The Negro world., 1900-03-24
VASHON'S
ARRANGEMENT
OF the Government at Washing
tOn.--Dem0cracy that lie
Who Runs May
Read.
Editor Of The Negro World.


entrenehment OF single monetary
standard. The warning was met with
mockery and beraiiings "Popocrats,
anarchists, traitors. were the epi-
thets spat at patriots. Three years have
passed and every prediction has been
verified. These prophecies only failed
in their paucity OF the evils that would
befalI. What American would have
dreamed in % that today an administra
ton oi the government OF the United
States OF North America would brazcn-
ly deny the right to govern exists only
with the consent OF the governed; or
would be guilty OF tine villainy OF plac-
ing an impost barrier between one por-
ton OF our territory and the rest of the
national domain Who then could
have conceived that an unnecessary
army of one hundred thousand men
would be fastened upon the republic?
That the money trust-the mother trust
would so early spawn a myriad brood
to paraIyze industrial energies and es-
tabiish the dispotism OF a few over
every necessity OF the peoples lives?
That an American president would
truckle to Britain for consent to make
a treaty with western hemisphere re-
publicl That republics outraged in
vaded and threatened with annihilation
by n monarchy OF Unsuitable greed
would vainy look 10 the United States
for word OF protest. That American
guns would shoot to death a primitive
people whose only ohense lies in yearn-
ing with the yearnings of Jefferson and
Otis and striving as Washington and
Warren stfoYc That. in short, in three
brief shameful years the glory of one
hundred and twenty years Of national
life would be eelipsed by infamics set up
at the bidding oi the soulless gold de-
mon2 Terrible illustration that with
nations as with men ''yc cannot serve
God and mammon."
Yet Il is we'll these evils be il they
arouse the wayward nation to its sense
Of right and duty. The work OF decay
and ruin will be stayed II the basic
money oi the land be expanded beyond
the possibility OF being cornefed, and
hold as | have held, that on a ques-
tion so transcendantly affecting most
vital human rights, the United States OF
North America need await the awak-
ening of no castc-cursed nations tor
pid conscience. The United States OF
North America should be. and move,
unhesitatingly, unequivoeally. perpetual
ly for the God appropriated rights Of
men.
To corner the real money OF the civ
ilized world is TO corner every COM
modify for which money is the inter
change--it is more and worse--it is to
gain mastery over human souls--to con
troll the honor OF men, the virtue OF
womanhood, In contemplating such
potency and is internal possibilities the
human conscience staRgers under the
weight oi an unspeakable horror,
Therein is the immcasurable immortal
ity OF monometalism.
VIII the Chicago platform be reai-
frmedf Unquestionably, yes. The
evils and the shame against which. the
people are protesting are but the fruit
Of that OF which monometallsm is the
only root. Restore bimetalliSm, that
when the cheaper metal drives the
dcarer metal out" the metal remaining
THE money OF the people--will be
money~-real money-basic money
money that in itself is money and legal
tender fnr all debts. No government.
or clique of governments has any
right to rob mankind of this invaluable
inheritance. Have no fear OF fifty
cent dollar representing the energies
and productions OF hundred cent peo-
pie. So long as the world is eating
American meat and grain she will not
undcrvalue any American dollar that
will buy dollars worth OF this meat
and grain. When the gold-bug sophist
tells you. look az Mexican money and
Chinese money" tell him TO look far
ther and deeper--to look back of these
moneys at the Mexican people and the
Chinese people Back OF the American
dollar is the light and supreme strength
and incaleulable resources OF an imper
ishable civilization, Back OF Mexican
money is a cigarette; back OF Chinese
money is an opium pipe.
That much OF the market price OF
silver that demonstration cuts off, re-
monetixation will restore. This Is
plain proposition,
Money is an invention OF man; and
like all other inventions of man Sprang
from the necessities of mans condition
II is interchangeable for all eommodi-
ties and being SO, is the wage for human
labor To exchange money for money
with the purpose OF gaining the un-
earned difference between iniquitiously
appreciated money and iniquitously de
preciated money is a distortion OF the
honest use OF money and an ofiense
against the money users OF the world
IL is no part OF wisdom 20 let those
guilty OF such otfense prescribe the
monetary laws OF money using nation
Is the plutocrat--the monster born OF
monometallism--responslble Tor the
trust evil. Imperialism, militarism. etc.
etc. that curse and shame this nation
todayp Let us see, In what sanguinary
battle with Spain did We gain posses
sion OF Hawaii Why is not Cuba
given her promised independence Why
give the Tagal. only. the eivilHing les
son OF the krag. .Jorgensen riilel For
what reason do We pension the slave
holding, coneubiue keeping Sultan OF
Sulus The sugar trust has ordered its
suhscryicut creature To have and 10 hold
the sugar lands OF the world and this
Suhseryient creature, who by the way is
the government OF the Tree aud inde-
pendent United States OF North Ameri.
ca. religiously oheys. To eitectually
obey. this suhscrvient creature has set
up a vast military teree. This vast
force must become VaSter. The islands
OF the Pacific ocean are not saluhrioas
to American soldiers. and SO in a very
little while the necessity oi raising an
other army to alternate in tar-off service
with the one we have will be patent To
all. When this day comes there will
always be big army al home as well
as one abroad. The home army may not
be constantly free from active service.
True. the few Indians We have lcit arc
rather Hpritn ht,f lakf,r IL rpeftaxR tanassr