New-York tribune., 1896-09-29
HURRAH FOR ANARCHY!
A LOGICAL POPoCRAT WHO WILL. VOTE FOR
BRYAN-IIB KNOWS WHAT HE WANTS
AND HOW TO GET 1T

AND HOW TO GET 1T.
To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir: am not an educated man. as are most Of
your readers, but hope am bright enough to see
that your arguments and editorials against free
silver are falacious Why should not silver be
free Gods sunlight and the air we breathe?
Why In time Of great National distress like the
present and upon the OF a hard winter should
not all men have cheap money. and enough OF it.
too. TO go around and tide them financial dis
aster? 1t is all nonsense talk of silver not being
worth so much as the Government stamps 1t to be.
Silver is worth what Congress declares 1t is worth
and so is every other metal, no matter what that
metal may be. and no matter In what quantities II
may be found In the earth. If times become harder
than they are. and silver is discovered to be insufi-
cient and too high priced to be used the poor
mans money. there Is absolutely no why
we should not coin lead or iron. or even stamp
"CEe dollar" upon sheets OF paper. A dollar is a
dollar, no matter what you make II out of.
1t Is of no consequence whether England would
or would not receive our lead iron dollars. If
she should refuse to take money. she would
lose our trade. and that she knows very well.
When 1t comes to that you would see how greedy
she would be for our lead and iron dollars just
she now is for gold dollars! We Il free and
enlightened people-the greatest Nation upon the
face of the earth-and. compared with u.s. England
is only an insignificant grease spot What we want
is not English dollar but American dollar.
and 1t is absolutely of consequence of what that
dollar is made. long It is genuine American
dollar and is stamped Now. l am In favor OF
free silver because silver is cheap, and we want
money that every have. be he ever so
poor. Gold is too expensive and all there Is or IL
is in the hands of syndicates and capitalists.
We want cheap money, and II silver VIII make
that kind of money. then let us have it, by all
means.
And a word about the Supreme Court OF the
United States; That court stands TO America very
is an obstruction and menace TO popular freedom
We want no more of its capltalistc partisanship;
National prosperity 1t s,N is ali nonsense to talk
OF the Supreme Court of the United States as an
my respect for the Constitution Of my country, but
are We not Nation of freemen? Are we not intel.
lSent and interested in the welfare or the entlre
land? And are we not abundanty able TO inter
are The Constitution does not forbid income
tax law" as Bryan and Altgeld have. most con
minded and intelligent pen. But suppose the Con-
stitution did forbid such tax. what then? W ny,
Constitution stands in the way of the viii of the
people 1t must be put aside We want no obsolete
Srandshed % over our heads O 1t is not at all certain
that at this period in the worlds history with edu
cation general as 1t is, nation really needs any
written constitution.
- Permit me word with regard to the stand the
ference with legitimate and justihable uprisngs OF
men under Debs was composed Of freemen armed
their fathers at Lexington, against com
mon roe. 1ney nad the same rlRnt 10 use
against the railroads that their fathers had to use
such against the British Debs was simply
another George Washington. Bryan Is certainly
a new Lincoln. The workmen burn railroad prop
crty, IL is true but pray tell me how otherwise
they could have brought the enemy to terms?
No sir, the people cannot be put down The right
Will triumph in the end, and the red nag wave side
by side with the Stars and Stripes the symbol OF
a free and enliehtened people ! Populist and
a Democrat, and shall vote for Bryan and Scwall
Of Sewall wthdraws his name. as hope he may.
then shall transfer my vote to Watson) November
next On that day confidently expect to see banks,
railroads, trust companies and corporations OF
every kind bite the dust. Long 1.-Two Bryan, CoXey
j. b. BURNSIDE