The Penn's Grove record., 1896-08-21

value OF gold owned by the Bankers.
That prohibits the coming of our min.
eral wealth, silver, in which our public
debt is payable and prohibit our paying
1t off and keeps us in perpetual bondage
to the British capitalists. They could
well afford to pay to have our currency
contracted millions of dollars by the
destruction of greenbacks for years af-
ter the war and have them refunded in.
to interest bearing bonds to suck the
industrial life blood of our farmers, to
pay dividends to English capitalists.
England does not want us to pay our
debt off nor does she want the gold
dividends for COLDS sake, bat she wants
agricultural products. BY running
our Congress and officials to put us on
a gold standard, and prohibiting the
coinage of silver she increases the pur-
chasing value OF the gold dollars due
her; that is, it takes more of our wheat,
corn, cotton and beef to pay those divi.
dends which is the cause of low prices
and the impoverishment of our farmers
and the final reduction in the price Of
labor, and increased poverty.
AS we have not enough capital (mon-
cyl which the Monitor Register confess
es, let us make>it and declare our finan.
cial independence of England, or any
other nation. Let us coin moro money
or make more g%reenbacks and distribute
it to the idle workmeD, for their labor
in public improvements. Then that
dollar will represent labor to get it and
the laborer will be able to pay his rents
and store bills and pay cash for more
products of the farm and factory.
Then III people will have more mon
ey (capital) to buy the bonds of our
government, u railroad and manu-
featuring corporation stocks and bonds
and then vi people and not English
men will enjoy the interest and diyid.
ends. We will be free.
Let Uncle Sam say, "You idle work.
men, go to digging into the bowels of
the Rocky Mountains and bring me
4123 grains of silver and l will give you
81 for your labor. Johnny Bull shall
cease to buy the products Of your labor
at his own price and pay you only 80
cents for 81 of labor. 1 will set a price
on silver, and as the average price OF
products and silver bullion has not var
led SC in 30 years. l will be setting a
price on your products and your labor
and you shall cease to be slaves Of En-
gland.
81 will put Liberty and the Ameri-
can Eagle on that 4124 grains of silver
and he shall take 1t as payment in full
for 81 worth of bonded principal and
interest or go without, for Congress has
declared That all the bonds Of the U.
S. are payable, principal and interest in
silver dollars, containing 4123 grains,
and such is not a violation of the pub
lie faith, nor in derogation of the rights
of the public creditors If that Is a
just payment of the public debt it is a
Just payment of a private debt"
If that is not enough money (capitaD
to free us from British bondage let
Uncle Sam say, 'My boys, start those
printing presses and make more green
backs. l can make just as ''sound
money" as the bankers out of paper
and ink and it will cost you DO interest.
l will pay it to my idle countrymen
who need work to maintain a respect
able living for their labor in improving
my rivers and harbors and build forth
Gcations."
On July A, 1776, our forefathers de-
clared, eve, therefore, the representa-.
tives of the United States of American,
in general Congress assembled appeal.
ing to the Supreme Judge of the world
for the rectitude of our intentions do,
in the name and by the authority OF
the good people of these colonies,
solemnly declare, that these United
Colonies are, and Of right ought to be,
Free and Independent States; that they
are absolved from all allegiance to the
British crown, and that all political
connections between them and the
State Of Great Britain, is, and ought
to be totally dissolved; and that, as
Free and independent States, they have
full power to levy war. conclude peace,
contract alliances, establish commerce.
and do all other acts and things which
Independent States may of right do.'
In 1889 they made a constitution and
declared that Congress shall have
power to coin money and regulate the
value thereof"
In 1892 they began to coin the silver
dollar, the same value a. the present
one, and made 1t the anti of account in
all government transactions. This is
what 3,000,0 900 Of people could do.
1t remains for men in 1896 to rise VI
and say 70, 000, 900 can not manage theil
own finances, can not coin a silver dol
lar unless France, Germany or Greal
Britain says so.
Great God! How are the mighty
fallen. Are we not slaves? "Has this
proud nation, the richest and strongest
on the face of the globe come to so low
a pass as to appoint a London Jew its
receiver to have charge of our Treas
ury." Who can espouse such a doc.
trine and call himself a free American
citizen! How long will you continue
slavesl
The London Ne,os expects Cleve'
lands influence to defeat Bryan and
Sewall. 1t says: "In any a s the cleo
ton of Mckinley will do nothing to re-
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