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Show GOLD AND SILVER. A year or two ao firoautuukd gold waa tiie i.ramcunt financial topic. Now the main question is tho pmpoaitiuti to rolord tho atlvor dollar t) itd old pla':o in our monetary hje-tam, hje-tam, whioli waa that of A leal tender ten-der to any amount, equally with gold, fur some reinon, never fully explained, ex-plained, conyicas soon nfttr the war, in a aurreptitiooa mauler dejtroyfd thia uionwy power of the ailvor dollar, mutiny nold coin alone a leal tender ten-der tor all debit), public nuil private It ia easy to sou that thia change- vtit brought ubout in, tho iuterost of creditors, cred-itors, nod was adverao to tho debtor interest. Silver being more plentiful and.-ooenper than gold, cannot be monopolized" in a few lnnds like gold, and whan the balance of trade ia f against tho United btutos cannot profitably bo shipped to London and other European financial ceutres. Through tho control of the gold market tho Loudon bankers have been enabled to handle tha finances of tho world, rendering every other civilized nation tributary to Englandi Senator Jouca' great speeches on the silver question brought to the public consideration a vast amount of historical his-torical and current information in rfgard to tho 'usea ol the precious moUla as money, the relative value ol gold and silver, and tho e fleets of thoir use, combined or iepar ately, ou the civilization and prosperity pros-perity of diflerent nations at various periods. Hid argument tended to elucidate and enforce hU proposition, that the demonetization of &iWer by tho Uuited Stated created a disturb- unco iu our monetary system, un- j settled our ancient financial maehin- ; ery and methods, and brought this j country into ft state of dependence ; upou tho European gold monopolists, j Taken in connection with tho recent legislation to restore specie (gold) payments, by the government at an early date, and the necessary destruction destruc-tion of tho greenbaek currency to promote thia object, the statements and theories of Senator Jouca attracted at-tracted wide and generally favorable consideration. Since- the delivery of his first speech ou tho eilvor question the financial condition and businesi of the country have not materially improved, and as wo approach nearer tho day fixed for resumption, which means tho withdrawal of over three buudred million dollars of the circulating circu-lating medium and the hoarding of the gold that the paper represents in private cotlors subjoet to European dralt, and to enhance the money moiK'iioly m tho Ir.n.id of the tew, there is a general p.irahiU iu all branches of ir.v.'.e au',1 commerce. Tho business woild pauses ou the verge of wlnt may be rcgudsd an impending crisis. sensitive are capital 3n.I credit to linancial iktc-tuations iktc-tuations that few intiliigent tuisiuess men loot for any mimouiaio ;avorao;e change until the jjoveuimeiit policy U definitely settled. It id a sad state of auVirs when all private business relations aru so intimately dependent upon political or government considerations con-siderations as they arc now in the United s;atte Eraetical'y, gold reaL;m;:ou in January, 1S70, ia rcjanie.l ac- i:n-posib'.e, i:n-posib'.e, without widespread disiater. We areto'.d by the leading d-ii'.y or:;-.n Of there; ubliean pirty in X--.t Yer'.r. that the buiineis interests re;e::t t!:j lightest tendency towards sddit:-::al Kvislation looking to the f;:'fi: nent of tho resumption a:t, at:d are exceedingly ex-ceedingly sensitive as regard the manipulation ma-nipulation of the finances by tiie secretary sec-retary ot the treasury for this purpose. Now, to lurther complicate the .situ ation, it is reported tr.it I'reside:;'-Hayes, I'reside:;'-Hayes, who carried Ohio in 167-3 and 170 on thcsp:cie rcsump:;.:: ti:ccry, h.is joined the ranks ol t.;e silver men, and in this respect L-ai::a;-".Li:zvd by Secretary Sherman. U would be j uncharitable to accept the sn.-:v.:on that this avowal by the president has been uwdo with a vil-w to i:i c-iluctj up(-n curtain wei-tem cle';tionu thisi fall, fur it must ho said that lie has exhibited an indi.-p';iidc-uce of parly control, especially in tho cjiiception, detfcriimulitjti an I enforcement of a southern policy, which wan quite un-exicted un-exicted and ri;fr.:,!ii:!. If tho report re-port be true, th.it b;: ha-i actually joined the ranks of tho silver men, the fiut is a gratifying ono to all those individuals who are dei-iroui that an inde,cnd-ut American finan cial Myatern ahall b.j e-tabii.-iht-d in the , United S'.ite.i, which hhall mainly respect ti'.y buMurw interesta of tiiin country, without upeial regard to tho money monopolies of Europe, or their allies in America. We observe that the New York Times sharply attacks the poiition attiibuted to President lfaye.4, and sayj that unless ho is misrepresGiikd "he is prepared to make concessions to one of the most foolish and most dishonest financial finan-cial theories of our times." In tho meantime, however, there arc numerous nu-merous indications that a great many independent thinkers aro carefully-investigating carefully-investigating this tubject iu all its pha:s, and that sen no intellisronl diicioiun ia likely tu b reached, which tho next congress will embody in I legislation for the public benefit. |