, 1875-10-30
THE CURRENCY.
THE OLD TRuHK IN THE ohRRET.

THE OLD TRuHK IN THE daRReT.
10 he Editor ef RI. t'hlraIo 7ri6uar:
CmtrA 10, Oct. 2a.-1 WRIT to tell st"rT NM
,nnks comment wl,,cl, mny io OF ron'o small
uso Ii, our fight for hnncrt money. When "as
boz. I used 10 play now and ttlcn tn rambling
old enrret in my graufathcr>s house. wa'oro. hs
In nil nnct houses, everything was etorca thAt
vas OF no earthly uso any foEscr, h1't WHICH Was.
for that teason suppose OF tho groatcst posst-
b,e intorest for boz Of my years. Among OH
ee tt,nos, ren,cmtor found. ono dhy, an olu
.r,,,u .r,n,rcI f,, Of Continental money tlat
,,, ,t.rtIf.,hcr bad tal.e,, In tho ticB whom lo
la,t IN take that or nothing. He whs
csrriage- -n,anufactnrer, and wel-to.t!o, toF
la owned sotue laud wherc Tho Nayy-farti
oS stands In brooklyn. III which city he did his
work, and died, nn1 was burle1 THIS money,
Ike tho rest OF the old trsps, was of no eArth,v
uHo except TO sell for old paper, and OF far less
,,so than an equal weight of old newspapers OF
tia. time would DO now but tho old man had
boon compelled 10 take II. ih his day. for his best
work in wood and iron. and. for 1autl which IL
now OF Immense yalno had exchanged ns mich
Of It as anybody would take for such things as
he wantod and thon had soon tho rcmaindot
puss away into nero rags which had 70 bo stored
iu tho old garrct, to bo ttmbed out at last and
eold II II WAS sold, fur about cent ro9nu,--
and you ,yero lucky II you got TINT for this sort
:
of rubbish.
Now ain In business and, an have thought
about this ontcrv for moro paper. have found
| mveelf wondering what Will como of It II the
tu1at;onistB got their own way, and print NJ
mauy Of these legal lies rs they havo o mind
| to and whether lay grandchildren viii not iad
in Iy old garret what found in my ygraudiather g.
- tsuukful Of tying PROMISES to pay dollar
that never will bo redeemed whlle tue world
stantia. ,-,
| which bocan,o 80 worthless in courae Of time AZ
| IN thom thoy wcro 90 many tokens OF tho tor
rlblo struggle, through which we had 70 psss TO
freedom. and n now nation, aud s1eY
signed as IT. wore: .a., Tth 1,, se people t ta
| hayo boon issued. Dnt tlsey did not ropreeont
any other earning or prlce than this Of liberty
aud new nation. 1heso mover was buat'ol l,st ot
wheat behind the dollar. or Tue tenth part of ~
! graina OF gold; and. Wills tho naslon might
haye redeemed tLom by thu ilsno NO got 90 much
| ruoney Ia tho Treasury TINT We had to distribute
largo sum back to tic States the htmPlo II 1ae.
IL. tic nation did not and would not do r.. Iho'
rapud!atel tho It'd prcmts0 70 pay, hno 4es tne
wilulo thing go.
in lilo War wa Iayo passed through, sgaln ~
had 10 adopt tho old plan Of promises 1ol
worry much tho aa1na Fenson to mako dohar,
Would bring. because no could not help our'
| selves Ill any other way. It did not rep
resent q tlls},ol Of whoas at et. q
tue tenth rnrt Of 23a grains Of coined gold. O
any real value beyond TINT Of n National exlat
ouco, vhlcl, was, to DO eurc, tho hlzheBt dolls
: eau boar III our sense but yesterday wo Eopuat
eted again to almost tho uacasure OF 10 coats 0
} this p1onlso.so-pay. because ~ yes wo aro no
toady ~ wo think, to mike our papor good.
Wet now, II we 70 TO work to mako moro IN
, | per What shall We do With it i? We must citing
, make it rspresont the honcst worth Of dolln
III whcst or in Whatever wo havo to otter an !: 70
1 - ~$ t7n Tfnh
, Way: or Congress- must eay It Is worth u
+ dollar and 30 push It into circulation, apd lot
60 for what it 10 worth. through appropriation
for public, worlss, otc., md faeo tue fac
that it il snre to find tho worth
{ rooreucnts and no moro.-open tho wa
. To new AVENUES Of extravaganza, Whie
= can never bo touched without tn
!, waste 80 had Ia hear IN our War, and weF
clad to bear; and tho ond Of tl1at will bo, L
suro 40 re itYo, tho old trunk in Tho Enrret.
= {iEo. L. HrASrON.