The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-06-22
sherman and silver.

sherman and silver.
Tho people Of the United States are. and
have been for nany years. cursed with
many financial evils. but with mono greater
than that Of deprecated currency. The
interests of the country demand It's removal.
What is wanted is s,raight-out recognition
Of the fact and y straightforward dealing
with it, All this polishing at tire edges, such
a. Mr.. SHERMAN is just NOW engaging him
self about. while the essential shape of his
measures is detective. is OF just about ~
much value AZ the attempt to bottle moon-
hrams. What We want is resumption and
resumption ON gold basis. Every other
iica is nndmi-~ihc; and until Mr.. SHERMAN
recognizes this iact and act, upon If. he Is
simply hotching his work. and putting him
self ina tine category of such dismal financial
oicrntorsa- Bot rwrLL and RICHARDSON.
Mr.. Surn,iAN's position is "a striking cx-
aupic Of the laundering results of "a Tempt
irE 90 unite finance and politics. Ohio poll
ties is the basis of SIR. SfuLRMNN'S finance.
W. give him credit Tor knowing what the
needs of the country are. but he ana Mr.
HAYES want Ohio votes and TO obtain them
they tucklc To the pc~tifcrOus views on
irapOc Of OHIO politicians 1t Is out Of the
Qu. -tiln forSnI1NiAN and HAYES g. pretend
tl.t ,hn. ere seeking to discover Some mid
die ground ON which To harmohizc conflict
INA, views. 1t is case in which compromise
is impossible We want resumption of
specie pa }mcnt~: and the standard is what
all the world agrees to. and what We our
selves, IL a nation. have set up in paying
our national obligations This is gold In
g .
all talk about redemption in silver is fiddle
faddlr. 1t is no redemption at all in any
! just sense. II is simply exchanging one de-
prccatcd currency for another 1t never
would hc Thought Of hut Tor the cNigcncics
/ az partisan politics. and the selfish aims and
/ inter- IT. Of the great bonanza mon in Com
4. ,'--. who have social. pccuniary. and po-
/ lifirtl power cnoush 60 influence legislation
and the tone of official thought on the sub
/ jcct
Now we call upon Honest 1oHN SHERMAN
t'di-card hi- slippery plans. li- tricks. and
his q dyes. and ~ at hi- work in plain
| honest. Straightforward. square manner.
! Above all. drop politics. and esd aci.lly Ohio
| politics. in reference to financial measures.
7 d. @ lug,f-QuH on grave publ, question.
10 undertake" To govern tine Administration
/ policy in regard to it by considerations OF
how it Will affect the voting In "a certain dis
i.ict of country the other side OF the Ale
Shtni"s. Ii is to make a farce OF the whole
business.
Unless the country il given over To believe
"a lie. which doctrine We do not hold. il il
time il had done with an the Nagarir9 OF TN"
iuilatioui-f-. and cra~,d tu tcmpoiilc with
them ia one and all OF the Piutcan shapes
| thcy assume.
Approaching the goal ~ resumption. a.
We are NOW doing simply through the force
OF ideas amt the Influence If the laws of
tadc with the least possible aid from leg
i-lation. it would be discreditablc to fail in
/ fully achieving this result. 1t Is discrcdit-
| able that the present managers Of affairs
/ are disposed Ia shilly-shally ON the silver
Qucsti u. instead Of driving steadily and
directly at the main object. Even il Sue
/ c,-- sh.uid hc Il little longer delayed in COM
sequence ID would bee hcttrr in the long run;
for th' event would u.i then hc yitiatrd hy
any foul and foreign Ingredient We do not
want Il bastard rosumpton Il viii nvoly"
/ 20 new effort % rcNrh a solid basis. TIA"
ground will nll hnNe tu he gone over again,
aul. meantime. uur clrulltiun will hn de-
based. and all business affairs viii continue
to suffer from the doua-cn.'nt. We shall
never have peace ami stability in our
finances till We have hut one legal tender,
wA.ch must necessarily hc the standard
that all tho world recognizes, and that is
gold. lill wc reach ihat point We shall not
be down to the hard pan.