West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1896-07-09
SILVER IN POLITICS.

Dou you rcmemOe Wnen YOU
enlisted i'm the war OF 1861 you
we're promised s13 in gold as pay
for your services per month. How
many of YOU ever saw dollar in
gold Did anybody have gold oil
silver during the rebellion No
What did you get in pay ? Green.
backs and "shinplasters." Waer,
was the gold hid T? In bank vaults
IN Europe by manipulators. When
did the sunshine bring it out ? III
1865 when the Government declared
all bonds payable in gold or silver.
Tnls was called "an act to
strengthen the public credit. -
Who was the public referred to
Bondholders. Did these men fight
the battles Of the rebellion ? No.
They stayed at home TO see after
financial matters. DID they ever
strengthen your credit Who did
the fighting No we licked the
spittle and got the crumbs. We
done the work and they got the
loaves and fishes. Who done all
this ? The Republican party, led
by that high soaring statesman,
John Sherman, and to-day he is the
financial leader backed by a Demo.
cratic administration.
AS we noted above, one of the
fears OF the goldbug is that our gold
will leaYe for foreign country at
once il we have free coinage. Who
will take it away ? The gold specu-
lator. Why In order to create
a panic. Suppose it all leaves in
an hour, or is sunk in the midlle
Of the ocean, what difference will il
make to you or me How much
will you lose This is fairy tale.
| heard 1T in 1878 when the Stanley
Mathews bill passed. | heard it
renewed when the Bland Allison
bill passed. The howl and wall was
terrific. In 1878 when Sherman
declared the greenback receivable
for import duties, in violation of
the law printed on the back OF each
one, the Jews of New York led the
van, just as they are doing TO day.
They said the country WIS ruined,
business would stop. They howled
calamity, calamity, until they fell
down exhausted then they prayed
that their prayers be answered, and
that they be nailed up in gold
coffin and be buried out Of sight
from silver aud greenbacks. They
said, "our business is ruined, we
can't make any more money.
What's the use of living ?" Not
withstanding their walls prosperity
leaped up in all directions. No
one was hurt but the gold specula.
tor his business Jagged and gold
went into circulation, They petit
toned Congress petItioned the
President they cried and walled
and created more fuss than 10000
ducks in q mudhole. They kept
silver under the feet of gold by
having it Disseminated against in
paying interest on the public debt,
in paying balances and other in
debtedness. This kept gold at par
and made it costly, but they did
not recover until the Sun of their
Glory arose in 1891 on the I4th OF
July and consummated their wishes
and desires. Then there was 70.
joiciug and hilarity banquets were
set, big dinners given, and the red
wine flowed in all direction. On
and on We travelled. At once
prices of all commodities went
down, labor writhed and twisted
and snorted, bat down went wages,
down, down, until there was not
enough to buy bread and the neces-
saries Of life in a days work. The
scene at Homestead was enacted
and the strike at PulIman's Car
Works. but the Pinkertons we're
under the pay Of the gold syndicales
to shoot, stab destroy and arrest
those who we're the backbone Of the
nation, the wealth producers, the
men whe stand for every right Of
an American citizen IN time of war
and peace. The men who made
Pullman and Carnegie their mil
lions, who had become old in their
service tho men they owed their
all and existence to, and with whom
they should share a portion Of their