The Delta independent., 1894-08-01
A CHANGE OF HEARTY

What Senator VoOy bees Thought OF Silver
Demonetisat.o1 E'r-Ive Years Ago. g.
OF course, it Il 20. pretended that
this widespread scene Of desolation
was due altogether to the act Of de-
monetizi & silver, but beyond all dis
pute or question that measure was an
important factor in q general sche me
for the contraction and destruction OF
money and the consecrsp5 overthrow
Of business prosperity. vas one Of
several kindred measures looking to
the same end, all designed ior the
benefit of inoney-lending usurers, all
withdrawing lawful currency from the
hands of the people, making money
scarce and dear and hard to get, the
rate Of interest high, the price Of labor
and products low; times hard and
(. anxious for everybody except the hold
ers Of capital. retired from active bust.
ness and invested in the untaxed bonds
OF the government, or in the mort
cages of their neighbors at shaving,
Shylock rates of speculation. The net
Of congress by which silver was dis
honorcd was prominent feature
in most unrighteous and Grim
inal endeavor to SO contract, cut
down, and diminish the amount Of
money in use among the people that
the boarded millions OF the banker and
the capitalist would have more power
in the affairs of men than all the other
powers of this government combined
The dream OF certain minds in this
country has been for many years past
to crea te in fact, II not in name, an or
der Of aristocracy, a privileged class
with their rank ind importance found
ed not upon intellect, culture, refine
ment, grace or goodness, but upon their
success in the practice OF avarice, the
meancst and most sordid passion Of tho
human heart ever spoken Of in the
heavens above or the earth below. In
surtherance of this purpose tho posses
sion OF money, especially in consider
able sums. being badge Of the new
nobility. tho common people were to
have slittle ms possible, and for that
little be dependent entirely upon tho
lords of capital
In this way money. in the estimation
Of q certain school Of financiers, would
hive at last its proper power; its power
over the lands, the homes, the labor of
the people; its power over the pinching
wants and paralyzing fears Of men and
women in debt; its power to apply the
lash and exact the pound Of flesh; its
power to bend the human soul as we'll
rs the human body to Its merciless
service; its power to tempt men to sell
their birthright Of liberty on voting
day; its power to.corrupt elections, de-
bnuch public virtue, and sap and mine
this republic to its downfall. To en-
nance the power of money and to en-
large its control of human affairs Of
every sort and description, have been
the steady and fixed purposes Of the
leaders OF the party in power ever since
the creation of the present system of
national banking on national bonds.
The coinage of silver stood in the way
OF these purposes; 1t made money more
plentiful, cheaper in exchange for a
days work, and more easier to obtain
Mt living prices; II filled the money
markets with good currency, SO that
the farmer, tho mechanic, the manu-
facturer and the day laborcr could get
full and fair returns for the various
commodities they had TO sell" Such
happiness and Independence, however.
on the part OF the wealth producing
classes was sight rs unwelcome and
hateful to the money power. as the APP
pearance Of our first parents to the en-.
vious eyes of Satan when he first
provided through their garden Of peace
and beauty. Silver money fell, other
like measures prevailed, and the conse-
quences to the country will lie remcm-
bcred as long As American history Il
rcad-Hon. d. w. Voorhees,, in u. 8.
Senate, December IL, 1851. naxn
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