The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1892-04-07
ABOUT SILVER.


other anti-sllver man explain 10 he
American people whv thew favor tue
present plan of pctting silver IN cir
collation. and oppose free coinage
Why, monometalists, are ,oo 10 Ia
vor Of buying Al million ounces OF
silver bullion monthly aad storing
tic same away and issuing Nearly
therefor sixty million OF silver notes
redeematJa ID coin. either silver or
golG, aD:l st the game time oppose
the coinage Of this silver into silver
dollars to stand for themselves with
out redemption 7 Whv do you favor
putting these silver notes III clrcula-
tiou, Making them redeemable IN
gold coin, and at the same time an1
10 the same breath decl re that the
amount Of silver at the back of each
dollar note is worth not more than
seventy four cent,f Why haze you
and your friends put In irculatlon
dollar note ard call 1t a dollar, and
pass it for dollar, when you declare
and publish to the world that it is
but seveuty-four cents Why have
YOU consented to such an outrage
and fraud upon The ignorant and IN
suspecting And if all you say
about silver as now circulated being
debased currency be true: why
have YOU made this debased curren-
cy. this dishonored, oisgraced dol
lar, this representative of the silver
bullion in the vaults of he governs
ment redeemable in gold dollars?
| confess cannot understand
your position, nor comprehend your
reasoning. If 4l21 grains of silver
is worth but seventy four cents, why
do you issue silver notes representing
only 4121 grains of silver and make
them redeemable in gold ? Whom
are you cheating? Whom are you at
tempting to defraud !? Is 1t not a
reflection upon your integrity and
states manshlp to put such a curriers'
cy in circu lation and make it legal
tender 2 lie it not Infamous IN you
to put such money III circulation =!
Either these dollars are worth one
hundred cents in gold or they are
not. If they are not worth one hun
dred cents in the dollar, you are
guilty Of very great crime against
The people and ought to be repudia>
ted and disowned by them and driv~
en- into outer darkness. If these
dollars, this debesed currency, sc
called by you. are worth one hundred
cents in the dollar In gold, why have
you sland ered this money, and why d c
you continue to Islander and bring il
into disrepute ? If these notes based
upon silver you have putin circulation
and are daily issuing are not worth
one hundred cents 10 the dollar ir
gold, then each Of you knowing the
fact, deserves to be treated IS pub
lie malefactors and criminals.
What are you gong to do wher
the thieves and spectators (whon
you haYe inspired and moved to &C
tion) buy up all your seventy-foul
cent dollars for that am cunt and pre-
sent the same to the government
for redemption in gold as promised
Are you going to redeem it in gol(
as promised ? If so, why depreciat'
and disgrace this money. deceive anG
mislead the public, aud besmirch ant
blacken your own reputation ant
, standing among intelligent ant
honest people !?
l crave light on this subject.
can't understa and it. How can an,
statesmap, patriot, and honest NAL
consent to put in circulation eitbe
paper or silver and stamp it dollar
"all it dollar and use 1t as dollar
when lie knows it is not q doll,r no
the representative of q dollar Th
inspired writer knew man, AM
spoke The truth, when he said he va
fearfully and wonderfully made.
verify believe If Congress waul'
repeal sll laws touching gold and sill
yer passed since and during 1873 an,
re-enaet those existing laws il
coinage the silver question would b.
settled. | am not for free coinag
ss understood and proposed ny Blan,
if | understand his scheme | am i
favor of the free coinage as it wa
from the foundation Of this govern
n1ent mp to the time John Shearmal
and bis co-seDators demonetize.
silver in 1878.
t Let every mar, II rather Amer;
can, hase his gold and silver coined
aud stamped and made 9 legbl ter
, der at the American mints. But lei
him pay for it as l have TO do il
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