The herald., 1895-05-27
THE BI=METALLIC LEAGUE
Address Issued to the People of
America
The Money Campaign Referred to and Advice
to Voters Proffered-The Guess
tons of the Day

MEMPHIS, Tenn, May 26.-The fol-
lowing address to the public is issued by
the Central Bimetallic league, at Mem
phis explains itself:
"To the People of the United State:-
The arch-enemies OF the agricultural and
productive classes of the country, moved
by greed and encouraged by price, have
conspred to transfer the essentially gov
ernmental functions of issuing and con-
tolliug the money value of the nation to
a system OF banking corporations, full of
the vice of class legislation and void OF
any virtue which commends 1t to the
consideration of patriotic citizen.
"Undaunted by the failure to secure
the sanction OF the American congress.
the promoters of the nefarlous scheme
have boldly taken the initiatory step TO
OBTAIN the object of their conspiracy.
Backed by the great power of exhaustless
wealth and the influence of high official
position. they have publicly convened in
the city of Memphis and openly declared
their purpose. They demand that the
constitutional and inherently sovereign
right to issue money be delivered into
their hands; they hesitate at no excep-
tior; they scruple at no fraud. Knowing
the innate integrity OF our people. they
pIulc VI HOllcsl a HpieNlub blllS
our aversion to paternalism, they say,
The government must go out Of the
| banking business They hope ana be-
lieve that we will not stop to consider
that an exact dollar, which by vicious
| legislation they have made to cost the
debtor twice as much labor and double
| the amount OF the produce as the one
| promised is not honest.
| They expect the American people TO ac-
| cept as true the statement that the mon
| ey of the constitution established by the
| fathers is dishonest for no other reason
save the dictate of their iliustrious ac-
complices and plastic tools. They hope
that the people will Ignorantly con
found the sovereign prerogative and the
bounden duty OF the government to coin
money and establish a system of uni
| form weights and measures, with the
| loans and discount inherently appropii-
ate to the occupation OF the private citi-
| zen.
They think that we will forget the
true question is not whether the govern
ment shall go out of the banking bust.
ness, but whether the banks shall 60 out
of the governing business. Thus they
design by their aid of public apathy tC
rivet the chains which will make free
| men slaves.
"To the end that their hopes m eet with
disappointment and their conspirac,
with failure. that the toling masses o
our pc Jple may be saved from an indus
trial serfdom more crnel and degradir .
than chattel slavery, something must b,
done to meet their cunning and insidiou
assaults. Eternal vigilance is the pric,
of liberty. Our foe is unscrupulous. Hi
greatest victory was achieved by stealth,
and corrupt legerdemain, disgraceful Il
the men who planned it and discreditabl
to the peoples representatives who falet
to detect it. The crime of 1873 cannot
be explained upon any other hypothesis
THAT the people may come to tn,
council it has been deemed expedient t.
call together convention to assemble II
Memphis on the 12thi and dl:l3th daysEo
June, 1895. Every community, ever,