Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1878-03-22
The International Conference.
WAsHINGToN, March Is.
Secretary Evarts has sent the follow
ing letter to our Ministers abroad:
DEPARTMENT OF STATE,

DEPARTMENT OF STATE, !
WASHINGTON ID. c., March II.
SIR: inclose herewith copy of the act of
Congress authorizing che coinage of the silver
dollar and restoriGg its legal tender. You are
requested 10 bring this enactment to the no.
tice of the Government to which you are ac-
credited, and in accordance with the provis.
ions contained in the second section thereof
to invite said Government, in the name of the
Government of the United States, to join the
United States in IA conference to adopt n com
mon ratio between gold and silver for the
purpose of establishing Internationally the
use of bi-me tallic money and securing fiXity
ofrelative value between those metals, such
conference to be held at such place in Europe
or in the United States, at such time within
six months, as may be mutually agreed up
on by the Executives of the Governments
Joining in the same, whenever the Govern
ments so Invited, or any three of them, shall
have signifed their willingness To unite in the
same.
As the President in his annual message to
Congress distinctly expressed his opinion in
favor of maintaining silver as one of the two
precious metals which furnish the coinage of
the world, aud keeping up to as full a meas
ure as possible the volume of the two precious
metals as our intrinsic money, and as the act
of Congress to which your attention is now
called was passed by very great maiorities of
both houses, the policy of this country in
supDOrt of bi-metalic money may be cOnsid-
cred as decided The position of the country
commercially, from its relation TO Western and
Eastern nations of the other hemisphere, gives
to it a paramount interest in the proper ad-
justment of the two precious metals in their
common service of furnishing an intrinsic and
universal money of foreign trade, and besides,
as the principal producer of silver, this coun-
try has n just disposition to promote one of
the important uses of that precious metal as a
constituent part of the money of the world
You will therefore promptly attract the at
| tention of the Government to which you are
accredited to the great interest which this
| Government feels in the measure now pro-
| posed for conforming the coinage and proper
| tions of the two precious metals in the sys-
| tens of the countries invited TO participate
! therein, to the common advantage of the com
| meree of the world You will observe that an
early adhesion of at least three of the Euro
| pean nations to this subject of a conference
! Is of first importance. This being proven 1t
| will be in the power of the President to ap'
point the commissioners provided for in each
case by the act Of Congress. You will com,
muncate to me he wishes or preferences OF
| the Government .ddressed on this subject
through you as to time and place of the pro
| posed conference, that concurrence on thest
points may not be unnecessarily delayed. II
necessary, you may use the telegraph for this
purpose. | am, sir, your obedient servant,
WIN. NJ. EvARTs.