West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1896-09-24


of the Assistant Treasurer in New York
City, in no other place and in nc
other currency. The Government was
pledged TO redeem all National Bank
notes, and the sole object OF this act
was TO retire all legal tender notes
from circulation and fiji it's place with
National Bank notes, so this act (Which
provides for the resumption of specie
payment IN the United States) succeed
ed in casting aside, destroying loyal
compelled TO redeem the National Bank
notes in coin, repudiate it's contract, or
issue a new series of legal tender notes
TO redeem them with, which of course,
the bankers would not permit, as they.
the bankers, could not be sole dicta-
tors of the commercial and business
affairs OF the country" This was in
tended to put not only all the paper
money, but coin also, in the hands Of
the bankers, and as the money passed
through the hands of bankers, they
could hold the legal tender notes, re-
placing them in their own currency,
return them to the Treasury and con-
tinually keep it drained of coin as fast
as it would accumulate, thereby sub
stituting their own currency for the
legal tender notes and reducing the
Treasury of its coin at the Same time
AS shown from report of the Secre-
tary of the Treasury in 1875, there was
then 1876, ~, $50 of legal tender notes
in circulation, and in July 70, the cir
culation had been reduced 500, O9O, 564 90;
they had been withdrawn and the ter
rible condition of the money market
produced such great bankruptcy all
over the country, that the people de-
manded immediate legislation to pre-
vent further retirement OF legal tender
notes and the restoration of the silver
dollar. The people being so thorough
ly aroused and determined that Con-
gress in 1878 enacted law prohibiting
the further withdrawal of the legal
tenders from circulation, and for the
reconciliation of the silver dollar to
its full legal tender property.
Why should the people be hoodooed
in this kind of style ? They had
never been talked to on the subject of
characterization of silver? Ithad never
been canvassed in any campaign ? The
people were hoodooed SIMPLY because
they voted to place such rail-roaders in
Office, men who would vote their pol
itics il it sunk the nation Ave minutes
afterward. These are the men that
deserve the name of Anarchists, etc
But if the gold bugs. the robbers want
to call us such names as Anarchists,
Repudiators and Heretics, they do not
think that the pages of history have
been made bright and glorious by men
who were called the same thing.
Heretics have been common to all
ages
The heresy of 177o reached its climax
in that greatest among the writings of
man, the Declaration of independence,
and those very men who wrested con.
cession from arbitrary power set up a
free Government on the shores of the
Western Hemisphere, although they
were called Anarchists and Heretics.
are to-day honored for that great strug-
gle for liberty.
Yes, many years before this, when
Christ was come, he was rejected of
man. His religious teachings were
condemned. lie was called an Hereto
He was stoned and bruised. He was
taken upon the mount and tempted of
the devil, then he Christi after being
shown a great city and stretch of land
would be made king over it If he would
do as the devil wanted him to do, and
now the devlisb money kings, lovers OF
golden images, are trying the same old
trick (born in them by the same old
devil that tempted he Savior) of
tempting the American voters If they
will only vote the Republican ticket.
We will give you yes what will you
give us2 More bonds to make the rich
richer, and the poor poorer; a little
tariff talk to cover your hidden iuten-
tions. You hypocrits Of the constitu-
tioL, you have lying, deceitful tongues
which a majority OF the people have
found out, and they now intend to cast
their vote for that true American, that
lover Of its constitution, who will lead
the common people TO victory next
November and give the bonded aristo-
crazy such defeat by the power OF
the ballot, and after victory make Il
80 hot for them that all Of their gold
will melt and they will 20 where they
belong. This great General is w. J.
Bryan that will lead us 70 victory, with
VIM. G.. Brown, Jr., Lieutenant.
Yours for Free Silver,
W. e. SHAFFER
Independence, w Va, Aug %, '0G.
The New Hook spoon Free to All.
read in the Christian Standard that
Miss a. NJ. Fritz. station A.. ST. Louis
No, would give an elcgant plated
hook spoon TO anyone sending her Ten
2-ccnt stamps. I sent for one and
found DO so useful that 7 showed 10 ID
my friends and made ei8 90 I'm two
hours taking orders for the spoon
The hook spoon rs a household neccssi.
~ ~ cannot slip into tho dish on
cooking vessel The spoon is some.
thing that housckeepers have needed
ever since spoons were first invented
anyone can get sample spoon by
sending ten 2-cgut stamps ~ Mis-.
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