The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-10-26

any American pretend that his cbnsti-
tuition Would allow This Congress, our
Congress, the C5hgreSs sofethis repub.
l!r, 70 say that t.if Il owe You debt
which ] can to-day honestly discharge
In one French 4 We franc piece, the next
Congress can say IsimayadlscIrirge II
In q two and one-hal Frcnch .ffanc
Piece? No inan3wpl pretend that. ,rhGy
VIII see at once &C. Ia dishonest, WONG,
an Outrage, d, fraud !; TINT the fathcrB
of our government. when thcyila tho
constitution uridGr !our. feet. never IN.
tended ItoSBlyesitiRny such construction
VIA tnyer.$( hpplnnsc.) IL that be true.
ana At Clearly Is. then can the Con-
igrcss of tho United States take that
,WhlchSthc coilmerce OF the world says
to-day Is in silver bullion worth lust
fiftyeents ana ndnltfit3to our minis
coin II freely at the government exL
pense, but on my account, and enable
mo 20 turn around and discharge h
debt $of one hundred cents with Tint
.whlchsthe commerce OF tho world snyB
iESlSprth on ilfty cents? L think rot,
What, does this Involve, this free COIN
age of silver upon this basis? 1t In
Yolvess the schangcsof our money stand
ard, thcreianythlpg in the constitu-
ton that authorizes that? Our stand
ard to-day, as YOU have had SO well
explained toiyou, Is the gold standard.
Every dollar of money In circulation In
the United States, to-day is worth one
hundred cents in gold. That, then, Ia
our standard whether It be silver,
iWhc,therslt be paper, whether It Ne one
knu of papcrs or, another, greenbacks,
silver certificates, gold certificates,
whatever You please, 1t Is all rated by
that test, Il Is and shall beiand must
PC before y can ,ray3a debt according
It9 law worth one hundred cents In gold.
Tho Popoeratio Intention. III
55"What Is proposed? It Is proposed
now 70 change that standard 10 that
instead OF the hundred cents being the
standard. fifty cents worth OF metal
shall be the standard. Have we any
precedent for this In this country We
nave IN the history OF the despotisms
or the old world abundant precedent.
It Is nota now proposition; 1t Is not 4
new device OF dishonesty and fraud
Ihere Is not deapotic government OF
the world but what furnishes abund-
ant precedent of this greatest common
curse. All kings OF the old world, when
they We're hard up. would re-co!n mo-
ney and change the money standard.
Ihe Old Edwards and old Henrys In
English history frequently called in
their coin and they would take an old
Ehglish pound that had twenty shlIi-
a mi NtVk -
OF eighteen shillinss. The silver In the
other two shillings they. would appro-
PIRATE, cheat theGpeople In the now
coin they put out to the extent OF a
tenth or twenlch part OF the coin that
passed through their minis. Everyone
OF those kings names has gone down
With a badge of dishonor upon It be-
cause In handling tthelr coinage, they
cheated their people by debas!ng IT,
5&"NOW 1T s. IS S,PROPOSED THAT
THIS GOVERNMENT, OUR Gov
ERNAIENT,S THEtBEST ON EARTH,
A GOVERNMENTa FOR WHICH WE
SURRENDER OUR LIVES FOR ITS
DEFENSE, OR HONOR: 1T IS PRO-
POSED THAT THIS GOVERNMENT
OF OURS SHOULD TAKE UP THAT
TRICK OF DESPOT-
ISM. THAT WORN q OUT SUFFER-
FuGE OF TYRANNY, AND PLACE
a BLEA1ISH UPON. THE NAME OF
THE UNITED STATES AND ITS
FLAG FOREVER, BY ARESORTISG
TO THE ARTICLE OF EXCHANGING
OUR MONEY & STANDARD q, AND
CHEATING OUR PEOPLE, NOT TO
THE EXTENT OF ONE-TENTH OR
ONE-TWENTIETH, BUT TO THE
ENTENT Of ONE-HALFS OF THE
MONEY VALUE OF OUR LAND.
tApplause.) In all the. chronicles OF
despotism, In oil the annals of fraud
perpetrated by the tdcspots and pirates
Of the old world, never has It been
attempted to carry out scheme OF
fraudulent coinage upon scale so
great US that which Is now proposed
for the United States. My fellow citi-
zens, when the future historian has
made up the long list OF dishonest gov-
ernments, kings, emperors and princes
that have cheated3thelr people, have
juggled their coinage, have debased
their coin. have changed the standard
of their money to che detrimentS and
ruin OF their people and their country,
shall our name be found there? (Cries
of NOD With the long list OF Edwards
and Henrys and Louis, shall we find
at the end, last, hut not least, but
greatest OF all, sthg''great republic or
the United States?ItApplause and cries
OF no.) 2 +
'sSIury- and john, ~
"No. argument or discussion OF the
money question, OF course, can be COM
plete Without some reference to the Ia
Dor question. How does this money
question affect labor2 I want you wi,el,
you so home TO ask your wife about II.
and in order TO bring the question uD
FOR family debate. You get up "a little
.cock-and-bull story something like
this: You say to your wife, Mary, when
was up to Wheeling to-day / heard
something about this money question
l hadn't quite got hold Of before. I saw
a2large crowd of men gathered on the
curb-stone and went In to see what
the roTT.was aboutssand I heard a man
discoursing very eloquently upon the
silver question. He gave me some new
IDEAS. wen, what We're they?'4 We'll,
he says gold has appreciated Mary
will probably say, i, would apprecia r.
more gold. but ] don't know anything
about gold having appreciated. Y,JI
say That means that the purchasing
power OF our money has gone up.,i Well
Mary may be still n little blank mon
the proposition and you follow II nm
further and gay, Mary, 1 will make
that very plain to you. dlscoyerpS
from that silver gentleman's talk that
the trouble with our money. TODAY Is
simply: this: II YOU take ten dollars
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