Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1882-03-23
expect to see victory perching upon his

troyed. Let us not forget that it is a
contest in which Il single ray of intel
lectual light is mightier than the con,
querinr sword Of an Alexander.
Greenbackers, although well know
ing that the idea Of fiat paper money
is right, are just little sore-shoul
ed when called upon to push it to the
front They are a little shy about
standing up boldly and squarely in the
advocacy Of the idea. They are in
spite of their professions to the con.
trary, just little timil aboutmeeting
the opposition and ridicule of the men
and newspapers that are hired by the
con-money lords to throw stones at
"liat money"
Although protesting to be, and as a
mattCr Of fact really thinking that
they are, rs brave as lions in defend,
ing what they think is right, no con
yentiOn Of Greenbackers has yet had
the courage TO declare in favor of a
purely "liat money"
Even the standard-bearer Of the par
ty in 1880 quibbled and Ajnched not "A
little when crowded TO the wall upon
the question by other members of con-
gress. lie did not have quite the cour,
age that he ought TO have had, cOnsll.
ering the position which he held as the
acknowledged leader OF the GreenbaCk
members Of congress.
And the Grccmback newspapers ar,
far from toeing the mark as they
ought to. Even the Sentinel hangs its
head and COnfesses that it has been Il
little too polite" and timid in the
matter. 1t tries to ju;tify itself upon
the ground that it has been holding
back in order not to get so far ahead rs
to lose its influence with those who are
not yet so far advanced in that direc-
ton 1t has cOnte ed itself with the
consciousness oC knowing that the ten
loncy is in the right direction, and
with the belief that. ultimately, its
readers will find themselves entirely
ont of the woods and in broad day
light.
It is true, the wcrk which Greer
hackers have been doing has had a
tendency to aid the cause of fat mon,
oy Every time they aim Il blow at
coin money, they indirectly lay fOun-
dation.stone for the true principal Of
money.
In preserving the imperfect green
blck money from destruction, the
Grrenbackers have accomplished more
than even they themselves realize, b.
keeping it in existence, they have
gained toOthold upon which to fight
the future battle for a more perfect
money. They are hold ng the fott till
such times as the people can he edu-
Gated up to the point of making an az
gie'siye waretare upon the Darbaric
system Of the I.ydiaus.
The use for the last twenty years of
a paper money that has been substan'
italy nothing Bore nor less than Il fiat
paper money, has given the world an
opportunity to practically test the re-
spective merits of the two great ideas
OF moucy-yiz., coin money and fiat
money. The experiment has done
more to reyolutiOniza the worlds ideas
upon the subject than any amount of
theorizing and reasoning could possibly
have done.
Maintaining the grPenback currency
in the future, and giving it Il chance
to test itself along side of coin, will
perform marvellous work in behalf OF
iiat money.
And it is because we have faith to
believe that concurrent use of the
two kinds OF money will end in
triumph of the "flp idea that
We are willing ito let gold and sill
yer remain IN the field instead
of making q violent attack upon
If. In other words, in this matter We
believe in the idea of the survival
of the littes%-lnd that in Il faiI
test side by side fat money will prove
the victor. We believe ii the life OF
,ha m nraon.hock nan h. pernetuoted
twori - raars Inrrar .nd asnGciallv If
n " can ha las II nnst bol made a iuli
legal tender, the idea Of purely iiat
money will he fully ands teadfastly cs
S"t''na "t W. in ,I'a nost mn ootnal evno
'tm,ant n'" ".iIi "J H. oooomnIish % tbo wori ave-,
la,n ln,uhV oesan,'0Ii,, nl iii than arGrmont on,
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Let us DC wise enough 10 use .ue eA
pertinent OF lhe cOeXlstehce pl Vhe l"'
Kinds OF money TO reinforce our afgu
ments IN hehalt OF liat mohey-aha te
us not iall TO constantly contend 10
the nat idea!
It's well therefore to ask II II Is no
time TO nerve up little, ana strepgLl'
en- the foundation, somewhat Tor IN
broad idea OF purely fat paper mon
ey. IL seems little inconsistent 10 d
demanding a free and unlimited com
age OF gold and silver, while preachin'
ernment is the only thing necessary I
create good money. 1t may be wei
enough. perhaps. if the purpose is melt
ly to "draw the teeth" of the har,
money advocates who are declariu