The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-04
The WORDS OF WEBSTER.
Great Mans Denuncfation of m At
tempt TO Dollar the Currency.

Great Mans Denunciation of At
tempt TO Debar the Currency.
From speech in the Senate of the United
States Jan 81. 1894.
Sir. l see in those vehicles which carry
to the people sentiments from high places.
plain declarations that the present contro-
community and another. ] hear ii boosted
as the unfailing security the solid ground
never 10 be shaken. on which recent meas
ures rest, that the poor naturally hate the
rich.
Sir. l pronounce the author of such senti-
ments TO be guilty of attempting detes-
table fraud the community: a double
fraud; a fraud which is TO cheat men out
OF their property, and out of the earnings
their UNDERSTANDINGS.
The natural hatred of the poor to the
nIen Sir, II shah not be till the last mo-
ment OF my existence--it shall be only when
l am drawn TO the verge OF oblivion. when
: snail cease TO have respect or affection
LOT anything on earth--that | will believe
the people of the United States capable of
~, etectuaiiy deluded, cajoled and driv-
En- frau apout IN herds. by such abominable
Ilduus as this. If they shall sink to that
poIHt, II they SO far cease to be men. think
ing men intelligent men. as to Yield to
he slaWes nises ana ana such clamor. they Will
oT sI'NJ IS already; slaves to their own pas
sioas, slaves TO the fraud and knavery OF
ppileten9eu friends, They will deserve 10 be
potteo out or all the records of freedom:
they ought not to dishonor the cause of
seH-goverhment by attempting any longer
TO exercise it; they ought to keep their un-
worthy hands entirely off the cause Of re-
publican liberty, if they are capabIe ~ he
ing the victims of artifices So sbaIlor, p
tricks so stale. so threadbare 60 "f.er ~,
slaves. va - anu
t The he natural raj. hatred OF the poor against
me me rlch! The danger of moneyed ar
lstocracy A power great and dam
gerous as that resisted by the RevoIution"'
"A cal 70 new declaration of independ-
ence! Sir, | admonish the people against
the object of outcries like these / adj
monish every industrious laborer In The
country be his runrH n
luslon tell him the attempt is to play
on his passions against his interests. and to
prevail on him. In the name of liberty
TO destroy all the fruits of liberty in the
name of patriotism. to injure and afflict his
country; and in the name of his own in
dependence, to destroy that very independ-
ence and to make him a beggar and a.
slave. Has he a dollar? He is advised to
90 90 that which will destroy half its value
Has he hands to labor? Let him rather
fold them. and sit still. than be pushed on.
ny fraud ana artifice. to support measures
hopeless. 9' ''"
+, SIR, the very man. of all others who
rero, the ueeoest interest in sound cur
aency, ana who suffers most by mischiev-
Gus legislation in money matters is fha
man ma, who earnsehis daily bread by his daily
toll. deprecated currency sudden
changes of prices, paper money falling
peIween morning and noon. and falling
f tbiro ioWer between noon and night-these
tLlhsS constitute the verv harVest-time OF
spectators. and the whole race of those
VINO are at once idle and crafty: and OF
o'itNA dcS. 100, the NatlltneS of all
lines, marked, so as to be known forever
by one stroke of the historians pen. those
i greisuy OF other mems property and prod
leai or their own. Capitalists too NAV
outllve such times. They may either prey
on the earnings of labor by their cent.
per cent, or they may hoard But the
iaboring man. what can he hoard? Prev
ing ON nobody. he becomes the prey of all
az MS property is in his hands. His reliance.
is his labor. Whether he work on his own
snlan CAPITAL or another's. his living is
S nonne earned M by ms Industry and when the
money or the country becomes deprecated
and debased, whether it be aduIterated
com or paper without credit. that industry
is robbed of its reward. He then labors
Tor country whose laws cheat him out
of his bread. l would say to every owner
of every quarter section of land in the
West, i would say to every man in the
East who follows his own plow and TO eV-
cry mechanic, artisan and 1aborer in every
man, everywhere who wishes by honest
means TO gain an honest living. Beware
OF wolves in Sleeps clothing. Whoever at
temptS. under whatever popular cry TO
shake the stability of the public currency.
bring on distress in money matters. and
drive the country into the use of paper
money. slabs your interest and your happi-
ness to the heart
The herd Of hungry wolves who live on
other mems earnings viii rejoice in such
a state of things. A system which alb
serbs into their pockets the fruits OF other
them. A government that produces or
countenances uncertainty. fluctuations. vio-
rent TiSIlSS anu 1alllnSS IN prices, and,
hnally. paper money. a government ex-
actly after their own heart. Hence these
men are always for change. They will
never let well enough alone. A condition
of public affairs in which property is safe.
industry certain of it's reward and every
man secure in his own hard-earned gains
is no paradise for them. Give them Just
the reverse of this state of things: bring
on change, and change after change; let
no man be able to saw whether the money
in his pockets will be money or worthless
rags rag, in the morning; and depress labor
till double work sh2lll earn but half Nv
ing-give them tnls state of things and
you give them the contamination of their
earthly bliss.
Whoever has the wickedness to conceive
and the hardihood to avow a purpose TO
break down what has been found. in forty
years experience, essential to the protec-
ton of all interests by arraying one class
against another. and by acting on such
a principle as that the poor always hate
the rich. shows himself the reckless en-
envy of all. An enemy to his whole coun-
try to all classes. and to every man i'm it,
he deserves TO marked especially as
the poor mans curse.