The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-12-07

sintutyry enactment 10 not control and of the
continuance Oh winch we cannot he certain. !
iIi"h 80 g. clear that II we should make the
coinage 10 si,Frr az present rates free, we mus,
exp ct tfuIt the difference N bullion values 81
ho gold and silver dollars VIII be taken account
pi IA commercial transactions, ami | lear the
.h"e r'7utt would follow any considerable In
cf't-" "I III" present rate of coinage. Such a
result would be dIsGrcdabie TO our iinanciaf man
ag"n'"nt and DISASTROUS to all business interests
We should not tread HE dangerous edge 81 such
II peril, and, indeed, nothing more harmful
could happen 10 the SILVER interests.
Any sale legislation upon this subject mu l.
sscur" Ia" equality oI The two coins in their COM
mcrrial uses.
hnve always been an advocate OF the use Of
SILVER IN ON ca rIency. We are large producer
OF Ihn' metal md should not dlscredit IT,. To
the plan which will be presented by the secreta.
ry OF the treasury for the issue OF notes or CERT
iicalcs upon the deposit of silver bullion at it,
mFTbct value, 1 have been able to give ouly IL
hnsty eXaininatio owing to the press of other
matters and TO the fact that IT has b en- SO rccc: T.
iy formulated, me details OF such II Ia re-
qnire careful cOnsId ration but the general plan
81 gr'te by him seems t. satisfy the purpos
to continue the use OF silver in comes to- with
our currency and "A; the sane to obviute the
hanger of which | have spoken.
AT u later day ! may communicate further
"Ilh congrcss.uppn this subject.
The law now provides a pension for every
soldier and sailor who was mustered into the
service of the United States durIng the civil wur
and Is now suffering from wounds or disease
having an origin Ia the service and the line of
duty Two or three necessary facts-mustcr
lnd disabIlItY-arc usually susceptible of Qa.y
pfo'i' but the thIr i-1rgin in the scryicc-is
oi en- difficult and, in many deserving casts,
Impossible to establish.
lhaI very many OF those who endured the
Aafdeh p5,of our most bloody and arduous
iHhlPilEhs' are now disabled from diseases
lhaJ h"d 4 real, If not traceable, origin in ser
''o' We 40 not donbt. Besides, there is an
"'iier Glass, composed of men, many OF whom
served an enlistment Of the three full years,
ana OF re-enlIsted veterans who added Il fourth
year OF service, who escaped The. casualties OF
battlcS ana The assaults OF disease, who were
III every battle line of their command and were
mustered out in sound health anu have, since
Inc clio OF the war, while nghling with the
same IhftOmitaJle and independent spirit tie
contests OF civil life. been overcome by disease
or Casualty
am not unaware that the pension roll al
ready INV ives Il very large annual expendi-
ture, neither am | deferred Inv thut fac, ,rou,
recommending that congress grant u pension
to such honOrubIy discharged soldiers and
sailors OF the civil wa as, having rends red {
subsiantIal service during the war. areI nosv
dependent upon their own labor sIorA Inlis-.
lenance AMI by disease or .easualItyf tie tnca-
r%acititcd from earning n. h nj of sbd men
VINO would be insindeE I'm 1HiB form "a RELIEF