The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-09-10

na ;Itor and ordered Gen. Scott to march
YIN his troops into South Carolina.
oa0kson actually silenoed the murmurs
VI nnllinoation at the mouth of the can
Ith ana the point of the bayonet And
mink that be did just right. What do
yoa mink about 1t, MI. Bryan? Here
Mnat jackson himself thought on the
sup9eot. In his notification message he
ss In all cases similar to the present
sne duties of the government become the
ssnss;asuro OF it's powers, and whenever 1T
aaais 10 exercise the power necessary and
proper to the discharge of the duty pre-
sIriDed BY the Constitution, itIviolates
sne public trust not less than 1t would
~ Manscending Its proper limits. 10
solemn duties thus enjoined, however
painful the performance may be, and
thereby tacitly permit the rightful au-
thorlty OF the government to be con-
semned and 1t laws obstI ucted by sim
gle State would neither eomport with
its own safety nor the rights of the great
oooy OF the American people. In the
maeter Of the Chicago riots ii President
Oleveland showed himself to be poor
Democrat he showed himself to be loyal,
fearless citizen and conscientious
statesman. II we should ever again in
Chicago have such trouble as we had in
1884, God grant that there may not be in
the Presidential chair q Tyler. Blu
chanan or q Bryan.
jefferson understood all these matters,
including the superiority Of gold to sill
yer as standard. In his "Notes on
Coinage" he says, "The proportion be-
tween the values Of gold and silver Is
mercantile problem altogether. Just
principles will lead as to disregard legal
proportions altogether; to inquire into
inc market price of gold in the several
countries with which we shall principal
" be connected In commerce and to take
an average from them." We certainly
enunciation Of the true principles of
coinage; and here we also find Mr.. Jeffer.
son to be the great original international
bimetallist. Again, In speaking Of
diminishing the values Of she coins, he
says: 'The Legislatures should cooperate
With Congress In providing that no mon
ey be received or paid at their treasures
or by any of their officers or eny bank,
Dut on actual weight; in making 1t
criminal in a high degree to diminish
their own coins, and to some smaller de-
gree to offer them in payment when
diminished" In this same able docu-
msnt Jefferson also expresses his prefer
ence for gold. II would still incline to
give little more than the market price
AoS KUN UGCdu VI Itb BuptfiOE COuV6uI-
enoe In transportation In letter to
Hamilton, the Secretary Of the Treasury,
In February, 1894 Jefferson says, with
respect to the dollar it must be admitted
BY all the world that there Is great un-
certainty In the meaning of the term,
and therefore all the world will have JUS
tilted Congress for:sheir first act for remov-
Ing thar uncertainty by declaring what
they understood by the term; but the
uncertainty once removed exists no
longer, and very much doubt right
now to change the value and especially
to lessen 1t. 1t would lead to so easy a
mode Of paying off their debts. Besides
the party injured by this reduction of the
value would have SO much to urge in
support of the first point of fxation.
Should 1t be thought, however, that Con-
gress may reduce the value of the dollar
! should be for adopting for our unit In
stead Of the dollar either one ounce of
pure silver or one ounce of standard sill
ver." Here we have clearly set forth the
evils Of the use of symbolic names for
coins and the mischief occasioned by
changing the values thereof, together
with the question of the wisest method
OF coinage. In writing this letter more
than century ago 10 seems as Ii Me.
Jefferson must have OWNED the silver
movement of 1896.