, 1876-08-23
SILVER.
SHALL IT RE 1lEAfONET1zEDI
IN The Edisoe nf Tha Tribun6.

CncAG0. AnE. Ill have been greatly lnleTett'
cd In tho discussions on The silver question, par
tIcularly III tho articles that have appeared In TIE
TRIBUNE. Permit the to say, Mr. Editor. ttas ron
ure, In my estimation, rendering most valuable
service In this rnattcr. Thcrp Ii no more I'M
portant question, as It respects both tho public
morals apd the public prosperity. now challenging
the attention OF tho American people, than Ia tho
question OF our national currency. And the
currency uucstlon presents no more tmportant
plmee than that which Is given In the
simple inquiry, ''Slal' silver bo samonctiKcdr' II
Is scarcely too much To s0y, with that veteran
journalist and nstuto politician, Thuslow Weed,
that herein is offered TO Tia silver gate through
which wo may easily aud sately pass to that grand
contamination most dcvoutly to b wished for, the
resumption Of epccle-pnyH'cnts. may add. that
II Is scarcely too much to say that there Is other
rato through which we may attain this most desIrn
bic result, AT least for many years to come.
The objcctIons'that havo been urged against the
reconciliation Of silver appears to me little less
than puorc. know Of nothing that has been put
forth respectable papers that Is more fallacious,
more absurd lhan thr so.calcd arguments In oppo.
tTtIon to the restoration Of Tho silver dollar to the
monetary status 1t occupied until the strange act Of
1874. II ID difficult 10 bcloyc tho Nation, Of New
York, aud tho 17met, Of Chicago, sincore In
somo OF tl,eir utterances On this subject.
According to these journals, tho reconciliation
Of silver wonlA be species Of repudtation. It 10
The restoration Of the silver dollar 10 tho place
which II foccupicd from tho foundation Of the Gov.
III IT Hs .u &C. IT, and w1st
legislation Of 1871 would be, sayst the I1mes, ITO
rtpudIatc tho public .dobt Of the United States
scalo t. sf.e1 a III ss
sae gSten The Natlon is oyen m91e pronssc4Nneca
not say that every sllycr-rcsumptton1st IL kaavo
oE jnla.loniAt. but wo afo quito turo tlure ID no
knaso Or inllaaionist In the country who Is not
@onetssd @ ss s!Ise; il nc u Tho p pay.nent q
a 1casps We srd I sep paymet acs' paper, s WIZ WIZ
sSfSsS M9Ha M s a't and reason
szGselsttSas q m sfstoIs' ;aI q ri, Wnt i os: Eoe
sss's,s hays = ,sAs tbst s
sesyfsa5 sa5 ts ss e t. IT, e.'spt Essf Of "oas s
difference III vulues. 4 would ee repndlation. INT
70 tie eon.aEy uns aStwh
ttandlns: According 70 this papor,. now plates
but ii gol coin of thc unted States Of t6o pscsrnt
ss,p .t ~ only that
5oarnal er Commerce; The language q tae very
''in cola Of tho standard value OF the United
5tatcs ut the limo VI the pusuagu Of the 1icfundiug
Jsy rons eona hns ~ es sys'
Nor snny ruch prv1!sc co1!taued ~ the act passed
BY 'hs conE,esa |' elected. 41ons with f'en u,ant
cited In your column; hut lis quotation by me. Ia
Ills cnneclon. w!ll not, trust, be deomrt supur.
(lnus. 1t IL entitled, IAN net 10 strengthen the
public credit" ami rcas1s ns follows:
% s"s nns s4'f r
EuIpose % ,is .;1|slnnSnt y discharge ~ lu.t DILL
r' / f s9tSy wa{ S a :k ssesfsa sss
5 Ct S c5 vsa q
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so
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'e sS4 s fG also .osny pledge. II. faith
Il eo for
Prior TO This lsgislat!on. there were some porsons
"es ii sresnbasks ., r. IT. auesan easetta
,,!any ,ssy 8 v,sa ,Gs ,Ss@eefat:: s,s aaa hsis sa
tentimeat sas ovsrwhslu,iaRly against t!.ens. As
at III i sspSs :St psoSae, 81 SS
That tnyinrnt shall ba naIo Ia coin J1es mi rc
s.Ecff rny,nent to rnI rain 1njeos oo Nv ~ ~
| scs u Expressly named. along iussa' wiz III.
SnIrb III" nay,nent nf lin notjnno, aeh m,,, ~ IT,
mnis. Thcse il nothing, then either ii t)o tesms
pissed 10 oa,ct tne. apprchousinns of the psabiic
IL hhinN,'nns /" HI" EnnthInr ihst ~ Ky
urcctiy or indIseiIy lhc usc nf sycr.
=, rat sy.l w. dsl'iesatsa: i. has Io,. somewhat
ou. dcbs' sssM ia pari. viii iai particnaf 1st son
itzu,iSm nsa mnt ,ssn uasssd' II woui' says H.
NIiium' Il" ~ ysry 'Uusstiouabis ttansne,;mn
f"T IN" t;ny,rnusnf 10 r,aSu nayt,cnt In s,ivsr.
onl,e W. osrt f'nin ths ,siriaton. nothlnE hut evd
cou,d iprct Inc rsssonabie exusctatia11,s Of stha
in,ihaInn,s s Scrntafn" II. III. r. snnno II ,ns
ssninN !. NAV bS calIsd IN osder 10 b. hSsst - a
ruIj n r., ~ nsrn ~ f.,r dnuiip. In Vim, .prn.I
INV H. can Inv ,,in, W. n n.s ~.
in I'LL nart.cnjus col! wI,ich il IL the nlost di!i.
H.! NM ~ II II sSn ia ns,i 1si,vrlx IN s'vet
-ns II bas sourtfmca done. eau,c jorie would
r ntr,n1s WI whtr' yunariIss ILL., ,vuis ass,mn
tian M ~ nv Il hns asi. t,f nruc;n,u IL merely