The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-09-07

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~-xh-n a frvSr y-gs,pie pertssisss
s..~.r.-,,ox. ,p grow ost Of ihefn>ease
suck their suh~tanc~A
A railway = simply highway
,.,i,ir road tit was not -. the
- privx.e partNs could not oe ooaae
70 l,s.Ild IL. The state can take pf''~ar ~
I-.y f..r public use. IL canno' 'SA'
prnu~rrv for private ne y 'f''''
highway with a ;raru~ sy Ia osSA'''
,i,,r,- anil st-am substituted TOT hof>s
IL l. a t.~tiuau,,y in the shoFtNas h'''''1e v
the rs.r. thai ths-- public rSAsds WIZ 49,
s-zrluittS-t io Iss>~ into the hAiaas - -
AL. ar ,.,rtsur7,.iou- Who would SlNotaaN
-, I'm, car vs.ss.snu ru..ds under the
c,.u,rui II n company or ass~ocistloh' 'a"s
preventing all other partitS from nsat-
them
I, il very evident thst the time i not s"'
distant wil~t the people will reI'e'~~cSS them
selves Of she ir,sn highways they wa ~
ro,upcIls,i to 10 ~ ia self defense ~ u J.
to-day. the rs,llTuad corporations, TO pFoe'S'
Weir ~ .t.r,d s;usS AMI thrir po"anE
cnfl,t,inai .,i.-. formed to prrNeHt eoiiiPT''
ton. us,. tu.y-s.i TO INTERFERE ia pohtlcs' o'S
tat. the .UlvuJiuu of governors. c""sr'Ss
men nud I4.lt,,i s,;HJo~ ~ent'Hr>' eotFdps
IegislsfGr,-~ aud pick out the Judges Oh ouf
courts TheSe practices ARE INTERNATIONALLY
destructive of representative governments
and lead inevitably to universal rotteiinesss
out Of which mus come arInea re'oiu''o"
a. a last deeperair remedy
Communication by electricity II simply
All Improvement upon communication oy
mounted couriers, stagecoaches aud steam
carr The Mor>+ alphabet is only "a substi
,utc for the common alphabet. /. the state
j, Justified In taking charge of the mails,
II l. equally justiftSi in taking charge OF
.bis aerial communication carried on the
wing. of the lightning
Concerning our monetary system. Wohid
simply make n suggestion or two.
We boast that we have passed beyond
| the bartntrous system OF barter IN winch
the Eskimas, and other rude races still re
main This is a mistake The whole mon
etary system of the civilized world is still
based on the barter of Lwo mctals-gold and
silycr-which have come down to us as pre-
cious metals from prehistoric times. M
which they were sacred metals, dedicated
| to the worship Of the sun and moon ND~f'
| England ships gold to the United states,
| or vice versa the nation simply repeats the
| swapping" Of that metal for commodities
| which the Ph9nicians carried on along the
| Mediterranean coasts 1900 years ago, or
| which Columbus practiced 400 years ago
| with the Indians Of Central America
The Use of gold and silver IA the basis OF
! the worlds commerce is not, therefore the
| result of the wise selection OF congress OF
| highly civilized nations. but simply the per
| petuation into the cultured present Of a
| barbarous custom drawn from the remote
| past. And the money classes OF the world
| are now trying to discontinue the use Of one
| of thes.. prehistoric mediums of exchange
and rest the whole business of rapidly ex
| panding civilization upon a metal of which
| there is in the world about enough to form
| a cub "a feet square, and which is being alb
sorbed in the arts in Europe alone at the
| rate of S24 00O.Wn per annum.
Can lines
| Finite way b- infinite the otherr
Can mankind advance chained to thi!
| clog? Can the population, wealth and bust
ness of the world expand indefinitely in ev
cry direction while that Which regulates
prices il steadily decreasing in quantity
and dragging down values, preventing pros
perity, crippling enterprise and creating in
Vulnerable paupersi Can the fate of al
mankind depend upon a 24-foot cube of al
accidental metai9 Is not such condition
| unworthy of the high civilization into which
| we are advancing?
| w nat IL the Feneuyl AL intefHdIiouh
paper money which all the wealth of tn
world would back up and sustain iega
tender among all nations. and that would
be increased in precise ratio to the increas
in population or wealth OF the world. Ar,
not the financial troubles Of today du
largely to the conflict. between the necessi
ties Of vast development and the linita
tons of an ancient superstitionf And i
not this conflict likely to make the close O
this century rs revolutionary and blood.
rs the close of the last century,
IGNATIUS DONNELI4Y