, 1877-11-25
SILV Err.

-~NTEA----
SILVER.
THE YELLOW AND WHITE OXEN.
TO the Editor Of The Tribune.
CHICAGO, Nov 21.-l have 4 little boy whose
perempttoy demand every evening as soon Is
supper is over is Snow tell me story" few
evenings since took Johnnie upon my knee
and told him the following, in which he seemed
greatly interested, thus:
:. 4 long time ago, in i very distant country,
surrounded by green hills, watcred BY silver
! streams and lakes, was . most beautiful and
! fertile country This country was all dotted
over with tue cottages, cmDowered in vines and
| flowers, of an industrious, simple-mindcd, and
/ happy pcasautry. They had for long ages been
ruled over by race or wise and benevolent
| Governors. Although possessed Of absolute
power they always employed this pow
destruction Se sat tpt Of tier a subjects. These
peasants titled their fields BY the help OF cattle
which were pettcd by the children, and nd REGARDED
| almost as members Of the family. They had
| Singular custom which they practiccd, either
from some supcrstitious idea or from fancy, OF
rerhaps because their fathers before them haa
done the same thing. This was always 70 YOKE
:, yellow and white OK together in one team,
| hist Us some grand folks in our dag are some
| lines ut great expense aud trouble to misnatch
| !. black and white horse to their carriages.
1.-The yellow and white oxen always worked
| kindly together, aud the peasants had tradi-
tion a1noug them that If ever the ycl-
low aud white oxen should be sep
aratcd some great calamity would + Sufely ,,ov ov
aud the white with equal care and afectson,
aud were prosperous and happy. 1t came to
mass in the course of time that morose Gos.
ernor came into power. 20 a'srespeet' ~
I coursc. is intended towards Grant bv what 1ol-
Iows.) It is the lemouctizerS u silver that are
referred to- lie tiespscd what lie considered as
the ignorant superstition OF the peasants III a.
ways having oxen OF Inherent co!oss III e'it5 ~
team, aud in order to show his contempt 1or
their prcjudiccs he would keep on his estates
| none but yellow oxen. One day he was rldlng
in his carriage Of state among his subjects, anu
when he SAW the peace, contentmeht, anu oaos-
perty enjoyed by these simple people he was
filled with envy and rage, and said to himself:
These peasants enjoy more happiness than l,
with all ms wealth and powcr.' So he deter
mined that no one IN MS uonilniosts naiose
should be happier than himself he therefore
called his servants together who were hired 10
do his bidding and gave to every man uark IAN
torn and i dagger, and in the darkness OF tue
night, while MS subjects were sleeplns Tug
! to every cottage in the land, and destroyed
every white OK in the whole country
'"As might be expected, when the people
awokc and found what hau beeh oonc' tne.1 .'1
was ,rrcat la.nentatiou aud Indignation, anu
thcy rushed to the palace OF tho Governor anu
: demanded to know the reason OF his ertcl con-
} duet, So treat was their importantly that nc
: was obliged to give them an answer o1 some
| | kind and as he w:ls ashamed to avoW the rnc
rcasou he answered them thus:
r ss.I have observed, in riding through my DO
m1ors, that my people enjoy too much ease
uucc in the cultivation Of their fields from the
| luor of their oSeIi- Hencel0rth am oeteF"
mined that every family shall have but one OK
: aud that hereafter you must work harueF ahu ,
| ftat.h
: heretofore Besides, there arc sonc great
rulers afar oil across the waters whose example
! | am ianxious to emulate, anu they na'e onis
yellow oxen within their uon1nons, anu !: ullGn
| some day want to exchange oxen With thcia'
+ and therefore will have none but vello" oxen
= .s;r,rsr simple people were not skilled In the
t arts o[ dsputatioll, ana SO han ~ submit ~
silence and rctloubc their iabof7 u pso'toe loeu
1 fur their wires aud children.
I aSti1l the morosc Governor was not happy
4 while witnessing the misery OF his people, 'o1
y they had now become solmpo'er1shcu that ti'ey
t nai neither white ,or yellow oxen. So he went
r .frt,aI tn hob-nob with the rulers OF the lands
!. of yellow oxen, 'and his son rcigned in bis
1 stcatt.'
+ ueo1lc, anil especially Of 4 great State i'll the
country that had lately protested loudly against
the cruel slaughter ol tue white oxen. So ht
e ll:.stencd to restore to his people both whit
n | and yellow oxen, aud his name, which was Ruth
q erfurd B. Hayes became the most lsustrious III
!: the annals OF that far-o1f but now prosperou:
c aud happy country" D. Il. hEDz1E-
r FROM u RELIGIOUS STANDPOINT.
y 10 tic Editor VI The Tribune
CHICAGO, Nov. Gil am surprised at tht
= = position Of the Eastern religious papers on th'
+ silver question. The decentralization OF slve
) was stupentlous Legislative fraud. It wa
: never anticipated, never asked for, BY the ma
} ton. No President ever recommended it in an,
- message. No committee OF either Scuate O
t. the House ever advised it. No bill was ever in
troduvcd in either branch of Congress whicl
Il contained that idea in its title I am not awar
that any petition was ever presented i'll cithc
r House from any p1rt OF the country for the dc
U mouctization Of silver The fraud-a singl
: sentcpce-was hid away in the bowels Of IN i'm
l,enscly-long bill, which, it is said, was neVe
read except by its title, anu was never discussed
Il The intent OF this clause Was unknown to tn
President who signed the bill, aud doubtless t
&c c-lenls nj the Legislators who voted for it
IT So secretly was the work done that the natio
~ | did not know vi: it till long afterwards.
" Now, have lpoked in vain in all the Easter
,e religious uaper$ to which have access for on
n line i'll condemnation OF this great fraud The
arc set for the defense Of truth, honor, an
Righteousness, and for the rebuke OF iniquity il
high places rs we'll as low places. But what d
>r We lind in the1na There may be exceptions, bu
Il so lar as have noticed they all throw their in
:, tluence to sustain this fraudulent Legislation
j. The: have plenty OF words against the effort
ID repeal this act, and admit many hard words int
t. their columns against the rcrealcrs, but Ut
y, silent about the original iuquity. WHAT il til
t, meaning OF all this. What influence has S.
cured the control Of these religious papers
er Why arc they dumb iii ease which de
~ maids outspoken condemnation! Ca
G: they imagine that in any prope
1e sense Of the term the dcmonetizatiou Of s1lvs
was national net, when it was not done at til
demand OF the popular voice nor eOnsciousl
Ill done bv tue Executive OF the nation. or til
,r | nation's representatives in Couurcsst How Gu