The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1896-10-02

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We have heard = great aeal IN +h,. cam.
pairn about the doctrines az the fathers.
Hamilton Favored both gold md silver A
money, though he preferreil gold clone him
self, and the eoyernment Of the United
States entered unon the use Of both. Ham.
ilton announced fhe great Fundamental nrin.
ciDle when he said. sarhera can ha rd,v he
a better rule for any country for legal.
tender thar. the market ratio. In other
words, every coin should contain enough
metal 80 ut when melted It viii be worth
just as much AZ when IL n slammed az
money. the bullion or mn r,,et valnes alwnys
to be the same "a its legal or money yalue."
This was the doctrine Of both HAMILTON
ana Jefferson. This has heen the undeviat.
REMUNERATION and has been the settled
policy Of All the rreat nnrtIes OF fine country
from the beginning Of the povernment. BIZ
the act Of July. 1890. commonly known az
the Sherman law we ins,sted upon putting
into that law the doctrine Of Hamilton that
be sacredly maintained. The Repubiicans
wrote info that law. FOR hoth hranches OF
enneress ana the Incidence we're In the
hands OF the Repnblican Darty. solemn
PLEDGE which n AZ bindInp An Attainment be.
tween tho 1overnment and the neonle "A
is the established nolicv Of the united states
to mainfain t1he two metals frold and silverl
at q parity with each other upon the pres.
emit legal ratio or at such ratio a. may be
established By law"
This was the act Of the fifty-arst con.
press. nassed bv the Renublican narty for
the purpose Of preventing the free coinnee
of silver AT rafio Of ia ia 1. hut neverthe.
less giving to silver the
Greatest Possible Use a. Money.
and for that purpose providing for the
utilization Of substantialiy the full product
Of the American mines. This IL NOT the
only Reclamation in recent years in support
OF the Hamilton idea Of this MARTY. The
Ftfty-third congress-. elected In 1852 and
Democratic in both branches. with Presi-
dent Cleveland as the chief executive elect
ed BY the Democratic marty. also recognized
the doctrine Of the narity. PRESIDENT Cleye.
land was 80 CONVINCED that the coinage Of
silver WA becominr such neril ia the
country that he called congress- together in
extraordinary session Aug. 4. 1909. and
congress, at his, earnest solicitation. pro-
ceeded to repeal the purchasing clause Of,
the so.called SHERMAN law. and in doing this
wrote into our nublic statutes this express
contract: s.And IL. ia hereby declared to be
the policy Of the United States to continue
the use Of both gold and silver % the
silver into money Of equal intrinsic and un-
changeable value. this equality to be se-
cured through International agreement or
by such safeguards Of legislation as win
insure the maintenance Of the parity in
value Of the coins Of the two metals and
IN the market and In the payment Of debts."
This was the act of the FIfty.third CON.
sress under President Cleveland. an act by
Democratic congress and a Democratic
president. approved by a Democratic Id,
ministration, and endorsed everywhere BY
the Democratic press. and I believe by the
masses of the Democratic marty. II n .true
that we. az Republicans. can take satisfac.
ton in the fact that il would NOT have
passed the senate except for the earnest
support Of Republicans. and none more
nrnminenfiv than sanator aharman h,n,.sIf
But the Democr.tic nsrtv wss a SOLELY h,'1 -.
sponsible for your legislation then. ana ita
action bound the members Of that marty
as strongly to the support Of honest money
as the Effty-drst congress- had committed
the Republicans Of the country to the same
doctrine. with what bad faith. Therefore.
justice and honor. can any citizen now de.
mand that the eovernmenf shall enter nnon
any settlement Of our debts or scheme Of
coinage, the confessed result Of which
would be to destroy the parity between
duce the value Of silver and psper doilara
nm circulatine nearly one.haif3 Han,;itnn
and JefIerson. jackson and L,ncoln ~
Grant and Cieyeiand never Taught = de-.
trtne 70 neriions A that The neonia =, tha
United states will never oiiont ~ d,.o.aS ~
itahle ana 'dsnvaron. a course. nor ,,,i, H.
fail to brand with their condemn tion vhaI.
ever an opportunity is given them throurh
the ballot The idle talk about the dolIara
Of the fathers and the principles and men
Of 1778 will do NO harm: but Il viii never
convince the honest citizen that Hamilton
or Jefferson or any other Of our revered
fathers or patriots ever viewed with tolera.
tion any scheme Of dishonest financa ~
contemplated for an instant the idea that