West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1896-05-28

e"N iNSS hNVh the oANblcttNiU, \ on
were paid IN greenbaoks, Tho war
was fought with groenbacks, as all
other wars nearly, have beon with
paper money, IL that kind OF
money was good enough for you
then, it ought to be good enough
for the plutoorats, now, What do
You think ? IL we should ho un
fortunate enough to become en-
gagged IN another war tomorrow,
the same state of things would bc
repeated; the gold would hide, aud
paper money would carry on the
war, and after the war was over,
those who had made "merohandise"
of the calamltios and necessities OF
tho people, would seek to do as they
have sought to do now, disorodit
the money that saved the country
in war, and the people IN poaec,
and measure everything hy their
scanty boards of gold. "raS tent
a the lambs whom the Fox preach.
es. Gold monometallism in this
country, IL. no longer mystery. 1t
stands forth now, unmasked and
naked, Here it isl issue gold
bonds, bearing interest to an
amount sufficient to redeem all
government paper of every desorip-
ton, and when redeemed, destroy
it and look to set Of soulless oor
porstions, to supply the circulating
medium for this great and growing
country. In other words, tho gov
ernment of the United States whose
erctHsiue function it is to create and
supply currency TO tho people,
proposes to surrender the whole
matter to a lot of oitizens-'
fetal persons" called banking cor.
porations, whose only interest will
be to make large profits to them
selves. They arc IN the business
as the saying goes--not for your ia
terest, not for patriotism--but sim.
ply "for what is in it," A more
diaholioal and dangerous scheme.
would be hard to imagine.
Think ! think /! I. before you lend
your support to this covert, mon
strous, aud it may be fnaI attack
upon your liberties, Imagine il
you can, the power and influence Of
the four thousand aud more, ma.
tional bankers, thus endowed with
this high prerogative OF soUereigntg;
with power TO expand and contract
the currency at their Gown sweet
will"-inhation or panic, which
ever promised the preater gain to
them.
Tho people, thank God, are still
free, and still master. Will you
remain so, or will you surrender all
to the money power? If you are
for the people, stand with the poo
Pile, and fight with the people. Let
no man think for you in this orsis;
oall no man Muster. Stay withiA
your party, no one has authority to
"read you out Of tho party" but
you have the privilege aud the right
to call Yourself Democrat or Re-
publican, rs you have done, and yet
vote for tho interest Of tho people,
and tho best good Of your country.
1t is your duty TO do so. have
spoken several times of the "ps0-
| plo." BY the people, mean the
farmer, the laboring man, the
mechanic, the poor man, in contra
distinction to the plutocrat, the
bond holder, the gold Speculation the
money lcnder-the shylook. These
men have so little in common with
you and me, that j have not olasscd
them with the "pcople." These
arc the men who arc growing rich,
while you are growing poorer.
These arc tho men who told you
that whom the Sherman purchasing
law was repe lied unconditiouuIiy,
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good times ond prosperity would
Immediately follow. Those are the
men who are now trying to convince
you that you arc now prosperous,
and that when they have succeeded
in destroying all tho money YOU
have to do business with, except
gold, you will be unuttorably hap.
| py. This interest is not yours, or
your couutry's. "Rise fellow mon,
our country, yet remains"
Your fellow citizen,
y. w MONnoE.