Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1898-02-03
1silver-kniEht Watchman

/ lue greatest curiosity ~ iEuOrluce
Tor duplicity Of the Nineteenth cen.
tusy was promulgated last week by
the lidianApllis gold commission.
presided over by eN senator Edmu1ds,
% Vermont.
A few hundred years aEu. the
I learned theorists. Uf tue Edmund :
Stripe. would have lamented ever the
ignorance and folly Of people bn SUD.
posed the world vas round. 10 Ian
{ EUsge entirely similar tu that used by
tue commission with regard % the
IopiuiuuS uf tbuse Whu believe that the
[ lAN 20 legal tender has something 10
I io With the value u mUUey The
/ commission SAYS.
] a EOyerDuent p2per currency edu-
/ cate> the people whO u>e it 10 false
/ DOtiOnS cuDcerning mouey. such a
| currency circulating year after year
/ Without redemption appears 20 thu>e
rho do nut luDS az it critically 90 De
I rive It's value from tue government
stamp Ii ceases % % REGARDED a.
q promise q pay nlouey, aud i
c ought 20 pQSSs>S the virtue OF
muuey ~ aud % itself. Ii il - easy
/ to creste it that in any emergency
| tbs call for more j perfectly natural.
IL Mr.. EdmuudS waS not 4 lawyer.
l aud ouly a banker ar mouey sharp.
1 his language No1ld Dot be - extra
trdiEary; but for lawyer u the
staudiOx - Mr.. Edmunds 20 utter
81 h uou>cu>e at the ciO>e Of the utns-
lesUtb century indicates remarkable
progress backwards towards the dark
aEeS
Accnrdiuz % the decisions of the
Rixbe>t courts o. EoEiaud and tue
United states. every gOyerumsnt i
lece>>Sriiy eudused. a an essential
p1Tt oT il eXisleuce a 4 guverumsnt.
sith a poser 60 Great uloney OF law.
Sithout regard 10 tue material %
which 10 ! made.
Tue Mixed M"ueF ease. which ar0ss
ia .he rsiEn o. Elizabeth and WaS
quoted aud approved By Judge Brad
.ey in delivering toe opinion OF the
Juited States SUPREME CUurt 10 the
isEAl tsuier cases. differs a. much
wIta tGc dgctrins above quoted a. the
surSs Ia aSJruuCUy ot the present day
SiEsr N5tb the theury % Tat wCrli.
sllch prevailed in ths Dark Ages.
Qusen Elimbeta 20 pay her soldiers
Ia Ireland. cliued mixed U11ey out
ot material q 10 aupreci1Cls vAlle.
1G1s it q flll leE1l teCier Tor all
teots Vlblic aud private. and declared
that it should be the Culv uCnsy 10
Ireland aud should circulate there 4t
It's face VNlue. recce fNr rSCce. S1iI-|
rUuuiS- Before the u1SSlEe q the
lAN, merchant jn LuCdQU add a oill
Of goods % merriam. 2 plbtie foF
sst.-Ello cash and the oai3rcs &C
ti1le. N6en the deferred payment
bscA1le due the Irish merchant tsu-
dSrgd EiXed uCCsy az the time aud
pl1ce 10 Dublin required by the cu1-
tract. TIE ECEiI>l merchant refused
60 &ccep. This uuuey. crC-Eht suJC.
AID tue case : the uCst cele-
ura-sd dscls.1I ca the UlCuey lUe>
t5Cu ever gel5ered ig ECEi1-l. Tue
tender wlS SuCC. - &. w4> decided
that every govern Ds1t possessed tue
poser tC create u.0Cey WItlrlc ~
gard 70 ths material % waEL to U1s
nl21e. 11t that tas 1a1aey c-rrvCg A.
the date @. vaVwgC- WE> -Ce u-O-er
q the c1Ct-tcl- because sVsry Gcl-
tract saS U1is Ei-l -1e visN 1t The
suhsrsUS g'ssssF - the government 20 I
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