The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-10-16

EDITOR OF the Journal.
Little by little the public money ID
1plawfully seized and appropriated by
u individual.
There is no lawful method by which
IA ownership Of public money can
- extracted from the treasury Of the
United States without giving value
n labor or property for 1t. That is,
the public money can not be stolen
lawfully. There il no lawful method
BY which public money created by
law or collected by taxation can be
Kept out Of the public treasury. The
public treasury cannot lawfully be d.
vested Of the right to make "a regular
statement and account Of the receipt
and expenditure Of all public money
Public money that never reached
the treasury cannot be accounted for
IN the treasury.
The exact clause Of the constitution
70:
mo money shall be drawn from the
poblic treasury, but In consequence
q appropriations made by law; and
q regular statement and account OF
the receipts and expenditures Of all
public money shall be published from
time to time"
I do not know how to punish Con-
Rress II they as q body became graf.
tels except by turning the rascals
out and electing honest men. But
Congress has no lawful right to rob
the treasury. II they are doing SO In
tGntionally IL will be serious crime
70 punish. II they are doing SO ignor-
antly, pointing out the method will, II
observable to ordinary minds, be the
way to correct the error.
There are many names by which
tie crime for stealing Is designated:
Grand and petty larceny. embezzle-
nnent, forgery, comterfeiting. robbery,
gambling, false pretense, trespass,
etc.
prosecutions for bribery and graft
ose now very fashionable. Congress
Aoee not own the public money. It Is
not theirs to do with 1t as they want
"a Their control over It is restricted.
Acting within their constitutional
p6wers they have supreme control.
III acting outside or beyond their
Constitutional powers whether inten-
tionally or ignorantly 10 void.
I. Laws Are All Void.
The National Bank note violates the
constitution and all laws OF Congress
upholding It are void.
The National Bank note IL . graft
on the public treasury.
The National Bank note on its face
g. a government bill Of credit be-
c1hse Congress has not the constit,r
ff6nal power to mint bills Of credit
for the use and benefit OF any body
oGAer than the treasury Of the United
States, That ia rObbing the treasury.
That 10 keeping out of the treasury
what belongs in the treasury, and
Congress has no constitutional pow.
err Of that kind Of It's bills of credit.
Such action Is void. deny the con-
stftutional power Of congress to place
the government behind the void INA
tional Bank motel bill Of credit and
compel the United States to redeem
them In gold II the banks fail to dc
50.
know that the legality Of the Ma.
tional Bank note Is recognized by
both Congress and the courts but
behind both Congress and the courts
stand the people of the United States,
who have the power to override blum.
ders of that kind, and I am aware that
an honest Congress and an honest
court will be very glad to be over
ruled by the people SO they can show
the blunder.
As a monetary student, therefore.
make the public charge that the Ma
tional Bank note Is graft upon the
treasury of the United States and lie
unconstitutional and void. and their
creation and continuance Is a blunder
on the part Of Congress and the courts
which the people have the right tc
remedy.
No Constitutional Power.
As a monetary student. deny that
Congress has any constitutional pow
er to issue bin of credit for any
purpose-whether for the government
or for an individual. The constitu
ton says: Congress shall have pow
er to coin money; 1t nowhere says
Congress shall have power to issue