The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1892-10-20

is already Eighty with fever. and
making him feel for short while
that be Is rich and well, but Ieav-
ing him far worse of, there are pc
litical quacks deceiving the people,
and making them think the govern
ment can take every thing IN its
hand and issue any untold amount
of money, and make US all rich, and
| the trouble will be over.
The deIuded people readily swal-
low this poisonous opiate thinking
it wonderful. Can a government
even print money without basis
or reserve fund of gold and silver,
and make that money good any
| more than ONE man can? Do you
remember what the Southern Con-
federacy tried to do 10 issuing
money, and how soon it became so
worthless that it dledf Suppose
am worth one thousand dollars, and
| | conclude will become rich, and
| / issue promissory notes for ten
thousand dollars, and get men to
take them as money. Pretty soon
some one holding one of these notes
wants the gold or silver for this
| note, and finds | am utterly unable
to pay 1t, what becomes of my notes.
| They die or become worthless. Sup
pose a town concludes it will have
" ater-works, electric lights, parks,
public buildings &c. &c, and issues
Gne million dollars worth of bonds
for that purpose. If 1t can sell
them tor money then what? Must
not a big tax be laid Oh the citizens
of that town to pay the interest on
these bonds, and soon tie bonds
full due and must be paid? For a
town or corporation must pay it's
| bonds or debts as much so as an IN
divldual. Then whatS Distress
and bankruptcy follow. Govern
ments must also pay their debts as
we'll as individuals and the citizens
of the government must be taxed
to pay their debts.
Our government had a destrQc-
! tive war about rs years ago, and 1t
| contracted debt of millions Of dol
lars. To pay this great tax is
levied on the people. Then millions
besides must be paid out IN pen
sions to soldiers and their widows.
Besides this enormous expendi
lures by congress MUST be paid by
| the people. Also no one knows
how much the people pay to protect
| American factories against foreign
competition. Besides this many of
the people buy their flour and pork
anu nearly all they eat and wear,
and what they produce does not
sell for much. For instance, cotton,
which is the chief product grown
in the South tor money, sells now
at Tets per pound, and pork which
we buy at 1Octs per pound Farmers
say though it is cheaper to buy
pork aud pay for it in cotton. or
that they would rather grow
pound of cotton than pound OF
pork. But will a pound of cotton
buy pound of por.? suppose 1t
costs you six cents to grow cotton.
and you sell 1t for seven cents, then
how many pounds of cotton must
you grow to enable you to buy one
pound of pork at ten cents per
pound? Answer TEN POUNDS OF
COTTON,
But suppose it costs you seven
cents to produce cotton then you
could not buy a pound of pork If
you should p,oduce 1000 bags of
cotton.
No wonder the people are in debt
and distress The love of money
turned the attention of farmers
away from producing bread and
meat just after the war when cotton
was high. We have not been
afraid of making debts Extrava-
gdnce also followed and now
wretchedness stares Us IN the face.
What is the remedy? Is 1t toI
listen to quack doctors who counsel
an INCREASE Of public debts by
issuing so much more money, and
recommend that the government
shall own every thing? No, that
is no remedy. The remedy must
come slowly. For the patient Is
sick and cannot get we'll IN day,
If am in debt honesty says my
property if necessary should be
used to pay my debts. [ should
change my method of living by
making bread and meat at nome,
and cease buying go much. AND
SELL MORE. | should also cultivate
good will toward my neighhors by |
seeking to wrong 70 one, not taking
any thing from any man unlawfall..
but should have good will toward ell
men. Let Is do that which is right |
tow ard all men. Let me above sll
put my trust In The Lord and 10 that
which is right. Let TIE not seek to
lag up treasures on earth, but seek
fret the kingdom of God and his
and pray for the peace
of Israel. Let me do nothing 20
offend my brethren, but honor the
Lord Jesus and abide in the doc
trlne of Christ. He is my King ard
let me serve him. Delight myself
In The Lord and be shall give thee
the desires of thine heart.
L have written the above because
[ desire to see Baptists abide in the
doctrine they have been taught and
not depart therefrom, and thereby
bring reprosch and shame on the