The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1892-04-30

lead aud copper. The depression in
these products teaches the people of
this country an object lesson. Every
year the people are having their noses
ground TO finer point on the gold bug
grlndstone. John Bull, too, s'in "a
hole, )" and the trouble, when il does
come, will, like the Barring scramble
for gold, come foom England. The
cotton mills of Manchester and Brm-
lngham must go down in the irreprcsSi-
bic conflict with the money power and
cheap silver. You know well, Senator,
that unsettled questions have no regard
for the repose OF mankind. The whole
world is suffering, net from overpro-
ductIon, but under consumption and
the poverty of the masses, caused by
the scarcity of gold and its increased
demand and purchasing power. The
gold reserves of the world are about
equal To the silver reserves, and the
gold coin to tie silver coin in currency
is held rs money reserves of ultimate
redemption. Let Us imagine, there
fore, the distress and suffering from II
contraction of One-half the amount of
the currency of the world. These mod
ern Pharaohs or money kings demand
that the people shall make bricks with
| out straw. There are probably more
bonds and stocks listed on the New
York stock exchange payable in gold
than the total amount of gold and sill
yer held as money or reserves in the
whole universe. And yet Wall street
goes on pilng up credits i'll bonds and
stocks and secondary money (such rs
checks, drafts, etc., without stopping
to think of the day of Judgment or re-
demption. When will the inverted
pyramid now dancing on its apex top
| pie over and disappear like vapor or
the palace of Aladdin in nightP
Like you, Senator, / was born near
the birthplace of the glorious sons OF
Pompey, and shall cOntinue to watch
| your career with pride, for know you
are l'ami du peuple and steer by the
rudder of the good ship democracy,
with the unterrified as your crew.
| You well know that the people, the
producers, are being driven to the wall
by The money power. This is mer-
curial when they find their wrongs are
no longer to be endured. What they
need as against the money power
monopolists is great leader with the
indomitable and fearless spirit of An
drew Jackson IN his fight against the
great money monopoly of the, United
States Bank.
am confident that you are the man
L g.. I, L., M 4.
of the democracy. The money power
may put the ssmagnetic" Harrison in
power again, bnt there is Il day oI
reckoning coming rs sure as there is 9
God in heaven. You, Se'- ", are yet
young, and you have tn o.,,o and
west with you. The time sr''.a II
come when the west and south Wfl
dictate the legislation of this country
You will then be, if not now, the lido
of the unterrilied democracy. You cal
afford TO wait for the people to awaker
from their lethargy. The Stuffed
Prophet, too, will probably be put vi
to be knocked down again. He entered
the White House without n dollar, bu
10y trucking To the money power cam'
out worth millions. He, too, can aifor,
to wait til he recognizes that the mass
Is of the people of this country m,
being impoverished and driven TO th'
wall by the careful way in which HI
has assiduously trucked to the none,
power monopolists and kissed the bI.
toe of the golden calf. | have tn,
honor to be, Senator Hill, your ODE
dient servant.
| EUGENE BLooDGOOD bEEHE.