The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1884-10-05
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ing Monuments Of His judicial La
ICskIand Times.J

Inc reIurn ~ JbCbe flttO 10 DIS Own
State suggests the part that Z jurist
taArs in tie politics o. his country. ES-
eluded by propsr custom RON the stump,
his work is done in the judicial opinions
which are the records of his Court.
Without pretending to craftsmanship, and
indeed while under ban b. tie local or
~glni=ation of his party, sitting with his
lips sealed 10 all answers when attacked
or DETAINED, yet a Democrat who Is driven
to q stateman's reason for the faith that
is in him must so forth to the principles
laid down in Judge Fields opinions as q
Justice Of the Suprerl. Court.
When party principles are pat in the
form to which he fashions them in tLsss
opinions, they stand out as the deriva-
tives of tie Constitution. ana they APP
peal to the intelligence Of the country,
and mass the major interests of the peo-
pie into n common appreciation. Witness
the situation to-day in the business cen
tiers of the Fast. II Cleveland carry
New York, New Jersey and Connecticut
he will win them by favor Of the bust
ness interests which are now painting
the men who find the earning. o. a life
time melting like the dream Of a night,
il asked why their solid-Serming sub
stance is fading, answer that the Su-
preme Court OF the United States has
torn up the foundation of confidence.
Its decision affirming the validity Of Ma
homes reputation Of the Virginia debt,
is of equal application to the securities
of every State and has rotted the credit
of all. What answer does the Republi-
can party make { this solemn baptism
of crime in Virginia? Instead of repu-
dating Reputation, when validated by
the Supreme Court, it answers, through
Mr. Blaine. that the United States should
pay to Virginia bond-holdcrS the money
that Mr.. Malone has stolen from their
pockets: that California shall be drawn
on to pay the State debt r~epudiated by
Virginia!
The Democratic party nnswers through
Judge Field that Virginia shall not re.
pudiate her d9bt, and that her Legis'a-
ture shall not violate the Federal Con-
stitutiou 10y impairing the obligations o.!
n contract, THAI Mr.. Malone hus no right
to pick tlie pockets of her bond.holders.
and that it is infamous that California
shalt make good to her creditors the
debts Of another State.
Having destroyed confidence in State
securities and so hurt tae credit OF every
State in the Union, the Court next adj
dressed itself 10 tamPering with Federal
securities. In tue legal tender decision
it solemnly dec drd that the Federal
Government hus original and not drr.y-
ate sovereignty! Story and Marshall,
fancy and CEnse and Field, decide that
its powers are delegated, that they are
derivatiye. But with one voice the Re
publican members declare that by virtue
OF original sovereignty it may do what IL
crowned or sceptercd monarch may do,
or what may bc done by a royal or inn
perial Parliament, that it may issue pa
per money, in any quantity Congress
may choose 10 authorize, and if it so
please that body this paper trash may
be II legal tender Tor public and private
debts!
These two flows Mt public credit are
appalling in their possible consequences.
Webster said that paper money OF that
kind contemplated 10y this decision is the
most GINNING Of all devices for mnnuring
the rich mans field with the sweat Of the
poor MATS face. Benton stand out
as Furnished bullion in the fond memory
Of his party, for his support OF JGckson's
~ ccic circular and his mastcrly exposi,
ton Of the natural laws OF money; and
Judge Field, III his opinion resisting the
findings Of the Cont, has buildcd a
monument 10 the right construction oi
the Constitution. and hence a monu.
mcnt 10 the principles Of human liberty.
that will stand when BurihUidi's bronze
has been hOHry-combcd 10y :hs elements.
In that opinion hc has defended the
laboring mans right to the full purchns.
ing power Of his days wages; his right
to accumulate us savings the margin be.
tween the puy of his labor and the cos,
Of his bread; his right to by and by invest
this margin III tools and ii shop for him.
self, u home for his family, or q farm OIL
which to lord 1t in the independence OF
n freeman. And ut the same time he
has said with plainness unmistakable,
that what n man has earned is his, and
not another's; that the Government can.
not turn loose upon his fortune the
gnawing maggots Of n iluctuating cur.
rency TO drpreciate his bonds, destroy
his credit aud despoil his substance.
business men East who have stood
for months the bitter panys Of transfer.
nation from prosperity to poverty, uu-
reserycdIy nscribe this profound financial
suffering which has crushed banks and
laborers in its impartial jaws, to 1,epub.
lican policy in tbr decisions Of that Court
and this conviction has pronounced their
divorce from the party which is rcspon.
siblc for the Cont. Let every Democrat
be thankful that there is left on the
Bench a Democrat who, at the pinch OF
this crisis, was in II position to crystal.
izc the intention Of II party, in the