Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-19

whatever amount may nave enter,d iutu
actual circulation In the Unit, States
ana contributing to all the Incentives to
its use among our own people.
aspossible by custom house returns
10 have ascertained how much was being
exported, and the chosen officers of the
government knew or should have known
that more was being coined than went
abroad; they knew the extent OF the pre-
Vious operations OF the trade-dollar in
our own country, the fact that 1t had been
used as money by the people, as well AS
thelr naolllty to continue It's
use, the motive and oppor.
tunlties " would excite and promote for
proht or loss and the reasonable popular
reliance, supp rted by precedent In our
own and European countries, TO be in
dulged IN favor of Its ultimate redemp
TOM and thus knowing, acting and per.
hitting, the consequa noes OF responslbIli.
W for the conditions which have obtained
are as binding upon the government.
II makes no difference In what section
OF the country those coins are to be
found, or who owns them, when II Is once
SHOWN or conceded that Is right to re-
deem them. The present owners of them,
whether inc "have taken them In the fair
way OF currency or tusinesa,n whether
they are lahorlng men or capitalist, iu
Whatever portion OF the Union they re.
side, should be allowed, under the pro.
visions OF the bill described, To bring
them to tho treasury agents and have
them redeemed,
"Viriue hath lts own reward.n hut In
this case II seems II such an argument
| could apply to great, free republic, that
! special Inducements, In the shape OF
financial profit, are held out to persuade
ana influence the Z vernment TO dis.
charge q public duty.
what would be said OF private in,
diyldual, thus situated were he to fall to
| ieueelh Ms promises and perform his OBJ
hSAtohSf lie would be stunned as a
! oonlmerclal leper, and quarantlned from
oohtaot Win honest men OF hnsiuess, re-
! garded az unworthy OF Confidence amony
/ bis fellows and bound by no sease of NOR.
atty A contract, express or implied IA
! Just as binding upon government az il
is upon y private person. The
law constrains men, but men
| make the laws Society IN.
I culoates honesty; IL should practice what
I II teaches, and thus oder living example
! Tor Individual emula ION, No man is n,
I To De a l0w-maker who Is not honest him.
self Equity and 4 cd conscience ought
/ % pelvade our legislatures The time
I hastens, IN the a. yanoing thought and
I improving civilization of our couptiy,
| when no man can ignore the plalu teach
/ lngs 81 dgnided morality and uprigh,
odndnot and maintain public confidence,
/ or mold place or power mt the hands OF The
! American people.
Tho original creation OF the trade dol
lar containing more SILVER than the stand.
/ ard dollar and allowance Of It's equal cir
calaton alon. side the latter arr aaomal.
! ousi and II seems TO me Of doubtful pro.
I prle'y, u not wholly uniustlded even by
I me alleged causes which authorized IT'S
+ coinage It's retirement and recoinsce
now, while not expressly declaring A ala.
approval Of the policy ~ ia
Issuance, would nevertheless Oh.
crate az caution IN the future
aud serve In the establishment OF A
desired uniform aud settled system with
reference to our silver money. Our
/ people require an American silver dollar;
Y Il dear 90 the popular heart, they have
u and are always going to have 1t. The
| tlmo will not come In our history when
they viii allow II TO be demOnetized or
us coinage to cease, II makes no differ.
enee who recommends Il. lApplause.
The redemption OF tho trade dollar