Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-07-09
COMMUNICATED
silver.

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great nation 70 buy 50 cts. worth of sill
yer bullion, put the government stamp
upon IL, and palm it OF on q contiding
public foG . too cent dcllar. What are
the facts in The premises 4l215 grains
of silver 9-lo fine has been a legal ten
der dollar from and before the Iounda-
ton OF the government until today,
excepting the 5 years trem 1873 to 1878,
Every borrower from the govern
ment 10 the hu,nblest citizen, received
it or it's equivalent, and contracted to
pay Gna s&Iae. Il seeEus difficult for in.
ordi1arT intellect to discover where
the foundation is of the charge, The
Location ard dimension CT their dis
honest e tais coinage must require
eyes al Microscopic powers. II it is
dishogest in 1856, why moi IN 1792?.
TheeTy that our silver dollar is an so
GER NaAlur is q deluslon; 1t comes from
tad, iief that is shouting stop thief",
an1.ltself the essence OF dishonesty.
an frson, tny where in the country,
agSSty can prove 10 q demonstration.
70 ~.temptible baseness oil this de-
np9eiaaion. One car buy as much OF
Any Of the necessities OF life OF any
commodity offered for sale with a sill
| We dollar, as with gold dollar; and,
thanks to the sturdy sense of Justice in
the people which in 1878 compelled the
respectful attention of congress. it will
pay just as much OF 4 debt. Every
business ~transactloa gives the lie direct
! to these columns. II | desire to make
q remittance and am fortunate enough
to possess twenty silver dollars, | can
so to any bank in the United States
and buy 4 draft Tor that amount, by
paying the exchange, and | could buy
no more with q twenty dollar gold
pject. the operation OF G~reSllam'slaw
VAS to drive the gold all out OF the
country, and produce calamities that
would cause US to pray for the rocks
and mountains to fall on rs, but SINCE
the reconciliation OF silver in 1878.
there has been an absolute gain OF gold
rom abroad OF 1~83.O00,O00. Now ii
the coinage OF the silver dollar, that
has been good for 1875 years Is dishon-
est, how shall we characterlz ascheme,
which aims to compel the debtor to re-
fund tive dollars OF value. plus interest
where he only received one. such Il
scheme has not the releeMing merits
Oh highway robbery,for III this there is
an element OF bravery and the robber
takes the chances Of being shot; but in
that the plundering is contemplated
under the forms CT laW:i it has all the
dehasing qualities OF sneak ~thievery.
Most Of the advocates OF the stop
page Of the coinage Of silver, assert
that they are in favor OF the two met
ais, out that The United States cannot,
alone, maintain the present ratio or
any oUher ratio, against European COM
bmations. They counsel us to abandon
silver, and then endeayor to influence
Europe to d favorable consideration Of
bimetalisln; TO kill the patient. and
then pray for some supernatural agen-
cy to reinyigorate the corpse. The
maintenance OF our position, showing
thereby the iallacy OF the objectionsof
our opponents, is our only offensive
weapon. We should seriously question
the ability OF general who should
surrender 9 strongly fortified position,
and then parley With the enemy for its
restoration. If we are ever to influ-
ence the commercial nations Of the
world to adopt Il uniform ratio, and IN
restricted coinage Of gold and silver,
we can only do it 10y maintaining: Il
position as a pimetalic nation. 1t
would be Il universal blessing il an i'll
ternatio1al ratio could be established,
ana Il uniform coinage system for the
World DC effected, and the only serious
obstacle in the way is the attitude OF
England. The influences that deter
mine her position are purely selfish.
by the enterprise and ingenuity OF her
people ny tle systematic robbery Of her
vast colonies, by the immense develop
ment Of her manufacturing and trade
Industries; She has made herself the
great creditor nation OF the world, and
and her metropolis the money center,
Holding q debt against the world Of
nea9l&four billions OF dollars, it is rot
surprising that the efforts OF her finan-
clers Should be directed to the effort OF
doubling !he value Of that debt. Let
II be conceded That gold is the only
dSo1 paylng material, and England is
Master u the world. Time viii tel
whether ali the nations will submit 90
lAeir domination. Perhaps another
reason fer tnglald3 position, may be
found in characteristic b~ull-headness
OF Gngllshmau, who can never see
merit i'll Institutions other vhan their
own, Ihey cling with a ttnacitv wor-
tiny OF good cause, to I; semi. barbar-
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