New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-03-25

IMPLEMENT.
not carry the Government. did lamented Sumner
and others OF his associates yield their consent Why
ssn 'a Urged SaSe SsH s
deemed the promises Issued as money under the
Of war Every nation without exception, that has ever
las re%fSsd s5Tous nsioas s.. p.
ruptcy. They dreaded Leaf TIE g'prlous TOT
the temper which thepeope would have given prop
erty life. all but honor to the cause tor which they
fought. They dreaded such failure whom the stern.
hard duties Of restoring the losses OF the war should
have come upon US
A NATIONAL TRUST. .,
Yet, knowing that kingdoms and empires had thus
failed that every other nation that had ever Issued
PROMISES in the place OF dollars OF other coined
money had failed 70 redeem them knowing tho dan
gers they yet trusted free people and believed that
We should prove exception and that in this as In
other ways we shoud becOnne example and feader
among, the nations. ShaH We prove false to
THIS hlgh faith are We TO- u, ,g shsI
ana them Are we 70 dsnonor tno aeao tho ns
ton, prove ts rnni The ignorant the deprared and
ss % asdea zen the sp ab s @ the
people poured lavshy into their hands TO the
honest ana true %, uss pd
dhouered the great men by whose acts the nation was
saved and have converted THIS lesaltender promise
BY It's continued and enforced use they pick The
pockets OF the people and steal from the aD0rer por-
ton of the fruit of his abor making Bim no return
some honest but ignorant legislators have undertaken
70 rebuke those cali the greenbsck lie. and have
tried TO hold them up puDc scorn because they say
obioquy one OF the great war INSTRUMENTS
by which the nation was saved We honor the sword
and tho rifle which soldiers used, when laid away
trophies but IL they had been placed ~ the hands OF
high when their righteous work had ended, an
had been used by rob the road should we
still cherish and value the weapons even OF our henored
dead . 'lr. f.I. .fr1f. ~, ,,.-.-.g., -.
These men who put the gree nbacks into use that
had paid and Withdrawn have done an act as base
they have converted the righteous weapons OF we war
into tho implements OF rODD6ry anu oppFoSsOn'
charge NOT had motives many men, there are not
thank God. who put ON the livery OF heaven
the devil In. but iguorance and weakness are
more dangerous than wrong intent. When even an
honest but hopelessly incapable secretary or the
Treasury to be only tho dice-box with which
your Buffers, Sanbona. and Jaynes throw loaded
dice In the gambling game to which q false ana
dishonOrod currency and bad revenue system
have brought all our commerce., u IL time Indeed
unless you take right action. condone no fraud
tolerate no tamperlng with the currency Tell congress-
least reenact limit of the currency, and take
from tho Secretary OF the Treasury the power 10 pay
fast and loose with the great exchanges OF tne
measured they are IN thousands OF nltfions Iase
away this unlawful assumption. which puts IL IN tne
mar the fortunes VI thousands. Demand TINS In the
name OF the consumers or all the products exchanged
upon whom this tampering with the currency mnicto
the heaviest tax OF any now Imposed upon theui
..T THE MAIN QURsTIoS-KEEP FAITH.
Let TO say those in Congress, who mean we'll
but know not how to act were welindeed you could
act quickly suffering because the standard OF
value which you continue to impose upon us Is false
measure but act only to make the promise good and
keep faith of those who trusted YOU you act
at ALL II you cannot act rightly now-if you must first
to your constituents how they arr deceived-how
they deceive themselves aud deceive you, then,
at least be true enough not yet 10 act
at ALL The heart Of this people is true ana honest-i
beats for right and honor AS the people slowly but
surely learned that freedom was national aud slavery
sectional" SO viii they surely find out that dis
honored promise ID bad money and ley VIII hoid those
legislators stern account who have failed III their
duty in this emergency because they dared not trust
and wait. firm in the CONVICTION that truth is migher
than falsehood. We need not perpleX ourselves with
elaborate plans aud cunning devices; honest pur
pose and fixed determination will be sure guides.
Make the gYeenback OF to-day only tho Same as the
irst issued-not even quite as good, because our
credit is better make 1t truly the same implement OF
d tSa MAKE r. as the grsensacks when
first issued the Will OF the holder-not into
date in the not distant future when it shall cease to be
legal tender; then you will have kept the promised
p syeT viii I'I pour in apon YOU because here will
be the most profitable place for us use then those
mand FOR the i've per cent bonds OF the nstioneven
now at par In goodwill command a large premium on
Inc NAV be removed; resumption will take care of it
self and the wheels commerce and profitable Industry
The whole secret Of finance, the simple mystery, is
ability e and 'P be ras to the dead and the living This
aud this alone, will make the country . .
Gocd great and Joyous. beautiful and free,
This IS alOne-iis. joy empire and victory"
SECRETARY RICHARDSON'S ACT CoNDONED. .....
Since had written the substance OF what has gone
before the vote OF the House OF Representatives has
passed by which we shall become laughing stock,
worse among nations-equally with England and Ger
many who have enough to know that public in
tegrity and public inseparabie with Aus
tra, Italy and France, nations now struggling To throw
OFF the burden OF u false standard OF valne-while
our most potent, grave, ana reverend selgn-
ours either ignorant, or so utterly
void OF all public principle. as To reenact
and increase tho evil power OF q lie They may have
made the right and honest difficult by con-
doning an act which the Secretary or the Treasury
should have been impeached and not 1ustined But let
us take courage, ft0m the plumbers OF our oppo
nents-fOr blunder 1t is when either the fool or tue
and for committing 1t they should be brayed in
mortar. Let those who are only weak remember the
fate OF the recreant men from the North VINO
voted for the Missouri Compromise-let them
infamy or obscurity; let the knaves who know the
TRUTH but still fasehood cling remember that, from
day OF the old Hebrew prophet to the preseat mo-
ruent ne who has debased the standard OF valuc-he
who mas nposed false upon the peope-has
met fate of the Infamous This vote, which indicates
only Ignorance most weakness in Others but absolute
wrong intent In many of those who passed H. may not
DO disastrous. We must learn 10
" Hope TILL hope crestes,
From
The thing it conIempAtes."
We must organize the forces OF truth and righteous
We must the moral OF the uatOn which
failed to respond even TO the voices OF the
few and feeble who had Gods truth and justice be-
hind them the nation continues 10 exist
will 10 learn is needed and do it, cost what IL may
and hurt whom 10 will In the name OF truth, in the
of right In the name OF common selfluter
to organize that force which ought TO- and wills
include every honest man In the nation and smite hip
and thigh, each one high and low, who dares continue
TO enforce lie the only standard OF value In this
great nation.
THE NATION IMPROVEMENT