Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1878-01-31

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passed yeas 43, nays g.. This is a concur
rent, resolution and is,only, an expression o.
the opinion Of Congress- ~ -. j. Y.
The motiqa of IS Mr.. !. .Copklipg that i,
should be joint resolution, Which would
have committed the President to The
measure, was defeated, yeas %, nays, 80 4,
In the course Of the debate on the Mat
tbews resolution, Mr.. Gordon, Of Georgia
said that he might have something to say
when the silver bill should co,no before
tho Senate. Ho would vote for the pream.
Bile and resolution Of the Senator from Ohio
because he believed the recital of facts con
talncd therein were true, and the resolution
suggested policy which he believed to be
honest, wise and Just. There was Que
thing, however, he desired to say, and that
was he feared the country was being led to
expect toe. much from the remopetization Of
silver. He cautioned tho people of the
country against such expectations, because
they would be disappointed. It was right
to remonetize silver, but it cou!d not give
the relief expected, The evils under whicl,
the country now suffered, 10 his Judgment,
resulted fron2a long series of tnactmonta
and felscsfihanoial system.s; lnodontalIy
thos%femonetisation of silver would givI
someo lreEtf's:;:by checking that pernioiou|
system rof ''conWaetioh which ;has ever au
will!alWays:@ destroy the prosperity Of a1|
country There. was another good roasd
for the remonetization Of silver. It wolf
give the. distressed people Of the oounS
some hope, ,,and that. was no small untIr
witt. him. It would encourage tho pcole
to believe thats0t last their rcpresentatIes
here had deter6lined to call halt iphc
system<of legislation which provided 4
class, and not for the masses.
Nlr., Hill said he could not vote f'thc
resolution, because it affirmed that the sbis
of the United States to day were paynR in
silver dollars; there were no silver dDars.
They .fiad. been destroyed by tho gYfrn
mont and how could silver dollars bSaid
wheh-the debtors had stricken themafom
the coinage Of tho country? Ho .batvcd
that the proper reconciliation oibIvcr
would bo great advantage to tho petc of
the country at this time, but an ,iproper
ton of tho silver dollar to tiISj coin
age Of the country would result 10 Ill 1t
would absolutely impoverish thealreay poor
and hunger the already starving Eff the
silver dollar could be remouetize3in an,
way to make it equal to tho gold holar a
good thing would be donc for the fountry
He believed that the silver could n made
equal in value to- the gold dollar Ih three
ways: First, BY increasing its wcgs; second
by limiting its coinage, and 6lird, by
limiting its legal-tender power. iBSScicv
cd it would be one of the grcatesl Mistakes
ever made by the American Congress- to
pass tho pending silver bill Hs WOULD not
vote to coin silver dollar and bain throw
upon the country deprecated 'd,llar that
cheated every thing that touchddit.
The vote on the passage of Matthew's
resolution was as follows:
Yeas Allison, Arm strong, [,al,. Beck,
Booth, Bruce, Cameron of Pelpsy ania,
Cameron of Mississippi, ChaGS, Coke,
Conover, Davis Of Illinois, D4vhsof West
Virginia, Dennis, Dorsey, Eusis, Ferry,
Gordon, Grover, Howe, JoRntbu, Jones
of Florida, Jones of Nevada, Kirkwood,
McCrcary. McDouald, McMi''as Matthews,
NeScy, Mcrrimon, Morgan, ,Oglsby, P'umo,
Ransom, saulsbnry, Saundrs, Scssucor
Seller Thurman, voorhees,, NilIogo, With
ers-43
Noys-Aathouy, B,rnum. j.yard, Blaine,
Bur"sid", Uhris'inucy, Cop,ling, Dawes.
Edmnnds. Ilamlio. Kornnn, ,pmar, hlcPher
son, Mitchell, Morrill,, Paddock Randolph,
Rollins, Sargent, Wadlcigh.nd Windom-
%.
Cockrcll Pnttcrs n. Ilaris and Garland
who would hove voted i,sthc Affirmative,
we're paired with SVhrtc 3uter'' Inar and