Arizona weekly citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Ariz) 1880-1901, 1893-10-07
VOICE FROM THE HILLS
Silver in the Days of the
Patriarchs.
The White Metal Four Thousand
Years Ago-Some Scripture Light
on the Money.

Your recent quotation Of Mr.. Blaine's
speech recorded IN congress in 1878
relative to restoring silver to its right
full position wherein Mr.. Blaine assert d
that silver had been money anterior to
the American constitution" is emphati-
cally correct. In scripture, Genesis
XIII, owe find the following quotation:
''And Abram was very rich in cattle, in
silver and in gold.' Again Genesis
Xxx, ii and 16, "And Abimelech took
sheep, and oxen, men servants and
women servants and gave them unto
Abram. And unto Sarah he said;
Behold have given thy brother a
thousand pieces of silver
Again Gensis, XXIII, II, 15 ,16, "And
Ephron answered Abraham saying unto
him: My lord hearken unto me: the
land is worth four hundred shekels of
silver; what is that betwixt me and
thee? bury therefore thy dead And
Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; anu
Abraham weighed to Ephron the eilv' r,
which he hal named in the audience OF
the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels
of silver current money with meT-
chant"
Again, Genesis XXIV, "a, So, "And re
said: Il am Abraham's servant and rhe
Lord has. s.blessed my master greatly. a. d
be is become great; and he hath Civ =
hin fiOch AID herds, anu silver,
gold,'" etc. And again same chapt-.
verse 53: "And the servant broue
forth Jewels of silver, and jewels Of g e
and ralment and gave them to Rebeka. :"
Genes XXXIII, 10: "Jacob boug
a parcel of a field where he had spre u
b 8 tent at the hand of the children OF
Hamor, Shechem's father, for nm
dred pieces of money"
Again Genesis XXXVII %, "Theu
there passed by yMidianites merchantmen;
and they drew and lifted up Joseph out
of the pit, and sold Joseph to the
Ishmaeites for twenty pieces of silver:
aud they brought Joseph into Egypt"
10 Numbers XXIV, 13: IF Balek
would give me his house full of silver
and gold l cannot go beyond the en-
mandment Of the Lord"
When the children of Israel came to
the borders of Conan they numbered
100000; this included twelve tribes of
Israel. Mo es sent 1900 of them, war
20 10 ,1Io
all the men and took 10000 women and
children prisoners bringing back gold
and silver etc, amongst the spoils.
When the Assyrian army fled before
the gates of Jerusalem silver and gold
money was amongst the spoils taken out
of their camp. In the book CT Judges,
chapter XVI, B, the Philistine offered
Delilah eleven hundred pieces of silver
TO find out from Samson the secret of
his great strength.
Judas Iscariot received thirty pieces
of silver for the betrayal of the Man
God.
"Silver end gold are mine" says
Almi2h hty God.
These are the words Of the scripture.
Those who are we'll posted in the
pages of sacred scripture can give you
the exact chapter aud verse but my
time is so occupied at present knocking
fire from the head of a drill that /
cannot particularly lose time TO cite the
exact chapter or verse.
oI would call attention to the flct that
silver has been always been recognized
as standard money in the writings of
holy scr pture. 1t is invariably Y mention
ed in those writings as the preferable
money, in all the instances that | have
cited to you above being quoted in
advance of gold. The heresy of the
bugites commonly known as gold
bOgs will be overthrown. | have no
doubt but what liver will be the c1 oice
money of the people even after this
extraordinary session Of congress has
adj)urned. l have no doubt it will
be the most popular money when
Macauley's New Zealander "will stand
upon London bridge to sketch the
ruins of Saint Paul.
1t Will be the money of the people
when the seyen last years of the nine
teentn century shall have elapsed and
the present generation shall spring INTO
the cycle CT the twentieth ce, tury, fully
equipped for the race along the
pathway of that destined to be most
progressive and grand century.
doubt not but what silver will be
the popular and fav rite money of the
masses when the last month, the last
days, the last hours of the twentieth
century will have come to an end and
the children OF ma kind from Adam to
the last survivors of the year 2000 shall
be assembled in the great Valley of
Jet osophet TO bear the judgement of
him who said II AN WHO AN"
In closing l give warning to subtle
England and the Englishite influence in
the United Stat, to bewarelest in tbt ir
movements upon the sea of finances
their signals be misunderstood and in a
parable like unto their battleship
Victoria they go down to the bottom Of
financial sea with more than 400 of
Lombard street and Wall street advo-
Gates on board with the parchments of
the heretical one gold standard buried
under flood OF public disapprobation
as disastrous to the bugites as the worst
course could demand upon those who
are playing traitors to the best interest
OF the American republic. Very truly,
ARTHUR II. ELLIOTT.