The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-10-13
The Conspiracy and Reputation Of the
Hard. Money Party.

before the law.
The Conspiracy and Reputation Of the
Hard.Money Party.
In following back the record OF the
advocates of the hard-moncy system, it
is plain to see that it has been the de-
liberate aim and conspired plot to carry
with the abolition Of chattel slavery in
the South the enslavement of all labor
by the power Of controlling the wages.
This plot was laid down at the begin
ming Of the Rebellion. In order to
prove this, we quote from a circular that
was current at that time among the Sc
cret enemies Of free government. We
say free government, for there was no
purpose other than to establish system
Of slavery more degrading and more
binding than the system then in force.
lHasrard's Circular Of 1861
Slavery is likely to be abolished by
the war power, and chattel slavery be
destroyed. This, I and Iny European
friends are in favor Of, for slavery is but
the owning Of labor, and carries with it
to care for the laborer; while the Euro
pean plan, led in by England, is, capital
controls labor by controlling wages.
This can be done by controlling the
money.
The great debt, that capitalists will
see to it is made out Of this war, must
be used as the means to control the vol
meof money.
To accomplish this, they (the bonds)
must be used as the banking basis.
It will not do to allow the "green-
back" as it is called, to circulate as
money any length Of time, for We cannot
control them. But we can control the
bonds, and, through them, the bank
issue.
Mr.. Lincoln, in reference to this plot,
said in his second message: Monarch,
itself is sometimes limited ut as q posi-
BILE refuge from the powers Of the peo-
pie. It is the effort to place capital on
an equal footing with, If not above, labo,
in the structures of the Government. II
is assumed that labor is only available
in connection with capital"
He further says: "There is no such
relation between capital and labor rs
assumed nor is there any such thing
as freeman icing fixed for life in the
condition Of hired laborer."
He further SAYS: Labor IS prior t.
and independent of all capital. Capital
is only the fruit of labor, and could new
or have existed il labor had not first OK
listed. Labor is the structure Of capital.
and deserves much the higher consider
alton. The prudent, penniless beginne,
in the world labors for wages for while
saves q surplus with which to buy tools
or land for himself, then labors Oh an
other while, and at length hires another
beginner to help him. This is the first
the generous and prosperous system.
which opens the way to MI. No men
living are more to be trusted than thos.
who toll up from poverty; none less in
clined to touch or take aught which
they have not honestly earned. Let
them beware Of surreniering political
power which they already possess, and
which, when surrendered, will surely be
used to close the doors of advancement
against such as they, and to fix new
disabilities and burdens upon them till
all their liberty shall be lost"
We might also quote from Thaddeus
Stevens, Hooper and many others, who
stood in defense Of the people at tina,
time, when assailed on every side by
every foe-whether it was Of none,
power, slave power, or any other power
that was organized together for the pur-
pose Of expressing the people.
We find from the record of these no
BILE men that the greenback was pur-
posely deprecated. III order to make
two classes Of money-oae for the
banker and bullion broker. and another
for the soldier and the people.
Now, to further prove the conspired
efforts Of this money power-its effect.
and the success that it has made in its
desire to enslave labor, controlling the
volume Of circulation will give
seven infamous financial laws that it has
secured the passage Of:
!. The act Of Congress of 1862.
placing two exceptions on the greenback
dollar.
2. The act Of Congress OF 1863, Great
ing the national banks.
3. The act of Congress of 1865, con-
tracing the currency. A law to make
less money and more bonds.
4. The act Of Congress Of 1869, that
changed the condition Of payment Of the
o-2O bonds, from payment in paper
money to payment in coin also, max
ing the greenback redeemable in coin.
5. The act of Congress Of 1870, au-
thorizing the funding OF the bonds.
6. The oct Of Congress of 1873, de-
monetizing silver. thereby making our
debt payable in gold alone.
I. The Resumption act Of 1875.
These laws bring us down in their in
exorable operation to-
!. A single gold standard as meas
ure of value.
?. Abonded debt never to be paid.
3. Bank paper issued on these bonds
inflated and contracted at the will of the
bank experimentation and con-
traction being the soul and spirit Of
banking.
This Is our situation, and, If allowed
to remain, capital becomes supreme.
and labor its serf. Corporate persons,
created by law, rule the world. Inii.
vidual persons, created by God, serve,
and die at the hands OF these
Thus, the confiding people of this ma
ton have been caught in the cunningly-
devised trap, set by the most deadly en-
emies OF liberty, by men who are not in
favor of the soldier, who gave his time
and health-his life il necessary-in de.
Tense of the flag, being placed upon an
equal footing before the law with him
self by men who took advantage of the
Of the people, upon whom
the debt created by war, with the as
sistance OF the money-brokers, is de-
pendent for payment, hut would crush
! he ability Of the people to pay the same,
in order to coin the life blood out OF the
the misery Of the nation.
We see that while they have been
carrying on this conspiracy they have
been constantly repuliating former con-
tracts and the principles Of free govern
ment.
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