Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-07-19
How Doctors Of Skill and Experience
do Differ.

2. p. Rich says: "Greenbacks are money"
The Supreme Court of the United States, in
case of Bank vs. Supervisors. reported in
at is clear that these notes are obligations
Of the United States. Their name imports OBJ
legations, and every one of them bears on its
face promise to pay certain sum.
saThe dollar note is promise to pay one dol
lar and the dollar intended is the coin dollar of
the United States, certain weight and fine
cations fI i they bind the National faith. They
are, therefore, strictly securities
clip the above from the BULLETIN.
This case reported, and the one Of Hepburn
States Supreme Court reports, page COS, were
not considered at the time made. good:Republi-
can doctrine, for they held that contracts made
prior to the passage of the legal tender act
must be paid in coin. as that act could not have
a retroactive construction. Therefore the Re
publican party, who, at that time, were in the
cept the decision as legal gospel and enlarged
the Supreme Court by adding two more Judges
thereto, viz; Judges Strong and Bradley, and
then these same cases were brought before
investigation and learned argument by cOun-
sci, the Supreme Court decided that the green
backs were money and full legal tender for
all debts, (Only those excepted by the act)
whether the contracts were made before the
passage of the legal tender act, or afterwards.
This decision was final and Is the law of the
lard to-day, and will be found in IL Wallace
United States Supreme Court reports, page
500. 2. P. RICH.
Not quite so fast, friend Rich. Your
ingenious reply will do for those who
are satisfied to accept your say-so as
decisive, but the impression you convey
in it will not bear investigation. The
Republican party DID NOT ADD TWO
more Judges, but increased the number
from eight to mine. Justice Grier re-
signed, and the vacancy made was filled
by appointment. The Supreme Court
of the U. S. has never reversed the case
of Bank of New York VS.. Supervisors,
as you intimate. You say this case and
Hepburn VS.. Griswold, were not good
Republican doctrine, for they held that
contracts made before the passage of
the legal tender act must be paid in coin.
The legal tender question did not enter
into the case Of Bank VS.. Supervisors.
Refer to Chief Justice Chase's opinion,
and read the following: apart from
the quality of legal tender impressed
upon them by act of Congress, Of aohich
zoe moa0 say nothing" &c., &c. Instead
of deciding that previous contracts
must be paid in coin, the cases Of Bank
VS.. Supervisors ONLY DECIDES that
"greenbacks are exempt from State tax
alton, because they.are form of gov
eminent loan, and are not money in the
same sense as gold and silver coin is
money" The principle then:established
remains the law of the land to-day.
Point as to q single sentence IN any de-
cisiiom of the Suprem,e Court, aohich holds
any other opinion than that the green
backs are promises to pay coin.
Load up your old blunderbuss for an
other SCATTERING, and if you must tack
on poetical quotations to your short and
occasional financial articles, why not
recognize the law of adaptability, and
make your future selections from
Mother Goose's Melodies" which will
be in keeping with the sense Of much Of
the stuff which you so eagerly and
proudly publish over your own signature