Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-20

imperial mistress of Creditor, and for
years and years she has been their pet
and favorite. They, through the corrup-
tion-of parliaments. have given her eX-
tensive powers that she does not possess
in natures virtues. Her home is the
gilded palace of wealth. Her compan-
ions, the precious jewels of the earth;
her raiment is of purple and fine linen
spun woven and made in the sweat of
the masses; her cheeks are fondled by
hands soft and delicate, for they know
not labor; her smile is seductive her
voice fattering, her touch magnetic, her
eye scintillates with the fire of proud
conquests over the poor, and laughs for
the victories of the rich. In times of war,
pestilence, famine and business depres-
sion she hides in the Velvet-lined strong
box of the money hoarder and the cred
itor Her food is the blood of oppression
and her jewels the tears of nations
Silver, alone the queen of the people,
has since been slandered, debaSed and
despised. Her imperial sister desires
and grants her no virtues except as re-
f1ected from herself. In this ignominy
the nations of the earth have joined
Great Britain, the home of the aggressive
Anglo-SaXon, disoWned her and cast her
adrift upon the world in 1916; Norway
and Sweden in 1872. In 1873, oh, shades
of our fathers, this great country, the
land of the good and great, free and
brave, silently, like a thief in the night,
when her friends were asleep, shut her
out of the home of her adopted country
at the beheSt and will of her first ira
Queer Then rapidly followed the great
nations of the earth. Her crown was
taken away and she was reduced to a
commodity, to be bought and sold by
gold instead of buying and selling with
gold, thus giving to gold alone imperial
dominion over land and sea of the in
duStry, commerce and credit of nations.
Since, gold has ruled with tyrannical
power. BY her single standard of value
she has doubled the debts of the world as
measured by commodities, one of which
is her outraged sister, silver. The duty
of the hour that challenges the interest
and patriotism of the nations of the
earth is to undo this great wrong. Sill
yer, lying PROSTATE at the feet of her inn
perial conquerer, over her loving sister,
whose foot is now upon her breast
and held there by her worshipers
cries aloud for help and justice In
this city the voices of the toiling
masses, the pleading of debtors, the un-
selfish patriotism of the world, are heard
to mingle. But gold and her worshipers
say no. wait until your commercial value
reaches the monetary value of gold, and
then you will be entitled to have a COM
panionship with gold. Against this i'm
possibility the wise of the earth, the cries
of the poor and the lamentations of the
debtor and the patriotic everywhere pro-
test. Law, equity anu JuStlCS say QO IL
now! The unterrified democracy, the
masses of this great country, say do 1t
now. To these last silver looks for help
and justice. She pleads her cause: l am
The queen of the peoples industry. My
oompanionship is the common things of
the humble home. My walks are in the
pockets of the masses, and my music
jingles over the counter of the trades
man. My lovers are the sons of toll, and
my cheeks are fondled tenderly by horny
hands. Lift me up. oh, ye masses of de-
mocIacyi Open again the doors of my
fathers house; let me enter the mints
free and untrammeled, and there In my
dressing room olothe me with the right
to buy and sell; clothe me with the in
sigma of authority place upon my brow
peoples crown, upon which is inscribed
the watchword of a nation, liberty
and encircle 1t with the source of your
power, e pluribus unum. Upon my
back engrave the American bird of free
dom, between whose pinions inscribe a
peoples faith, In God we trust Encir-
Gle my border with the name of my coun-
try, and stamp its authority upon my
face, One dollar; good for all public and
private debts and / will bless you for
ever and ever by restoring prosperity to
this plorious land"