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The Currency. No. 11. Justice is the first great principle of the prosperity of states; all laws ought, ..

... he enlisted on the side of Justice, else their empire becomes a curse instead of a blessing.” But are our monetary laws in accordance with this sound, this incontrovertible proposition ? Are they enlisted on the side of Justice? We unhesitatingly answer, that they are not. These laws are not only a disgrace to the general intelligence of the age, but an outrage upon common sense, and ...

Published: Saturday 08 August 1840
Newspaper: Chartist Circular
County: Lanarkshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 574 | Page: Page 1 | Tags: Commerce 

Wealth,

... There is no wealth but the labour of man. Were the mountains of gold and the valhes of silver, the world would not be one grain of corn the richer ; no one comfort would be added to the human race. In consequence of our consideration for the precious metals, one man is enabled to heap to himself luxuries at the expense of the necessaries of his neighbour; a system admirably fitted to produce ...

Published: Saturday 01 August 1840
Newspaper: Chartist Circular
County: Lanarkshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 888 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: Commerce