The Russellville Democrat., 1892-08-25

1hS must tupupit ihth oh thS NOiANi nent, is to be transmitted by vote of Congress into one leviathan gov ernment banking establishment. The army that followed Lee in the Wilderness or Grant at Chickamau- ga would be nothing as compared to it. And when our third party friends secure that other demand, the con trol by the government of all rail roads and steamboat and canal boats and telegraph lines, you muster a horde eclipsing in number the le- gions which followed the eagles of Imperial Rome when she became mistress of the world.
 But again, what security are these 10000, ,000 of borrowers to give to the government for these loans? Do you answer, Land, which is the best of security?n Well, land is un- doubtedly good security, and one of the just complaints against the na- tional banking system is that land is not taken as security. But, my friends, when you come to seriously consider the proposition that this government shall lend money to 10, 000,000 of people on all the land of this vast domain, it becomes prob lem, the complications and magni- tude of which must stagger the brain of the boldest and widest ii nancier that ever lived. Look at it a moment.
 Who is to appraise the values of all these lands? How many apprais- CTS would it require to appraise ev- cry tract of land in every State from the Canada line to the Rio Grand, and from the Atlantic to the Pacific? Who is to vouch for accuracy of these appraisers estimates? Who is to guarantee their fidelity and l honesty and insure the government against their being bought or bribed by the great landlords of the coun- try?
 Again, who is to examine and re port upon all the titles to lands claimed by these l0,000,000 of bor- | IONt1S+ " DO IS NO tlUlt CdtH tltlt back to the original grant, to ex- anime the records of every county in the Union, for mortgages and pri- or liens, and for old judgements and executions against some former own CT, or go into the family records to ascertain if there be minor children? ? Oh, ye, lawyers, what a stupendous harvest ye gather?
 Again, what is the poor man to do who has no land? What are the laborers, the renters, the black smiths, the mechanics, the small merchants, the poor men of every calling, to do? Do they not need cheap money also? Are they entit- led to as many benefits from this common Government as the rich? Are you going to inaugurate a policy by which the rich can obtain money at , per cent, while the poor cannot obtain it at all? Talk about plutocrats. How long would it be under such system before the owners of vast land estates would become kings among plutocratsY Talk of the power of a Sampson. These mighty lords of landed es- tates would speedily, under such a system, become mightier than an army of Simpsons to shake down the pillars of equality that protect the poor. Talk about the yoke of the Caesars. The yoke would indeed then be fitted to necks of the poor by the masterful of these masterful Caesars. beneath whose imperious tread this temple of equal rights and of freedom would tremble from cellar to dome
 Let me recapitulate for one mo ment the logical and inevitable re- suits from such system.
 The first would be the employ ment of almost a countless host of employees
 The second would be such n har- vest for the lawyers as the most spirited imagination of that brainy profession never dreamed of,
 The third would be the inaugura- tion of an era of speculation, wild, rampant and lawless
 Fourth-The unsettling of all val ues.
 Fifth-An irrepressible carnvial of confusion and crime.
 Sixth--The certain depreciation of the currency almost to naught and lastly inevitable bankruptcy involving business, Government and people in a common ruin
 What thenF Are we to have no financial relief Yes, verily. Butl we can never get by any such pro- gramme as converting this Govern ment into monster banking insti- tuition, and attempting to enrich 65,- 000,000 from Government printing presses
 The Government was not institut- ed for any such purpose Let me ! read you what Jefferson says, Only i q few words but such words They | ought to De engrayen in fadeless let | ters on JeHerson's tomb. They l ought to be emblazoned in letters of | light on every flag that floats over this sisterhood of States. They | ought to be preached from our DO litical pulpits, taught in our schools, carved on the heartstones of our