500 THE IMPENDING REVOLUTION. 



issue all the money in circulation among the people, 

 whether it is based on gold and silver, or whether it be 

 national currency, called greenbacks, or both, and that the 

 suggestion that it is necessary to do this through the 

 agency of the national banks, or any other combination of 

 speculators, is an assumption that the people are too ignor- 

 ant to detect such a palpable fraud. 



"Resolved, That the present depression of business, 

 falling prices, growing discontent, labor strikes, and suffer- 

 ing among the masses, is the result of contraction, produced 

 by legislation for the benefit of monopolies, and that a 

 remedy for this intolerable evil is more important than all 

 other questions demanding the attention of Congress and 

 the administration. 



"Resolved, That this convention is in favor of the 

 passage of a law whereby both gold and silver may be 

 deposited with the government and coin certificates issued 

 therefor, according to their standard value, as now estab- 

 lished by law, and that coin certificates and national 

 currency, commonly called greenbacks, be made the only 

 money in circulation, except such a limited amount of 

 subsidiary coin, as may be required to make change, and 

 that Congress fix by law what amount of money per 

 capita shall be in circulation, and under no circumstances 

 allow the amount so fixed to be reduced, and whenever 

 C9in certificates are insufficient to keep the requisite 

 amount of money in circulation, greenbacks be issued to 

 make up the deficiency." W. M. STEWART. 



The views of Senator Stewart as embraced in the 

 above resolutions are pertinent to the subject, and emanate 

 from one who, having thoroughly investigated the matter, 

 has the honesty and manhood to maintain his position. 

 We give below an account of an interview which a repre- 

 sentative of the Washington Gazette had with the Senator. 



