, 1877-08-22
Hers, ~ will b seen. are twenty.etgbl countries
et!li uslnK svos "a legal .tendes and aixteea caan

E6Ets u WILL &c 9GE1t &5$ t#E0t$sEtEul countries
trtes In which silver has been de'nonetizri. Or.
taking the nations By population. herr are R17.
@ Co as,nr M sod alone - - iai isss uae1. II l.:
semi. .ba.earoas people Of Ash With tbft PRINT.
advanced commercial nattons Of Enr0pe, VI rely
that taken on that ground cvsq ts avosatss ot
tho.r t. Va opponents. Among liz ~, Sreat EaroDcsn N
Powers The nE.t claas are certainly to be rrck-
onea France, Hussia, and Anetria- each of which
and 4iI VI which ind silver money indispensable
leFal.tendes. II y thsss thrtt .!sseai Powers
spsn II bs aa f @
amounting 10 more than 2lG, 900. 000 Iii handllnv
Iegsl.tendsr. Contrast ths Nth ths ii. CO., ooo oi
Great Britain. Germany, Portugal. and the three
lHtls scandinavian nations who arc shut up 10 the
uss Of gold and II will bo seen how powerfully tls
astumcnt drawn from the usage OF great eom,neE.
eiai peoples ptspondera.ss oa the sde OF silver.
sps |haa Intea y ssie, tsc .nec
sion Of spoe!e p.ya'snl*, and e1en Gss1nany,
weight except TREAT Britain which has attempte4
70 enforce ths stnSle standard. htsisutes " con
tinur on thtB doubtful aud dangerous road
In ail tho twenty .oEhs countries uau,xd In the
TWO hrst tables the u,austary unit ID silver colt.
in AusF,a y 10 ths silver harln. the stadaf1 ssi0o
United staies. In France. Belgium, and switxcr.
land tho monetary unit il a silver franc, wprth
10 3-lU cents 6f thc Treasury et.udard. 10 ltaY
1t 10 tho attscr 1lra. and IN Greece the etlyer
drachma, each worth tbs sans ~ tbs franc. Ia
tho Netherlands H. II the silver hoEta eutisn ef
:ss.s cents gold ssi4e; iu spain Il the peseta u
IL Hussia 1t IL the s,lyer ronbe. r1lus Al ~ 4io
cents tp the 4st proclaimed table Of foreign eo.us
put forth hy the Secretary VI the TFcss1ry. In
India Il IL the silver eupce OF IL t10 cent? stAad.
ARD ealn value. And IN Mexico It IL tue silver
dollar. worth DO B.lO cents gold saluatlun on tho
4 nf JAnu&FF. lh7Y According thA uukta.j
states Treasury CIRCULAR of that d1le.
The question srcufs. WnJ rannot the United
St&tea tou. return to the category VI nations lav.
Ing 4 tres currency Vt ul1ed gold aud ailsef. i0'
stead ot forced currency Of gold alonet When
nioES than foGr.6fIhs OF mankind atc stll uslnK
slIyes money: when It u demonstrated to be she
u4ost nseessafy psrt VI tbs circulation; when I'll.
must largely used lnopey Of aecount; when tho at.
tempt 10 abolish II ~ legaiseuder ntask ftuaentiy
contract tue circulation. expand The volume OF ln
tcbfedness, cahanes the burdens Of k4xltlUn, aud
lead inevitably " widespread dlstfrs4 and
bankruptcy; WHEN the United states u. Of all
nst1ons the most interested In u1aiats.n1ux tbs val
ue Of sltsf snd cut In tiseredltlnx II ~ money.
ID Ii credible W ask, that Tho American proplc,
now that their eyes afu fully optns1 70 Ill the
facts, and specs. yment4 about TO 10 restored.
will throw away the only chance tf oiaktlx specie
resumption pefnAnentf With = full. valued fuF-
sency, with The DID, solid, honest dollar of 37l Il
eEatns of pure stlyer, which Wa !eSal'tendsr In
this country from 1908 to 1879 for all teots pue.
lie aud prisets. We cannot on1y restore toi'd tAl'
ues. but maintain them. Without this resumption
will b. . faflutt. which may end in step back
wards snd 4 worse inhation than that from which
We are eadeAsoElng tloxty and painfully 70 TO-
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