The Ravalli Republican. [volume] (Stevensville, Mont.) 1894-1899, 1895-06-05
SOUND LOGIC.
Tnc Memphis Covcntion Issues An Ad.
dress to the People.

Inc following IQdFc5S 10 Lnc p(lD-
lie issued by the Central Bimctallic
league which met at Memphis re-
Gently, explains itself:
TO the People Of the United States:
The arch enemy Of the agricultural
and producing classes Of our country:
moved by greed and inspired by
price, have conspired to transfer the
essentially governmental functions
Of issuing and controlling the vol
ume of money Of the nation to a
system Of banking corporations full
Of the vice OF class legislation and
void Of any Of the virtues which
commcnds it to the consideration Of
patriotic citizens. Undaunted by
their failure to secure action Of the
American congress, the promoters Of
the nefarious scheme have boldly
taken the initiatory step to attain
the object Of their conspiracy.
Backed by the great power Of cX-
haustless wealth and the influence Of
high official positions they have pub
licly convened in the city Of Mem
| phis and openly declared their pur-
pose. They demand that the con-
stitutiona] and inherently sovereign
right to issue money shall be delivered
into their hands. They hesitate at
no deception, they scruple at no
fraud. Knowing the innate integ~
rity Of our people they prate Of "hon-
est money" Approaching our
aversion to paternalism they say
'the government must go out Of the
banking business" They hope and
believe we will not stvl. to consider
that the exact dollar }Y which vic
ious legislation they have made to
cost twice as much labor and double
| the amount Of produce as the one
promised is not ''honest." They eX-
pect the American people to accept
as true the statement that the
money Of the constitution established
by their fathers is dishonest for no
other reason save the dictate Of their
illustrious accompliccs and plastic
tools. They hope the people will
ignorantly confound the sovereign
prcrogativc and bounden duty Of the
government to coin money and es-
tablish system of uniform weights
and measures with the business Of
loans and discounts inherently appro-
| priatc to the occupation OF Il private
citizen. They think that VIC will
forget that the true question is not
tsW!et!ler the government shall go
out Of the banking business" but
whether the banks shall 90 out Of the
! government business. Thus they
design by the aid OF public apathy
| to riyet the chains which will make
/ free men slaves.
10 the end that their hopes may
meet with disappointment and their
conspiracy with failure: that the
toiling masses Of our people may lie
saved from un industrial serrd0m
more cruel and more degrading than
cllattel slavery, something must be
I done to meet the cunning and insid-
| ious assault. Eternal vigilance is
the price Of liberty: our foe is un-
scrupulous: his greatest victory was
achieved by stcalthy and corrupt leg
IsIativc legcrdcrmain, disgraccful to
the men who planned it and dis
creditable to the peoples representa-
tives who failed to detect it. The
crime Of 1873 cannot be explained
upon any other hypothesis.
That the people may come together
and take council Of each other it has
been deemed expedicnt to call to-
| gethcr Il convention to assemble at
Memphis on the 18th and 18th days
Of June, 1892. Every community,
every city and town and every state
in the union arc earnestly requested
and cordially invited to send dele
gates to this convention. Every
vicinity is urged to organize bimctal-
lie clubs and every club should be
represented. 1t is proposed that
the convention shall voice the scnti-
ments Of the people. Their country
needs their best thought, their most
careful deliberations and energy
They have no money to employ hire
ling assistants to drum up delegates
for cotton exchanges and boards oI
trade. Their own intelligent patri
otism is the only fun| 10 which the,
can appeal.
The object Of this convention i
to formulate some plan for future
action, to give expression to the
overwhelming volume Of public sen
timent faVoring the return Of public
prosperity to our land and establish
ing our Independence Of 1,jlun tinun
cial Institutions, to devise means fol