, 1876-12-16
THEsaTTVEH HIT.T,,

REPRESENTATIVES m Wednesday, ,,v tbo .r.
rcnt;ona,,v 1oroc maior;tv NJ M for oud onlv
M ooo;nst Ia n vcrv br;cf and s;mnio
n,easnrc. II nroy;dca for the coinnro Of tl,o
standard silver lol1ar of >41el nraius, md
makes It a lcoal. tender for oil lebta and dues
aava thoss specitietl tn bo mid in rold. In
otnar xvor,a Il a;mn,v rcstorcs thc silver
dollar to TIM n,aoo II always held in American
monev nrior 10 the net of 1s73. when It was
dronno1 fro,o American co;nnoa o,,;ct]v If
not anrrcnt;t;onslv. and certaintv w;thout
INV nrovions effort to aseortoin thu sentiment
of tla npor1o nhout s,,ot n rneosure. T},e
IN, mnlee il rcceiyob1e for dntics. md INV.
a1,1a for ;ntercst mud nr;ncinn1 of il,o Govern,
meut bonds. Tho charge Of boa foith which
hashoen l,rounht ara;pst tl,e pronosition In not
sustained by tho focts. There hos been only
one ies,,o Of bonds since tho passapo of the
net of 1s73. md thew. like the nreyious
issues. are maao poyab1e in coin, not cold,
and the rfpbta of the Government 10 coin
silver dollars woa certafn,v nat forfc;ted bv
that net. w,,en thew. arc coined there IL
hovo hcen nasscd. which prol,;bita ciyin1
them their former yaluo and ,,scfnluesa.
n wona sccn, M trouoh the 1orco nm.
,,r;t7, .v],c1, t,,o hi, .ocured l., +,,o Iynraa
sr;thout referenca IN marty divisions. md
whic], atill fills ahor. of ronreaontino Tho
sentiment of tho nconle. wou1a earrv
u +,,ro,o, thu son,ta Vat n 10 W.
nortcI Tint Il viii onconntor EARNEST
onnonit;on In TIM 1atter lodv on tho oronnd
that 1t Is too ssradical" It can scarcely bo
considered "radical" 10 make tho silver dol
lar what it was to tho American money from
tho very foundation Of tho Government MI
to three vears apo. and that ia Nil this bill
docs, If by "ralical F" It is meant TINT the
restoration Of tho silver dollar should be ac-
companiel by other Legislation in order 10
rive tho pcoplo tho full benefit thereof, TINT
NAV be admitted without conceding tho pro
pricty Of defeating this bill. II is true that
there should bo additional leeislation, but
tha adoption and approyol Of this bill il tho
first stan in the right direction. When the
silver dollar shall have been absolutely re-
stored. the additional leRjglation which ia
dea;rnblo will bo more readily occurred than
by Withholding this incentive, The most
practical men Of the time aro agreed TINT re-
sumption Of specia payments is not prac.
ticablo without silver; with silver tho prepa-
rations for resumption will progress while
otherwise they will lag. Among the sehomcs
Of legislation that will be lilso1y to follow tho
restoration of the silver dollar, mud which
certainly ought to follow it, are the follow
ing:
= pnov1a;on for tia frt. coinaca NJ s,fvor
m wall as gold, Such a nrovision will assiat
mara than anv other In making thu alvc,
5ollar n nort or thu currenov of tbc country:
Tho nroducera au1 ownera of u,lycr bu,l,on
will thcn becon,o mora d;rect md efr,c;cnt
aqents for bringing silver into circulation
thon lin Government with nil ;ta facilities.
Du1]ion will find ita wav into coin M rnn,fllv
no thoro Ia n t,on,an1 for n
s;,var heinz atrccav worth o1,out no
mnch in oold az tho ofeonbocls ilol1ar Tho
restoration of tho silver i1o],nr to nm cona1
noco with tbo col1 dollar will not hr,r1 n
;r,o c;rcn,n,;o, un1caa atens bo to1kcn to
,,r,1;7o +ho ,,o1,a ~ tia oroop,,o,1 t,,,,,r
Jnut ,a c,o, ou u,1vor ubo11 ,,ano,no ,ort, ,,,r,
than Tho orccnbaok. II will f,,sonncar from,
c;rc,,,at,on. tl,a ,vor,d In a ,roar rus;ros.
co1om;tv ro,v Tint ,,,o froct;ono1 ou,ro,,cv ,,,.
h,o, rot;ro,1 Tha a,,r,,,o md ;,;root ,noous
for imrro,ino t1,o orcon,ac1- IL ,hot v,noast '
al hy tho eocrotory ~ In trroosr~v o.
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