Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-03-06

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We cop the following from the Lead
,;lle Democrat "Said we not during
The campaign last Fall that men and
napers ~hereabouts were both making his
torv which would rise up in the future to
condemn them. We did not apprehend
that the prophecy would so soon be full
6lIed. Bat the fulillment has grandly
come and in a way and from a source
which we could then see was inevitable
The struggle for and against silver must
swallow up all minor questions and all
minor subdivisions of the main question.
Roth the Herald and the Tribune were
prolix in their sneers at the Democratic
dollar which contained the minimum of
four hundred and twelve and one-half
grains Of the precious metal. 1t was a
fraud. 4 deception and a cheat then Of
the first water. Three short months have
rolled into eternity and the "'short dol
lar. the Democratic dollar, the despised
dollar Of the daddies is transformed into
a sacri6cial piece of money as inestima-
bic as was the piece which our Savior
called the fish from the depths of Galillee
to deliver to him that Casar's tribute
might be paid. Saturdays Tribune leaves
no doubt in the minds Of its readers as
to the g~enuineness of its own conversion,
and but little as to that of our neighbor
and friend, the Herald. We sincerely
trust that both are truly converted, and
we stand ready to welcome them warmly
to the Democratic fold, not alone on the
silver count, but as to the whole COM
pleted and finished gospel Of political
truth. This as the other gospel has gates
standing wide open and while the lamp
continues to burn. the vilest anti-silver
sinner may return The Funding bill
has excited anew an interest in this ques-
ton. The old Democratic break-water
against the gold standard, in Congress,
has been destroyed. Belford, being on
the ground, understood better than our
dreaming theorists what the danger was,
and nobly and bravely sounded the note
Of alarm which is still ringing in the ears
of the people of these silver-based noun
tains, and which stirs to their profound
est depths the w~ell-grounded appre-
tensions OF both these excellent papers,
which are more patriotic than Republi-
ian, where silver is concerned. 1t remains
to be seen if the Republican majority in
Congress and the anti-silver President
will dare to again attempt the abasement
Of the metal upon which rests the foun-
dations Of all our Western prosperity.
Should they attempt that, we predict
again, and this time with absolute con-
fdence, that the Herald and the Tribune
will both make the fight with us against
the iniquity. There is no doubt Of the
fact, and it is difficult to believe that
there is a man or a paper in the State
who would array himself against the
metal which has made her. Then how
exceedingly unwise it is for us to keep
alive animosities which may affect this
harmony, which may in the near future
prove of such inestimable service to us.
When the fight does come. and come il
will, we verify believe we will need every
man and " cry vote. Let us not drive
any strength away. Let us crystalize il
and so unity it that we will be able te
sweep the gold standard men from oul
path and fix by constitutional amend.
ment the final and firm status of silver,
and thus lift it, as gold is, above the
angry waves of party or speculative
phrenzy. This is the only remedy, the
only course which will forever eliminate
this dangerous question from the politics
Of the nation, and give peace and quiet
and that necessary sense of security te
the silver-producing West which is SC
valuable to her now, and which is to be
of SO much more Importance as the years
pass. It isn't To- a question Of Repub.
lican OF Democratic ascendancy, it is
simply as to whether we can maintain in
place and at equal value the money Of
the ages which we are digging from every
hillside in all this broad, beautiful State
of ours as well as throughout the entire
West. Before this question, let all other
considerations sink into insignifcance,
and above all our W little jealousies
and rivalries, especially as members Of
either of the great parties struggling SC
fercsly for political mastery"