The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-10-27
THE BONDS OF THE UNITED
STATES.

Reconstruction has done its work
and no man in the South proposes &C.
eession, separation, revolution or civil
war. The United States are indestruc'
table. The Union and the COnstitu
ton ought to be preserved and civil
war averted. The wealthy class, dur
ing the war and after the war, having
gotten into possession Of the green
back money-the currency that su6Ju'
gated the South, the currency that the
United Safes Court declared to be
legal lender money, the currency that
drew no Interest, our own due bills IN
our own hands, and eleven seeding
States, open for and needing that mon.
ey, asked Congress TO place the ex
Gmption clause on them; asked Con.
gress to receive them, TO destroy them
and give them an interest-baaring
bond, payable in a different kind o.
money, TO wit: In coin. Then again,
to change the contract and promise
gold; to exempt the said bonds from
taxation, and pay gold advance inter
est and under Republican administra
ton set up national banks, and to burn
up, grind up and destroy that currency
ia assassination Of law and high treR
son against an innocent and Coniding
people. No sensible man can give a
sensible reason for such legislation. A
blacker hearted or more %villianous
law was never enacted. Aud a blacker
hearted set of rascals never assembled
in the Halls OF Pandemonium than
they were. Both the old parties have
coalesced aud agreed to this. Now how
shall we pay the National debt-that Is,
take up these bonds2 Shall we say,
the slave holder Lost his slaves and the
bond holder shall lose his bonds9 Or
shall we say to the holders, return
your bonds to the Treasury, burn and
destroy them, and receive your green
backs-and down with national banks.
This latter plan is justice and right.
Let the greenbacks circulate until I'm
fs for use and be returned to be refs
sued and make them legal tender and
real money-not token money.
II a man robs you of your house,
that loss looks sufficient. Il il not
dou6ly hard to be taxed to pay the
hired robert A frequent recurrence to
fundamental principles is the only safe
guards OF liberty. Let US go to the
first cause.-The right to coin money.
That includes paper as we'll as metallic
money. Where do we look for the
truth OF this paper moneys Answer:
The decision of the United States
Court declaring greenbacks lawful
money also, to the orators, speakers,
and writer's during the war. How do
these goldbugs, bond holders and
money changers get I'VE this2 No
way but to say, we the Uaited States
Court and Congress took an oath that
greenbaeks was money during the war,
and another oath after cur passion sub
sided, that greenbacks was not n
Now I see it; now I don't But what
will be done about President CIeve
lands bonds to the R0thschIids il Egg
land2 Let us confscate his end his
Secretary Of the Treasury's whole es
tate5 il the bonds are issued contrary
to Law, or leave them With their estate,
and let the nation vote, as did the
Greeks, to atracjae them-banish them
from our land c~ountry-aud pay the
bonds in bullion, if the government has
so buy all the gold mines in the United
States, and then cut loose from EEg
land AMI ell other nations as to cur
currency. Let Us stand on the Dacla
ration of Independence, and compel
the bond holders az far as possible to
return their bonds and burn th,m I'D
and receive g~reenbacks IN their room,
restore Istice, insure domestic tran
guilty and secure the blessings of
freedom aud the country-and ignore
law made wealth. No bond to be al
loved to remain out unless it can be
proven it was for gold or silver loaned
the government during the war. Let
even handed Justice take place.
Equity of rights is natures pan,
a d following natuie is tho march IF man"
The redemption feature and inGrin
sic value are relics of barb8rism, and
are twin curses of every government
that ever existed. J II FOY
ELECT JUDGES BY THE PEOPLE,