Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-08-08

worth OF debts bring two dollars to pay
w. are not here asking you 10 repudlate
W. .aw 20 Won that the dollars IN when
ah1iications were made are good enough
~ ,ho creditor TO take. We say 70 you
No. al this price these honds anu mol,,
ca poo and debts were purchaser W va
nav that price. You may take yout
~ nesh. but in the name OF Aihelies' ~
dependence and manhoou SVu avs
shed a drop Of blood
Mexican Dollars Worth
eve have heard some talk OIL the MSAican
dollar The Mexican dollar Il worm 'eSs
mar the American dollar ana u aots goi,
" You L., us meet this hin Just eN-
Ii. os II il The value of a thing depehus
=" q, nse II corn were a hAed quahtll|
,u,a stIyor. and the people would resolve
~" SO, 60 fsad corn to horses, but only 10 cat
ia n would be worth less because t"S
sw rte, would be less. Money being a hAeu
ou.ntItv silver being Il ilAed quaHtit!, "heH
lhs nations Of the earth conspi'e 10 uepaS,
- &, rouId not help being worth less anu
~ n.or,S less than gold to-day. Iut the
dtY.rence has come about Ia TWO WAYS
ky th,d %epreciation Of SILVER ana the apPft-
~, ttor If gold both alike, our SILVER DOL
ars ,n-day are payable In gold, anc that IS
Inc reason they are worth 10 cents lay
nlalsp. cheers and laugltcr.I Inc oiihue9'
rn,con IS he who secs half "A truth or one
side of 1t. llaughter.l. Tha is all you PEG
nile hav. seen on that question: .
Nov / will say 1t again, n VIII nor
saw IT. but win explain II IN klhuersarteI
way. if | can. Laughter ana applause
, rLe reason an American silver dollar u
yorth n dollar in gold is because IL IS re-
deemahle in gold. Now the silver man VINO
Knows his business admits that the same
oe, rold man. But that is not all he Knows
| mat is the difference, The reason a NieAl-
| can silver dollar Is not worth as mucll as
an American gold dollar is because II ~
rcdeemable in gold. The demonetisatioh
of silver made gold bullion worth more; u
made silver bullion worth less. There IS
no n,estIon about that. The remonetizG-
| tIon of silver would make silver bullion
worth more and gold bullion worth less.
If Won use silver AS money then gold VIII
NOT be worth a. much, because II WONT
have to do as much work,
we are raising our crops year after year
We are sending these crops to England u
be paid in gold and we tann1; raise ehojsh
wheat and pork and cheese to SEND there 10
nav them. by and Ivy, II this policy Is
pursued, II we continue W lHNit"S' Wv
Indebtedness Of the American people, If we
continue to sell bonds in tirle of peace, II
we continue to pay in gold what we con-
tlacted for IN ~silver.if we continue a policy
which gives 80 cents for "A dollars worth
of wheat, the Engllshman will come over
nnd collect his interest from America the
same as he does from the Egyptians, with
the cannon and the sword. Applause and
Kisses
Il insist that II the monarchical govern
ment of Europe shall have a right to make
a fiscal system for us, If they shall have the
right to meet together and II the peers OF
the realm, the privileged classes, who never
knew what an honest days work was, who
lived ON the people for generations,
shall have the right to Iegislate for us,
then our voices should be heard in theii
legislative halls" lApplausc,J