Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-02-23

aoou. TWO Thousand million dollars. Of
hond e"ey ponds were changed into coin
az e. 'herepy enriching the bond hold
ers by one-half, at the exnense "a, a
tuilns nation and correspondinglv In.
creasing the debt and burden unnn tho
ueopie. but thiB conspiracy entered
INTO by the national banks and bond
holders against the people was moi AZ
az emo. IL was not completed some
thlhg more must be done Tho nennie
must be robbed of one-hnlf the ino,,as
OF their fathers, the money OF the con.
stitution. Silver must be demone,i1ad
ana the country placed upon n rold
standard, that those bonds might he
sun further enhanced in value and
'helr enormous amounts payable in
goa ro Io accomplish this the act
OF february II. 1873. was pass
ed through congress by stealth
ana fraud. II is a long ac,
of 81 sections. regulating all the
"details Of the mint Many of tho
oest men who We're In both houses OF
eonsress at that time, both Republi-
cans ana Democrats including the nreq-
ident who signed the bill. have from
time to time stated that they did moi
Know that silver was demonetlged by
u. This act provides that the poId
coin Of the United States shall be n
dollar piece which at the standard
weight of 25.S grains shall he the unit
'"'bNf CIV lnt Bulu CONS OF larger
denominations are based upon the one
dollar piece. Another section pro-
vides that "the silver coins of the
United States shall he a trade dollar.
haf-dollar, quarter. etc, and the
weight of the trade dollar shall be
sZo grains troy" BY a subsequent
lection 1t provides that mo coin either
Of gold or silver or minor coinage shall
hereafter be issued from the mints
other than those Of the denominations.
standards and weights set forth in this
title"
Thus the DOLLAR OF the Daddies."
the ancient money OF the people, was
dropped from the coinage and the
mints closed against 1t.
Having prohibited the further coin
age OF any more standard silver dol
lars. the next thing was to completely
damonctize silver already coined. This
was effected by the committee who re
vised the laws of the United States In
June, 1874. by section 1856 of the re-
vised statutes Of the United States as
follows; The silver coins of the United
states shall be legal tender at their
nominal value for any amount not eX-
ceeding 81 In any one payment" The
deed was done, the purpose for which
the conspiracy was formed was COM
pleted, and the happiness, the welfare
and the property Of toiling millions, as
well as the happiness and welfare of
their children yet unborn lay PROSTATE |
at the feet of the money power. A
panic followed within six months and |
since then We have had falling prices, |
ruined fortunes and crushed hopes |
Strikes and bread riots, squalid hunger |
and want. with great army of men |
tramping this country over pleading |
for work and asking for bread. To all |
this as wei as to the cries OF helpless
women and children these national |
RnrnnrNnFE hAn1 hn1Itnn
vampires have turned a dear ear, The |
people have demonstrated and petition |
ed In vain. In the speech delivered by |
Mr.. Mills in the congress of the United |
States on the 3D. day Of February, 1855, |
he tells of venerable congressman |
presenting petition signed by several |
thousand laboring men praying con- |
gress to do something to dispel the |
financial gloom and horror which had |
been brought upon this country, or, " |
nothing else, aid them to get away that |
they might be spared from seeing their |
women and children starve before their
eyes. John c. Carlisle, of the people, |
mot John c. Carlisle of gold bond |
famel, in II speech delivered February |
81, 1873. said. According to my views
OF the subject the conspiracy which
seems to have been formed here and In
Europe to destroy by legislation and
otherwise from three-sevenths to one
half the metallic money of the world ~
the most gigantic crime of this or any
other age. The contamination of such
a scheme would ultimately entail more
misery upon the human race than all
the wars, pestilence and famine that
ever occurred IN the history of the
world" Mr.. FELTON,. OF Georgia, IN
speech delivered in congress IN 1853
said: 81 submit that the financial legis-
lation OF this country since lato mas
been tho result Of deliberate conspiracy
ON the part of the creditor class 10 ROB,
defraud and impoverish the debtor
class The act OF 1873 uenohetlHihg
the silver dollar was as unjust ana
wicked as the labor strikes whlch nave
recently startled ana alarmed an souu
citizens The only difference was the
last was Illegal and violent, the other
sought to cover the outrage they per
petrated by the forms ana Sanctions OF
the law, The only difference was one
was speedily and Justly suppressed
the other panopiied IN goiu any proteI a.,
ed by political Influence, smiles IN It's
bloated security upon the wreck OF Tor
time. the blasted hopes and the suHef-
Ing poverty 1t has created Thefe was
the southern section OF our country ialu
waste by war with her former immense
wealth, about $1,000, 100000. blottea our.
her fields uncultiyated, her once happy
homes. many of them In ashes her
farmers without implements OF nus
bnndry without stock ana without
credit, all her enterprises prusttatv,
NIdowhood and orphanage throughout
the land. just at this time the soVerh-
ment resolves to contract the currency,
bringing every commodity ana ever
snecies of labor down to gold basts
and unquestionably reducing the debtor
class to penury and want. IN JAM
ary. 1878, Hon. Stanley Matthew's OF
Ohio. introduced a resolution IN '"e
senate as follows:
he II resolved by the senate, me
bruss of representatives conculrlns,
maj an the bonds OF the unitei states
Issued under the said ucts OF cons tsss
hereinbefore reeited, are payable, PIN
rinsI and interest. at the optioh u
The government of the uiited tates
in silver dollars of the coinage OIL the
limited states containing III ~ sri Is
each of standard silver and to res'orI
TO its coinage such silver COINS as icsai
tender In payment Of said bones pIin
cipal and interest, Is NOT In Nlola,,on
of the nublic faith nor in dt'oE ttlp,i
Of the rights OF the public re iitois
A motion was made By -ennt" ~
monds OF Vermont to amend the reso-
iiifion so as TO make II read payable
In pold or It's equivalent and that any
q, her payment without the eon.e,h '
The creditor would be in violation OF
no nublic faith and in derosatloh 6
his rights. The amendment was voteu
down Nv a vote OF ~ to IL, ana the
,ss,i,tJon uassed the senate ny over