestlr enierisiu
A shadow of doubt when suth proofs are OF.
| fered them. Aad in substance, SO say everv
distinguished man from Washington down TO
| the present day. The time has fully come " hen
every man who feels the divinity of reform
stirring within him to stand up aud be counted
Come out voters of Charles county and show
your hands upon this subject stand up and be
counted The contest is now nothing more
nor less thau a contest between capital and ID
bsr Your representatives. in Congress of the
/ past t.ince 1863 have, without one exception.
! been in the interest of Shy lock and shgsters -.
Show your manhood voters of Charles county
! hy thinking aud acting for yourselves. Hith-
| erto YOU have been led bv the nose by design
/ ing men to make the rich richer aud the poor
poorer. Strike now for your own interest, be
/ J. d no longer by bank agents and their subsi-
4 died allies That we are all not ruined is not
due by any means TO the wisdom OF our rulers,
but from the craftsmanship OF the pillow. Had
it lot been for the fact that we have been bless
| ed all over the union with abundant crops, to-
dar we should all be bankrupts. \ super
abundance at home and scarcity in Europe,
caused trade to be in our favor and gave us a
balance in exchange which saved the country
from a panic that would PROSTATE every indus
try.
kind Providence has interposed helping
hand TO save you from destruction and YOU
have time enough now left 10 further save your
selves and put the finance upon an immovahie
basis-in the hands of Congress where II natur
ally aud legitimately belongs. But three short
months have elapsed and You have forgotten
the mutterings OF the volcano upon which you
have been sitting for the last twenty years.
During last winter an effort al rounding the
bonds was made by Congress, the bankers took
alarm that their money bags were to he invad-
ed they were not 10 have as much interest as
formerly. They threatened Congress, but Con-
Gress for once went on with the good work of
refnHdinR the bonds at three per cent. The
bankers still threatened what they would do if
Congress persisted. Jay Gould caif through
his organ the Tribune and it was no idle bqast,
''fhe time is near when they lthe bankers) will
feel themselves compelled TO act strpngl y
Meanwhile q very good thing has been done
the machinery is now furnished, by which, in
any emergency the financial corporations Of
the east can act together al single Days notice,
Nth such power M0t no act Of Congress can ouer-
come or resist their decisions" Bold th'et!-