The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1891-09-19
Mr.. TALsFRT WRITES AGAIN
He Defines Glass Legislation and Defends
the Ooala Platform

his last article that he would be
much obliged il would locate the
scriptural question propounded to
him and inform him what apostle
m ale the remark. Being always
willing to aid, If can, any one in
searching out his Christian duties,
| inform Memo that he will fnd in
the 14th chapter 10th verse of
Romans, this question: "But why
dost thou judge thy brotherf"
failed to use the word, "buf," the
sense, however, being complete
without it, the omission was i'm
material. According to my infor.
mation the apostle Panl "made the
remark" | hope my unknown
friend may DO protited by this in
formation, and trust he will not
consider hims If under obligation
to me for imparting 1t.
A perusal of NemO's articles
show that be is laboring under
many errors, and stands in need
of some political as we'll as scrip
tural Information, which [ will en-
deayor to impart, though when
writing my last / thought l could
not write more upon the subject
he seems determined to discuss.
Class legislation is one of the
arguments set up against the sub
treasury plan. understand class
legislation to mean such legisla.
tion as will have the effect of favor
/ ing and benefitting a particular
class of the citizens of our govern.
ment without dispensing any
favors or benefits to the other citi
zens, but on the contrary operating
so as to iniure them. obtain
this understanding of the meaning
of the term from legislation which
no one questions.
Rlilroad corporations have re-
ceived immense iavofs and bene-
fits by State AMI national lcgisIa-
tion granting them The rigaG Of
way through public lands. From
u superficial standpoint this looks
like class legislation, but as gen.
orally c0nce led the whole country
has b en favored and benefited
ny the construction of railroads,
and this KIN lcks the class out of it.
Vast sums Of money are appr0pri-
ated to build levees along the Mis-.
slssippi river, to keep the channel
of the river clear of distractions
to navigation, and TO improve and
protect the harbors fronting the
cities standing on the banks Of the
river. This legislation confers
great speci Il fayors and benefits
upon that class Of citizens who
live on the lands in the river bot
toms subject to overflow, that class
who own the water craft that
ply up and down the river, and
also that class who own property
and live in tha towns and cities on
the rivers banks. From a super.
fetal standpoint this looks like
huge class legislation, but the fact
that the whole country is benefited
by it knocks the class out of it,.
Gold and silver are IN lde money
metals by legislation. Intrinsical-
ly they are not as valu ,ble as
iron, but are much more valuable
simply because they are m ,ney
metals. From u superficial st md.
point this looks ike class legisla-
tion because very small class OF
our citizens have ever been fOrtu-
nate enough to own mines that
4 pro1nce these metals, and receive
the very great favor and benefit
resulting from the Legislation that
makes them money metals. Tha
inoney.made out of these metals, fol
this small class of our citizens
goes into circulation through all
the. arteries of trade and commerce,
the people of the whole country
share it's tavors and benefits, and
this knocks class out of this legis-
latiOl.
Now. the amount of money III
circulation is not sufficient to sup.
ply the demands of onr trade and
commerce. There is not enough
money metals in the country
(known to exist) upon which tf
base sufficient currency. The
currency we have is manipulated
in such a way, by that class x
whom its control has been dele
gated by national legislation, al
to plunder and oppress the labOr
ing and wealth producing classei
Of the country. understand tli'
great anti sub-treasury oracle
Senator George, says the aboy1
] are facts. Now, the idea tina
underlies the sub-treasury plan i
I to relieve the country of this fin IN
1 ciaI condition, by supplying il wit
q sufficient volume of currency
based upon safe security, to b
distributed -among the prople in
way that viii make them indt
pendent OF Wall Street and th
National banks which now hav
and exercise power over tn
currency that enriches them 4
0 the expense of the many. is ther
anything wrong about this ides
think it is clearly right Al
J the principles involved wrongf
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