The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-03-28
A Hard.MOney Platform.
To the People of the United States:

To the People of the United States:
Pursuant to call, a meeting of citi-
zens of the Northwest in favor of an
honest-money standard was held in the
City of Chicago to-day March 14), and
the following declaration was unani-
mously adopted as u platform of prin-
ciples:
Opposition to all paper imitation and .conse-
Of equal value and equal purchasing power, and
convertible into each other at the will Of the
the publication Of the following statement to
which We invite yOlr attention.:
l. The industrial int rest of the country, and.
sy IN Of Of
and uniformity in the circulating mediums of
exchange.
clal Nations proves that gold and silver possess
stability Of value in u greater degree than any
other commodities, and are, therefore, the best
snsard ct aue %n n ts with
mand. the only safe and uniform circulating
mediums.
lish and maintain sound and Uniform Currency
system; the establishment and maintenance of
such system was one of the ends contemplated
tie Constitution. and to secure the advantages Of
the principles and spirit Of the Constitution.
The Constitution aa contempiaes only the use
These principles were strictly observed by the
Government until a great National emergency
compelled COM temporary departure from them.
clared to he only temporary, and only justifiable
on the ground of extreme necessity in time of
National peril, and the most positive assurances
Departments Of Government hat when the
exigency of the war should pass away the Gov
eminent would, as soon as practicable. return to
Sts,kS
and II. sure of value.
5. The emergency that made it necessary for
the Government to force upon tae people an IT.
redeemable paper currency having passed away.
to now perpetuate that system rs q permanent
financial pol: " would be violation of the spirit
Of tie Constitution, and of the spirit of the laws
issued; and. as the experience Of the world has
proved, wOlld necessarily be followed by still
further depression, to the great injury of all
legitimate business. and add to the suffering of
the lsboring 81 uses. upo, wlom the evils Of the
Gepreclated currency inevitably falls most heav-
dividual prosperity. demand q return to the
standard of value recognized in the Constitution,
and. with our present paper currency almost at
par with com, to delay such return and author
ize new issue of irredeemable paper would only
add to further depreciation. till, as in all past
experiments Of the kind, the paper would be-
circulating medium, and entailing destruction
on all industry, and misery and poverty on the
misses of the people.
Z. We have now an abundance of money to
supply all the want. Of trade; our paper currency
is rapidly approaching the uniformity and sta
bility of the coin standards. and, if left free
from further legislative changes, it will soon. by
force Of natural laws, go into general circulation
and general confidence and prosperity will be re-
stored to the country.
g.. We invite all our fellow-citizens who concur
in these views of the nature of money and me-
dunn of exchange, and the functions OF tue Gov
eminent in relation thereto to unite with us in
an effort to maintain the honor and welfare o:
cur common country. and in a protest against
the adoption of an irredeemable paper money
policy, which would certainly soOner OF later be
followed by all the fluctu,tiOn and depreciation.
ending only in ultimate reputation and seneia
financial ruin.