The Monticellonian., 1895-11-15

! long Us thts WS4 bae iGa Ho ID AA aS willing
 or dti seal that much silver or g5 d for le~8
 than dollar. Foreign inducem nts at times
 caused mach Of our gold te le5vs IS az it | da-
 Ing now, but We had silver to Eal back on, and
 bsea again when much or oar silver left us we
 had gold Illus NC walked down the century i on two legs from thirteen poor colonies to 1 thirty ysiX grand states
 | During all Of that century the metal in ths l two dollars never varied more than per cent. l and could not uuGor the inexor4b Q law of sup. ply and demand, with the hands Of our debt- ! CTS on the governor that controlled tHe do. mand. And the fact that we had two metas i to rely on gave ts more money and 6 st CT | system thGl if We had relied on 0ne of these
 metals.
 In 1873 the law was changed and gold only | was made primary money. The hints were ! left open to the free c1inage Of gold, but O ed 1 as to the free coinage O. silly An unlimited demand for gold for use as money was left in i operation TAe aalitDiioi coinage ot silver i vas stopped One of the main arteries ed l ing blood to viliZation was cut of The 1 debtor was 10 have no option Q pay in money made from ei her of th5ss metals He to
 be limited to Id a}one
 One of the fund d4mental laws of a popular government was violated in making this change. The cen zent of tae peope was not obtaiued-the co. ssnt Of the governed -that- principe proHoln in lhe declaration Of iu dependence It was not d scu sed in any cam- paign. and t was not known Jo the people for over two years atterw5rd Tie editors and newspaper repo. tsrs did not know il. It was done surfepGtiously. Ihave not time to dwell upon lL3s dark Fage Of our history and cover what else i want tj ii this speech. 1 want to dispose of t IL way: Suvar was dem ne tized February F 1873. l now fer d reward Of SI05 to ang man ho will find a word about ! II in aay newspaper puhhz zEei n the month of
 Feaarasy lsa3 Y5a wial haI L e neNsI aaees | oI taat }e+F ia saF patlte h=ss2. t aa5 l4i5 5stafy eta3 ean tre5s bat i'd t. With GIi the principles ai Eilaata Ism dc strored, with sityer thereafter used token or credit money. ike our paf CT money, all resting on god, sliYe. began to d=eiine in val ue as measured ia god tle only primary money and in tweatytwo years Il Eas dc- caued 50 per cent For 20J yeafs prior 0 1873 tnier bimetaliam they had t parted mura than per cent; m twenty y-two years uHEer monomclaiiism the me al in the two doGia.s had se q. atad 5o per cent. All property not supported by trust causes or Increased ae
 mana fell with silver as expr szea in aellars.
 A measured by eXclangeahle ya.ue with each other or With silver, they had not Ge- cliHed. Thy had 3nly declined as measured Tn dollars. An 5aa=e doaiaFs meant god dal- lars or it's equivalent What is meant by equivalent is. olir oth er forms of money. cop per, nickel, silver and 3aasr which hy the ne" law are rad =emsbls in god. When Ing ls re. e naaae iI aHU hzr tliAE tae toHmsr is pal as #a5l .s tG- lst#ee.
 What is meant by this is that gold s now our primary money and a ! other forms of money Is efett money. Grljt money is rep re en.adYe money reazesentng psImafy money 0ar credit money is tea to gold ike the tai of q kite The ;a1 has zee ep fe.leWiaE t#e kite; god as gone gp an $ cur only urinary money. whereas tefore gaIt and silver lofa were D tHarF money net er re duemabie In tht other; othtr forms ul money #fT. tu n r Il sly waa added ta the credio mt Il y, and tHe GU O ifriF. .azy money s.as eHt haf n two.
 4 Eoyetam ful cannot maiuta5a 10 healthy cHicHiattuH moro cHed.t II ney ttaa l. has pri- F asE moasy .n f5s l0eaars Nneu thare is apareCiaalg m,ss era if usary | etrcg#.= on than Il ere is Hrt=atry iaoHey tH He aaf O., ihere is a IaeE II e5niiae C as to 9Ge hi " Of tHe govsrhnclt 10 fede n .,- eHtd n r y and continuous rrn Vn tae IT. 8 ur. E4a. Du =sP=5l e-'. r eEe ar ttHea r=e5u.> * to q good monetary system. Fi st. to have an eq0at GU niity Of tho tive, primaft alG credit
 mon y. Se=and, of tha tho lave su.flesent volume for Ire transaction 5f business. Tlirt, have no laws tAat encourage It's boarding or impe !as its ire circulation.
 Tho nnnncil system of this government Is new trembling eH it's uHeer ain foun +atian from four ca8sss#
 l. An inEualci n vo'rma O. primary m1aev
 ?. Too HIHeh yrelit asy for the quantity uf primary maHer
 ,. An tnabiity to keep what primary money we have by reason ot t"o hunjr i ID icn do lars year We leu tra Eorape n go d a5 ia- terest on or 5eS=z lac tlsera.
 1. Laws enacted in tai5 country in tie inter est ot money d4a3ers, that have encouraseI Inc hoardn5 O. n ny and thus diverting it from tha arteries ot civil t2atioa.
 When primary money is now wanted it means gold mi 1T it is not forthcoIuing the Heney 3ealer takes the government by the throat and no i5 t ap. He lots sags- as soon as hlS app etitc IS temporarily GorEcG 10 return again later. single banking firm in Lon doa has hourdad enough gold 10 dietas5 to al the GovesaHents in the wer.l, t#e terms on which they Tiil permit the FoF5fnu.eats 10 continue ia business They have charged us ss0o1oJO for tuls privilege in the last six months.
 Un3er bin"talllsm si yer as money vas in competition with gold. 2ud so .oug as that was the law, gold coul not aet The arrogant Iyrant that t Is nu%. Beet coa.d not riac unduly in yelua and the owners of beef could Bot tareateu the hea th Oi the nation with pork and mutton h competition with beef And neither could god now urea eniug the credit of tha aa- t9n it silver were h conn iton with it. This s,mpe lawof bjmst8lliS;a hls been overthrown and d selfish and lowee.u m9neyed interest has since sought To tuetatatn the gold sand ar1. Unler 1t they have grown fat while the people have grown ie4l, With falling prices the people have been impoverished. Taxes have not been reduced. Tho farm r Iuust now give up fe much Of what he produces to pay his "a as he gaVe up in 1873 0-icial saiaricS have Tot beea reduced some have been tncreased. IL now takes enc hundred thousani bushels of wheat t3 pay tue presi- dtnt's salary o' S50000 wneie seventean thous- and hush's would have paii 1t in 1873 Ohi- cial favosit!srn and neg eet of the p,olucers havo begun ia this country.
 With broken nerehan and manufacturers all over the nstiap vi prices continuing to fail with lens oi th usand5 O! tramis in the lgnd, with panic following panic With mort angc foreclosures the or!er of the day wi ih the owners Of faruis deHr5JstHg and tenants increasing, with the simp o.ty of tae republic dis Hp alinyt with Au st3es insane, peniteu- tiary aul pail cUHYieta increasing at an alttiin- ing rate, psopor5 5ioBate t0 pep piiation, pert4nd- ing the breaking mp or tivllZJtllu, what do tloSe who have bvou yht Us to this cC ndition say? They first say that the condition I have described 1 no' trn1, that we are cxperi. encng a great era of pros perity ard cnjoying a high state ciyi izatol.
 l want to say n reply to that that there are two classes of men who ara a danger t9 a re- public. One K the calamity howter. He may uuJust,y excite the nervous, but under pros perity he will be swept aslde as dr ftRood in the current Of strong stream, and is com par atively harmless. The other class that is dan zero s composed of those who deceive the people or are themselves deceived as to our true con Eio1. They who hang out false lights and lure tse ship Of state on to rocks ara the worst oustairs oI repubit. Tie damage they do is hraFa abe. Vain boastiaz 3d pride as 10 d nations condition, ike in Individuals, goes befoie a fall. It is this eminent played upon tt the wruu time that has aided in the overthrow of al republics Its @ now will result n the overthrow Of this present govern Uent Of the United States. Be warned iu time