The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-08-21
lheapen the dollar, and lower The stan.

70 cheaper the dollar, and lower the stan.
dard Of value.
Now, fellow citizens, Is this desirableo
The United States from It's continental "a.
sttion, lis wealth and population larger
than any other American country. its
greater production Of the precious metals.
It's wonderful resources not only Of these
metals but o fall the metals most useiult TO
commerce, and the active Industries and In.
genious devices offs people, REQUIRES a nm.
rency adequate not only for domestic use
but for international use. We n sena.
rate ourselves from the coinage OF 10
great commercial nations OF the world.
we must have money Of such intrinsic
VMueI form and convenience as 10 be &C.
eepted as money ~ every country In the
world. Nothing short of this should meet
me acceptance OF our people, or will n a
PIE us 70 utilize our superior advantages
Tor mining and coining money, and for ex.
changing our productions, Our money
must consist Of both gold aud silver, to
meet the greater and lesser wants Of life In
this country, and to suit the markets Of
Europe as well as China, Gold coin, from
It's Inherent qualities and higher value, Ia
pest adapted as q standard OF value
Tor the larger transactions Of life and
Tor European commerce. Silver Is bet.
ter adapted for domestic uses,
Tor small tranactions, and for our
commerce with China, The gold coin Of
the United States, now known for forty
years Throughout the civilized world a.
American Eagles, are received everywhere
a. par Of exchange, and form part Of the
boarded treasure Of every country. Since
It's coinage was made free, it is received
and accepted as current money, without
recoinage, In. every market. II this coin
Is maintained at It's present weight and
ttneness Il Is more likely than any other
be the international coin OF the world.
This advantage should not be surrendered
by the United States.
And our silver coin should be made
equal In market value to the gold coin Of
the United States. We may, by limiting
Us amount, sustain It's nominal value here.
but In foreign commerce It is measured bv
al It's market value. True states.
nanship points to an international agree,
ment with commercial countries az 10 the
Of silver and gold, but II that Is not
.ltlainable, then the issue by the United
States OF a real honest silver dollar, worth
IN the market n hundred cents in
gold would gtye.it a worldwide circulation
tue best possible market for our silver
bullion. The opposite policy ofcolninp free
all eighty.ive.cent dollar will Danish gold.
and return us 10 the single standard OF sill.
yer, with q view to cheat our people with
a cheaper dollar.
Fellow citizens, why is it that, now
when We bare The best system Of currency
aver devised; when We have the gold doi.
ar and the silver dollar, three hundred
md forty'six millions OF United States
totes redOemable in coin, aud three nun.
tred aud twenty millions bank notes as
yood as gold; now that we have resump.
ion, one kind Of money for all, and all MS
Iood as gold; now that prosperity bright
'ns up all u industries, and Providence
US with bountiful crops-why now
mixer with our currency, and yield to the
OF the hour? The RepubIi.
'an party is strong enough and brave
enough to do what Is right and honest,
With a certainty that our Democratic
riends will find out that we are right af.
er We have done It, and ungraceIully
'cquiesCo, as they now do in regard TO re-
IumntiOn.