Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-02-06

Q were planted, where children wei
Q born and grew to be men and womcl
Q and then in turn went forth into th
g great world. still 10 the west, there /
+ live ever again in labor and privatio
= the lives OF the iather and mother le
. behind.
| The silver dollar Is peculiarly tb
) aboripg mans dollar, as far as he ma
desire specie. When specie paymep,
! were authorized before the war il wa
) the favorite currency with the people
and it will be so again whenever
, general circulation OF coin is obtained
it that shall ever happen. Through
, out all the financial panics that hav
assailed this county no man has beci
t bold enough to raise bis hand 10 strik
IL down no man has ever dared u
whisper Of contemplated assault upol
IL; and when the hour Of It's DANCE
and obstruction drew nigh, when lh'
18th day of February, 1873, approach
cd, the day Of doom to the American
dollar, the dollar OF our fathers, how
silent was the work of the enemy
N Notasound, not a word, no note of warn
ing To the American people that thci
tavorite coin was about to be destroyed
Us money that the greatest financia
revolution Of modern times was in con
temptation and about TO be accomplish
ed against their highest and dearest
rights The taxpayers Oi the United
States were no more notified or consul
ted on this m0ment0us measure thar
the slaves ON southern plantation be
tore the war when their Muster mad,
up his mind 10 increase their task or Il
change them from a corn to q cotton
field, Never since the iopndatpn Of
this Government has law OF such
vital and tremendous import, or indeed
Of any importance at all, ciawled int
our statute-boolss 40 iuruvcly and &c
noiSelcssly as this. It's ENACTMENT there
was as completely unknown to tho peo
pie, and indeed TO four fiiths Of Con.
gr,ss itself, az the presence Of u burg
lar in house at midnight il 10 Its sleep
ng inmates. This was rendered pos
slble partly because the clandestlne
movement was utterly unexpected, and
partly from the nature of the bill in
which il occurred, Tho silver dollar
Of American history was demOnetized
in AN act entitled "An act revising and
amending the laws relative 10 the
mints, assay offices, and coinage Of the
United States" The avowed and os.
tensible purpose oi this act is set forth
by Dr. Linderman, the Director of the
Mint, IN his recent work ON Money and
Legal Tender After citing very fully
the legislation of this country on the
subject OF minis and coinage, he says
Th.re we're, however, provisions oil iaw. conGic-
tug in their character. as to the rrlatye powers
and duties Of the Secretary o; the Treasury aud
the Director II the Mint To remedy this snd 10
consolidate coinage enactments were the chief oh.
jecis Of the act approved February u. 1879, re
sising and amending the laws relative TO the
minis, afssy othcers, aud coinage Of the United
States
This act embraces sixiy-seven sec
tions, and fills twelve closely printed
pages Of the seventeenth volume OF the
United States Statutes ut Large. From
this volnminous and proIix measure
proclaiming, as il did, other and total
ly different objects TO accomplish, it
was only necessary TO silently the
few words that for nearly hundred
years had foated the old familiar dol
lar ma a full i,.vat fauder dawn tha