The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-10-12

me greenhaek. and that the people could
'o' only pay the principal of their bonds
"a COIN as easily as in legal tenders, bur
i'i more conveniently to Themselves
/ ""',e they would probably demand that
'he Interest also should be paid in the
sH"ic KIND OF metal. The embn=sador OF
'ne Ioreiga money kings hurries across
/ - ~ ocean, an insidiOus appeal IS made 10
/ "on gress, aud one of the artful and Tas-
10y Ieats OF legislative legerdemain
axes place that ever amazed q gaping
world Uhder the pretext of encourag
ing trade with China, and Japan il was
cI"imed that a dollar should be coiuei
o'h aiming 40 grains Of siiver-seven
ana half grains more than the old dol.
'Ar-to be known AS the TRADE dollar
accordingly on the l2th of April 1873 the
/ coinage act was passed providing thai
I me silver coins OF the United States
S"ou'd be trade dollar, half dollar, a
quarter dollar. and a dime, aud that tie
weight of the trade dollar should be 40
grains troy, the weight of the half dollar
we've ahda half grammess aud that of
! '"e quarter, and the dlmes respectv .ly
o"e hAh AID one hlth the weight OF the
"a't dollar aud that said coins should be
" regal ten ier At their nominal value for
aHy amount not exceeding nVe dollars IA
- 'A'' payment. 1lltAE " tl q sumo no "
ever who eontended ,nat the old dollar Of
f'<s grams Was still an unlimited teuirr
Tor all debis whatever. this ACT q the
contrary Notwithstanding Consequent
~ when the statutes of the United states
we're revi ed the provision was slipped
IN, that the silver coins OF the JuIteI
States -geueraI!y without auy tlsunc
Uou, should be legal tcut'r only Go me
extent of i've d,llars Ina any one payment.
and thus by 3, sort OF ''hO us pocu-
simple twist of the wrist, ns tur jug
ger would sav. silver coin IA the United
States was su,a.cuIated aud auOthrr alter
alton MAIDEN the contract with tn, honi
holder in the-intere7t OF capital aul AT
.+.Le expense col only OF la92r. bat OF n.l
She vital intdesrof the ou1%ry. sup
pose the NJ Ahange will be, that the
bonds --~--tF ia diamouds
fear h,rE wearied you with "a tedi
49, rccIjrt,t facts with " Skh you were
,ioubtlc-sss familiar rs | am myself; in
order 10 how what one marvellous sys-
TEN OF nance has lone for particular
class, tat before referring to
The last scene Of all
That eds this strange eventual history;
let ustake hasty glance AT what it has
donc or the tolhng masses who deivc in
The e.rth and sweat over th- furHrcs--
those who reck not the brajlin- SUNNI -r-s
sun. lor the binding sl.ets of winter
bat i've their bone and muscle 20 produce
our ,calth IS eheertuily az thcy pay All
the a-srs~ ueuts Of government. 50 btther
levied upon their lirtie earnings in time
OF peace or upon their LIES blood in the
periJou- 4our OF bljile Aye what has
u done fr d5a besides ptundcring their
hart cared substance OF hundred, puDu
hunlrcdsot millions of dollars TO swell
the fortunes OF th.ir more favored f. How
Sueu WHO Toll not nor nee or do they
spin, uothoid the pillow nor WELD the .
hammer Fortunate indeed would they
be If the rrnicious cousel ueuccs OF this
brutal policy had stopped there. Mon
.tr1us, rrihfui as that spol,ation has
0eeu, it be0mes the mildcst di~peusation
OF mercy theH compared with the end
less aud intricate succession Of still more
terrible evils which has resulted 90 the
American people directly aud Indirectly
from this THERMAL system
Commencing with the most Infamous b
aud iniqutoas Of all the instances IF
partial, OF ineousiderute legislation that /.
ever DIS grled the annals or maired the
5fnn intelligent peopie-that
which dege,ded and Deprecated in the
" ''' III, ~ -
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