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Show "Die (ioldcii lira." Ijhhr Detent -Vcu In jour "(loldeu Kra" editorial tomo time since, you say, "Theru la no longer any quceHuM In Iho minds of tho carefully thoughtful, that silver Is doomed to comparative dliun, except for articles of utility or ornament." l'rom this opinion I big tn dissent. It Is true that tbu goldlte have for several hundred years tried by every cfTort, fair und unfair, legally nr Illegally, to keep thu white metal In thu list of merchantable commodities an I out of circulation an a measure of values, and they are ttlll engaged In the destructive work, uot only In foreign countries, but hero Iu thu United Btatea as well, that they will dually succeed Iu thu work so irslst ently engaged In I cannot believe, at liaat wlillu I retain confidence in thu good sense, honesty, patriotism aud loyalty to tho constitution of the American people Hun, under our constitution, gold an I silver aro recogulied as money, and from tho leglnnlng havo beeu treated aa such, uillll 1&7", when, under tho baneful liilluencu of dishonest dis-honest lolbylsla, the members uf Congress Con-gress pissed an act by which sliver waa delated, and lecnme meruly like wheat and corn and oilier articles ol trade, a commodity to be dealt In by broker aud honker. Ouo of tbu many duties devolving ou tbo Congress of tbu United Btstee le, that II shall by law pruvldu aoniu In-irumeut In-irumeut which ahall servo as n meat. ure of values. The Constitution glvos toCungrtssthu jiovter "lo coluiuune, regulile thu value thereof aud ul forelgu colli," and lurtl.i r, It hai thu power "bi make all laws lucumry und proper for tarrying Into vxecutiun the foregoing wwer." Asa meat u roof values It tuceitary In order to tarry on thu govi rnmonl, it therefore b-oume thu dulj cu Congress Con-gress tu 'cult money and rignlalu the vulue then or," Ibis duly wairtiog-nlzed wairtiog-nlzed and pruvl Ii d f C by Congress ul u sertlou In 170; more than a hundred hun-dred years agoPJ tbelawe-tablislilug a mint at l'lilladelpliia, uu I mithorla lug tbeeoluazu theru ul yQliiumltl icr intomoue). Bmce the first coin age by the mint which occurrid about tho first ol Jauuary, ITS both rold aud silver inooty havo beuu lonstltu-tlonal lonstltu-tlonal a Well nt lugal luouoj , u utll tlio white metal was debited In 1S7 1 by on uu of Conurm; thin act was In tho uatureef rebellion, as well osa oititio not only ngjliutthe Constitution, Lut nimliitl Its victims, tbu pooplo ut the Uulted Blatui, uu 1 was doubtln promptid by the money olinrka who aim touoiitroltheouuutr, Ihu sons of Israel who, Instead of murdering tin Ir young brother Joseph, pill him In a pit aud filially iolJ him io thelsiiuuullloifor twouiy iuues o tllvtr, were souitfUat dlflereul from the modern monsy grab! ers, lby w re eonlenllo receive silvst In ii or lor human tlesti and blooJ tut iin, mutt have contracts payable in "SJ4 oolu." riiito havu,ottenlhelrlrtli. run tho people In a I'll, and lliey can only tu reliaieU by the la) nam of gol t to the nndern Bnylocks. lSo proposlllon, Ilakell,esnbemore self et I lent than Ihu fact tbat the I rlcu of a commodity It regulated by thueupilyaiHilemiul for Iu In nil oountriis whtru oomtusico etlats, I rleta and labor are high when milley it abundant, an I luw Iu Its absence or wheu It Is scarce. Looking at thu vattlncreaseln population; popu-lation; ol Uij K"l lucresw uf busl-ue-a growing ou. of such lii-r ate in population of tlio Culled Hlslis, and in view uf the fact that sucli tncriaseuf Imputation and business ut Iho country demanded au Increase tn the amount of money In circulation, It Is wonderful wonder-ful beyond conception that therein-seutatlves therein-seutatlves uf the I eoj le should enact a law which, Iu lis etlecti, was bound to dliulnl.li the nmotiut uf money, nt n time, too, when It should have bleu Increased In-creased rather than diminished, I he situation In this country Is such lhat something must be done, or sumo day, unless silver shall be lemoiietlz d thu situation will lecoiue deplorable aud u financial revolution will enuu aud th it day may not be viry distant. rile ru are several things lhat might to done tu avert the threaloued calamity, cala-mity, but the most desirable and Iru-I Iru-I orient thing to do It thu free coinage uf silver, unlimited In amount; but such silver only at ahall be presct-ted by the owner for coinage. riioKev-erumeut riioKev-erumeut ought uot t buy, but merely coin aul luaku legal (enters uf gold an I silver. If It should lion en tint ownen nt such bullion wiuld not er could not Oder for coinage suftlelrlit Iu amount to furnish adequate money tor clicula-lion, clicula-lion, then tho deficit thtuld loeil- lied by the Issue of government pi er, greenbacks If you ploaso to call ihem, not based upon deposits of bullion, but UHn thu tuitti of thu greatest republic uu e lib. Venn, eti , IImhm V, Johnson, |
