The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1903-09-24

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er of a government to coin" it mDQr
ey.' When government exercises
that power for it's own benefit, 1t per-
forms a legitimate governmental act
When it exercises that power as a gilt
to favOrites, by 'free coinage 1t per-
monstrOus and wicked fraud
upon every taxable inhabitant within
its jurisdiction. 81
All this persistent reiteratiOn OF nom
sensical jargOn about supplying the
people with currency" comes from the
Industrious agents of those for whose
profit this power is prostituted to the
injury of the human race.
All these names and phrases are
nere bankers slang. Currency "cir-
culating medium" credit money" and
what not, each and all are mere pa
tois' for various things which they
own and which they seek to substi-
tute for coin to their own private profit.
Every one of these, including every
gold coin ever issued from our mint
and every standard silver uu4-ar COIN
ed before 1873 is mere legalized form
of counterfeit coin.
Whatever thing a. sovereign govern
ment issues in exchange for quanti-
ty of value, eqpal to that expressed
upon the receipt given, received by
that government as taxes to fall due
hereafter, and clothes with the power
of peremptory receipt in favor of the
bearer by its tender" against all tax
leyies and judgments within its juris-
diction, and makes transferable by de-
livery-that thing is s'coin.'
No thing which falls short of this is
coin
Every such pretended coin, fraudu-
lently given away to fayorites by free
coinage" because they brought a piece
of metal to CARRY it away upon, Is a
statutory counterfeit and forgery as
wicked and Infamous as any that has
ever has been punished by imprlson
ment or the gallows
Should the custodian of the great
seal. of the United States, without au-
thority afix it and sign the name OF
the president to pardon for pirate
serving a life sentence for his crimes,
and the criminal were thereby deliv-
e, ed, it would not be a more palpable
infraction of right and justice than is
the utterance at the mint of those lying
coins certifying the receipt of future
taxes, never paid, by which the ia
vorites to whom they are given escape
taxation to that extent themselves and
compel all others to pay them the
quantity of tribute thus stolen.
Should the officials of the printing bu-
reau print, sign up and pocket millions
Of treasury not-s and bonds, their
crime would be no greater.
The system of free coinage" not
less than the system of giving away
bank notes to the national bankers, is
a system of counterfeiting the coin of
the United States, under the author
ity of congress. There can be but one
kind of coin, and that must be issued
by the government, and truly certify
upon its face, in the money" symbol,
the quantity of value that government
actually has received for it, and at
which price it shall be conclusive proof
CT payments by its bearer lin the pub
lie Offices and courts against all tax
levies and all judgements within the
jurisdiction of the government.
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Everything else pretending to be coin
is a counterfeit and fraud upon the ma
ton.
No cOunterfeiting should be permit
ted either for the profit of gold owners
or bankers. Neither Free coinage nor
free bank notes confer any benefit on
the government or any one else ex-
cept the gold owner and the banter to
whom the gift is made, and are a
fraud upon all other people.
Banks exist solely for the profit OF
their owners. They issue no "cur-
rency" unless they expect to REAP
profit from it. To whatever extent the
power of tender" is conferred upon
currency" issued by them, to that ex
tent are all other people defrauded, foi
the profit of those favored. In every
such case the government gives to g
few an advantage denied the many;
for no one will contend that govern,
ment should clothe with this power Of
tender, to any extent whatever, tn,
promises OF every citizen.
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