The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-01-22

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Nsier Caikins has given his views on
the silver question through the medium
OF The local Republican press. There 4
absolutely no new point. feature 81 de-
dae'ion IN A 'hsrd money paper ";
ls16 would have contained precisely The
same Argument. clnthed In precisely
similar terms. N Il the same old story
nlAnnt National honor" "honest dollar"
";he salye do'iar for the Uofkinxmen. !"
thai has been dinned IN and ont 81 lime
Tor liteen yfars. No single phase 81 the
msnN side issues connected with II Is
touched upon. No mention Is made ~
National interests or the honor III Ma
ti.nal contracts. hut eontinnsi Quackers
on National honor. In answering the
question II "thc relative vs!nc> between
the two metals be Fixed upnn their sciu-
Al values IN the commercial world. or
shall The, be fixed upon an arbitrary
relative value wiihnut reference To their
commercial value" he says: III should
te M endesvof Of those intrusted with
shSi duty 10 lay aside all appeals 10 the
debtor or creditor class and treat thr
question simply from the standpoint Of
honesty aud right
His answer means just this: tn sink
all absolute conditions. as they actual,
exist. anil treat II a. an abstract icrmols,
In which b determination of "honest,
ai.t right must be accepted on The die
tun o. AIR. Ca:kin's Imagination, or that
Of some u else who may sgree with
him. II so happens that il is not fanci-
fui determinations Of what n one may
term honesty aud right, that rules in this
world. but force, pure force. What is
honest and right Is = thing that varies
with each individual interest. Il was
considered perfectly honest and right TO
burn a hereto three hundred years sgo
although il would be considered wrong
now. Slavery N one time WAS consid-l
cred honest and right. though happily
now IL il considered all wrong. The
Briti~h In taxing America considered
themselves honest and right. and 30 did
our sorefaticrs in resisting them. and la
this case what was honest aud right was
defined ~ inherent in the party that had
the most force, which happened 10 be the
American party. II Is precisely the
same with the financial question. il isl
the force or capital against labor OF the
banks and bondhoIders against the peo-
pie Il i the sstne old story OF an aris-
sccracy attempting the destruction OF q
democracy. and the force OF public opin-
ion on this question shows clearly that
public opinion Is alive 10 just that issue.
II i needless 10 use space 10 saying row
much beyond the right of the question
tue public have accorded 10 money. HI
is q matter OF public record. The terms
Of the contract were written plsiniy M
on every bond and every note the public
have issued, and the conditions were
clearly understood BY every public cred
itor- 1t IL needless 10 say that these
terms have been far exceeded. An
questions Of right were limited by the
contract. and from that point il IL Que OIL
despotic force, 10 which the people thus
far have inevitably succumbed through
the Ignorance. unfaishfulness AID cor
rnption Of the public servants. The de
mand for . stable money" rests on no
better foundation. II is As imaginary ~
the fountain Of perpetual youth. II Is
attempt 70 measure humanity with al
foot rule. Stable currency was promised
when the greenbzcks were changed tol
gold. but stability has not come. Pow
and ant have come instead. Sta
bic currency has been tried in England.
and H. results there have been total com
mercial instability. This country would
would be driven 10 The greenbsck inside
Of thirty days werc q war 10 break on,
that would require All our strength, and
tim has demonstrates over and overI
again that the so-calied 'honest money!
j. The most unstable in The world. ByI
Il people In this country have been driv-
en- into bankruptcy.