, 1875-11-26
TIE CURRENCY.


WANTED; A PROCLAMATION.
In fhe Editor of ihe Chicago Tribune:
LEXINGTON, ILL.,. Nov. 23.-Tho financial H.
erat1'ie Of tho country Is becoming bulky, big
blatant. and bountiful. Tho prcss daily teoml
With fierce aud fiery fuiminatlonn on finance.
fiIed with fugsclous food fos fooTe. Tho plant
proposed whereby tho rapet-doi'ar may bo made
to appreciate In value to tho gold-hsandArd are
manifold. multifor1n, varione, and many but
nouo OF them. 40 far ~ hayo scon. protond ID
aettto the question. What the country wants ia
to havo tho matter settled definitely, cergaIuIy,
Aud Tor ali ti,,o to como. Il docn no good to
Arguo tho question. No havo done that for flva
years, and nro now Just whcro wc started. All
tho orators sud l'aryonno flnancicfs In tho coun.
Try. from hfasno to tho aureatcd sanda Of tho
rlactlc. may veil and yawp until doomsdAy, and
will not be able to unite upon my policy. II Is
usscsa to toll sensible people that groom
bnck-dollhr ia not monoy. Il IL money ~
much as gold or silver. by vlrtuo Of
tho LegAl-Tcndor act, because We arc compelled
to take it. wiling or unwilling; but1 haro OH
served that all my scIuantauces receive II with
amazing oagerEeas, aud without montkl reseryk-
ton. ! lavo yet to heas of The first man being
nssnasinAtcd for oGorsog Government rnss In
exchange for spirits Of frumenti, OF Any other
commodity.
Since wo arc torcod by law to recognize tho
fact that grcenbacAs are money, all that remans
to be dono Ia order 10 revive dropping trade,
sickly manufactures, aud inspire With confidence
In onr monoy oil tim.d eouls Ia to make our cul-
rouoy - good rs gold. How shall We do III
by arguing pro aud con No. By resumption
No, by tho passage Of bills in Congrcss7 No.
BY taking tue question out OF politics and Con-
.jV1+,f tt&n1 shatn ~ nf
tho country under tho control Of the Executive
Head OF the Government Yes. And what
comes after that7 Tao President Of the Unilei
Stdtes must tssuc proclamation. A proclAmA-
a flash Of lightning. Il 1t not matter Of his
tory that tho, Slavery question WAS agitated
and dragged through the ccsspool Of politics, In
this country, for soyenty.ave years, and
dtenched tue land with blood until 1t aickened
with tho gorge, and was mover settled until Lin
coin, Of blessed memory, dipped his pen In
En- ancpation Ink. md wrote lis famous Proc
lamattou How worltuRuion would rojoico
how manufactures would opon and I'LL tha na-
ton with tho hum Of industry how the blood
of commerce would rush through the great AZ
teriea Of trade;
How the spinner would spin;
How tbe cott0u-gn would g!n:
Oh how forty millions Of people would rejoico+
aud send up peans Of praise, and drink cocktails
and shosry-cobblcra how the great national
pulse would shrib and throb in ecstasy ut seeinE,
most any morning. this riuter In tho netropol-
ltan papers, the following:
ny the Prts,dtnt II tht Unfrtd 5.atcs-A pRoo,AaA-
11os.-I, Ulysses 8. Grant, President Of Tho United
States. " virtue Of tho powcr and authority ID no
yested hy tho Constitution Of tho United 8tafs upon
c1ixensy nsses:y
llank dollar shall, within Ill of The Unitei
sten. he, estimated. and esteemed 10 Of tho valuo
u one dosF o. one hundred ccnts or twenty nictsia