The daily gazette., 1879-06-17

Cdilctl luuepcuuShl PieoS'
THE Democratic party Of the United
States, in the last few year has elected
to Congress large majority of that
body. There is majority of Democrats
in each House. They are supposed to
be honest men--they are known to be
educated and able men; many of them
experienced men in State and National
legislation, most of them have legal
knowledge and acquired reputation at
the bar before going to Congress. They
lave stood up manfully and maint aimed
that the principles of economy should be
adopted and a reduction made in the ex-
penditures of the general government.
Their record and their speeches compare
favorably in point of logic with those of
their opponel.t,, and yet these gentlemen
collectively are referred to as the "Silyei
advocates" oy the Radical press and a
few Democratic newspapers, who make
the question in which the bankers and
brokers are interested paramount to all
others, and paramount to the existence
OF the Democratic party itself. Now,
these gentlemen in Congress who vote
for the coinage of silver on the same
terms with gold are Representatives or
nothing. They have the same rights
that other members have in Congress
andtley ought not to be expected to have
less force and less influence than other
men who hail from the Northern and
Eastern States, simply because they are
from the South and the West, regions
that have been bereft OF their rights as to
the currency which the wealthy North
and East demand that they and the
Radical party Shall control. If these
gentlemen who have been sent to Con
gress by the Democratic party, repre-
sentlng twenty-one States out OF thirty.
eight have not the same right to meet and
determine upon the course which they
shall pursue, that the Radicals had, thel
the Radical press may justify their at.
tacks upon them, and Justify their nsoleni
siurs and detamatory language. Fol
more than year these gentlemen hav,
been referred to as "consammate fools.
and ''knayeS and FOOLS" for their vote,
to coin silver and put the currency O
the country on the same basis that i
held before the late war. In that time w,
have seen all the wealthest government
yielding to the influence and necessit,
oil bl-metallic currency for the promo
tion OF labor and commerce; and onl
day before yesterday the news was fash
ell across the ocean that Germany wa
ABOUT to adopt the bi-metallic currency G
france aud previous to that the Enc
hsh Board of Trade had urged the re
Moiietlzation of silver upon the Chal
eelior OF the Exchequer. If, with h
melaIlc currency the commerc. of tb
United States, before the rebellion q,
ceiied all others in the world wb
should we be hating now about II
adoption ct it9 1t is a nonsensicaI e.,
lacy 10 term silver or gold cheap none,
oncy never was borrowed in tn
country at lower rate of interest tba
now. The Democratic party of Del
ware in its platform, adopted in 1877
ueciared IN favor Of gold and silver as II
iesai tender currency Of the countr,
ana the coinage of the two metals ougI
10 De done by the government on II
saint terms. We prefer that gold bullie
Shouid be purchased at the market pri
ana coined as silver bullion is now MI
enased and coined and the goyernme
make profit on both. But tbero .
'ho'c who prefer the old plan that exi,
'u PRIOR 10 the secret decentralization
SILVER ) that is for the mere cost of cbor
ing The metal into coin. This VIII,
ollh'ulty and many unseen evilsall ha
'iieii origin in the demonetization
silver That was engineered so ouie,
throllsh Congress that the President
the United states-Crant-didSa.,. 49,. ~
Ina. silver was no longer money in ,
United States, for two years af,erw. -
and expressed the greatest surprise WI
informed of it. r ''e "