Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-12-18

the "parity' Of your reasoning, you confess to
have joined "mob" yourself. Were William
Lloyd Garrison, Steph' Foster, Wendell Phil
lips, Parker Pillsburg, Owen Lovejoy and R.
G. Inderso,l "r,ob" because they affirmed
the Injustice of the Dred Scott decision?
But let me quote from a few other men who
differ from you on the money question. Aris-
tote said that "inouey is such not by nature,
but BY law" Plato said "The best money
for any nation is hat which has the least value
in any other nation"
If YOU have read the writings of Hon. Henry
c. Carey on this subject, you can but know
that, in analyzng Pato's aphorsm, he showed
conclusvely that domestic, non-eXportable,
legal-tender, govt rnment paper system was the
most stable the Soundest and best for the mass
o the people that we ever had. Crippled as it
was by the exception clause, at the dictation of
the gold gamblers of Wall street, 1t gave the
best times we ever had, and during its undis-
puted swav we had no ''pancs" or "tramps.'
These abnormal products made their appear
ance only after the government started on its
journey to what you gold-bues are pleased to
call "honest money"
In addition to the great men quoted as being
diametrcally opposed to your absurd theory
that "nature alone makes money!" might
mention such ''incapable thinkers as Ricardo,
Buckle, Mill, Franklin, Jefferson, Cernuschi,
Blaine, Wendell Phillips; and in the line of
publications, Britannica, Appleton and Cham
bers' encyclopedias. Such are few of the
Il. !, r
during political campaign of hate and SLAM
der OH the part of the eold-standald men, con-
signs to the category Of ''idiots,' by declaring
that they incapable, absolutely, of reason
ing upon any subject whatever.
You declared that "Bryan hates bond-hold-
ers''; "Bryan hates capitalists" No human
tongue ever uttered falsehood more base, or
sander more inexcusabe. Bryan hates no
man. He hates no living creature On the
contrary, his great soul goes rni III good will
to all humanity, rich and pour. So far from
hating the millionaire capita'ists, he would
save them from the sad fate which their own
policy must inevitably bring upon them, if con-
tinued much longer. During the recent cam
paigu, the physical mental and moral powers
and qualities of William Jennings Bryan were
tested to degree previously unknown If his.
tory, and he has come out without a solitary
blensh His opponents have abused, SLAM
dtied villfed and ridiculed him without stint,
and yet, i'll the midst of all, he uttered not one
solitary word of resentment or disrespecl against
a single individual. True, he does hate tyran
nv, oppression, injustice and all combinations
against the general welfare, and his voice, vote
aud actions have harmonzed with his profess
sions perfectly. Would that the same could be
said OF Col. Inge1soll,
Allow me to ask you to explain al least one
point in your theory on Monty. You declare
that nothing is now money in this country but
gold, and that gold is money by NATURE, and
not by law, and then you add that all money
must be a. PAR.
1st Please tell us what law of nature de-
cared that exactly IS $40 grains of gold 9-Io
fine should be 'dollar.'
ed. Would it be "dolIar'' in the shape of
marble, even though questioned its
fneness?
3D. When congress passed law decreeing
that 10 more gold dollars should be made, and
successfully executed the decree, did that body
perform miracle by killing law of nature?
4th. When you say that gold is the only
money, and that "all money must be at par"
| ask you, at par with what? CAT par with
ITSELF must be your answer, if there is any
meaning at all to your assertions.
Think of the great Ingersoll standing on the
rostrum as teacher of economics, and declar-