New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-11-13

min he gave three hundred pieces oI SJ'eI' - ~"
book of Exodus. chapter NNi.. ga verse, law
ers were required to atone for their ohenceS DN Ie
payment of fines. " il an OK shall push a inah-
servant or maidseryant, he snail ;,, sys
unto their master thirty shekels OF silver.
In the book of Judges, chapter tx. 4th verse, the
crimes Of conspiracy and murder are thus mon
toned: And they gave him threc-score aud len
pieces of silver ont Of the house Of laal-hcnth'
wherewith AbimcleCh hired vain and hight PERSONS
which followed him. Again IN the book oi Ju9,'E'
chapter XVI, 9th verse, il will be seen that Driah'
the wife Of Samson, betrayed her husband and was
literally paid in "money current with the meIe
chants of that day; And the lords oI
the Philistines came up unto her., anu s l
unto her, entiCe him, and see wherein nla a
great strength lieth, and by what means we
may prevail against him; and We VIII Hnn5 SrSJd
pieces of silver" In the same book. chapter XVII,
2d verse son VII. had robbed hls mother iu "To
confession: "ArtShe said unto his mother, Lne
eleven hundred shekels of silver that were l4hcH
from thee about which thou cuIsedest, ana spake,I
of also IN mine ears behold. the silver Is WIN ne
took it," In the book of IL samuel. chaPteT N'r,,'
1Ith verse il viii he seen that silver was me cur
rcncy of King David: And Joan sdid uhio thC man
thai told him: And. behold. thou sawest him. anG
WHY ddst thou moi smile HIM there 20 we Eloul"'
and would have given thee ten shekelS OF silver,
and a girdle'" "and the man said INTO Joan:
Though should receive thousand shekelS OF sll-
yer m mine hand. vet would not put I0Ith nllle
hand against the Kings som" Again. III the
same book. chapter xiv, oath verse: 50 DAVID
bought the threshing floor and the oxen for hity
shekels of silver" Silver was the currency IN "a
MARIA as will he seen IN the book of H. Kings VI -;
And there was great tannnc III Samarid; ana Dc,
hold they beSicged it, until an ASS head was SOFA
for ourscore pieces of silver and the fourth part o
q cab of doves dung for five pieces OF SILVER sun
scqucntly, when the King 81 AssyTA pcSleetu
Menahem, King of Israel, he was bought on ana me
tribute money was thus collected ll. Kings XIV, H.
2O): And Pull, the King of AsSyra, came against th
land aud Menahen gave Iul thousand idieh,s Oh
silver, that his hand ulgli DC WIN MN 10 'oHli4
the kingdom IN his hand - and Mcnahem cXactcd
the money of Israel. of all the mighty men OF
wealth Of each man fifty shekcls Of silver, to give
tn la nj l,
Judah, who received no compensation Tor MS ser
vices says in chap. ", 10Th verse that former gov
eTnors received "f0TtY shekcls OF silver" IN the
book Of jeremiah, chap. NxXn, 9th verse, ahothtr
transaction in silver is recorded And bcught
the fcld of Hanamcel my nncle's son, that was
in Anathoth. and weighed him the money:
even seventeen shckcls Of silver" In the days 81
Hosea, chapter 3, second verse, men obtalnsa
wives by purchase. $50 bought her TO me Tor NJ
teen pieces of silver" Passing from the Old to the
New Testament, the evidence that silver continued
to b. a standard is found IN the most eyentiu ana
impressive lessons in history, namely the betrayal
of Jesus by Judas lacari1t, FOR thirty pieces Oh ST.
ver" ms remorse for his act suicide, ana the pr,,
chase of a "potteis field 10 bury STRANGERS IN
with the same thirty pieces of silver IL one Oh the
parallels silver il recognized 10y or savior hllSeu
as he money standard OF his day-St L1he, chapter
XIV Sfh verse: Either what woman having ten
pieces of silver if she lose one piece doth not hgt
a candle and sweep The house, and seek dIlGeilII
till she find it, At Ephesus certain jews who had
become believers cyiDced their sincerity 10y &!cH-
fees which were estimated at "?uUoO shcheS
Of silver In the Book OF ACES, chapter xix. ana
verse -. read "a follows: " Many oi them, alS"'
which used curious arts brought thor books 10
gether and burned chem bet. re al men; ana
they counted the price of theu and found II 9OUuo
pieces of silver And finally, III the lid chapter
aar6 Gth verse of Acts; Then Peter said, sir
yer and gold have none. but such as nave 1--we
thee in the name Of Jesus Christ, OF Nazareth
rise up and walk"
Imight 20 on multiplying Scriptural authorities,
but enough is given to show that silver as money
twas current" among merchants thousand years
g,f "a thOusQu1 ri ati-
vent of our Savior. And yet 9 National convention
of bankers greeted the reference of of its dele
gates to a passage Of Scripture showing that in The
DAVIS Of King solomon silver was mot anything ac-
counted of" for drinking cups with zap
pause" But while the luxurious kings OF the
Old World revelled ~ gold drinking cups, silver
was The money current among their subjects Sil-
yer was almost exclusively the currency of the
American colonies. New-Engand supplied
with silver coins from London. MARYLAND received
its silver currency from Lord Baltimore. whose SUI
prescription" was pressed upon the CONS.
The silver question is now before Con-
gre,s where it is being thoughtiuliy and
earnestly considered. The discussion viii establish
the fact that silver and gold are constitutional mon
CIV standards: that the debts created 10 achieve
national Independence and subsequently in the war
with England 10 maintain that independence were
paid in silver and gold and, finally. that IN the
debt created to preserve the Union, our Government
stipulated that its creditors should receive payment
Of principal and interest in coin With such land
marks to guide its deliberations. Congress will find
the financial problem oi the day easy of solution.
The repeal of the law Of 1873 demouetizng silver
with a clause directing the recOinage Of the " Dollar
of our Fathers" viii not only make resumption
easy. but insure the return Of prosperity to tie
"toiling millions" whose uneXamplcd privations
have been endured with exemplary foIbearance.
NCic- York. Nov. 2, 1877. T.w.