, 1876-08-10
p'ires ho t'oycrnment nr liz right to pa, ,ss crel-

FFtFes ehh Government f lfs right 10 pny Its cted-
lh,rH IN coin.
The letter Of yonr Washington correspondent,
whn Il entitled to yrcnt rrslit for tho valuable In
formation he In. obtained and for tho clear and
forcfbic conclusions lie has drawn from his
searches, supplemented by m eQunlly interesting
mud nbsa letter written by gentleman Of sas Fmn-
cI'co 10 TOY. Dix. cannot fail 10 clca, awny the
mist and correct thu errors which dnrkcn tho ropn
Inf mind IN regard II one Of thu two rnrtns recoR.
n'ycd In Tho Constitution Of thc United stats., and
until lB7:i rcvnrdcd A. eqnally precious. Tho re.
rrnt dEcnsaon OF the silver Hucrtlnn confirms md
strengthens thn c.sentlal poin. sni.cd n my let:
iK;a. "i!vcr. equally viii gid, w.. iea'. slender,
ssst @ e e i.eTTox ss:xS: 5eo: oo' p's,isss & NJ n,
II seM or sssr can XII 's f"f the IT. SSs
actlnn Of Congress ln ls7' no e"ll!s!on 81 opInnn
therefore, for il how thr net Of 1s73
Affects tho tntcrcst. Of onF people and The welfare
2 a sns t. a "a
o',rt!nn.eiy ms!ntslns''. and. Al esfol,sry. d.
ation in value. what th-n wonld b. the. elect of
the repent Of The Law Of 1871 Would not the
price Of gold ~ ddMn and TINT Of a!ivef come up
until. ns formerly. thelf relative *s'ues arpFox'-
II will b nrgcd TINT ths silver oas T. not eqna!
n valus 70 shs gold doli.f The ansMst T. f. shss b.,
Enited States to x and rrgniate the value Of both
met3lH. neither bcinE u tegal.tcndcr without such
fegnMtion There Il more thhn poetic truth In
tho following fuJvGstvc extract fFbfn BRrns:
III III ms's sasf HS"s s s"w W. kepsAi ~ iii. .
MI TsS "e Il, r "s .! sss oc;s. s ss fSa n Ts e sSs
trinalc valnc Il ilnpartedby tho Government stamp
The 1ac,: ii rtatstIaanshlp nt Washington, with
frnly enlightened hntl patriotic mcn In CoDEtehs
tho Inv q 1871, deps!ytns, The people and tho
would have toans little favor In either House u
S@nse r.h, G uwsGy wSost sy
ccasot1 equal " an emctgrncy which the Rebellion
occa.lohcd Iienco the paatals of lay lay
wSh Ssn nov s srns nenees ts's r.. sn S
andcr'teed, excite general Indignation. ; 20,
wlep I, somss r,. o be vol understood too,
tcncy a dItas,sous blow was struck a. the Indus.
tries of tlc country, 60 grent wrons win not ha
patiently endured. Congress- Is supposed 70 Tcpre.
Ing gold. mud geld only. lngaI tcscr. the 'ntsr.
premium on gold Is perrestiutsd BY law Of Con-
sy drop. "o from sts TIC Brow Of ialnr How. nts
leave 10 ask Representatives and Se!atoss how
g tno TT ss"E
WITH impnnlty' the citizens Of lhc tern s,atcs
dcmand sepeal Of the wronR !a% They opposse r. !.
resumption, unrcr the crfoncnnH imptes SION that
necessarily nggrayatea tho evils from which We are
ali suffering. The real difficulty II that Cungrcas
he-rcqutrc,l re.amption ia 1s7p. without having
taken any s.np 70 facilitate ur ala ,csauptlon. NOT
est faul.. The net Of 1914, dcmtmttzlnE silver,
renders It mporslb'c 70 resume wlthhnt greatly IN.
crcustnG thu burdens. lnssce, and nnhlcrnge " the
commercial. manufacturing, and Iaboring classics
Meanwhile tho bondho!dera and foreigners from
whom NO pnrchnstslnxnricn pruAt hugely.
II those who nrgcd the repeal Of the Resumption
act had been wac enough to tnat their interests
woutd hare been better served by repeal of tho
act nt 1H7l, that snpeal would haze bcoR necnui
plfehed, and We shpnA have aoDn found ouraelvca
upon trund nvennc with al open s,lvcr gate Lead
Ing 10 resumption anil prorper1ty. 7. ",