Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1867-12-20

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DO ala: proposes TO 90 on rs face. He De-
iisyed il would make Obsolete any qeosiioi
a. TO the impregnability OF the public faith
Z, vsuid silence the demsEl-ues who prst,
ae5gt one currency iar b5udho!ders and q
cheaper one for pensioners and day labor
er- Il would ex,ingui-b the fear which
deprecated papsr money he-e-s Of an ul.i-
mate bas,ardy and disgwau..a- by Is OWL
progenitors. 1t would put the real capital
Of the country permanently az work. Il
wJuli make our National Banks really m
ti5n4l. and DO longer perverted to private
speculati9ns and mos, important, it would
at once reduce Glyelnmcu- Expenditures,
largely reduce tlxl,i1a, and ty increasing
the productive power ol the country, add
untold millions % the national wealth
If. said Mr. Morrill,, So we would rein
state the dropping energies Of our people.
aud enable them to pay taxes easily, le; Us
give them sound currency. Failing in
t-is, We shall fall short. attemp. what We
may. within the las two years We have
SURRENDERED internal taxes which might
have yielded, had they RIOS been repealed,
eI95 con OoO ~ ,-.-, ,,..- t.Ir.f al ~.
c''tc'eu 10 Ioo2' OF sh'ui9 uhltr eA.s'inS
lave in 1865. This should ie counted as
s,rne relief AMI v-bst %, ,-,. is -,.--ih'. r,u.r
-
ho" oe granted
The first thing 70 be done, ia bis opini0a
vras ~ zbs-rlv c,rt,il an .,,vornrc,- fv.
Peh1l'uitS- lnIs ne thoI-nt eouIu "e sa'c
ly done IN almost every direction this would
at once r,d,cs .avat,o,, and -b, recs..srv
i''en"e ''"'u DC o''-l''' '''N I''' " 1'@-
en- articles.
Next the currency necE.I attention. Fie
did ,,,., -,-,,.,., .. -.t,-. .-. i.-.I ,,r.lo,.
currency WIN Hle'cii'ss ~ ''l '' I''-l
90 par. and quietly rctil. i- ..h.H u1 Ing
o, nsoful II mich, r.,...-.. sam. ,...-. IN
uo 'Hi' 'o.H l.-1.-.f "u- "''' q. WIS -'i-N
L Tar value, che great c.'' 1' j. l.. ..
o~,-c -ne. I It the c,B-r-- t,.. ..,. -..-
g D., .
D'' 0' -N' f''
do this, and 1t would S-aiIh. fHl "ati5
adjust itself 20 the NOW Hll.r Of things
H., .,,, s..,,.;..-, ... .,.-. i...l f,.1.l,-
and thai suhciehuy remote t' maze All
necessary adjustments for irs c1mia-. Oh
which .rs.is ravrent. .H.,il f.. renewed
itf .NFtlIl - AaAAaai sac 10.
..,.. r.--.t;-r, a. H.. r.....- - --..rI d..
''l' '-' ..e'ion; l7 'lt I.'l I'd "'u'- ne
o'.''t to' si'--' j., i,.'.'
l..-..I ''1.' 6. ;-.
,5 ~ L- .ii-
-, ~ ~ 49, ,,,,r s.---r -.-,;e.3 -,.,,,
~, H. ,,ss ~, a.. .,.r mn.
yIl be- swag,d s. q. .. r.-8 czeh,e,e
ae-iost rs. On H.. other hand 1ur exusr.s
have rl--iy been a.. q, uio-,. f.rlrpi.iu- c,ndi-
non Ou- ,xr..r-. t.,. ,f., f,,r ,r,rtb. rre-
cse9ir., Ango-t ri lSG7. in currency value
were $40. .72S. .26I. o-at tic rate of Si37.-
1e5 coo ,.- .,,.r...,
n, - -. s....-
d.f.i.-tly If ,al5 ri, r,..5 Is sst fr.g
-. ~ o. e.. -.
-. iii t.s f.,,.,5 n, I....- eioo 0n0 000
-
A,ra,- mill Tl To- f.tt...+.... frH- r.at.a-
st-II -. -, L.; -. .. ....l. - c,sb
- ;, NJ. - ~. ,... 80 d..
s4I.d .qGo 0o0 Ooo NJ ....-.'...l MI onr-
- 80. s-co non ,on nd -, 49,
-; - ad,;,S 5000 r0e cpn ~ r-,,,,d
Sfs,es no,es ,nat'rg in .Ii.s crrrcncy in
-. g., - 81 00o 600 coo S.,-rIr ,}.ere
- 49,. ~, - 80, t,,,.,,,, mat We shall
~, - t,ra ,'y' ce 80 r"5 anoucb
"', nav ga, 1.Iy ~ -l.. .t-,.l3 t,..-
q, Iond a literal supplv of COIN. In round
-, y'+n,beTs the Government .e> now cS2. 600
0O0 o. gold. while its own deulrd paper
al, o,nnnrts m over $50 900 600 IL is
dang a banking busin,s, ~ gigfuuc
scale ana 10 inal''eii we y, u, i'.,-rs
iyF 'ircula'loh ~, II niul' ''' S-.'u1 ~
oi specie Ire i',"H ''i'' r--,i ~
s,rons IN com ouu '''e -.
also sus'alh'i .i '"I .,,'I'. 80. 80.
am l,oF II ls7u.7 ,.la 10 % o',i,s WV, ,., I has
Ieethleu Df Si''ei VI" 10