The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1895-09-10

with gold, while discarding it's
'help meet" silver. Don't the
Ounce see how much better bime-
tallism works in his domestic af-
fairs, than his ridiculous attempt
to run the treasury on one leg.
While Mr.. Horr, and the Repub-
lican party with him, deciaims
against free coinage with his
mouth, and at the same time de-
clares for bimetallism; he gives
away the whole question-for
without free coinage, bimetallism
is impossible-never did exist,
and never can exist. Therefore
to ridicule the one, which is alb
solutely essential to the other, is
SO palpably illogical, that it nee
essarily impeches their honesty,
or intelligence; more than this,
it absolutely impeaches the intel
ligence of the trainers of the
constitution, that clearly contem-
plates bimetallism and was
adopted by congress in 1892 as
the foundation of our monetary
system. Now we are told, (while
admitting its wisdom) that we
must have the cooperation OF
other nations, before we can
avail ourselves of it's most benifi-
Gent provisions. Evidently
Washington, Jefferson, Jackson,
Lincoln, Hamilton, etc., were
not drawing their inspiration
from "other nations" then, SO
much as Mr.. Cleveland and his
coadiutors are now. Presumably
they framed coinage laws speci-
ally for American use" without
careing continental what other
nations thought of them. n \
Note-that this monetary warfare
was begun, and is being waged,
by the real friends of "sound
money" which for more than 80
years was the money of the con-
stitution-that at last, the right
eousnesS of bimetallism has vir-
tually been admitted; while it's
practicability by this nation alone
has been denied. Where public
policy, justice and right lead the
way, impracticability is not a
debatable question; and to say
the right thing is an impossible
thing, is blank atheism. "Where
there is will there is way. "
1t were better to deny the exis-
tence of God and done with it,
than charge Him with blocking
the way to a righteous thing.
For eighty years practical par
ity existed between gold and sill
yer in spite of immense disparity
in their production. For twenty
years of single standard, where
is the parity now ? Where the
treasury-where national pros
perity? The two eras prove to a
demonstration that the supply OF
gold alone is insufficient. The
inevitable, is borrowing OF
bankruptcy" In q nation OF
such wonderful resources as this,
both are disgraceful. Nature, as
usual, has bountifully supplied
this nation above all others with
the very specific" needed-silv-
en-. Use it as standard money
and be saved-or reject it and be
lost ! This is the plain teaching
of the Gospel of financial saliva
ton. And like the other Gospel
we must go it alone. Mark that.
No international nonsense will
excuse us in the day of final set
tlement-but rather Eye knew
your duty, but you did it not
"go." The basic principles OF
"sound money" are clearly de-
fined in the constitution as "bi-
metallic;" and Congress has nc
power to change it" says Web
ster. 1t follows that the legis-
lation of 1873 was not only a
violation of the Organic Law, y
but a usurpation of power. That
the same criminals should now
wheel about and claim par excel
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