1885 Bondholders' conspiracy to demonitize silver
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[1885] Bondholders' conspiracy to demonetize silver.: Legislation affecting national debt and gold and silver. Unfaithful treasury officials. Hostility of national banks. Independent financial policy for the United States. Free coinage or enforcement of existing laws.
The silver question is a contest between European bondholders and the laborers of the world. The National Banks
of the United States are the allies of European bondholders. While the demonetization of silver would necessarily
destroy silver mining, that fact is of little consequence compared with the disastrous efifect it would have upon society.
It would destroy the confidence of the masses in the good
faith of their rulers. Nihilists, socialists, communists and
other disturbers of the public peace are powerless SQ
long as the people believe substantial justice will be admin*
istered under the present systems of government.
The proposal to demonetize silver is in violation of exist* ing contracts for the payment of money. It emanates from
a bondholding directory in Europe, and its purpose is tc enhance the value of all obligations for the payment ot money.
To appreciate the designs of the bondholders, and to un- derstand their motives in this war upon silver, it is neces- sary to consider the bonded debt which they control…
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