The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1899-02-08
TIE mrA- ISSUE
lLouIarIlIc pispateh. Jan. al

l see in the near future u crisis APP
proacl,ing that nnnerves me and causes
me to tremble for tie safety OF my
country. As a result OF tile war, cor
porations have been enthroned, an era
of corruption in high places VIII follow.
and the money power of the county
will endtavor TO prolong lis reign by
working upon the predjudices Of the
people until all wealth is aggregated in
a few hands. ana Tie Republic is de
slroyed. ] feel at this moment more
anxiety for the safety Of the country
than ever before, even in the midst Of
the war.-Abraham Lincoln.
Did Henry Watierson, even in his
most scaling perorations against the
Money DeviI'' ever utter words more
startling Or more impressive?
The enslavement of ancient Rome
was accomplished through the same
Money Devil that reduced the currency
more than so per cent. per capita. And
then the Dark Ages set IN. 1t has been
so in ali countries and in all the CEN
turtles that whenever a handful Of sell
fish, self-seekiHg, unscrupulous pOlti-
clans sought to crafty their own am
bition and impoverish the people in or
der to enrich themselves they began TO
manipulate the money circulation by
dark-lantern "surreptitious" methods.
Our civil war-from 1861 to lS65-re-
suited in emancipation. This was one
object the original aboliiionisss had in
view the European abolitionists, es-
pecialiy, because. as was said by one Of
them, "Chattel slavery carries with it
the care for the laborers. while the
European plan, led by England, is for
capital to control labor by controlling
the wages. This can be done by con-
trolling the money"
Unless the people become soon
aroused 10 present conditions, their en-
slayement is only question Of time.
Hand in hand with the encroachmenis
of the Money Devil goes the demand
Tor large standing army to entrench
the party in power so firmly that it can
not be dispossessed. and to crafty the
goddess greed of gain which controls
its leaders. An object lesson was, "a
few days ago, disclosed to a Louisville
bimetallist by gold bug friend. The
latter while discussing his personal for
tunes forgetting. for the moment, all
about the vital issue Of finance which
wrecks or enriches a whole people. I'M
Willingly remarked: Il bought this
property on a credit in 1892, and exc
cuted my notes for it in amounts aggre-
eating ,000-twice as much as it
would bring now, and shall have a
very hard time getting that even, II l
ever do. If ! had only waited till after
the extra session of Congress met and
repealed the Sherman purchasing clause
in 1898, I"
"That is" interposed his friend, "you
bought on a double-standard basis of
valuation and are now obliged to pay
on a single gold standard basis-a griev-
Gus misfortune, which has wrecked
thousands of others, and may wreck
YOU"
The money question is the create
tion-the vital issue, the potent factor,
which enlightens, elevates or dishonors
aud degraGes which has civil
izrd or enslaved.
But the Dispatch, gloomy as the out
look may sometimes seem, has hopes Of
our country. 1t may take long time
for the resurrection, but truth, crushed
to earth, will lise again. The issue in
VOWED in the Chicago platform must
prevail. for heresy has no immortality.
Eighteen years after his burial the
ashes of Wickiffe were exhumed by
the frauds who denounced everybody
that protested against the Dissertation,
as demagogue. Wickliffe's ashes were
cast into the Avon; the Avon bore
then to the Severn and the Severn to
the sea, where the winds and the waves
bore them to the four quarters of the
globe, but to-day the spirit OF Wicklifft
lives and breathes wherever the law o.
love and life prevails.
What is best for all the people alike
not for the money-changers alone? Sncl
will be the paramount question in 1900
1t is and will be the vital Issue.