The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1869-11-18
THE STATESMAN ON LEGAL TENDERS.

The Statesman of the 10th contains an article on
the decision of the United States Supreme Court In
the Confederate States noecontract case, which, nad
i. appeared in Democratic journal several years
400 wonld have drawn down upon the writer the
naledctions of all men claiming to be truly loyal and
which would have been the quintessence of disloyay
and subjected the utterer of such sentiments TO the
wholesale denuncations of the loyal press through
out the length and breadth of the land. Our cotem-
porary acting on the maxim, coming events cast
their shadows before concurs beforehand in the cor
rectness of decision which the guilty conscience OF
the Radical party f it has any tells them is bound
to be rendered upon the constutonalty of that in
famous Act of Radical Congress making shinplaster
promises of the Government Legal Tender in pay
ment of all debts public or private. Our cotempo-
rary not only anticipates such decision put ad'o-
Gates beforehand the justice of it, and says, "such
decision is just what is needed to bring US back 10
recognition Of the true law OF contracts that there
is but one acknowledged measure of valaes-gold;
that .the law, which is the consent OF mankind,
which has established the measure OF value is more
powerful more memorable than the Act OF any Con-
gress any Parliament and any different rule can
only be temporarily enforced at the point of the bay
onet;' also, in winding up this strange and unex-
pected article lie says land shall We. after all,
come to 4 clearer understanding of the authority and
the power of Congress in the matter and also OF that
other law higher than acts of Congress- or constltu
tons, which is the law of contracts
1t is useless for to say are astonished at this
article in the StdicSAca; dumbfounded. taken
by storm, and perfectly bcwildered. How any Radi-
cal paper having a due regard for the propagation OF
Radical ideas and RAsical principles SO tar forget
its party allegiance as to boldly put on Democratic
harness and advocate that which II has Denounced AS
reasonable utterances OF tho Democratic press for
several Years past, We cannot imagine lie says The
contradictory decisions Of pary-bInd or pEeJud''a
Courts have confused the public iLnd and unsettled
peoples ideas concerning right and wrong HE
decisions rendered by Democratic Judges. as 10 the
constitutionaty OF the Legal Tender Act o! Con-
gress are admitted by cotcpar4ry u be correct
and to be sound not o.ly III law bur IN morals Con-
sequently such decisions did not either confuse Tie
public mind or unsctte their ideas concerning right
or wrong. Such confusion OF ideas ana unsettled
state Of mind must consequently have been the re-
suit Of the action OF party blind and rcudcel Rad
zeal judges whose ?4.kan zeal and excess .: loyalty
led them to render decisions contrary To l." aud 20
morals il the interests OF party and IL f!o!~A' 81
1.-The true law OF contracts"
Judge Sha~sw5ol's decision in The Supreme Court
Of Pennsylvania a5oat ;-cc Years ago. thu. green.
backs legal tender in payment If ta1c> N
that State elected cxcyucla;ing howl from the Rad
ical press all over the country. IL was held up to
the scorn and dc;e-;-.on II al lot4! men rquailes
in treason only BY Bcncdct Arnold. AM surpassed III
;-cachery only by Judas lsCavto; lhr california SUI
prcluc Court. after rendering It's decision IN IT, case
Of Perry vs. Washburu the - Gal. Reps, wcrr de-
nounced in almost equally unmeasurcl terms. AHi al
cgo,s:ical backwoods rciagogur who. hy favor o!'Ac
late laner;cI. occupied position on the Supreme
Bench Of this Territory had the iomer.'y Ia rrf.ew
that decision which VAS written hy Judge Flsi, AMI
place himself on record dissenting from not only
the argualcn: but The conclusions therein reach IL
oar contemporary his ughc.d all these outrageous DO
cs!ons of Radical Judges ana. il uumrasarel terms
denounced IS traitors those Democrats who would
not and could not cad rsc such infamous political
aud partzau dcC'siugls Achange. however. has been
wrought in has opinions and It i a~a: Us - Apo"
| that this chang" is tor the h"ttar.