The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1895-02-28
THE GOLD CONSPIRACY.

every sale OF bonds by the government
since 1869 the government has demanded
gold. To be honest We must pay gold"
Not at all We wanted gold as we might
have wanted any other commodity, and
we gave coin bonds for it. 1t was de-
stinctly understood that we could pay in
either metal. In January, 1878 both
houses of congress decided by overwhelm-
ing majorities "that all the bonds issued
by the United States. issued or authorized
to be issued under the said acts of coa-
gress hereinbefore recited, are payable,
principal and interest, at the option OF
the government of the United States.
in silver dollars of the coinage of
the United States, containing 4I2I5
grains each of standard silver, and
that to restore to its coinage such
silver coins as a legal tender in pay
ment of said bonds, principal and inter
est, is not in violation OF the public faith,
nor in derogation of the rights of the
public creditor. "-Congressional Record,
Vol. Z, part l, Forty-fifth congress, Sec
ond session, page 564 Thus the world
knows not only that the law makes our
bonds payable in silver at the option OF
the government, but that congress has
emphatically put itself on record empha.
sizing the fact. Sherman, republican,
goldbug, and traitor to the best interests
Of his nfyu Hnaxx .lo.. L.
these words.
nation has just as much right to buy
gold. If it wants it, and give coin obi
CATION for the payment, as an individual
has to buy diamonds, If he wants them,
and give coin obligation for their pay
ment. The nation is no more bound to
pay its obligation in gold than the indi-
vidual is bound to pay his in diamonds.
The law has, very foolishly, permitted
contracts to be made payable in gold
only; and II nation wants a gold bond
1t does not take coin bond, because the
law and the government OF this country
distinctly state that coin means silver, il
the government chooses to pay in silver.
Sherman knew this when he spoke
those words. 1t is 50 clear that no man
OF average understanding can fail to see
it. That Sherman chose to ignore the
plain truth is proof of one OF two things
either that he is owned body and
soul by the gold conspirators, and is one
OF them, or that his mind is diseased.
This talk Of gold conspiracy is con-
sidered wild and fanatical by those who
walk tenderly and fear to hurt the feel
lngs OF the sensitive goldte by calling a
spade spade. But the decentralization
OF silver was part OF the conspiracy to
bring abont the appreciation of gold.
This has been shown in congress by the
panic circulars issued by the New York
bankers in 1893. 1t was a conspiracy as
surely as the financial heavens are lower
ing black above us today. What does
the following extract from one of the
New York bankers circulars, sent out to
all the national banks of the country,
mean?
The interests of national bankers re-
quire immediate financial legislation by
congress. Silver, silver certificates and
treasury notes must be retired, and the
national bank notes, upon a gold basis.
made the only money. This will require
the authorization Of from $500. 0O0, 900 to
81 0,000,0 900 of new bonds as a basis Of
circulation. You will at once retire one
third OF your circulation, and call in one
half OF your loans. Be careful to make
money stringeney felt among your pat
rons, especially among influential bust
ness men,"
Why should men doubt the existence
OF the gold conspiracy. Gold has al
ways been the begetter OF avarice in the
human heart. No one who calmly reads
history and human nature can fail to
reach this conclusion. It is strange
thing that the gold owners land very
few men control the gold of the world
should combine to bring about legislation
that would double the value of their gold
Nay, quadruple it, because, unless the
people call halt, it is impossible to say
where the appreciation OF gold will stop.
Are We fin de steele Americans, such
blind optimists as to sublimate business
financiers into ethical models who would
put such temptation behind their backs?
do We not know that the same thing is
done constantly for much smaller stakes?
Hear Mr.. Carlisle, once democrat and
prophet, but whose soul has been slain
by the poison OF power; According to
my view on the subject, the conspiracy
which seems TO have been formed here
and in Europe to destroy by legislation
and otherwise from three-sevenths TO one
hall OF the metallic money OF the world is
the most gigantic crime OF this or any
other age. The consummation OF such
scheme would ultimately entail more
misery upon the human race than all the
wars, peetilence and famine that ever oe-
Cured in the history of the world"
And now Mr.. Carlisle ia putting ten
millions of dollars into the bursting cof-
ters OF the arch brigand and robber King
OF the gold gang, and is at the same time.
and by the very act. doing what in him
lies TO discredit our previously issued
bonds, and to degrade our rredit halou