Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1881-01-20

reissued and paid out again, and kept in
circulation [See record, Forty-fifth
Congress, volume Z, part 3, page o.
92s.l
This bill passed by vote of IN to IS.
When the bill reached the Senate Mr..
Bayard, gold-standard man, offered an
amendment. as follows: Provided, that
the said notes, when issued, shall be re-
ceiyable for all dues to the United States,
excepting duties on imports, and not to
be otherwise legal tender, and any re-
print of these notes shall bear this super
scription. The amendment was defeated
by a vote Of IS to 42. Record Forty
fifth Congress, volume Z, page and g.
$685. The bill was passed without
amendment by vote Of Al to IS. In
view of this act, so recently passed by
both branches of Congress-, 1 am unwill-
ing to forego and abandon the pronoun-
ced views of the Republicans as expressed
in the Forty fifth Congress, even at the
bidding of the gentleman in whose view
every thing turns to gold.
"And now, Mr.. Chairman, desire to
give the Republicans from the East a
word Of friendly advice. Silver mining
is one of the chief industries in this coun-
try. Millions Of dollars are invested in
it, and we people who live among the
: hou lNoanV,oo nI Of ,. ;,,
cessant war waged against us by such
gentlemen as the Representative of the
Brooklyn District. II it is right to pro-
tect the iron interests in Pennsylvania,
why is it not right to protect the silver
interests of Colorado? If it is right to
protect the copper of Michigan, the sugar
of Louisiana, the shipping interest of
Maine, why is it wrong to extend friend
ly hand to our great industry in the New
West? These are facts for Eastern mem
bers to consider Silver is the money
of the people; gold is the money of bank.
ers. stand for the rights of my people,
as the gentleman from Pennsylvania
(Mr. White) stands for his. You ask me
to protect pig.iron. ask you to protect
silver. The gentleman from Michigan
(Mr. Conger) asks me to protect copper
l ask him to extend a friendly glance tc
silver. Refuse us this demand, which
is in your power to do, and and will say
to you that the time will shortly come
when the toiling millions who are bring
, ing the treasures from the mountains tt
fill your Eastern Golfers, only to hav'
such treasures discredited and disgraceC
at the bidding of the bondholders ant
gold-bugs, will rebel against your preten
sions, and will seek new alliances, unde
a new banner, where their rights will re
ceive recognition. They will, in my
judgment, be mortgaged neither to tn
:. banker nor the bondholder.
"We will insist that the Secretary o
the Treasury, executing a law whicl
: provides that our national indebtedness
q shall be paid in coin, shall discharg
70 it in silver as we'll as in gold. Silve
l. is the money of the Constitution
- and we insist that it shall be re
II spected. We know that if the legal
h tender quality of the greenback is des
It troyed the banks will refuse to receive
O on deposit, as they threaten to refus
;, silver We are not ready to acknowledg
II the sovereign whose heads is o
IS sovereign meant mischief in Biblical day
r to Gods honest poor. Neither the golt
head furnished by New York, nor the irol
feet furnished by Pennsylvania, will
y deter us from our purpose to have tn,
it currency of the Constitution, gold silver
u. and paper, convertible into coin unde
the Republican banner, or under that o
some other party, which has at least
Il decent respect for the rights of man."