The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1893-05-11
=, DESTROYED by Shy ylOCkS,

be>trbSrtt DS SHN locks.
More han thirty wears ago this Gov
ernment, was in TIE tllrocs of one of
+h, greatest conflicts that ever en-
,raccI m;snkiud The manhood and
,hc chival.y of the North and OF the
south were nrraved in deadly conflict
over questions involving the pcrpetil-
:t., of the Union of the states. The
dogs of war had been let loose, and
; were !eluging the land in tile best
bioeyi of the country. As is always the
( rasc III such conditions. capital He'd Tor
= safety. The Treasury of the United
STATES was depleted. The precious
metals tha: had been quietly aceumu-
lating in the National Treasury van
ished as if by stealth. \ crisis had
come: money WAS demanded to carry
on the war. In TIE emergency. Alra
ham Lincoln rcsortcu to the right Of
s..c Government. under the Cnnsii.'l-
slon, and directed the enactment OF a
law authorizing til" issuance IF SO.
ooo. 600 noninter; st hearing, full legal
tender notes. This ISSUE was made
July l.. 1851; and l,y reason of the
color of the ink used III printing them,
were denomira'e e.. "grtenhaclls.
The first issIc was consumed in Il
shor: time. The fac: that the "rcbel-
lion" was no chiId's play soon deyel
cped. And to crush il. more money
would he required. On Feb. II. 1862
SlU.Wuo.U0 more OF the same kind Of
money was iSSucd. II met every de-
manl that gold could meet. 1t paid
every debt that gold conld pay. 1t
was use'l to pay the soldier who was
keaTif.e his bosom 10 the shots of the
and to purchase all munitions
of war. This grccnhnck money crossed
the ocean and was honorel At every
money centre i'll Europe. This kind
of money would ha good to-day, w!er-
ever the stars and stripes waves OF has
Il representatives.
But the shylocks, foreign and domes-
tie, seeing the power of such a money.
ut once set to work 10 les roy l.. Their
first step WIS to secure an exception
clause affixed TO all future issues. Tn
der the spccious argument of the
money kings and their accomplires this
was done. Embollenel by their sue
cess. the refun,Iing act, the national
bank act, and other nefarions legi>la
ton followed, till at present We have
the tcntacles of the octopus so closely
entwiued in our national finances, that
little less than the destruction Of the
Kcrubli. would suffice 10 free us from
its iife-destroying influence. Salmon
=. Chase, vino was Secretary of the
UniteI States Treasury at the time
much of this wicked legislation was en-
acted. said:
Ny agency in procuring the passage
of the national banking act was the
greatest mistake of my life. 1t has
built up monopoly that affects every
interest iii the country. 1t should be
repealed. But before this can he ac-
compli>hed the people will he arraye'l
on one side and the banks oa the other
III contest such as We have never seen
i'll tAis country.
Mr.. Chas. has hern gathered to his
fathers but the evil he connivcd nj
still lives sill feeds upon the sweat
OF millions OF Americas best citizens.
BY recent cnactmonts the gold bugs
have gained increased power to OPP
press the people, and ere long We will
find ourselves Il nation Of ahjcct slaves,
or ourselves in the midst Of a rcyolu
ton, to which that of 1861 Will ht
be but a skirni,h.