The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-10-21
BRYAN OR WAsHIHGTONS
IL Bryan Wise, or Were Hamilton, Jensr-
son, Jack ION?

IL Bryan Wise, or Were Hamilton, Jensr-
son, Jack ION?
The New York sun says:
The SOund-A Money democrats continue
to NE cut literature for the dodJtor5, tid-
d'in, Tire le TO 4 iallacy ana sn IN aS 'he
mcn who wans Sv-cent d0,iarS because
they THINK such dollars wouiI eniD.c ticm
10 le1dC.dte half their debts. BrJd1. IN
his specn-spiinns circuit Oh the country
mas been forever quoting from jack
son and jefferson and Hamii-
ton and Madison and Lincoln
and Beechcr and Carlisle TO sup
port his doctrine that dishonesty IS hon
est and that al unstable currency IS good
for tho laDCring man. Much OF tae 1t
erature that is going out nov In the shape
OF small caros consists OF quotations OK
what tuv fathers really SAID. here are
some OF the things that are being plump
ed at the doubters at the rate OF i,Nu,vv)
day:
COUNSEL Or 1hE FATHERS.
Washington. lt unnaton), viii not
benefit the farmer or tbs mechanic, as 1t
Will only enable the debtor TO pay his
deDt VITA shadow instead of sub
stance.
McIris: The scale by which everything
n 10 be measured ought TO be as nAcd as
the nature OF things permits. (Onsound
currency has caused Innnite private ms
chief. nunberless frauds, and the great
est distress.
Hamilton: on the intrinsic value or
the money unit. the security and value OF
property depend. Cod may be SAID to
have a greater stability tnan silver as
being of superior value. There can nard-
ly be q better rule in any country Tor the
legal than the market proportion. Eacn
metal mas It's tue level. As long as SOld
Irlssaa
vaIue over SILVER, its condition Wall DC
more stationary.
jefferson: the real credit of the United
States depends on the rDillty and the mn
mutaDllIty OF their VIII 10 pay their delAs.
/ deny their congress- power OF making
paper money or anything else iesa!
tender.
Madison: The nation should possess
currency of equal value, credit, and use
wherever IL may circulate.
Jackson: Although wages are nominal
~ tho same, or even somewhat higher.
they are greatly reduced IN TACT Dy the
rapid Increase of spurious currency,
WIN, h appears TO make money abound.
There is no fraud IN gold. Like the hon
est principles OF the founders Of our Gov
eminent, IL Is Interchangeable, ana VIII 90
IT'S Office we'll everywhere ana al all
times. Nature has set limits and labor
imparts an inyariable value TO IL. IL Is,
therefore. the true = preventative or the
principles of justice and equality which
should enter into everything which OPP
crates on our institutions. and should be
ever insisted on by the industrious
classes
Benton: IL gold. has an intrinsic
value which gives IT currency all over the
world TO the full amount OF that value,
without regard to law or ~lrcu stances.
Its uniformity OF value makes IL Inc SAT
est standard OF the value or properly
which the wisdom Of man has ever dis
covered. Its superiority over All other
money gives 10 its possessor the choice
and command Of all other money.
Webster. Tie tery man OF all others
who has the deepest interest in sound
currency and who suffers most 10y mis-
ch.evOus legislation in money matters, IS
the man who earns his daily bread hy his
daily toll a disordered currency D one
Of tho greatest political evils Credit has
done more. q thousands times. TO enrich
nations than all the mines Of all the world.
ANDREW JACKSON on GOLD.
The useful and ornamental purposes TO
which gold can be applied are the prop
critics that give 10 real value and render
| the demand for IL universal. This, with
| other peculiar qualities, has made IL In all
ages throughout the world. the standard
OF value. There IS no fraud IN gold, Like
| the honest principles of the founders OF
our Government. who declare by consul
| tuNi'Hdi prov i'i'lA hii' y. 'S''"~ ~ e"'
be the only money OF the republic, II IL
interchangeable. and VIII do its Office well
| everywhere and M al times, no alchemy
| can multiply it-nO chartered privileges
| can give sudden and unseen expansion or
contraction 10 its amount. Nature has set
| limits and labor imparts an invariable
value 70 II. IL is. therefore, the true rep
sentative OF the principles OF justice
| and equality which should enter into
everything that operates on our insti-
utions and should be ever insisted on
| ~ tho Industrious classes as the actual
circulating medium 10 bring continually
| 10 the test every species of credit curren-
cy and to suppress the spurious paper
| system. resting on no solid basis and Civ
| ing birth 10 frauds and stock gambling
| which tends 50 much TO estrange our pco-
| pie from honest and useful pursuits, and
| our legislation from that primitive pa
| triOtism which was once entirely directed
| =