, 1877-12-04

work any furtlior injury to tho credit md
solvoncy of Cook County.
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THE PRESIDENT AND THE SILVER DOL.
LAR.
The President, in that pnrt Of hia message
relating 10 the coinage OF silver, will griev-
ously disarpoint tho great mass Of the
American people, who hayn come to re-
gnrd him as rnllto officer not likely 10 bo
mislcd by tho hophtstriea, nor driven l'y tho
threats, nor weakened by tho blandiahmonts
of the money.lender md tho professional
gamblers in public crodt. The feeling
that tho Government Of tho United stn.os,
like tho Governments Of nil other countries,
Is ,noro collecting agency, charged with tho
duty Of conhscatlng private property that
tho public creditor n1ay l,avo noe only llis
usarce and Ills bond, but TINT both shall DO
advanced In valuo by every contrirance
which thu ingenuity mud rnpacity Of ava
rico naay suggest, md 10 whicl, wcak-kneea
public oflcors may yield. will rccoivc strong
confirmation from tho earnestness with
which tho President warns Congress that l1c
will not approve the reconciliation Of sil-
in tho groat frauds OF 1874 and 1874 rejoico
that thoir scheme which thoy imposed upon
tho last President Is now vindicatctl by the
succeeding President, Oh the ground Of ma
tionnl honor, national credit, and the over.
wholminx consideration Of honesty mud
fidelity to tho public interests! Well may
tho conspirators Of 1874 who have hitherto
So. ...a1 - ,,,nr t,,.,. .o,,,~,,,,,,,, t., tt,+
ao1 as'o'4 ~ ~" ','e'' ~o,"p ''
1faua, enjoy thomsol'es "ltn 1anentef Ill
finding tho President covering their inlQntty
with The nuia of national honor. and chara.
;,o I'm ,1coo,xod md batrnvo,7 noorto viii,
~ sse e ~ ~'S''n".... ~ w.; ~. fle
acAelnca oI sepeu'attoA Auu o1suo''obsy'
Ihe freslaehts afRumoata a8ains' tue fos-
tofa'ioh OF tue s'.'or aosa9 70 the nonosaf5
vaino It haa o<jorf' 'e'sea' and ior fon9 oyer
tho PUBIC ooot "as contfac'eo' VIII aaal 70
convince any reasonable man tnat thefo Is
any lcgat or moral wrong III tAo restoration
OF tho s'lVof aoliar as lega''tonaer. WIN
al respect tof tho lfesaons' ana moch conn-
aenco IN Ills 'n&egfisy OF purpose. "o mast
insist that' os opposoa TO IN unoroken sofles
OF !""S co'ef'ng Inc wholo period Of inc
national aep1' ms assertion that any paet OF
thas ueot Is pasao'e IN eola co'a' 70 tao e1-
elus'on o! tho h'lseF ooaor' Is not Only weak;
nut utto9'y ta!'ac'oas' NO logie, sa7e taas o.
'ho 'n'"e,ao,o "'"t1,e " .no ''"g'0e.'
su'l to'uo's. u, 'uo soue1''a'orh ~ eAo 1,'as'
asus VIZ -. .av noso'oe ., A"osn ,r "'"'ns "nu
1'o'a Wv o:nsasooA' A"o "eua''A.
~ 'uo i,es1auut - s4'at ~ !nuon :"
sAe pa ,e..N. ~. 1Ase ,o'"' "neA ., oo1 ,
WINS oalooaet'%eo, "aS 'ssuea III I"ua "nen
gold coin only was Iegal-tendcr
Tor tho bonds, md that therefore tho holders
of lilo bonds l,nye tho right tn osenme Tint
80 =" =, s1'
they snoula 10 pa9a IN tno sanno CON, or coin
OF equal value to that they paid In exchange
for tie bonds, and that 10 unko silver now A
1ooo1. .tori1or ,vor,d ha a h,.,oc}, ~ ,,o,7 foi,,
s'.1,' ". w oe. y. :, e"o'N 4"4'D'
"nleA "o"l.' W "lsnonofnp1o 10 ttle conntEys
arrest furthor funding OF the public debt,
nut1 bo injurious to the public interest. Thn
oru,vor IN lint ornr,ront IL r1o1,, nm, <7,-oo+
~. 80 80. f ~, ~ N''e0t'
IL LOW eouB'eaa n'1noi'~e'1 'uo ooc1otAFy
OF tho Treasury to Cfgr now bonds lQRFiuQ