“The demonetizing of silver, as was done by act of Congress,...is a part
of this same scheme, taken in connection with issuing of foreign gold
bonds, to get the country destitute of specie, and in that condition
force specie payments, and thereby create a sweeping transfer of the
people’s property to a moneyed few, in the same manner as was done
in England, and to establish the same condition of things here as
there, to wit: a noble few to own the country and rule it, and a
vassalage to perform the work. If this is the destiny intended for us
by the founders of our Government, I have labored under a great
mistake all my life.”