The Southern Mercury. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 12, 1894 Page: 2 of 16
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BY RIGHT DIVINE.
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J. A. EDGERTON.
When rogues would fill the human
mind
With some transparent lie,
They always claim it countersigned
And sanctioned from on high,
A case will make this statement plain:
The "divine right" of kings to reign.
This lie was shot to death in part
A hundred years ago;
But now the tricksters seek to start
. An etjual falsehood, so
You hear it claimed by every fOol:
The "divine right" of gold to rule.
Ere long, when tliejf grow bold enough
To make their purpose clean
And throw the mask of pretext off
We may expect to hear
"íhe moneyed knaves make this appeal:
The "divine right" of thieves to steal;
Í seem to hear another cry,
That comes from all around;
Beginning low it riseth high,
A deep and growing sound.
That claims in no uncertain tone:
The "human right" to have our own.
That cry is filled with dire distress
And angry discontent,
With tones of want and wretchedness,
While into these are blent
Stern under-voices that demand
The "human right" to life and land.
From torrid zone and frigid snows
'Tis heard in every place,
It ever louder, deeper grows
Until it thrill the race;
And thunders forth from sea to sea
The "human right" to liberty.
No longer let us hear that fraud
Is sanction from on high;
No longer tell manhood that God
Will consecrate a lie;
But let this truth forever shine:
The human right is the divine.
Nonconformist.
Cleveland's Coming Message.
The following very spicy combina-
tion of fun, fact and philosophy was
picked up on the street here to-day.
A wicked bi-metallist suggests that
it was sent here for endorsement by
the machine.
PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE, DEC. 1895.
"Gentlemen of the senate and house
—I have had a very pleasant summer.
The fishing was first rate, and having
no congress on my hands I enjoyed it
to the fullest extent. For deep sea
fishing, I have discovered that
"chumps" are J fine bait. If there is
such prejudice that the word of a
president cannotJbe taken, I refer to
Mr. Joseph Jefferson as a gentleman
personally acquainted with the non-
existence of the fact.
My foreign relations are peaceful.
_The crowned heads of Europe have
been busy all summer having a good
time, and there has been but little
talk of war. I am told that the stur-
dy Japanese have concluded a treaty
of peace with China, but I regret to
say that China iu turn, has since
made war on our missionaries in her
country with some success. I have,
as yet, taken no active steps in the
matter. I recognize the fact that
China was angry over her defeat, and
had to take it out on some one and that
the missionaries were convenient.
My people should, therefore, reserve
their judgment. On sober second
thought, I have no doubt but that
China will see that she ought not to
have done it, and will take proper
steps to bury the dead. If she does
not, I will send my navy over and
have it done.
My domestic relations continue
pleasant, and there is one more of
them. An eminent statistician in-
forms me that there is already a pre-
dominance of females in the eastern
states, and I had hoped the parity of
the sexes might not be further dis-
turbed. But I am told that there are
many suicides and dtlier extraordina-
ry modes of demise among the male
Sex, which leads me to hope that this
sociological question will adjust it-
self without legislation:
Gentlemen Of the house—My secre-
tary of the treasury wili submit to
you his estimate for the coming fiscal
year. While money is very sound,
artd has increased in value when it
comes to purchasing the products of
labor, and thus paying the laborer; it
must be remembered that it requires
as many dollars now to pay the sala-
ries of the public servants, and the
interest on our national debt and oth-
er fixed charges as it did before we
got down to hard pan. It is out of
my power therefore for me to recom-
mend the reduction of taxes. Indeed
they may have to be increased some-
what—a demand upon my people to
which I know they will patriotically
respond when they know the reason
why.
You see the change over the world
from the double to the single stand-
ard has caused gold to come into con-
siderable demand. In fact, all the
nations of the earth are bidders for
it. Is America to be outbid? Not if
I can help it! I have paid out of my
treasury some $10,000,000 to my great
and good friends, the Rothschilds,
and they have agreed to back my
country until October, 1st inst.
But since that time the other side
has been gaining on us to such an
extent that if my G. & G. F.'s will not
be over-sensitive and will take anoth-
er $10,000,000, I direct you to vote me
authority to close the deal. If you do
not, I shall resume acting under the
resumption act. It is said to be a good
thing and ought to be pushed.
I have mentioned the principal
matter relative to my government.
There are some small objects, such as
the Cuban skirmishing and the Nicar-
agua canal, about which I may ad-
dress you later. The principal mat-
ter now is to renumerate my G. & G.
F.?s so as to put gold into the coffers
of our common country. I add that
if you would then call in all of the
demands against my government this
gold would lifeely stay there.
The official family are all quite
well at the present, but are a little
tired. I felt it necessary that they
go abroad in the land to educate the
people, who seem slow to understand
that the best friends they have in
the world are my bankers in the east
and in Europe. They have had,
strange to say, a hard time. Smith,
my secretary from the interior, re-
ports that, having ears to hear, they
will not hear in Geogia. There was
some prospect in Kentucky under
the influence of my former silver-
tongued secretary of the treasury,
but I fear old Joe Blackburn will yet
take the cake."
The communication closes rather
abruptly, but a space was left at the
end probably for the machine manip-
ulators here to work in a suggestion
or two."—Montgomery Special to At-
lanta Constitution.
The Single Goid Standard.
Mr. Charles P. Latham of Rich-
mond, Va., writing to the New York
Herald, makes short work of the con-
tention of the goldbugs. He says:
"There can be no genuine business
revival, no permanent national pros-
perity, until we return to bimetallism
and restdre td silver the money char-
acter giveti it by the founders of the
state government; Bimetallists do
riot propose to 'revolutionize the mon-
etary conditions of the country,' as
charged bjr Mr. Cleveland. Those
CoriditiOri have already been revolu-
tionized by the demonetization of sil-
ver, and bimetallists are only demand-
ing that they be restored, as estab-
lished by the constitution.
"Under the monometallic system
the few have been enriched at the ex-
pense of the many. The farming and
laboring elements have suffered most;
Generally where there has been an
increase of wealth at all it has oc-
curred in the cities, while there has
been a falling off in the rural districts.
"Bankruptcy is a condition into
which the nation seems to be rushing
headlong. A few months since we
paid a single banking house $8,000,000
for a promise of its influence to pro-
tect our gold reserve, and already
that reserve is again below the*legal
requirement. In a time of peace we
are issuing bonds periodically to build
up this reserve only to see it dragged
down again, while we are informed
that there be a serious deficit of reve-
nues for the current year. By this
process we are reducing the amount
of money in circulation and substitut-
ing an interest-bearing debt for one
that has heretofore borne no inter-
est."
The Coining Financial Crisis.
Little by little it becomes apparent
that the associated bankers of this
country are gathering their forces
for a mighty struggle during the next
session of congress.
No public proclamation has been
issued and no brass bands are being
employed, but unless all indications
are misleading, there is on foot a defi-
nite, concerted movement that is
likely to change the whole line of
battle on the currency question.
The purpose of the bankers is this:
To strike with all their power for a
law that shall put out of existence,
once for all, the entire issue of United
States notes known as greenbacks.
The plea which they will make will
be the highly patriotic plea that this
action is necessary to rescue the
treasury from its perilous position
and establish the nation's finances on
a firm basis. The plea will be a false
one, the patriotic profession will be
delusive and the result of the action
proposed will be a far-reaching disas-
ter, whose ultimate consequences are
incalculable.—New York Voice.
Prosperity in Tennessee.
The bank of Shelby, Tenn., failed
to open its doors on Aug. 13. The con-
dition of the bank is thus stated:
Liabilities, $107,000; assets, $137,000, of
which only $56 is cash on hand. The
amount due depositors is about $95,-
000. The capital stock is $100,000, of
which one-third is paid up. This is
one of the banks that Mr. Cleveland
and the bank combines think ought
to issue the currency of the country.
• The Kansas Korn Knife, an 8-page,
red hot reform paper, will be sent you
until January 1, W, for 25 cents. Try
it. Address Korn Knife, Garnet, Kan.
SSPtt 12, 1895
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thought I should
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Park, Milton. The Southern Mercury. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 12, 1894, newspaper, September 12, 1894; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth185624/m1/2/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .