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carefully.
We Will take falsahood No. /, 10 the
effect that Mr.. Earnest Seyd never con-
fessed that he had any connection with
the demonstration Of silver in the Uni
led States. In an affidavit made by
man prominen, in financial affairs in
this country named Luclenbach which
has been published in these columns,
the statement is made that in a private
conversation in Mir. Seyd's house IN
England Mr.. Seyd made the confession
quoted below. Mr.. Seyd bound Mr..
Luckenbach to say nothing about it dur
ing his CSeyd's) lifetime. But on the
death Of Earnest Seyd he made the affi-
dayit aforesaid setting forth in full the
conversation held between them, in
which Mr.. Seyd stated, speaking Of the
demonstration of silver in the United
I States: Il was a financial advisor OF
the bank. Ii was to the interests OF
those l representative governors OF
the Bank of England-Jo have il done
And he significantly added: You peo-
ple will not now comprehend the far
reaching extent Of that measure, but you
Will in after years.
Ii our Fourteenth St. pupil desires fur
Their enlightenment, W Will be pleased
10 reproduce Mr.. Luckenbachs affidavit
in full.
Now as TO falsehood No. ., to the
effect that Earnest Seyd was no, in this
country when the crime Of '73-the de-
monetiza.ion Of silyer-was going on.
Our pupil is very dull, else he would
never make a statement so easily dis
proven.
In the Congressional Record Of
April 9. 1873, page 2OS2, appear these
words from Mr.. Hooper, of Massachu-
sets. chairman of the committee on
coinage: Earnest Seyd of London,
DISTINGUISHED writer and bullionist,
WHO Is NOW HERE, has given great
attention TO the subject of minis and
coinage After having examined the
first draft of this bill. ne made various
sensible suggestions, which The commit
tie adopted and embodied in the bill"
Jus. how Mr.. Seyd managed 10 be
NOW HERE and al the same time in
England is not apparent But p Ihaps
the Bankers Magazine for August,
1873, may help us out:
IN 1872. silver being demonetized in
France. England and Holland, a capital
of one hundred thousand pounds $780,
OCM was raised, and Ernest Sgd, of |
London. SENT TO THIS COUNTRY as |
The agent Of the foreign boudhOlders and |
capitalists to effect the same object, |
which was accomplished. So it seems |
n was here after all. for The Bank !
ers' Magazine" could not be mistaken.
Further: Hon. Gilbert De Lamatyr. Of /
Indiana. in a speech al Bismarck, Kan,
in August. 1881, said that Judge Kelley, /
of Pennsylvania, stated to him that he |
CJudg Kelley saw The first draft Of the
bill by which silver was demoneJized, |
IN THE HANDWRITING OF ERNEST |
SEYD, OF LONDON.
Then he not only made various SEN
sible suggestions" as Mr.. Hooper mild |
ly puts, it, bur he drew the bill himself.
Tn re are Witnesses innumerable 10
testify as to this crime which struck
down the chief money metal Of The coun-
try. and foremost among them is the
Congressional Record of 1873.
We regret that our pupil is so set in
his evil ways that he Will not acknowl-
edge the truth after it is shown 10 him,
for we have stated all these facts be-
fore. They prove beyond question
that
/. Ernest seyd, OF tbe Bank Of
England, was in the United States, in
Washington, when silver was being de-
mon TIED.
.. Ernes, seyd confessed to having
been furnished by the governors Of the
Bank of England 100000 10 influence
III Congress of the United SAFES.
3. No man but the guilty parties
themselves. no matter of the House or
themselves. no member Of The House or
Senate not in The scheme, no newspa-
per in the United States, knew at the