, 1878-12-14


tesaosls lses s.ngiy masfrs. Tls-
k'mlu enpcoets app~sf un ilssi' roinsxe
Tvprc~nle,l With singa'As rnaefmw
TIE fa,-, false Auguaius. tbe syla'tsi d
rracti'sn. is asas p,l ~ a ghssn,srsI s,,.nE
"ae rsa Hvvrr usisiske hih Then
esne- iar bfuiai 1nl~sirs. heavy ClaaS
,as. Ee-Ps-sau, raslr l'as Aluon h@ur,s.
Trlsa i1e 1sclasei sAlars ~ nAinv i
ne "a sa r'sin. Tls- gvpih. pvAsAnt
cauasc..sHrr at Msnua Aaniips slli
smiies Spon gs is'sn his u,ssad saisld, u
lee slsad fee ~ Cs,.nnss,sius.
TAe End 'rsas of tie Aai~ninrs Is
a magaidoni eesn. tle sycs'aa ~ ID.
Ear''i's prosperity. Il was Ser,h alnpa'
Csc del.srs and dinis; ins ~ fae sm.
p.re sell, Is. cninsge Was ,lslasri. The
iyraets giaH.lrrrd tbs peepie rs eeryy
az, ihsg lswef-l the salHs "a g4lA Kaa
siiEtr m''ary rnlii i was neariy wosah.
le.s; ih'y riscuiale'i j,iscr~ wssasA svvs
Nish thin sr1tin.s sor goil aa silver.
they wrse advocates of itl.tisn unu
"ai'sllrt Iaoney. C,'am-Fce sioppeA.
the World ~,nol slili. Raisl q .Esrant,ne---
p pflirps Dioalctian reformed iiie cur
iency, issav,i gold ana silver cnins of iull
value. AMI liked vt C,,as an,inopie iha,
taste lar pare muney--ihai iiaahcial
honesty Ito which it owed much Ut its
wealth and its rcnnwn. Thruuga the
middle ayes the gold bez,nt Of Canssan-
iinore was seldom ;amperei with, was
almost always pure. The great city on
the Busptrris was the we,Itulest OF all.
its revenues in tho twelfth century
ensrmous. Soon after. Venice, In tue
fulliluss OK IT'S commercial greatness,
hogan to coin its excellent gold and
silver. and the mints oE Florence poured
forth ccasclcss tide OF gold fsrins,
the purest and finest money OF the TING
Even the Mohamme,lans Of Syria initiated
the bezAnt of Cuns,antinopc. changing
only the inscriptions. Tie solidus, the
aureus, tlni bezant. the splendid coins
OF thc Roman Empire, became every
where the Instruments OF trade. The
modern cnins initiate their value. An
English sovereign is worth litte less
Than a splidus, AN AmerieIr halt oa.sls
not quite 50 much rs thu htzan. Our
most common gold com il the direct
descendant OF that on winch shoae the
mild faces II rrai.n and Marcus Aureli-
us, or tho eatler, still more splendid,
statei of Alexander AMI republican
Mietus. Il, a.,,,
Honest money and commersia aud
manufacturing greatness haze alwiys
appeared together. Its cnins ars tne
surrst Indications of tho CHARACTER Ct
each government, of i,s prosperity, its
decay. Weak, dishonest governments
have always dcbiss,l the currency;
s,rpn. ones improve a.. Tlie stern
vindirtyr. rutnies, ruers ot Vehco
Kept theii gold pure IL the midst 81
ceaseltss wars. II,lIand btcamc The
ctn:re oi coinAIcreiiI llanpr and great
ness; is credit aid i's wea'ta are siil
unllritcll. EnsIan,l iAa Eiiz.l'etirs
reiga reformed its currency, iniissteh
HplIand; it las steadily pursuns US
practice Of preserving Il perfect purity
ia coinage; il has had for sixty s'ssrs
tie lest cnrr MY in the werlll;lts snvef-
i'm uid us Shilling circulate every where;
thclr vaiue is humutablr. Frou, the
rulccoius OF rhe' honest Alfred, s'ie
common anc,syor ef tie Saxon race. y
the latest MONEY OF Victoria, the EaTiiss
merchants anliarmers lnvy aIsays hsa
Il tileral,le means ot exchange TIE
pssity fits coinage has helped 70 make
Eoglaud rich, tu gIvo it the carrying
trade Of the world. To make it the Hie-
ccs.tnI ususer. Gin, prosperous manaisrt
urgr. tie npdcrn Tyre rr Venice.
Our own coinag-l1egan in 1888 9&
bot instead of the sacgs oi senators and
and :.onarchs, 1t bears oaiy tile fgnse
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