Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-09-11

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ni.cd states, under the sapo,;o. e =
: oiilcial oath are entitled on 10 La u =
lved as deliberate and welI ~ re- y y
,u, 1 'o"siu- ~ ~
WIN VT Mr.. Webster I record Al. -
a vorns of the Constitution rno .uvse W
esq., nighesoots and tendorlp pon o .,c .ne w W
!" Teu Tt sacredl lyundeeco SonJ 90 90 oi ~ ~
yb. ,nGy rest upon sono,;e.o a " oe ''o
IoIas, oe considered ne oc "han- al oal
- solemnity, at ali ene most 6a
,pehdss-~ cjes. Tho ,rnI @ 'ines and Th
itutlonal Prov hest IS e,. strength the
rotect, uhder tne -HS,y .osnnaaatlon w rap
Justice, aiike 'ne uany ea,hpgs VI y, ~
&c poor anu 'ne aovunu'a%u IVY, arI', 'aS,nss 5 q,
the rlch man ny ,h,y ~! I'm iraua . n
nd violence, ou. nun sno ts' ~ 'hons !,
sell, except III '"o 'o''i u W" an' :
qual taxatlon. -. ,,,,od ,,oor NC !
tidy has oeen suonslJ .o,. aS oS doLos =
ing tipnsiress mas .no Po%e, ~ sne {
ness, witli' ei.noi ~ ,he doromino. {
tion or legal cenns'~S W. M II has been ]
asked is the diH' H. ho,woen that
and issuing paper H. oven tbough
that paper should be a. .he time De.
preciated below the valueS aoin9 III
answer that because Congre NAV
possibly accomplish certain ciiss Nv
Constitutional means, 1t does not io,I
Nv that the same object can be attained
oy means which are not constitutional
Though, by the process oi dcpaslng the
metallic standard Congress may per
haps reduce all debts publlc ana prl-
yate, iiity per cent, 1t does noS io',1w 4
lnat tney can enact ulr1o'ly | In,,".a IIav Wy -
man wuo OWES ono nuluieu @ ~ uo'.a.s .anJo,. ~
another snall oe gun upon sno on;,'Ia :onnJ,
ol nity' We aPbiy no suoh pilno'Pl0
" W o'ner ouses ~ peoauso "nue. " P0% w.,
.lnl II na'i may uisPvse VI al os'a'e ~ ~
so,no @ %s aD ~. nU' ana' ~ ho "a" ~, u ' a;
roo,oa o !" .. "y ,':oa,e u.ner way 'p"n '""' vi
~ y
put considering " merely as an ar
ggS g9men' nl C u .ne intention oil the trainers
oa.'lm ~ sn1 Go,'a.iVu'lou, ;.'Iu, ~ appears 10 me
Is~ ,n.Uns'uo'No. i,a. ineio are very
,nP0, ,hl 9 sa"' l u.n''onoes ; oeeweeii ueoasing
.no .no. oG', . anu lg lssuihg paper money,
'I suous = .as', 'nei Piao.ioa, .I iesui's may IN
1o'ie Ie to LospeV's 1 " s'l'i,ar' ~ may wen
w nav Seon S.lii'e in'e"ueu W iease 70 ooh' %
,s oss u'aonI',oi ei,La . 40 ~ 'uo pno, uu1 "
2 uony % ,o. o,'ne. gtalluu TI, VI .nS govern
lnent' p.a'e ol reuer"i' any uiscre'iol'
"' !" my Tho 9tuol:
- "o uooaslng VI .no ooin 40 =
h, na,iu'a, nieasu1o pt lvl ny pun poso u uls
onarsing .n' uoiio % peII w1uiu % Te all ~
9Peh' gross anu Pa,paoie preacn " .,
@ lalsn, searcely PVssi9ie S,. III .ne presen'
aso " .no "oiiu' OnslSes, nomeseil =,
,or , 'no laele eat purposo VI reguiaelns 'ne
vnue n oi lne currently, may pe Occasion S
any necessary; AroiIrary 1overh'
menus, says ALBERT uailaslh nave az
various tunes, IN 0ruer 10 ueirauu .neir
creuiVors, ueoaseu tnc coin' WINS. .ney
preserved i.s uenomInasioh, ana mus
suoVer.eu .no s'anuaru oi Nalue, W
wnlch the pay men. ol pupic anu PR
va'e uco's anu 'ne performance ., con
M, 1racls ougnt 70 1ave peen reguiaseu ,,.
nis nagrah' noue Vi viola'lng Pupho
,ai'n mas oeeh lohg prescrlpeu y'Puo'
iic opinion governments nave, III
houern limes, substituted ior 'ne same
purpose Issues OF paper money grauu
any increasing IN amount ana decreas
ing III Value. III was 10 guaru against
these evils, that the provisions IN the
constitution On that SUBJECT were IN
troduced' Oonslderauons on inc
currency, p ~
1t is true that the coin has been de-
based in our own times and country,
but never with view TO defraud either
public or private creditors. When the
coinage OF the United States were first
regulated in 1892, a double standard,
both of gold and silver, was adopted,
and the proportion Of these two metals
fixed at one to fifteen, which was then
about their true relation in the market.
But though the relation between gold
and silver is certainly more steady
than that between any two other com
modities, at least within short periods
OF time, yet II is not immutable. Ac-
eordingly, about the year 1921, a
change was observed TO have occurred.
An ounce of gold, instead of being
worth only fifteen ounces of silver, was
really eYchangable for about sixteen
oupcoc 'Of couraa No ono xvonld INV