, 1879-08-07
A PLEA FOR A SILVER STANDARD.
Tho Dollar Of 1702 anh the Dollar Of To-
Dny.-1oll md tic f7Dth Doilar,

Tin Dollar of 17D2 ami tI,a nottnr nT Tn,
l,ny-t,o'a md tho a"'d po'las:
~, 10. ,1 ~ ".' aug ".4o use 1..''", u
tie l'tto 1ork Tin':s: In an editorial under tic
above title, July 90 vou call tho Standard silver
dollar Of A1a15 grains au ss.ccnt dollar, nms
,sI,. ~ 80 ,,,a as.,. ."' y. .,'' uoA' so"-
la'ns !ao H"mo Ataouhs ol Puro silver
fhas Inc t1lTcr do!iar contained while We
wcro colonies Of Great Britain nnl w.,lo wo
,,,n, 1T. .ono ,,,ar ,sns T., a,rn,,,.,,. ".
f'''N '"'s eano oo'4a. "as ~ c'ie"tas'oi "len
ohr present constitution was FORMED. You
must also admit that up to this Tine there had
been no such thing rs cnl, dollar In the United
stotra nm1 whcu f.nnvr,.s co,nn,curcl :, coI,,
."I' w., "" W ,-r, - se' se4'ta ~ eo't
6l'eF oo'1hls III 1'o:, ~ pursuance Of no"crs
conferred upon 1t BY the Constitution, tl1c Oil
resncpt to tim amo,,nt NJ s,lycr thcrct,' nrd III.
a,, s,,.,,,o,,,,", 1.anro ..a, ,.aa .,'s .,. W" =.
uh'y h0oo'a"I'I' e,'a"So 'nAae ""S 'lfnt II
soould be nsal-tc,ldar IN oil payments.
fused by anybmly who was cn.ltlud to receive
de3]nrs in d1tcl,urHa Ut 1ghty This beinr sf, Tho
worlI doiiar previous to l793 meant 3Iln eraios
q. pure silver, or 4loI grains ot Rt!nrti silver,
silver, With Tic power OF lcgal.to,nler annexed
Thereto by Courrrss. And y,lt m,ist nlso n'1m;t
lt.at The t,uul,l,ty Of ,ure silver iu tnu silver
dollar llas never lpun changed since 17,f!, nm
not 1flrHriuF nf tlH frus1 Inilnf. httn1fR1 TINT
Is ,.ot now treated as n dollar any morr Tim We
treat nY .1olnr The oii Snarish dt,1Iar nj rni.
onIaI timcs, an, spsuSl;,r Us slnJiar which
was trst coined In l7.2, nl.tl which YOU call the
Ssccnt dollar. Aud tic question occurs 10 nc,
dollar, when 1t Is the o!.!ost dollar wo have III
@ e ans s, stais' ST. Sta A ete d te1s ty 81 s. ysr m
foundation Of our present Gnvernmont. d..
$500 OF o gold tlullar. but what right have
YOU 10 set no the coltl dollar a. Ills stas ri unIt
Of value, aid say Tint wo must n,al;c tic silver
dollnr equal In yalno to til WHY not sur that
silver .olnri In oti1er words w!,y not acccnt , n
md tl,eu proceed to mako tl,c soli aolar l eaual
to tho silver ttollar} J{a.s 10 not eIuugtI ihs
10 u.ais rqt,! 10 N4e tt!.xr dollar Did we nat
sijyer in TIC stycr oar was s'i Tic standar ,'a ,a
unit Of value IN ,ho Unttell States. md ,nt thjs
when Congross, in l7]., culnnlcnccd to coiu alyvr
tiotura md to 1naku 1hc,n cuuai in yujun RI lin
Old Spanish dollars Then IN circulation. by mt
Ting m cul,ol nt,l,nt Of silver In tic ur,y ,ioilnr
did not Congress then atlmt alI assert ,h,.t
tlnitc to ho lie standard ,n1k nj yn]nn IN ,I,,
United statesI Auu dill not Congress uIso lien
admit ai usscrt Tint 4l2E nruips Of st1mlnri
sijyor, Will ugal-tudcr il1srctu annexed. nin,i
b. ,5 sta,,dard ollsr in tIls unto s,a.ss asua a
viii na tm Snstn. Srxir,. mHl fEu, nth.r H.an,s.,
roiontts3 9'N'''A
The nt,apttty Of co,d In t1,e gold tlo,1nr bas
mt hee rh",,1rT a;nr" ts7 ntuI nj lin, lima T.
vua iix"d ri II IA ,.ra;,,a ~ mn" r vot ~
t "r",s -. =; =, .,ssor.i nn,d n,,j Il ,ra Euu W
s,,nnns,.I i'm, 1nia n,nn,nt nf gnI'i VIVA wna
cnHni in yaluo to liz s,ivnr IN n
nycr 10 ie tSnstt 1ess o,ui So,t,u,'s', ~ mo
..t, f"so " ,,.st, urn, h. ". t ;S11 t ~ ~
woft ,ess viii na lsS 6 nut & s'es 5S Tie Tie game an