The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-09-27
CHAPTER III.

l. When the people of the Land of Uncle
| Sam were about to choose unto themselves a
Chief Ruler, and the set time was drawing
near, the lawyer that had covenanted with
the sons of Mammon concerning the silver
went to and fro and up and down through
all the land, persuading such as had voice
| in the matter that they ought to make him
their Chief Ruler.
2. And once and again and many times
lie said unto them, The voice of complaining
is heard in all your streets, for that there is
not work enough for them that labor; and
there is not wherewith to buy bread so that
their wives and their children may eat, each
one little.
3. Behold, it would not be so with you if
the rulers would make all the silver into
money. Then there would be abundance in
the land; ye would flourish like the green
bay tree; ye would have more than heart
could wish and your eyes would stand out
with fatness.
| 4. And he went on to say, If, now, ye will
harken diligently unto me, and choose me to
be your Chief Ruler, all the silver that is in
the land, and all that shall yet be dug out Of
the earth shall be made into money, and
there shall be so many pieces for each one of
you
| D. Then there shall be days of plenty such
| as ye have never seen, and ye and your house
holds, and the stranger within your gates
shall eat and drink and be merry and rise up
to play instead of pining away in hunger as
ye now do.
g. Some of the people, when they heard
these things, cried out, 1t is the voice of a
god! Let us make this man our Chief Ruler!
T. But other some, being of the wiser sort,
said unto the lawyer, We will ask of thee one
question, and if thou answereth well, haply
we will make thee the Chief Ruler:
8. VIII the nations that are beyond the
sea, when we buy aught of them, continue to
say as aforetime, Ye must pay in gold, or, if
it be in silver that ye pay, the price win be
twice as much?
8. Or will they humble themselves before
the decree thou will make in the Land of
Uncle Sam, and accept from us sixteen
shekels of silver as equal to one shekel of
gold when they can buy in their own market
places thirty shekels weight of silver
that is not money for one shekel of gold?
10. And the lawyer was dumb with silence,
for he wist not wrat to say.
II. Then they said, Peradventure tina
question is too hard for thee Tell us, then,
what the few that dig silver out of the earth
will do with their wealth when they shall
have sold to the rulers their silver that is not
money, every sixteen shekels thereof for one
shekel of gold. Will they distribute their
riches to all the people so that every shall
have SO many pieces of money?
IL. Or will they, as aforetime, say unto
those that labor, Work and ye shall be paid
so much; and to those that sell, We will pay
| the price ye can get for your merchandise in
the market-place, and no more?
13. And still the lawyer answered not a
| word.
IA. Then they of the wiser sort said unto
him, We will not have thee to rule over u.s.
Thou hath conspired with the few that dig
silver out of the earth to make them rich at
the cost of all the people.
10. Woe unto them and unto them; for ye
would lay this heavy burden and grievous to
be borne upon our shoulders but We your
selves would not move it with one of your
| fingers.
| l6. And they of the wiser sort sought them
| out man that was the friend Of all the peo-
pie, and they made him the Chief Ruler Of
the Land of Uncle Sam.
/ II. And when it was bruted abroad
through all the world that the rulers of the
Land OF Uncle Sam would not further de-
base the money thereof, there was great joy;
and the people of the land began to prosper,
for they were able to profit by their mer-
chandise with the peoples that dwelt beyond
the sea.
Is. Bat the sons of Mammon, that thought
to enrich themselves at the cost of all the
| people, were wroth; and they sent for the
| lawyer and upbraided him sharply because
he had been rejected saying:
10. Behold, thou hath betrayed us. We
gave thee literally of our money, and thou
hath failed to become the Chief Ruler and to
keep covenant with us concerning the silver
What hast thou to say for thyself2
20. And the lawyer made answer If had