Show SECRETARY JOHN G CARLISLE said in 1878 according to my view of the subject the conspiracy which seems to have been formed here and in europe to destroy by legislation and otherwise from three sevenths to one half the metallic money of the world Is the most gigantic crime of this or any other age the consummation of such a scheme would ultimately entail more misery upon the human race than all the wars pestilence and famine that ever occurred in the history of the world the absolute and instantaneous destruction of half the movable property of the world including horses ships railroads and all other appliances for carrying on commerce while it would be felt more sensibly at the moment would not produce anything like the prolonged distress and disorganization of society that must inevitably result from the permanent annihilation of one half of the metallic money of the world |