The sun., 1896-10-24
III sMACKs OF ANARCHY.
Bishop Seymour Denounccs tho Popoerat
What Money IL.


Bishop George F. Seymour Of Springfield. Ill.,.
who had been in attendance at the recent meet
ing OF the Protestant Episcopal House of Bish-
ops in this city. spent Thursday night at the
house of his grnndniece. Mrs. Charlotte A. Ber-
risn at 4s0 Willoughby avenue. Brooklyn.
Yesterday the Edvlc published this interview
with Bishop Seymour on the issues OF the Pres
identlal campaign:
AS to the money question, I believe that
that there are very many people who do not
understand tho real purport and bearing of II
yet, notwithstanding all that has been said ana
written about 1t in this campaign. Money repre-
sents values: FIRST the value Of the raw material
and afterward the value added to 1t by skill.
But the Government does not impart value to
anything. 1t docs not make money. It simply
and solely takes metal and stamps the value
on it. II the Government puts on the metal an
untrue stamp 1t simply acts falsehood. For
this falsehood the people must ultimately suffer.
There can be but one standard of value, as there
is but one standard of weight or of measure.
Every one must see that bimotallism must exist,
however, because the people, need smaller de
nominations OF money than one ,, dollar
% So imprsc,esble T One sr great dime dieul,y 0U,a we
encounter is that the people were educated into
q misapprehension Of the real nature OF money
by the money of the civil war. Then IL was of
paper. but it was not money; only a promise to
pay. remember reading In Marco Polo's
peror compelled his subjects to take money
made OF mulberry bark with certain characters
on them. Tho result was that all business
ceased
monarchs TO rob their subjects by q debasement
Of currency, but did not believe II would ever
be proposed that our Government should do 1t.
In the reign OF King Edward III. of England
people and finally forced loans from the mon
asteries. The coin was debased to one third of
It's real value. and the people su tfered much be-
fore the Government restored the real value to
coin.
AS to the attack on the Supreme Court.
think 1t smacks of anarchy. The Supreme
safeguard against improper legislation and
against the central authority. In other lands it
works both ways. l remember being very i'm
patient on account OF the decision in the Dred
because although 1t was against reason. In my
opinion. yet the court stood as bulwark
against violence and passion. OF all safeguards
country that OF the Supreme Court is tho best.
You know that in England. II a bill is
passed through Parliament and 1t is signed
end Of 1t: But here. even though the President
should sign an act Of Congress- 1t can still be re-
viewed by the supreme Court Witness the
personal tax law reyersion. Now. those who
urge in favor of the planks in tho Chicago plat
form are urging anarchy. They are sowing tho
seeds of anarchy. ard this Is calculated to pro-
duce another French revolution If carried out
to its logical conclusion.
There Is one thing. it seems to me, which
involves the most dangerous movement in this
campaign. ! mean tho arraying of the East
against the West class against class. II any
nation on he face of the earth needs unity It
is this nation. 1t Is true of us that united we
stand. divided We fall To sever this nation
would be its death blow. We are the bono OF
succeeded once in keeping our nation q unit
and We should not forget that lesson"