The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-01-13
the B,NkERs HAVE WON.
9Ay1ock,s Lease 81 Power Removed
Tor An0ehes Four Years Hut the
People viii Not Give ~ The LAT.
10 Meanwhile.

People viii not olive " sAe LAT.
- Meanwhile.
At no time since tho Declaration Of
Independence have the principles en-.
bodied in that gospel Of human rights
been 80 threatened, and political liberty
20 endangered, as by the election Of
James A. Garfield to the highest office
and honors the American people Gun be-
stow.
It is triumph q capital over labor !;
Of privilege over equality; Of corporate
power over the intelligence and rights
Of tho people and Of cen.ralizing polit
ical y sses over the fundamental princi-
pie that the people are capable Of gov
erning themselves
To understand what IL means it is on
~ niece ssary to examine the political
history of the times. A number vi ISSUES
y. 70 submitted to the people ut the last
election.
l. Whether the Government should
control the finances Of the nation, or
whether the national banks should con-
troll them.
2. Whether corporations should rule
ana enslave the people, or whether tho
Government should control corpora
tons.
5. Whether land monopolies should
mOnol,ol ~ and control tic publ. do.
main, Or whether IL should liz sacredly
held for homesteads for occupation and
the elevation ard sustenance Of the
people.
4. Whether tho American laborcr
shall become the slave Of capital. and
the producer the newer Of wool and
drawer u watsr to m oligarclly Of priv
ilelcd monolNiists, Or whether lnl,or
shall be supported III demanding its
rights, and the producer be sustained in
attempting TO free himself from the ex-
actions Of corporate power.
It is true that both the Republican
and Democratic party platforms abound
ell il platitules u devotion to the rights
IL the people. But no man who has
carefully studied tile legislation or cx-
nmined the progress u parties and
measures for the last decade can be do
ceived by platforms or imposed upon by
prrtentious declarations.
The financial question was less dis
guis.d than any other. Under tire pre-
nse Of p,omnting the interest Of labur
by sound currency, and the faith II
the nation Ivy coin basis Of d. .nicnt II
its obligation, both lsel,ul l,cans and
Democrats have chung TO the ctlncat, i
.leceits If the past, and proplgate,l ii
system OF hartl-money tyranny which
hns made dcepots VI the few, and en-
slsvel the great mass of the p,oll.
from the origin Of civilization to the
present time.
Under this carefnlly-nurtured curse,
everywhere sustained by aiistocratic
power, and ut all times made the instru-
ment Of oppression, human reason, lin.
man experience and human nature have
beer made to yield to the insolcnce Of
the holders aud owners Of coin.
rilere is not Il civilized natl N or peo-
ple which las not been enslaved hv its
power--tbat is, by the combined infiu-
cncts u the moneycd oligarchirs. Thu
less money there is the greater IL their
power. The amount Of specie is limit
I'd. Its exact amount is known, sn.l the
exact location OF it is made the study MS
we'll o. the power Of those who are able
10 control it.
One family in Europe has the ALSO
lutte power to control tho specie Of Eu.
rOle.
Five capitalists in the city Of New
York can control the specie of the
United States
Tie European usurers have their
agent in the Ua;t, j States. with al un-
limited power and an unlimited capital.
either Is control or 70 combine with the
capitalists IL New York to coLtrol the
specie in the U.litcd States.
From the commencement Of the wal
in 1861 to 1851. capital in Europe and
capital in the United States, Ivy com.
bi..ed tfforts of its manipulating usurers,
and ly the blinded preindiccs and is
noranccs Il the people, swinlIel Iii.
American people ont Of more than
$4,000, QUO, %, hy tho simple means
Of making gold the measure Of values,
A single product Of less than one
hundredth part Of the general pro.nc,
Of the soil and OF labor has dominated
not only over all other products bu
over reason, common sense, credit O
tile people and the credit Of tho conn
try, incIn,ling all the mines, and coin
and the whole producing power OF tn
nation.
The Legislative intelligence Uf Con
gress has been snhjugated by the com
binei money power If the few capital
lists who rule the specie power OF thu
country. 1t was captured hy the CAPT
talists who forced the committee in III,
Senate in 1862 to report the amendment
~ the bill establishing the nationa
greenback as tie national currency III.
full legal-tender money Of the nation. b,
printing "repuliation" on the back o
every bill-thosc words mot receivabl,
for uutiss ON imports and interest on til,
public debt"
This single act. by which the intelli
gent common sense of Thomas Jefferson
adopted hy the nation, Of making tn,
credit Of the nation based on the taxing
power Of the nation, through treasur,
certificate ., cail.d ereenbac,s 8. til,
means Of national support. was ahrogat
ed. originated in Belmont and I'll,
money kings Il New York, Philalelphi,
and Boston. This cutting the threat .
our own credit, in the reputation Of on
own money for our own dues, was tn
sharpest device Snylock and his GREY
ever imposed upon an educated people
It made gold King Il values, when Their
was no gold to be had but such ~ til
ShylOcks controlled.
Ii reduced the national credit to 3
cents on = dollar. rs measured by gold
one Ut our most Insignificant products
and yet product We ourselves pro
dnced in greater quantities than an
other nation on tine globe; yet this pro
duct was made the very instrument /
enslave "a. even though it was comrre
hendcl in and made the basis of til
very credit il was made 10 0verwhe,m.
Yet the combined money power h
running down the national credit, nm
by running mp the assumed value /,
gold, forced Ms, rs snbingated slaves /
It's insolencc, to pay s. on our credit f.
every dollar of value we received. Ms
means % carry on way. We paid 81 800