Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1881-07-22
90 mi NC tTID


Editor Of tie 7'i,prs:
For the benefit uf those Of orr r~ofic v he
are honestly irving to axe M heir mind.
upon the subject Of finance, tc- YOU Viii al.
low me space in your valuable lsfrr. tp state
/ The fact that the Supreme CCur; Of the niicd
States since SOB, has made SIX Divisions mo
I the power of Congress TO make legal tende
/ paper money and has now a serenih case ~ nd
ing. II it lie asked why so many decisions 70
| UFIng the merits Of the power Of the Govern
ment out in fall force ! answer that there
vas six different points To be covered. The
/ cases every enc bad The very best tAicnt en-.
gagged upon each side The Arguments were
| long and searching. No loop hole allowed
/ upon either side for an antagonist TO escape
1 old musty volumes, dating back to the early
/ days of our ooIouisl history were brought
/ forth. the dust brushed OF and their contents
exhibited TO the gaze Of gnor.nt men " no for
the first time in their lives, though Judge.
I knew that the great Congressional lihrary con-
/ tanned such information The decisions in
every case carried by large msjoriJies OF
the best talent of the Court. Those voting in
the minority s'e supposed TO have had ,hci-
hands creased by the kid glove thieves OF
| Wall street.
| TIE decisions were as follons: |. The
Banks VS.. the Supervisor q Wallace. p. 26).
! ?. The NeZie Bank vs. Fsnno, 10 " allace, D.
537). ,. The Banks VS. the Supervisors, G.
Wallace, p. 29l. !. Hepburn VS.. Grisw old. Is
Wallace, P. COB. ;. Knox vs.. Lee. and Par
ker vs. Davis az Wallace, p. +57). .. Lane
VS. State of Oregon, & Wallace, T. a5sl
! In no case the decision made a rlr
m.asuTe,' that sentiment was manufactured ia
! the prolific brain of a Wall street money king
| Whose money whip need only he cracked 10
make the editorial mules Of the country go up
TO the cellar and work against the laboring
/ people with vim.
| The seventh case now pending before the Su-
preme court, Butler VS.. Chit,udcn will | learn
! from good authority in Washington a few
| DAYS ago, be dismissed, because every point has
/ been covered by the six decisions already given
The Supreme Court sustained the legal tender
notes, and the greenback with "A stab Except
| in its back also as constitutional except in one
case when the conrt was not full That decis-
| ion however, was that "the notes WAS not le-
gal-tender for debts contracted 10 be paid in
coin" A full Court subsequently reversed
that decision. So that we have now no room
to doubt the legal tender character OF the
green back; and less room to doubt the power
of toe general Government TO make money out
of paper or airy thing Else. The law makes
money not intrinsic value.
| 1t is also due this subject 10 inform the
readers of the TINES that since the issuing of
the true legal tenders and greenhacks, fifteen
States have had the legal tender character OF
| these notes before their highest Courts, and
fourteen out of the fifteen State Courts has de-
cded the case in favor ofthe legal tender char
acter OF the greenback. SO that il is simply
stupid to doubt the sovereg nty Of the Govern
m;ent in this respect. The fact is the States
individually are competent to make paper le-
gal tender for dues taxes, sc due to the
State, as did Pennsylvania and Indiana in
l84l. will not, however, insist upon that
point, because the power in the general Gov
eminent is amply sufficient for al! practical
purposes If provided that We can take the
Government out of the hands Of the Wall street
thieves
Cathngo delenda est. And so is the Domo-
cratic Republican party. No party CT set of
men in this country of advanced ideas and pro-
gressve notions can long build themselves up
by falsehood The finishes of pretense, how
ever long sustained under garh of hypocrisy,
must ultimately give way to the advance of
light that is spreading all over the land, by
the agency of few patriotic men, who, hither-
to, was not known as politicians; and who, bt-
cause they tell The truth are called crazy ia
natics.
"God Gives MS men \ lime Ike H., Sc de-
mands
Strong minds, great hearts, tue fab and
really hands.
Men whom the lust Of ofIl,c does no: Kill;
Men whom the sp'i of ffiac cannot iuy;
Men who possess npjaionS and will;
Men who Lave honor, mtn arho wiN oil te;;
Men who can stand before demag oaue,
And d-n his treacherous batteries without
winking;