The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1891-09-11

only at the dark side got a distorted, de-
ceptive view, and would be ready for rash
and i'm polite remedies that would work
far greater disaster than the evils we suf-
fer under. Let us be conservative, and
look the matter square In the face like
intelligent men, see both sides, Tor only
then can we apply the proper remedy.
He asserted that If we were in state OF
perfect happiness, artful and designing,
but pretended friends, could make us dis
satisfied with our condition. He drew the
picture of Eden, our parents IN commun-
ion with God, perfectly happy and blest,
but with this weak side of human nature
and the tempter persuading her that she
was deprived Of high privileges, wronged;
that she might easily better herself-all
she had to do to be as god was to put forth
her hands, pluck and eat What 4 pity
our mother did not inquire Of the temp
ter who are you, sir, so disinterestedly
concerned in my welfare and happiness ?
What motive prompts Youf The devil
right then wanted 10 people hell with her
children, human beings, that be might
reign over them, for he said it was better
to reign in hell than serve in heaven.
Alas she didn't ssk, she took it all for
granted as her children alter her have
often done, and as / fear you are doing
to-day.
The government, they say, should loan
you farmers, and nobody but you farmers,
money in abundance at practically no
interest. Where has the government any
money to loan? II owes a billion OF dol
lars now, has an exhausted treasury.
Secretary Foster can't pay off the 4 per
l.. LOT he
government print money, swell the circu-
lation to fifty dollars per capita. Can the
government, said he, create money by its
fiat-by writing or printing on piece OF
paper, "this is a dollar" If SO, you need
nc longer eat bread in the sweat of your
face. Set the presses to work in Gods
name. Don't stop at fifty dollars per cap
tia, make it 800, $500, $1,000, any amount
needed to wipe poverty and toll from the
land and bring in the millennium. This,
said he, is fatal delusIon. The govern
ment is only an aggregation OF indiyidu-
ais. 1t has not a dollar to loan or to
give away but what it gets in taxes from
its citizens. Of course it can ISSUE Its
promises TO pay just as you can your note;
| it can do more-it can make these prom
Ises to pay pass as currency, but still 1t is
debt and bound to be paid. Who are
these men offering these schemes--de-
mands they call them Well, said he,
we saw our mother Eve missed it very
badly in not enquiring into the antece-
dents of the gentleman who took such
kind interest in her affairs. We ought to
look to these men making these demands,
| these leaders that met at Ocala and are
now going through the country pressing
| the demands.
He then argued strongly against the
practicabilIty OF the sub-treasury scheme.
But, said he, prefer to put this question
on higher ground. want to appeal to
your sense of justice, to your genuine old
fashioned honesty, for have never APP
pealed to that in vain. This scheme is
dishonest. Sometimes we can't tell the
quality of an act so well until we exam
inc it in somebody else, as we can't tell
how our coat looks until some one else
puts it on. Suppose now, the government:
would say to the makers of wagons and
plows, hoes and trace chains, collars, back
bands and brides, axes, saws, chisels and
augurs and all the implements you need
and without which you cannot raise a
crop-suppose it would say to these men /
have got good thing for you. We will
make a little combination. You need
not sell a pillow, hoe, or anything for a
whole year. / know you need the money
for them, but I'll fix that. You bring all
you make to me and put them in my
warehouse and I'll loan money to you on
them to help you make more and when
they are made bring to me and get more
money, and we will just hold all these
things until we run them up to fcti tious
prices of two or three times their value,
then You may sell if you think you have
squaezed the poor farmers enough. If not,
bring more wagons, hoes, etc., and L will
give you more money till you can rob
them to your satisfaction. Turning to
Mr.. Mcdowell, he said, what would you
do under these circumstances Sir, con-
tinued he, mistake the manhood in you
if YOU would not shoulder your musket
and never lay it down till you helped to
break up that unholy combination for
robbery. And yet, sir, tins is your scheme
which you preach. only the benefit of the
robbery is applied to another class OF citi-
zens. You persuade these farmers to en-
ter into such combination with the gov
eminent and so withhold the material of
which clothing of the poor is made, the
corn and wheat, the staff of life, and run
their values to fictitious prices, and rob
and Cypress at pleasure. Said he, shall |
advocate such a doctrine? Should |
stand idly by and see it surreptitiously
thrust into the doctrine of my party and
incorporated into the laws of the land +?
God forbid. If I do, said he, let my name
be by-word and a reproach. Let all
the myriad hosts of men coDtemn me.
Let the grass wither under my feet, the
sun refuse me light, earth a grave and
heaven her God. He showed the utter
fallacy of any relief from the land loan
scheme. but we have not space to insert
the synopsis. He turned to Mr.. Mellow
ell and said, but you say, "give US some
thing better" Yes, the little fellows re-
peat it all down the line, "give us some
thing better" Well. you say ii was vicious
legislation which made the millionaires
possible? Here Mr.. Mcdowell nodded
his head to every proposition. You say
il is vicious legislation that hampers
trade, brings stagnation and Expresses
our industries? You say legislation has
been pursued to favor the few at the ex-
pense Of the many? Then, sir, said Mr..
Slmonlon, the plainest dictates of common
sense is to repeal, modify or sweep clear
away this vicious legislation, and that,
sir, is thousand times better than put
ting or trying to put on top of this vicious
legislation more Of the same, even of
vastly more vicious character; and this is
the something better / offer, and some
thing the democratic party proposes to do
and will DO if you by your rashness and
impolitic schemes do not break it up.
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