Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1879-03-22
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our Government TO make paper money .
legal tcnder, in time Of peace. for debts,
were 10 arise in the course Of actual bust
ness, and after adjudication by the lower
court. TO come before the Supreme Court
OF the United States, that Court would be
In duty bound 70 decide II; but it 10 doubt
full whether il will entertain such . made
M case a. that which will be brought
before IL BY General Britler and some Of
his associates, especially, now that the
United States legal tenders and the Ma
tionsl bank issues are both ct par with
gold, and the question has but little COM
mercial interest. It il now mainly . polit-
ical question. When paper was worth less
than its face in gold, and nuctuated in
value from day TO day, it was an import
ant business question whether or not it
would be safe to refuse to accept 1t and
demand gold. But now the question ID
interesting only in determining. by . Su-
preme Court decision, . point upon which
political parties differ. The Supreme
Court il justly adverse to placing itself in
such IN attitude, particularly ~ their de-
cisons Of such points, though technically
final. would not be 20 politically. Tho
bred Scott decision, instead Of setting the
points involved in the slavery quos-
ton, only lent . new m~alignity to the
partisan strife on the subject. and inasmuch
u the decision was on constitutional ground
the Abolition party denounced the constitu-
ton y - league with hell and covenant
with the Devil" and never rested satisfied
until the Constitution was violated BY an
Emancipation Proclamation; that even Mr..
Lincoln acknowledged was . ''wsr meas
IRE" and not . legal one. Tho Supreme
Court thus suffered loss Of prestige and
dignity and really settled nothing.
The question now proposed BY General
Butler. or ono very closely akin to il. has
already been before the Supreme Court
and has already been decided BY il. The
Court decided that the United States had
not the power 70 make it, notes . legal
tender for debts. II this decision had
stood the national finances might have
escaped the legislative folliss and uncer-
taintiss that have 20 unfavorable an effect
upon the business Of the country. But it
wa one Of the infamiss Of Grant and the
Republican party that they overthrew this
decision and The dignity and authority Of
The Court. Grant appointed two new
Judges 10 vacan seatst ON the b nch
with the understanding that the legal
tender decision should Be overruled.
Grants Attorney General moved for
. rshsaring; it was granted by the
packed Court. The argument was reheard,
though that was unnecessary, for the de-
cision was already an understood thing.
The legal-tender decision was ovcrruled,
and then began the financial uncertainties
and idiocies that have ever since perplexed
business and burdened it. II the Supreme
Court were now TO decide the question
again and return to its first and doubtless
sound decision, it would not only appear
moro vacilatiDg than ever. but would prob
ably give . new life 10 . question that Is
now virtually settled. The country ~ .
whole passed judgment on the greenback
question ct the late election, and the result
was that only nine s~traight-out Green
hackers were elected TO Congress and some
Of these owe their places to dissensions be-
tween the great parties over local issues.
Since resumption, which the common
sense Of the country perceives is not only
. success but . blessing under which the
business Of the country il rising rapidly
into prosperity, the Greenback party has
aeefised still further, and should tho cleo
ton be held again It 10 probable that it
would pretty we'll disappear - an element
worthy Of consideration. For these rea-
sons We doubt the expediency Of bringing
the legal-tender question before the su-
preme Court.
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