, 1877-10-29
DANGEROUS THEORISTS.

" found. d."-Hatu*r.
10 the Editor Of The Tribune.
FAfHnCnr, ILL.,, Oct- 29.-Stneo the Chicago
7ime1 published ia rather singular article,
"Can We Get f'uiI far Rcsumpttoni' Gen.
San Cary, u ohio, haA lia,lo several speeches
In our county; and here Ia our town, on tho
l1th inst, iMatlc very entertaining. allie. and
Instructive speech, ef The kiAd. advocating NJ
money theorists, regardless OF all specle-stand.
ards.
Ths two the Tt,nts and Gen. Cary} muy be
taken as amouz the Ablcst e1poneuts Of tic
present financial e1tretnes,-that IA, an cxcfus-
I've gold basis aud an exclusive silver basIY,-
and each In argument avoids the brink of
the deep abyss On either hand. whieh neither
ran falhom. and which has never yet hctn
fath1fnesf. Gr fafefy crossed, Slice tho heEtr-
ming ot time. No other people siuca tho days Of
Adam ever paid To utheF countries nm annual
amount for Interest 50 vast ~ We harc now been
paving lung enough - exhaust spccic product
Unparalleled In hiatoty; aud now while TINT
annual Interest continues n Tue aggregate
largely In excess Of The annual en!1-protlurtion.
the Tina Insists on tieIlonctkllx silver. aud
resutnlnE spccte-hat's OIL gold exclusively.
without having tho guild to do It, and NTH no
probability of al tt,greascd production: or Of
any sufficient Importation. llaslng Travelled rs
i tSaut IN very bold clil, overlooking very
degp Atl angry sea. already strewn with wrecks,
aua IT, which nntio1s hayc sunk ttor in the ruin
uf natfous financial rtiu Otter, st.cHts the fore
runner of eytlsl Il prOcccdk 10 answer Its own
question, ''Cau We gct gold lot scsuu.ptloal y
6y Ionttn4 out In un article OF column In
length, tn ts Issue Of the 9TH Inst, that We
Gun probably do 80 by borrowtm, It In
EnElRhd after England hns obtained 1t from
Fru,ce, after Frame Las resutn.sl eperie-tmy-
mcttt. and aftcr she lax Succeeded In that cfitt
cal ctaii;;s, aHA rat4tvered from Il. QHl found
that stae has gold to s1,arr- Afier 81! these
arc told that we ean probably bosrow, tbs gold
necessary u paec all the ailatra and business
tr,.su tIone Of thls country "f' gold basis: can
pr!ab1y tela plenty Of Interest bearing nnt,s
,,c,i 70 us,--prol,as,ly. Possibly, too, 10 might
iiu,l autle charitable Hluney-vlanrrts to whom
va might even trade III rome si.ycr for gol.!-
for consideration; or find another California,
-Gll yery probable.
III spitc of tt,e ill,stakcs, or Designs of two or
three great nations tanl some small ones tH,t-
tatE1lg t,e} silver Is at least ~ much thu cur
r1ey Vt the wurltl as gold ts, aud =" II has BEEN
trsm the s.' beginning of ,s commerce, Inc and n,
human Eoycrnincnts,-EnH!isll policies 10 the
contrary Notwithstanding. Doubtless It WIS
deemed ln England d ntetssarT measure VI Their
peculiar statu pos'ey.-tast - was ths opiHm
tlay, the s'ayo-trale With her colonies, asid tho
almost ftlnt,1ncrahle wars nnd corrupt tntrtyucs
for centuries for tbc sHaiase!'a'.ce VI her hnan-
| ctl, commercial. mud maritime supremacy.
hereditary nrerrgativea, and State policies. In
promoting tho*e nol!clua, all arts aud arms hayo
| t,nrn usc.l,-inoncy, bribery, dchulatln,, wars,
| tho most fascinating wonlcs, tho mi-attcst
I warriors, tho able1t statesmen. Tho posser OF
tlu press, the services ol ah!o writer's, dp!olna-
lists, historians. The hirug of foeelgn astnics the
| selling the services Of British armies tas III
ludial, tho yio'ati1n of treaties {ah t!7as OF
fulicns In keeping ltalta) forgery IN Inlia, aal
| rrophcts Of antiquity sav In their Visions
son,u VI thu great Governments OF the
| world in the forul Of beasts alli monsters.
| Nevertheless. as the world goes, Dsltis h
stalecraft, and always faithful to ,helr counsry's
supposed Interests, aud especially to ths inter-
cats Of thclF c1asA an'l themselves.
1t ts worry probable ttat EnRltsh tnfnenre CT.
feeled. or greatly aided, the .!ssaonct!zing o'
this country: md GcrnanY's financial cmtur'
sass1neat and tho ailtsys. Of her people ia esH
sequence of that, and what the English call
AIRES trade" has ,'ccn great and sudden,
though nothing to what ours will DO Il tho pol
teIes Indicated for Us ey tho London Tsne' and
| tho I,n,ks concern Of Chicago, arc follnwca and
persisted ln to thu en1 "a fearful md dikasttou.
Tho most that can be sal.i In favor Of permit.
ting the acnonettzitE Of silver to stand ts, tha
II Ii desirable In commerce To Approximate aou,t
uniform sta1ldatu Of exchange between III tIcrcnl
countries. Undoubtedly this argument Is wor
t'u1s tI!sarh a Congress Of Nations. s and 9th 9th
rr instruntcntaliuos, such = eousummattot
may iS rcaea!ctl; And. - = perfectly
goli IN the world arc to moro than euiflclen
ior safo butts fur it, paper mn,icy, .ts OF
changes, actuat circulation, scscrvo1 aesuu,nla
tians, ETC., so nothing can he Riofe contrary T.
| A,.b Akt La itH$Nr
aspirations, than that narrowing tho nsonetar,
basis and increasing Ill Anatclul and cotnnlcrrt2
ctnt,assassnIcnss and risks, which tho. dc
munetlzing Of silver, I persisted to, will ssr
.Issta1ctlye, obstructive, and 1anetal power, d
tLo worst Of all ,nonoInllea, Il will, Il carried
out Ia xll c,uutries, ruin or lmpoveEish Ut leas
ninety y.utne. .huinlrcIshs ot all the pconto III Al
countries, 1ea4lillE, 1T course, to tcsrtbia unt
tnrt,,celyahle eytls at many aralcs and kinds.
urnra tho just and Intelligent opposition t
ttav .neaaure III Great Iirttatn and Europe, an
tho ciEort to, correct thu error thsy hav
subtle craft, whose aims aso never, 70
IL II Tho conspir.cy against Frsneo i.rainst ii
lscpublh) suesctsls, no doubt her ananccs vii
b. erRsaa I. =. oS, pe'aSapts Ssptcn ae''san'bu'
Our situation, duties. lntcscsts, and wants
people urgently uculaMt that We give Erra
attention to our tTale With South AulcFtts
| Mexico, anu A&tAs aHQ ~ III MI lnos& toAhtIISa
silver Is tho standard, and American silver coli
vol known aud appreciated, every consadcrH
tirl of our own interests and commercial homo
renulres that w should not tctlonrtiza ou
own silver. To do ~ woul,l ba to losc, or Y
least to Dwarf ur sert'usly cripple. all thAa VII
commerce FROM the Kiu Gfatlde to Capu ftor
aud around tho shores of the Pacific and lnlita
t)ccat,s, wI,uss grand ftturu haa not yet NOR
than .Iawnctt upon our conlIttJ. situated - it
| in d position tho sunst splendid, aud blessed b
tic Umuip1.eut Wisdom. with rusuurccs u
most unris IL develop It. But tAiA Eng!ls
stattstne,. prr secretly determined to prevent
A. tho influence Of Spain lu shaping the de
| tIniek ot uIa.,hiud h4s becn 1xaxfea aud uude
, rated by Eustish histortals, anu her spoIlatiu
by England Concealed, so Ut couFse, tho benri
cent influence of thu vast addition she made I
tbo circulating medium VI the world has bseu To-
| sicht o{. ltoss tntuenees Tor good and evil a
: tntrtloekcd With thp whole Alvaueo Of mode,
| civilization.
T The spanish Amerleau dollar Of our aloptiu
j In l1ska VIVA thcu old, aud perhaps no cufna1
! iu sncitnt or muicru tlMcs egef hss bud cisr
iatlon At all comparable ~ It, either tu am0utl
= or Ia tbs all,s,bcf of people In tho Old Wor
t and thu New Who hare receirod It for centust
b past, aud who will doubtless continue ~ l.
j ases to come. whether thu conspiracy agatu
/ lu..th and int In