Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1883-04-19

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book is used quite generally throughor
the country aS school book.
We want to give our readers froi
time to time a few specimens of tn
ideas that the book teaches. In tn
chapter beaded Money it says:
"The government, at n mint, assay
the gold and silver, puriiies them, an
by Il mark on each coin denotes its tine
ness and weight. That is to say, it Gel
titles that Il silver dollar, or u gold five
dollar piece, really contains u dollar
worth OF silver, or five dollars wort
Of gold. follows that a gold or Sil
yer dollar is an object having rca
value. If YOU give it il
exchange for dinner you do not swim
die the tavern, keeper.
1t Tthc government may declare tina
its coinage shall be accepted by all tn
cniZrns in their transactions at tn
weight and iincncss which it has cert
fled which is called making it 4 lega
tender.
Bat it is evident that this does no
give the government right 10 dcbas
the coinage by certifying that to bc
dollar which contains less than u dol
lars worth Of gold or silver for thi
would he TO chca: the people; still les
can it aHiX arbitrary denominations t,
things, rs pieces Of birch-bark, or o
paper, and command them to be ac
crptGd as money, or make them lcga
tender, rs we say. for this would be t
authorize one citizen to swindle anoth
or. All that the government does il
coming IS for the general convenience
to declare the purity and certify thu
actual weight of Il piece Of metal" "
Now, then, there is nothing in The
world to hinder a man from making
such a fool of himself aS To put fortl
such doctrines rs the above quoted Ian
guage contains, but there SHOULD be ;
law against knaveS putting it into tn,
hands Of Young Americans under tn,
sanction Of the school system.
The government does certify rs TO til,
weight and tncnCSs Of the coin, but il
does not certify that it contains IDOL
lars worth OF gold or silver. At mos
1t Sal ; lI1V III inc SeI''enlTh' Oh nc
'o"n'S OF u'o'S So h'"c', To'" OF Si!FeI
Slai pe N''uc'' a' one "o''ar' ~ ike
''l'' NaIue arPItr"rI,l Us H'uch so IL
when it says that a piece of birch-bark
OF paper Sha'I pt value" an" "cceP'eu
III one uoIL"r'
h'l us i''u''r'i'' suppose zones De'
comes l""ep''u 10 ohi''h "IIno"u any
agreement a' 10 now tile ln"en'euheS'
Hh'.li VI calcclIeu' Hhi'lh demands
SGlI'rmGhl' Jones oHeFS property Du'
tirN uii'r as 10 us price hehce inc
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Il" III" S'GP' III ana says: lere Is Il
piece OF gold WciiSning a gralhs on m
mere Is u piece oi sl'er WtishlhT ol-
grams me value OF whlch Inc govern
mem aroitfarily HNrS "l one aoilar
HAllil si''H accept lna' OF DC ueoarreu
from collecting his debt BY process OF
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