The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1896-07-25
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thing new Or unheard of, or whether
1t has not Been known. and followed
as a rnlc Of action by the Government
Of the United States.
From the time that gold and silver
began to he used as money. and that
dates from the earliest dawn Of civil
lizatlon, both metals did duty as Il cir
culating medium between nations. and
among the people of the various ma
tons. ut varying ratios. until finally
the United States established tie
double standard at the ratio OF Is to l.,
that is to say. it was declared that one
ounce of gold would be worth fifteen
ounces Of silver. On April ., 1892,
Congress passed an Act establishing Il
mint. and in that Act the coin of the
country was regulated. The four.
teenth section Of tie Act of 1872 reads
as follows:
"And be it further enacted, That it
shall be lawful for M person or per-
sons t" bring to the said mint gold
and silver bullion in order to their
being coined: and that the bullion S,
brought shall be there assayed aud
coined us speedily as may be after the
receipt thereof. and that free Of ex-
pense to the person or persons by
whom the ann shall have been
brought
1t will thus be seer that this law
distinctly and nne%qnivocally calls for
the free and unlimited coinage of sill
yer, the very thing that the Democrat
&c Party, IN this year of grace. 1896 is
committed to accomplish if it is re-
turned to power. There are persons
to day who speak of Democrats as
being lnnatics, and welded to the
debasement of the currency for advn-
eating what the Fathers of the Repub.
lie c~rystalized into law. The great
Washington, whose name was affixed
to the Act of 1892 providing for free
and unlimited silver would, no doubt,
ii he could revisit this great nation
which he aided so materially in estab-
fishing, he looked upon as a fanatic
and as afflicted with il craze and a fad
ruinous to the public credit and the
country's honor. Fortunately for the
Father of his country, he lived before
the time Of the great champions Of his
country's honor, the leaders of the
Republican party and the Hills, the
Whitneys, the Flowers and others OF
that class OF patriots. We, who favor
the re.establishment of free silver
coinage can afford to rest easy under
the fierce and rabid imputations cast
upon us as long as we are in such good
company as Washington, Jefferson.
! Robert Morris and Alexander Hamil
ton in declaring for the free coinage
OF both of the precious metals.
Not only was silver allowed equal
privileges with gold at the mlnts Of
the United States in 1892, bnt such
continued to be the case until 1873.
The ratio was fifteen to II until 1884.
at which date the present ratio of Is
to ! was enacted into law.
The Democratic party is not seeking
to create a revolution in this county,
in asking the establishment of the
double standard, but is simply de-
handing that the sx stem that prevail
ed from 1892 to the fateful year 1873
sla be restored. Only that, and
nothing more. If we did not ask the
concurrence, as a nation in 1892 of the
other powers of the world in estab-
llsilng Il monetary standard, why
should we seek it in 1896? Are we not
powerful enough and independent
enough to establish our money stand
ard without asking the leave Of other
NATIONS: Shall it be said that Mexico,
which We, as a nation are accustomed
to treat as an inferior or second-rate
power has the power to establish her
currency system and that we, the
greatest Republic on the face of the
globe must take Oft our hats to other
nations and seek their permission if
we desire to establish bin etallism ?
Away with such pusillanimity?
DEMOCRAT.