Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-08-12
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Communicated
Mr.. EDITOR -
The oracle of The Constitution of last week
appears to have yielded to volt of inspira-
ton from the Oregoaidm and under the ex-
element jumps into the arena of ratiocina-
ton. He says
but the craftsmanship of the fathers is not
the craftsmanship of to-day. Democratic leaders
who evolved Bryan and stood him on Bryan
lied platform have outgrown the teachings ana
and perpetuated our governmental system
They reasoned and acted on principles OF hxlty
and financial integrity
You must either hitch gay rope to our
friend to keep him from flying into space
like Andree-or induce him on some terms
to eschew any role like that of reasoning
The vasssls of Mckinley are not adapted
to the Baconian art of sylogism. A parrot
can be found at Haddon avenue station
that vociferates to the passengers, dam fool
dam fool You are homely You are ugly !!
Go and kiss your mother-in-law T! Kind
hearted bird-but policy is no reasoner.
She makes hit once in while-but she
is feeble philosopher.
When the OregOniaa spins him around
with L:
"Men like Mr.. Jefferson and Mr.. Hamilton
thought it was necessary not only to pay atten-
ton to the commercial ratio. but, as the nrst
condition Of bimetallism. 10 makeithe mint ratio
conform to the commercial ratio.
he fails to light on his feet, aud in his
violent whirl, centrifugates throws off
the following:
They saw, as all men then saw, and as all
who are not lost in their fixed idea now see,
that the commercial ratio must be studied and
accepted as the basis of the coinage RATIO else
the result would not be bimetallism, but mono
metallism. Perception and adoption OF this
principal was the basis of the first Mint act
Bryan is for free coinage of silver at 10 to l..
regardless of the market ratio, now about "a
to In
II our mutual friend could be ballasted
with little correct history-a few kinder
garden facts, his excentTicitIes would not
be excited by the vapOrings of such hab-
blers as the Orgoaian.
When Congress was considering the first
establishment of our Mint, Jefferson was
Minister to France, and Madison wrote
him on the subject and among other things
asked him what about the ratio of the gold
and silver coin ? At that time gold and
silver coins of the world were money in
this country. They were both legal tender
for the payment of debts. While they
both enjoyed the full monetary privilege
Jefferson ansN cred him that the ratio OF
France seemed to be about the right thing
The spectators in bullion did not seem TO
think more of one metal than the other
and hence the French ratio and the market
ratio seemed at a perfect equilibrium.
With silver demonetized and reduced to a
mere commodity, Jefferson never spoke to
such condition.
Such condition was never contemplated
by any of the fathers. They are kicking
in their coffins now at the gullibility of
their posterity. The usefulness of silver coin
in common every day life was universally
recognized till Rothschild commanded the
Latin Union to demonetize silver and their
harpies subsidized -Jndasized Secretary
Sherman in 1873. Just at this point the
bullion value of silver, on account of its
usefulness in every day life among the
industrial classes kept its market value, its
trade and speculative value, by 2 per cent
above It's monetary ratio with gold. Jeffer-
son was so anxious to retain the usefulness
of silver that he ordered, when President,
that the silver of the country should be
coined into balfdollars, to keep the dollars
containing relatively more silver from
being exported as bullion.
"Oh, ye that stone the prophets!" The
skirt carriers OF John Sherman-having by
the most sacriligious conspiracy since
Brutus struck C@sar-destroyed the prin-
cipal use of silver, that of pocket money OF
the masses, now dance to the piping of the
bankers of Europe, saying 1.-THE value OF
silver for spoons and the arts has fallen.
~
ed in killing the peoples Redeemer
What do the masses care about any
watch case spoon commodity? The
money was in T3 ruthlessly and without
any excuse, except that of piracy, taken
from the people. The metal upon which
it was stamped-sanctifed by 1000 years
of usefulness, was by wicked hands de-
stroyed and an idol deifed and set up SO
high as not only to be useless to the masses
but as means of breaking the backs oil
the burden bearers. Why not ask
Augustus to devote some space, explode
some brain cells to invent some excuse for
striking the monetary usefulness out Of
silver in '73? Bryan has called the lictors
of the money power to trial on an indict-
ment that the crime of demonetizing
silver in '73 is high treason. Please make
some squall, some plea to this charge.
The issue is that the act of destroying
silver money was an act to destroy money
itself 1t was a scheme to increase the
burden of debt, and turn ST in cash into
81 worth of wealth without toll. It was a
scheme to manacle the people to low prices
for labor and its wealth products A scheme
to double the national debt compared with
the power of the masses to discharge it. A
scheme to make the people pay the debt
with 80 cent wheat instead of 81 so cent
wheat.
A scheme to sweat the people out of one
half their toll 1t is not silver per Sc we
are talking about. We are ready to trade
silver for any thing better. Money, it is
money that we are talking about. We do
not want to be sacrificed on the alter Of
mammon. And when the partisan satraps
of the Delmonico dinner, Cleayeland, Sher-
man, Carlisle, Hanna, Carnigie scheme
attempt to defile the statues and images Of
the beloved fathers of the republic we ask
them to take the shoes off their feet fol-
such cannot see the face OF God and live
The very profanity of quoting Jefferson to
reinforce the present conspiracy to sweat
the masses is simply intolerable.
It is partisan bigotry maddened. A
game of politics played on the altar oil
liberty. Tell "Guss" not to trade the
interests of humanity for the allurements
Of party success. The shine of Oriental
gold, Persian tinselry brought Solomon to
grief.
Charmed by their eyes, their manners, acquire,
And shape my foolishness to their desire;
Seduced and awed by the Philistian DAME
At Dagon's shrine kindle impious fame
With the Chaldean charms her rites prevail,
And curling frankincense ascends to Baal,
To each new harl0t new affairs DRESS
And serve her god whose person caress.
-PTioT's Solomon
]. J. CRANDALL.
The State of Nauu Iarsau hoo haa no..,s