The advocate., 1895-06-19

What Constitution means, is the power TO make
Constitution, and the real king in this country will
be the bench Of judges, appointed for life and be-
yond your CONTROL governing the people in the in
terest OF cOtere Of plunderers who are themselves
above the law. This Constitution says no state shall
issue paper money. Congress is to have power to
coin money Your Supreme Court needs only to
say Congress cannot issue paper money, either and
there can be no paper money at ALL No state is to
be allowed to make anything but gold and silver
legal tender for the payment of debts The General
Court some time ago allowed mento tender property
in payment of debts, because money could not be
had. That is not to be allowed any more. No
matter how much property man may have, if
scheming scoundrels can keep him from get
ting gold and silver, they can steal all he has
under executions by buying it for nearly moth
ing and leaving his debt unpaid; and state legisa-
lures are to be poWerless to stop the robbery.
"No state must pass any laws impsiring the obli-
CATION of contracts We have heard good deal
lately about mpsiring the obligation of contracts"
and we know what it means If men are being
robbed by creditors when money is scarce, a law
giving few months grace-s stay lsw-impairs the
obligation of contracts. ANY law that gives the
debtor chance to escape being made pauper inn.
pairs the obligation of contracts This Constitution
might as well say it in many words, that state
legislature shall pass any law that rich creditors
don't like for if it don't mean that your Supreme
Court will sag it does and what can you do? Now,
just think back four or five years. and see if you can
remember anything state legislature has done to
save the debt-ridden tax-ridden people from utter
ruin-one single law in the interest of the people
which this Constitution does not forbid.
"Your State Governments are too close to you
They can be controlled. This great big Government
is to be away off, and is to be controlled by men of
wealth and family.
"It is hell-inspired scheme to snatch from you
all you by the war; to wipe out the states which
are your own governments and enslaVe you with
the inVincible power of this monster of new gov
ernment; and if you vote for delegates to pull
this despotic thing over you, then you are the
most hopeless collection Of id fools in the uni
verse;"
The crowd, which had grown until it included al
most every man and boy in Worcester, yelled itself
hoarse when Bresdmongster had got through, and
he had to force his way out to avoid being carried
on the shoulders of the enthusiastic, shouting men,
The Federalists were dismayed. Isaac StilWell was
furious. The jailor woke Sydney Stone to tell him
the news
And well might the Federalists be disturbed. By
locking up Sydney Stone, they had only made mat
ters worse for Bresdmongser went everywhere in the
county preaching that "the country boy was mar
tyr, and srousng the wrath Of the people to such
degree that leading Federalists were almost afraid
to be abroad. When the elections were held at
last out of fifty delegates elected in Worcester
county, all but seven were irreconcilaby opposed to
the Constitution. Both Isaac StlWel and Dobbins
RskestraW were defeated, and the towns of Wor-
cester and Rutland sent delegates pledged to vote to
the last against the adoption of the Constitution.
Sydney rejoiced at his imprisonment which had
brought such victory, and declared he could go
smiling to the scsAold, although he loved fe if the
sacrifice would defeat altogether the adoption of the
new government, under which, if adopted, no Amer
lean could be freeman