The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-03-04

gold and silver have never been re-
pealed. There were then two des-
criptions of Smouav fNuse 1t the time
the ten der hnd@ @x c9nsiaeiatioll was
made, both authprized by law. and
both made legal fenderjin payments.
The general dend dninatieh of both de-
scriptio1fs-&as dollars bat~tlsey
were essentially unlike in nature. The
coined dollar was, as we have seen, a
piece of gold or silver of prescribed
degree of pprsf geighing a prescribe
ed number of grains the note dollar
was q. promise to pay coin dollar,
but It was not promise to pay on de-
mand; nor at any fixed time, norgwas
it, in fact, convertible into a coin ldol-i
lar. 1t was iapossible,in the nature
of things thatlthesetWod Wodollarsshouldi
tbe the actual equivalent of each other,
nor was there anything in the curren-
icy acts purporting TO H1akesthefil saleh.
Nor is the one an equivalent of the.
other.1TG yiHnaias aTed uox iiiau f,,I
Iq The FhccurreneytactsathenIselyes pro-
vide for payment IN coin. Duties son
imports mrstcbe paid1in eoial,l and in
EterestionFthe9p public debt, ihsthe saba
sence of other express provisions,
must be paid in coin; and 1T hardly
requires argument to prove that. this
positive requirement. ncannOt be hfulr
filled If contracts between indiyiduals
to pay coin dollars can be satisfied by
offers to pay nominal equivalent in
note dollars. 1Thesmerehant who is to
pay duties in coin must contract for
the! coin Whiciihe requires. The bank
which receives tl1eo coina ON deposit
contracts to repay sthe coin gonTde-
mandT yigHeIts we'd .sE1I 1ssii ~
Idi After illustrating the argument fur
bthery the Chief Justice held thatsiexs-
press contracts topay coin dollars can
only be paid in eoiii dollars, and that
therefore the decree fino the Court Gbe=
low directing satisfaction of the mort
gage in thes case under consideration
is erroneous5 The deereelmhst there
fore be reversed. ioe sms5 .qst ,qs3 ,qa1
EI9 Mrs Justice Davis q and Justice
IlSwaynG oasseated, the FORMER hoW-
ever, with some apparent Limitation
to contracts made sbefore the Legal
Tender Act of February a5, 1S629raMr.
Justice Miller dissented. -ssso Il
lra tHe4-T7f-r1z- -7-Tzrfy sTE
a., Valuable Information.
[,o The pard8n of Sanford Conoyer by
President johnson is based upon the
Representations, Of the Hon. A. S, Rid
3 die and Of Judge Holt, that, without
solicitation and in, the, interests of
truth, Conoyer gave valuable informs
| Itiour to the Government in the late tri-
[al of John H. lSurratt,i Despite the
scores of perjuries he has confessedly
committed, his information il, ;anoth-
er Government trial must have been
exceedingly valuable, Having already
helped to swear away the life of Mrs.
Surratt, and after attempting the same
performance upon Jefferson Davis,
Judge n. Sanders. G, G. Clay and
others, it seems that he was ready to
and did lend his valuable evidence in
tho John H. .Surratt case. The Gov
ernment received the statements of the
convicted perjwer,4 and actually gave
him his liberty, for them Excellent
Government and truthful Conoyer!T
Judge Holt, still stands .bE his ;protege,
and probably believes that he has
been an az ne exceedingly 9f iill=used man, He
ought to be permanently attached to
the, Judge7advocate's Bureau. 1t may
be safely said that ConoVer is admira-
bly, capable not only, of assisting the
PGoyernment in the Surratt trial, but
in any other where it wants a swift
and willing witness; ;,a;,;5...s ..., -, .
Forney as a 'Carpet-bagger, buJ
john Wt3Ferheglhss tgonetoaN North.
Carolina and purchased alfaHns there
pretendedly. to raise corn and potatoes
! but tfeallB to raisesthe devil in ia small
way among the reconstructed bylrRnr
ningfasna Senatorial candidate against
one efthe earpetohaggers whose l"ternI
of office" soon expires. He will be o
sort qofubiquitohs person-living re-
Eally in Philadelphia, and owning the
Press and TtheT Chronicle here Ie-zbut
| claiming to berfor electoral perpeses a.
citizen of North Carelina.u Ishave
EneverIhad o egreato dead, of ,admilation
| for-Johlb W., ,gbuthefis bamaRof talent
and ability. .andriasqs 9 searpet-bagget
would DE aIsueeessd and "a great im-o
proyemeflt anthe averageEel;stt ttlttiat cias5
of miscreants. 1t is worth oWhile sto.
mention, inl this connection, that tire
carpet-baggers from all the Southern
States are becoming alarmed, for, the
safety of their seats in Congress. The
field seems ain inviting one to great
many, and IhearY Of several contem-
plated emigrations With an beye to
:
Congressional n 1lonors. Sin asnation o.
of blind men a'onereged man man may be-
a kipggspsssay Rousseau when Fhe tells
howihe, with very slight musical at
tainmepts, found commpnityl nm where
lie could fignre as a .es.eelhe teacher ef the, di7
xine art. So uin3afcommpnity of, carr
pet-baggers, a, man who elsewhere
could not be elected to a City Council,
may make great pretensions ofstates-
m,anship and official fitpessr MAcK;S
ko Igais1 worthys6fi remafk that the
Buewspapers in spcoantfy which ap-
rprosedzof the fevomtfonii1 SpaiiIatid
the overthrow of the Queen also pre-
tend9to endorse the revelation in gu-4
ba, bahd both lon1tfle ground that the
I,rcyolationistsSoa re assI, ,iberaIs!l The