The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1896-10-03
Massey ON SILVER.

V. Nasty, written Ill 1910, If Oh pecul-
lar interest just now. 1t contains u
moral which the free and unlimited sill
yor coinage people will do we'll to heed:
CONFEDERATE X ROADS
witch is i'll the state Of Kentucky,
Jan. 22, 1878.
amt so certin that I want the sill
yer bill TO pass ez wuz. The fact is
the thing don't work ez l sposcd it
wood, and l amt clear on to it. There
is suttle principles in these finanshel
questions witch requires a good deel Nv
thought, and there is underlyin prin-
ciples witch man hez got to understand
afore he is competent to set hisself up
ez authority.
One thing l am certin Nv. .Bascom
and l told him SO.
"Wat is Il finanseer:" asked he.
"a tinanseer, sed |, assoomin the
look of Dan'l Webster "5s man witch
kin pay his debts with nothin, man
witch kin cit suthin with nothin
1.-The Corners, then, is full of finan-
seers,' he remarkt bitterly, castin a
casual glance at the state WITCH was jist
full enutf to turn over and begin Oh the
t'othcr side.
Bat he hczn't any Nv the science nv
it, | wuz argooin with him the t'other
day i'll favor Nv my nCshull. NV "a leather
currency, though told him silver wuz
much the same thing, and, for example,
| wood assOom that silver wuz to be tie
currency Nv the fucher.
Nov, don't yoo see, Bascom, that ct
he'd twict as much money Good drink
twict as much whisky and pay fur it:''
'How much is twict nuthin?" was
the unfcelin anser Nv the tyrant who
holds the destinies NV the Corners in
his hands. THAT'S wat your capitle's
bin ever since | knowd 700.
''Parson, " sed he, Il dent see wat
earthly diff renee it's goin to make
wcther silver is currency or anything
else. How are 700 a-goin to git silver
eff it is made legal tender? Eff silver
wuz ez bricks, wat hev 700 got to git
any NV it WITH"
"Troo, G. w. wuz my answer,
"but can't 700 see that to hev silver
wood relieve the dettor class? Even
now, afcro it is legal tender, it's only
with 80 cents on the dollar, and, when
the country is flooded with it, it will
go still lower. Then we, or rather SIGH
Nv Us ez hcv property to raise money on,
kin pay off,
isI',yrsapl. ly- ~ Ro
kin pay me for the good honist likker
NV mine witch 700 hev consoomed III
coin witch is less than the dollar 700
promised. All rite But look here
come i'll here all NV 700. WANT 700 sill
Yer men to know eggsackly wat 700 are
rushin into"
And this feend led US into the back
room-that back room wich contancs
the subsistence Nv the Corners. There,
i'll long rows, wuz Bascoms stock.
There, i'll barrels, piled one on top Nv
another, wuZ the delishus whisky Nv
Louisville, Nv different ages, rangin
from that NV two weeks old to that
witch had jist left the still and wuz
scarcely cold yit. There it lay, and ez
my eyes ranged affeckshunately over it
l felt eff Good hev the drinkin Nv all
that likker / wood be content to lay
down and die when the last drop wuz
gone
Bascom pinted to an immense tank
witch he had erected within a few
days, with pipe runnin in from the
roof.
81 shan't raise the price Nv likker in
conscience Nv bein paid for it in de-
preshiated currency" sed he.
fell on Bascom neck in an extacy
NV delite, while the others SHOUTED,
"Rah for Bascomr"
sc. w." l remarkt, while teers suf-
much below the angels, but this gener
Gus act hez histed 700 100 per cent in
my estimashun. Bless yoo G. W., bless
yoo!'
but I'll tell 700 what 1 shall do.
Do 700 see that Tank" scd he.
"MayI ask wat that is for?" l sed.
THAT tank will fill with rane wa
ter" sed he. "The moment 700 git to
payin me in silver / shell take out ov
oech ov them barrils jist eggsackly3 1-5
gallons NV liEker and fill it with wa
ter. -
"Morciful hevings!' we all exclaim-
ed, land yoor likker so weak Iow!'
And when silver gets down to rs
cents on the dollar | shell take out 25
Per cent NV whisky and fill her up
with 20 per cent Nv water And so on
down. Eff silver gees up, shell add
whisky eggs@ckly in proporshun. In
short, my whisky is jist agoin to foller
currency, and nothin shorter Yoo fell
lers witch work for wagis may SWEET, but
| won't''
But yoo'l increase the size of yoor
glasses?" said l.
mot any But 700 may drink twice
ez many times to git the same amount
Nv drunk ez before, by paying for eeeh
drink "
And Bascom stalked hawtily back
and took his posishGn behind his bar.
There wuz consternashun in the Cor
ners sieh ez l hev never seen. There
wuz a hurried consultashun at the dee
kin's house, and | sejcsted that we
emancipate ourselves from the domin-
yum nv this tyrant by startin a grosery
Nv our own, on the joint stock princi-
pie, witch WIZ agreed to, eech man
agreein to contribbet $40 to the capitle