The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-12-20
I'VE Not that through ignorance
We did H."

the head or the malignity OF the
heart. The one that springs from
ignorance may be reached and cor
rcc,rd by disseminating intelligence
whore ignorance before prevailed ;
that which comes from mnlignity OF
heart can not DO reached. remcdied
or cured, except through the re-
moval Of the malignant instrument
Of public woe. In this country there
is but one means Of doing this, and
but once in four years that this re-
moval eau be effected-by the bal
lot
(which falls as noiselcss and a. stlll,
As snow-flakes fall upon the sod,
hut executes the freeman's viii,
As lightning does the viii OF Cod
It is indeed humiliating that the
chief magistrate Of the Republic fab
ricates falschood for partizan ends
instead Of accepting the advice OF
Cardinal Woolsey to Cromwell:
"Lct all the ends thou aim'st III
be thy country's,
"Thy Gods, and truths;
and ''like wanton boys who swim on
bladders" he finds himself beyond
his depth, in repeating this stale
falsehood:
1.-The trade dollar was coined for
the purpose OF traffic in countries
"where silver passed ut its value,
"nscertained by its weight and fine
mess. 1t never had a legal tender
quality"
When Mr.. Arthur pcnned that por.
ton OF his recent message, he is too
good lawyer not to have known
that the statement was unqunlifiedly
false.
The Act OF Feby. 18th 1873, Is the
one that provided for the coinage oil
the trade dollar. We quote Sec. Is,
OF the statute, to be found on page
93 or the laws of the Z. S., relating
to loa ms and the currency, including
the coinage acts.
See. Is. That the silver coins Of
the United States shall be Il trade
dollar, Il half dollar, or fifty cent
piece, n quarter dollar, or twenty
five cent piece, a dime or ten cent
piece, and the weight Of the trade
dollar shall be four-hundred and
wenty grains troy
and said coins shall be legal ten
der ut their nominal value for any
amount not exceeding five dollars
in any one payment.
Section II, OF the same act pro.
hibited silver coinage, except OF the
denominations above named, thus
stopping the coinage OF the "dolla,
OF daddies."
The act Of July %. 1876, enacted
rs follows:
See. 2. That the trade dolla,
shall not hereafter be legal tender
SC.
The recommendation Of the Presi'
dent and OF Secretary Folger for the
redemption Of the trade dollar In
the lighter weight legal tender dol
lar i all in the interest Of the specu
lato.s, inasmuch as they propose K
limit the period to one year. This
would enable the class whom these
officers represent to present thu
trade dollars held By them and ge'
the legal tenders, but the great mas,
Of, the people, unable to comply witi
the presidential recommend would
Ut the end OF the year be at the mer
cy OF the sharks again, who We sup
pose would i'm time have anothel
year granted for The redemption 0
new purchases OF trade dollar bull
lion. The government disposed o
the trade dollars in circulation a
par, and the period for their rcdemp
ton should be without limit rs Il
time. Honesty and justice demant
this. Then to prevent Shylock from
reaping the entire benefit OF thi
simple act OF justice to u swindle,
people, provision should he mad
FOR the full redemption Of ever,
trade dollar presented ut any post
Office In the United States at pal
or in exchange at par for stamps o
postal notes, Or post office orders
Thus they would go from the hand
OF the people at once into the pos
session OF IN officer OF the govern
ment, which should make provision
for their transmission from these re
positories to the nearest mint Of tn
United States for recoinage.
i But the President should try an
make his statements corrcspon
with that OF Secretary Folger, whic
Is Us follows:
"As coin OF the United States
having the image and superscriptio
thereof, sanciified as such by pena
ties upon the countcrfciting Of |
and once digniiied rs legal tender
payment Of debts aud dues, it sboul
he restored 10 its first state, or ca
led in ut its nominal value and mel
Cd. IN til. judgment Of this depar
ment II should DO called in III
melted"
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