The Louisiana populist., 1896-11-27

Avarice says: 81 will oppress the
weak and devour the fruits of his Ia
bors and l will say 1t is fate that has
so ordained. ."-Volney.
Bank paper must be suppressed, and
the circulating medium must be re-
stored to the nation, to whom II be-
lonRs.-Thomas Jefferson.
The bank is the union Of the govern
ment and the money power-a union
far more dangerous than church and
state.-John c Calhoun.
The present system OF finance robs
labor, gorges capital, makes the rich
richer and the poor poorer, and turns
a republic into an aristocracy Of capi-
tal.-Wendell Phillips in 1870.
Anything upon which the govern
ment places its stamp and declares il
a legal tender In payment of all debts
and taxes is money, no matter what
the material may be.-Henry Clay.
/ believe the struggle now going on
In this country and In other countries
for a single gold standard will IL sue
cessful produce widespread disaster in
the end throughout the world.-James
G. Blaine.
If government contract debt with
certain amount Of money In circula-
ton, and then contracts the money vol
ume beforethe debt is paid,it is the most
heinous crime that a government can
commit against the people.-Abfaham
Lincoln.
Man is the only animal on earth that
VIII quietly suffer for food among plen-
ty. He is the only one whose brain Is
so small that he will see his tender on
spring suffer with cold where there is
plenty Of material to keep him warm
Inter Mountain Advocate.
My friends, unless our children have
more patience and courage than saved
this country from slavery, republican
institutions will 60 down before
moneyed corporations. Rich men die,
but corporations are immortal. They
are never afflicted with disease. In
the long run they are bound to win
with legislatures.-Wendell Phillips.
Place the money power In the hands
OF combination of few individuals
and they. by expanding or contracting
the currency. may raise or sink prices
at pleasure, and by purchasing when at
the greatest depression, and selling
when at the greatest elevation, may
command the whole property and in
dustry Of the community. The bank
ing system concentrates and places this
power in the hands of those who con-
troll 1t. Never was an engine invented
better calculated to place the destinies
of the many in the hands of the few
John C. Calhoun.
Yes, we may all congratulate our
selves that this cruel war is nearing a
close. 1t has cost a vast amount OF
treasure and blood. The best blood of
the flower OF American youth has been
freely offered upon our country's altar
that the nation might live. It has
been, indeed, trying hour for the re-
public, but / see in the near future a
crisis approaching that unnerves me
and causes me to tremble for the safe
ty Of my country. AS a result of the
war, corporations have been enthroned
and an era Of corruption in high places
will follow, and the money power of the
country will endeavor to prolong its
reign by working upon the prejudices
of the people until all wealth is aggre-.
gated in few hands and the republic
is destroyed. l feel at this moment
more anxiety for the safety Of my
country than ever before, even In the
midst Of the war. God grant that my
suspicious may prove groundless.
Abraham Lincoln.