Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1883-04-05
in circulation to meet their daily want.

I prosperous, ana that whenever mOncI
is scarce the opposite is the case.
y These truismS were fully demon
! strated through the general prosperit,
I which prevailed during the war, whel
= the government was constantly issuin!
money to meet its daily requirements
and the paralysis and distress whicl
followed contraction after the wal
ended.
r During the war, when the govern
mcnt was issuing money based on it,
life and resources, the people wcr,
told that "lf the government is moi
good then nothing is good"
Now, government cannot give away
: money OF any kind. at any time, OF
under any circumstances. 1t must
have m equivalent in value in some
way-bcrau>e money must represent
'oil sacrifice, and cxertion to obtain it,
Soldiers were obliged 10 lie out in
winters SHOWS, and summers sun, and
expose their lives for thirty days 10
obtain seventeen dollars in paper
money, which did not cost the govern
mcnt one penny: yet such money paid
their debts and supported their families
during their service in the war.
Farmers, manufacturers and laborers,
then and now, receive such money in
exchange for the products of their
toll, because the law has given value
to it..
According to the best authorities on
that subject, public and private loans
in this country now amount to seven
billion dollars, while all know there is
only about one billion dollars available
for the payment of such loans.
The government now require vast
sums of money to pay its debts, carry
on needed public improvements, and
meet its current expenses. TO obtain
this money, it levies oppressive bur-
drns on the people in the form Of
tariiland internal revenue.
The increased number of failures;
the stopping OF factories, furnaces, and
work shops, the reduction of wages,
and the forced sale of property, prove
the present necessity for more money.
Now. we hold that the government
is certainly as good in time of peace as
when war threatens its existence, and
that it is Just rs legal for Congress to
issue mOrcy in time Of peace rs during
war, and that it is its duty to do so,
provided the interest and welfare of
the people require such action.
Therefore, to relieve the present
manifest necessities Of the people and
the requirements of the government,
to preveat, panics and preclude their
recurrence, we hold that the money
now in the Treasury should be i'm.
mediatcly used in payment of all out
standing intcreSt.bcaring obligations
now due or payable at the option of
the government, and that an additional
amount issued for any of the purposes
for which the government requires
money until the peoples representa-
tiycs in Congress decide its volume is
equal to the demands of business and
the permanent welfare Of the people,
and we further hold that all lcgal-tcn-
dcr notes or other government Oblga-
tions, hereafter issued and entering in
to use as money, should never be fund
ed into intereSt-bcaring bonds, but al-
ways remain as circulating medium
in the hands of the people.
The national platforms of our party
includes nearly all economic questions
of present interest to the people.
The regulation of railroads and teIc-
graphs are covered by it. 1t declares
that these modern agencies for trans
porting persons, property and intcli-
gence must be brought under legisa-
tive supervision and controlled in the
interest of the people.
From the very nature of our organ-
cation and the grounds it cCvCrs, our
party must be opposed to all oppressive
monopolicS and interests which corrupt
legislation; therefore, all new organi-
cations, or factions, claiming public .
support on the principles we advocate,
will distract rather than promote the /
ends they claim to have in view.
In the performance of our official .
duties we have introduced and adyO-
Gated the passage OF nearly every
measure demanded in our platform, we
opposed the act extending the charters
OF national banks, the act relieving
bank capital, and deposits from taxa
ton, and all acts calculated to perpetu-
ate the inlerest-bearing debt, But this
Congress has seen fit to pass these
measures, while it has failed TO pass
any act to restore back to the people
the bonds forfeited on account of fail
ure of contract on the part of railroad
companies, or TO provide more ctlcctu-
ally for the preservation OF public land
for actual settlers.
1t has devoted weeks to the discus
sion of tariff and internal revenue
measures under the pretense OF giving
relief to the people, while it has per-
petuatcd n financial system which rem
dcrs relief impossible. 1t has wasted
much time in appeals to sectional feel
ing which should have been devoted
to legitimate legislation.
We have not deemed il advisable in
this paper TO dwell on the wrongs in
corporated wealth is now inilicting on
the people, nor to criticise the honesty
of the persons or parties responsible for
the legislation which renders such
wrongs possible.
The subjects are now being rapidly
solved by the public mind. They are
in the thoughts of men in
every locality, and force themselves on
conversation everywhere. Public at
tenton was first directed to them
through our party platforms. There
fore these are the results of our labor,
and these facts should inspire hope and
in the success Of our prin-
cipleS in the near future,
To this end we urge more thorough
of our party throughout
the entire country.
No fear need be apprehended that
either of the old parties will be trusted
much longer to make and administer
tho laws. The longing desire to enjoy
the advantages of union il cost so
much blood and treasure TO preserve
will not be controlled by sectional party
prejudice. When it dies the present
dominant parties must die Incorpor-
ated capital cannot perpetuate them to
enact Just laws under the thin diss uise
Of sectional hatred. Neither can dan
ger come from any new organization,
which does not recognize the money
question above all others.
We recognize elements of real pro-
gress in the declared principles of the c