The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-02-19
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What is a dollar Where Isl defined?
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sary form? What were the circumstances
ofthe origin of the word incur business,
political legislative or legaI ifs2 In the
colonies our ansestoEs must hags brought
+. and employed the monetary units of Eng
land, which were poundsS- shIfiIngs, and
pence and when was the change made to
we viqrus Of dollars, as monetary units ofopfown val
ues Pat one period the costs and .feesin
must have been taxsd n Engish money
mead. why and when was it ordered that this
practice be discontinued p ssoeg 20 s2s'oa
AS the purity and identity '0fthe stream
SI3daA0 may be determined by examination ofthe
.sbegs yIeys fountain, 80 the question of the power Of
wsu MI az Congress to make a piece ef paper "a dol
,et1ntm09 liar "by impressing thereon certain words,
DO edl 81 symbols, and signatures, what Is, worse
compel e~iti9ensto -aceept1t as such, and
-Atalr in paYmenttor q real gold or silver dollar
may be satisfactorily DECIDED in the popu-
lar mind by answering the serieeof qnes-
WV - The term dollar is SAID to be of German
= derivation from othaler" but on that one
.YHW need not pause. 1t is7certainIy notEug-
lish or British, and we did not inherit II
YuW from the>conntry- which first fabricated
SO muchof our legislation. ~ A@
WV In July, 1855 the term frat appears in
the legislation of the Congress of thssGonv
yl7W federation, which enacted that the money
unit of the United States should "be one
YAH dollar" and > year later Iegislating for q
mintit said the money Of account should
4hW correspond with the coins established by
law.
A An IN the DOQy o u OOnSbllublOn II
term appears but once. and then on impo-
IHH Is sing a tax @not exceeding ten dollars for
ss, each person. tall 1905 on imported Afric-
YHW .ets cans. 70 what did the Constitution then
ssssa5, fAfer bg dollaT]aa coined dollar or a pa
YHW 'sgrpe 6oilar2l He7 90 s.tgeet zee seas sen seq
yHw ans6dnsaa. s xsiah S Is eea \ law suit.
30 preserves trial by Jury where SSthe value
YEW az ii Pcsentroysrsy shall exceed twenty dol
4lsiarssA vWhatakind of a dollar was there
XHW referred to p Could it be twepy paper doll
So lars not equal IN value, ItAmay be, to-
YuW taltwenty copper cents ? Was the standard
49, ofiury trial to be left tosthe Willsof Con
YA# gress to make sssytthipg q pleased a dol,
gEW :: The Congress Of the constitution dein-
=e, ed a. dollar on 2,-1792, in-the first
YIN vi law to establish a mint by prescribing the
81. coins to be made stheteina as gold eagles,
1HW- 1ls half eagles quarter eagles the eagle TO
asb be OF the value of ten dollars" and silver
YHW ~ dollars, half dollars, quarter dollars, and
~ tenth dollars, and copper cents, and halt
YHW cents. This law prescribedt the weight and
and fneness oethese gold and silver COINS
EHW - or. the basis of the. Spanish anfilled dollar
as the same Is now current" and the re-
wv Collation. of gold to. silver This was Jeiter7l
".seohss idea, and from that day to 1879 Con-
WV -tl gress never debased or diminished the real
intrinsic value Of the gold or silver dollar
YHW gaaofthe Constitution whatever may have
happened to SMALLER silver coins, The re-1
yHW bs Iation ofgofd to silver has changed from
-1ElstoI5tili il is now to lob and there
YItW esforeTtAe1donble standard was abandoned
by Congress February II, 1868. and gold
YaW a. alone adopted But there has been never
80 theless, homs1793t9 1SlS,sone steady hXaI
YHW I'D value Of our money unit which issa
YHW This Law pf-91873S declares That our unit
of yalueehallsbes aaons dollar gold coin
YHW sTspiece, which5ssaf 1.-THE srdara Weight shall
Be 25 BID grains Tor % 22-1001 grains of
YHW eppareigoldH which shall be a1egar tender
at their nominal xafne. ofoned dollar Whtn9
WV noDby4aaeo II dnokds below The mint toll
erence, and when so reduced. Their for a
YHW proprtionafvefue sSilver CONS being de-l
biased are only a1egai tender up tosfve5
YHW %doilars.S So here eur gold~dollar OF the
-GeasE4atien-4s=nctzdeb ,=but=ou sill
yer ia, as observation-disclosures q lsgali
tender exeeptforA smalEatnount. @What1
-absurdIty tothas pFohibitthesiIv dollar
and exalt lhe paper dollar to.ap equahtX1
WITHHOLD eal Hd0lhgLA& ~
We wish our shiDplaster friends who
vindicate the legal-tender decision of the
- suprenese eartTwhoTseek sbEngingr t4s
~ A pound atsrlng 81 England into tEne tela7l
ions with our dollar, and who resist specie
payments aud Democratic hard money,
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