The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-08-26

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Bottle County, North Carolina, declare,
that rs the rights and liberties Of tho
people are being constantly abridged by
the election Of Presidential tickets, aud
Senators by tho none; of plutocrats,
that they demand Of their rep,esen.
tatives In Congress tho repeal of present
laws and direct election by tho people.
is MONEY A PRODUCT OF NATURE?
The argument that government can't
make (that Is, crc,tc,) money. since tho
vericst simplcton in the land knows that
the individual who attempts to do SO
Will bc ra'lroaded to the pcnitcntinry for
countcriciting, carries with it tho impli.
cation that money is n product of nature.
Outside OF man, in his individual or col.
iectlvc capacity, the only gcncrntivo
force capable Of transmitting the material
thugs Of earth into factors necessary
for the continued advancement of civili
cation is nature. Then, taking tho DO.
sltion that money is not created by law.
compcls tho belief that nature, instead
of always being the same staid, solemn,
eternal, Interchangeable force that men
have always believed her to be, ia, in
hiUstlNtGe aGG'drgnty creatures imagin-
able; for she not only creates different
kind of money for every different gov
crnmcnt in the world, but she creates
many different kinds of money of differ
cnt denominations for each government.
Thus gold, silver, copper, nickel, brass,
paper etc, are each employed by her in
the manufacture Of money. In this
country she gives us dollars, dimes and
cents; in England the denominations aic
changed into pounds, shillings md
pence; in Germany into kructzcrs, guiI-
crs, pfcnnings, etc. Such assumptions
rs these arc calculated to make nature
mp, Cur ridiculous The truth is, nature
has no moro to do with the creation OF
money than she has to do with the crc-
alton Of cotton gin or grain binder or
any one of the thousands Of things into
which men have changed the material
provided for her, into things for their
own comfort and advancement. She
provides the matter from which every
= thing is made
--But tho -faGt- that ths !. ..Goyerpmenls.
proper material from which to make
money is gold or silver, no more con-
stitutcs those metals natural money"
than doe, the fact that Cain slew abel
with a club constitute the manner of
Abcl's death the ''natural" way to die.
Upon the theory that cage and custom"
justify tho use Of silver and gold rs
money, can be justified the existence Of
crime, human slavery, corruption and
skull duggcry of every kind, because
these things urc, all OF them, older even
than the use Of money OF any kind. And
yet, one of the strongest arguments, or,
ut least, one Of the strongest points al
ways lingerngly and lovingly dwclt
upon by our "wise men" in their adj ocacy
of these me ais as the only proper mcncy
material, is the fact that their use has
been sanctioned by custom and made
vcoerablc by age. TO n mind capable
OF consecutive, analytical think ng it
would seem that the very fact the bare
legged ba, bariaiis Of thousands Of yeas
ag, used those metals for money mate
rials is of itself sufficient to cast II deep,
dense shade Of suspicion over their real
utility for that purpose The incOntro-
yc:.!b!c ruth is that money, lawful
money, the tender Of which cannot be
refused without prejudice to ones
claim, is "A creature Of man in his a2gre-
gate or governmental cip,city, and the
only milk in the financial COCOanut is in
volvcd in the question rs to how the
wealth producers Of the nation will
profitably avail themselves Of this gov.
prncntal function