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In 1878 a concurrent resolution |
was passed by the senate and house
of representatives declaring that !
"all the bonds of the United States
are payable, principal and interest,
at the option of the government of
the United States in silver dollars
of the coinage of the United States,
containing 4l24 grams each of stand
ard silver; and that to restore to the
coinage such silver COINS as legal
tender i'll the payment Of said bonds,
principal and interest, Is not IN
violation Of the public faith, nor in
derogation of the rights of the pub
lie creditor" This resolution was
fully discussed in both branches of
congress by such statesmen and jn-
rists as Allen G. Thurman and Stan
ley Matthews, and was passed by a
very large majority Of both houses.
Immediately thereupon Senator
Allison's bill was reported from the
finance committee to restore to the
| coinage the standard silver dollar as
legal tender. 1t was passed in
both houses. President Hayes, at
the instance of his secretary CT the
treasury, John Sherman, vetoed the
bill, and it was passed over his veto
by more than two-thirds vote, says
the Cincinnati Enquirer.
That joint resolution remaits
anchallenged upon the records OF
congress, as does also the bill de-
cIaring the standard silver dollar.
Presidents and cabinet ministers
have treated these acts OF congress
with contempt. Wall street and the
bankers declare that the payment
Of the bonds IN silver dollars would
be in violation of the public faith
and il derogAtion of the rights of
creditors. They have demanded that
the $l00,OOO,OQO reserve for the
redemption Of greenkacks shall be
IN gold when there is no law of con
gress, requiring it. BoLdholders,
| bankers and gold syndicaLss have,
on thflr Own motion, been author
| lzed to lano!e silver and treasGiy
nuttS Us i,'%4i trnIer. al ! rec sirt
LeUoOES to l4Drci JAeir Ubu2at,OAa
in gold only.
Who is boss In the United States?
Who can ignore the action Of con,
gress and declare its legislation a
nullity? Presidents and secretaries
of the treasury are only "clay In the
hands Of the potter" 1t matters not
that silver has been the chosen
money of the world from the dawn
of civilization down to the year
1878. 1t signifies nothing that the
American congress, composed of
men chosen by the people Of the re,
d public, record its decree that the
lpaymentp of the public debt in silver
is not in,Vlolation of the public faith,
nor in derogation' of the rights of
creditors, The money power, which
is the power behind the throne, and
greater than the throne itself, is ON
nipotent and i0exorable in Its de-
} crees. 1t signifies nothing, that the
money of the ages-the money of
the conStitution-the money of the
people, Is sanctioned as legal tender.
and the money of final redemption,
the power behind the throne has
only to declare it unsound and dis
honest TO enlist our government
officials in the war against it.
As months and years pass the in
telIIgent, thoughtful and patriotic
American can discover the reason
for the sadness of the immortal Lin.
coin when be saw whittier the ma.
ton was drifting. lie said: ~ see
in the near future a crisis arising
that unnerves one and causes me to
tremble far the .afety of my country.
AS O resu! t,of the war corporations
have bseA snthronsd. An era Of corr
ruption ii high places will follow