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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION 1 . ATLANTA, GA„ TUESDAY JANUARY 26 18€6
SENATOR BROWN’S
SPEECH IN THE U. S. SENATE ON
THE SILVER QUESTION.
Bprech'cf »• aator Joseph JS. Drown on Mr. Book**
Resolution Begirding ibo Full Keeotnltlon of
SUror nara JEqu*l Dart of tbo Currenojr-
Hard Bits at the Gold Bats.
On Thursday, the 14th, Mr. Brown addressed]
the senate.!
Mr. Brown—I ask nnanimou* consent to take npl
Ihe resolution submitted 1»y t!so senator from Ken|
lucky (Mr. Beck) on tlic silver question, with a
view of submitting some remarks u|*on it.
The piesiding officer—Unaulmou' couv.-ut is
Rranted. the chair hearing no objection.
The senate resumed the con-idcratimi of the
r« elution submitted Dccemlicr I*. im\ hy Mr.
J i ck, relative to the payment of customs due <
i.u disbursement* pjerewyh-
Mr. Biown-Mr. President, the silver. quesUBH
In no m use a imrtjr question. Many of the leading
democrat* both in and out of congress dWVr with
the president, secretary o' (he treasury, niitlmjag
ricmocrr.i it lender-* U|<ou N que*tlo*i Mu
themr*t dhtingulslicd and intelligent les«
the rclniblJcau party agree with the pic Man
secrete;v of the ireaMnv " ‘
large
rr r now hi r* continue d. at feast to the extant
now purer]bed by law, w bile some think llif* an
nual coinage should be lncrca*cd to a liK'hvr fir-
me. No senator or representative,no matter which
side h«- take# of till* Important question, ean Ik*
♦ lihigt*. wilhaosul « : .'.ally tohUp* (you . e-
• oui.t < I tits j*oMtlon. I h>eno iieMta: miIic*-
prcrrliip my delibcrai • and fixed opinio.; t.» it It
would he unwise and unjust to the people of this
country to discontinue the coinage of sliver at
prereut or to lessen the amount annuail/ coined
under the prcarul law. .
An intelligent writer fin* lately made the sta
ment that the national public debts of the elv
l/ed world, embracing mainiy the public debt- ■■
people n re pa/inginore tliau an average of four
per cent. or »l .oob.ooo.ooo per annum of Interest,
The same writer h of opinion that all the state
■1 1 Mate
...... „ j debts of the world
aggrc/nN id out V/O.OiKt.Wvj**), making (fit? liidebt-
mid county and
would !<c three billions a year of Intorcrt, ......
which the iatior of Hie people Is now laved,
nn annual interest of twice the amount
of the w hole piddle debt of the United Btntei.
T1»e holders of thl* immense amount of hinds
and other obligations form scliiv, and the laboring
iKople of the world wlio are wealth producing and
• r to pay this euomio— -—aug
. her class. T I<M Uui
creditor claw I
InteitMof the creditor clata, holding this ini
manse amount of boo«H and liens upon the
lala.r or the |«oplc, to have hotii tlie principal
and interest paid lit the mo4 valuable currency
which it is In their power to receive from the
debtor clasa.
These lands nml otiier nMIgntloiiH, so for ns tills
(outdry Is concerned, were conn acted to l»e paid
In a find currency, »pc< lllod and defined in the
contract. Mon of the dc bt w as contracted durlug
the war, and It was agreed U*tween the debtor
and the cmlllor as to I fid forever part of It that the
debt should la? tmid in lav. ml money of the United
fctaUt, nr greenbai ks, vhlch were .then the lawful
tity ui tie i oiintry, and, in fact,
and during n not lit-
fill© lime one
silver was worth two dolfort and a half in green-
backs.
A fanner fuinfifilng fin on to the nriny worth
$100 in silver, received $-'<n In greenbacks, or a
loud or the government for S'AK). In other words,
he at i ivi d in a laud of tin* United States two and
a JndJ limes ns much »* iris bacon would have
brought In silver. The nunc wnstrtieof the man-
nfn< lure r, the nieteliant, ami nil other cIawcm who
fnruMud supplies to the army of the United Suites.
Thu* the matter aloud at the cud of the war. Tho
UiiiOhoMcra during all (lie period while green-
lacks were so heavily depreciated got two or two
and a hrlf times ns murfi in lands for the articles
deli vend by them to the government as they
Mould have brought in gold or silver. In that
Mate of tlie ease what jicciillar obligation routed
upon the government of the United Staten to nay
these bomb In a latter currency than was provided
for any other creditor of the United fttutc*.
What peculiar claim did the bondholder, who
obtain* d tdf bonds during (id* stage of tuffotion
and got this large im-rvu-c pjhui the gob) or silver
value t f his comniMliticr, tiavo to la paid in better
dinchcv than the fiatnmcnf mankind who might
l«crcditor»bf the Unit* d states? Why should lie
reedv# la payment a Utter currency than tho
min) or tin* navy or the clerks' In the department*
or if)c day laborer i»holds upon the puhlta workn
of the Uidled Slutes? 11 nil ecu no reason whatever
w hy the disrilmiuathm should haw been matin In
his fhVor. The-soldiers wlio imperiled lbetr live*
In the Morin of ftattie received (heir wagoa in
greent-ncks. Tlielr widows and minor chlldrcu,
whne iIn; iiuslmuds slid fathers wore slain In hat-
lit . lecrlved their lausions In greenbaeks, mid I
Im di vv they still do. All tliooihcvrvuml eniploytw
of the goveriiineiit received their eompcnsnt!o:i In
g:<cut seks, and J relieve they still do. Thomou
w ho lAficd hptm the new icssrb of the navy, as
well hs dm men who laboied during the extremes
ol htr.t mid cold in tlio linprovement of your
ilviis mid liailairs, iveeixed tlielr pay in green-
l neks, nml they sitli do. IVhat greater e.iulty ex-
i od in favor of tlie bondholder IIiaii existed in
i.<\oi of either of the classes to which I have re
If ml ? If thore were any l am not aware of It.
hut the association of lioiidholders. on account
ol tin largo ioereaae Uiat Iim lorn |ialdUivin above
H e gold and sliver standard, had nnenormoiLH
otmtof our securities- fit their hands. The debt
iHii.lt d to gi, 1 70<l.000«X) at tho cud of tho war,
d wlillc a portion of thl* debt was owned hy
• . ty clam lu the community the great bulk or ft
longed to a comparatively small clam ol capl-
. dsta who were aide, when a United states bond
t federal l« ndholder lor ye
s bti
then
iitr
•*?e
iy fusty cent. 1:: the dollar in gold
in the passage of tl p net or 1 tO'.i th *y
lo I’tir. I’/on the passage of fin* act of
-i«r.tu.i : to to,:, and shier (hat, a- !
slid j :t!.< ij a’ tailing tine from year t * ;
tu j iici in gold only. »*•-Idle all theothev ■
•* * - -rntca are required tn takt
lionds have steadily nd-
allveror grtenbseks, tl- —
isr.ccd, linn! tiicv are now worth IWto l-t lu the
mm Let. and Mill tin try i' th.i: the patriotic bond-
lioVri- r.im-t la dealt libern’ly with, and that the
taxes of the |h ople must la Increased to give them
a tatter tun era y than other jaojde re cire. sons
lo keep up ti.t runh of the United Mates.
I think It proper that we keep the credit up to a
point that is ira-onablc. When a :s per cent l#oud
U tit par. I do not fan- totax the people to put t he
credit onv higher, ff. with the surplus hi the
treiMiiy horn )* arto year, we have to purchase the
1 pet it: :• t«. ku-p up tlie sinking fund. I do not
desire that the tooplc ’.rhu sold them for W to -V)
cents In the dollar ray I JO to mo for them
There t fai
that vf
I'lifted S'
order !•>
bondh*.:<*
I th!i l.
w ho h;.s i
public C.V
tit at ail t
r reason tiorjnstfee lnthcd?ma:id
dcp w lst? part of the currency of the
n:o . f.anicJr. grc< uU»<and sflivr, in
ir.alo- gold imm tAluah'e and pay the
i j - h moreexlioildtant pr!
oilir
o pay out
H ndliutch of cu
red If or* alike, finds
the treasury
the nublie debtor
• <h a racier, should
r«u'd pay to the laud-
r the
work. rxsteiiMtlrally, 1 likvo no *kmhl. and nvod
Hie cclumtis of Intnu-nttal ncwspajani and tho
liralns of InlUirnttal men, and they dually had tho
idvaMiie to sec tho pas'rtgo of the act of 1»W. de
viating that the principal of tlie I Hinds as well ax
the interest should be paid In t-olii. There hi
an (XKptloii In Ibis 1, applicable toavortaiti
»law. of IHmd*. but the exception wax Mupmlilleil
ns to destroy its eflbct ami leave the ntlw substan-
(iaiiy a» above statml.
Tbi-to was no tiew cofisMcratlon for this impor
tant alteration lu theiviuract mi far as the then
Uuidholderx were ronccriiv«l. Many of them got
their lauds wbett rihe legal money of the United
States, grccnltacks, were w depreciated that the
tMindft only cost them alniut forty cents lu the dol
lar in gold or silver, and tho contract between
tlum.and the jtcoplc wax that the ImhuU might bo
paid in the same curieney tiny gave for them, to-
wit tn greeubaeks, or In law nil money, a* It wax
calk a. InMt-ad of carrying out tills comraet eon
gtv»* gnitllied them by the |Hissafe of the aet atmve
titcnUoued, by whitTi It d«-vUuvhI that they Mmnhl
—.— i.. ttieer.
i.l they
twelve isiyuient in coin, that Is. tn gold <
but the) were not conteut with tills, a.. . IH_
►oon had the pleasure to see the passage of anoth
er act, which t»dated nth of July, 1X70, authorising
(he refunding of the torntt ami prescribing that
the new I stilus should la paid til coin of the sUud
aid value prescribed hy law at the date* of Uie
|ta->sgt i>l this tut.
The gold dollar then consl-ted of ‘25 * graiui of
standard gold, and the stiver dollar of III..) grains
of standard silver.
Jhd let it bo borne In mind shat while they we..
procuring this legislation greatly ouhaiu-uu ttio
valtw ot their securities, they did agree to re.wlvo
ilunlns, as neltecr the weight of tlie sliver nor Uie
cold dollar has been changed by law since that
.me.
Sow, wc would natural!i enough conclude that
1 system of changing the contract from time to
b * at each change making H more valuable to
tuc creditor party, tiad been carried liar enough,
ami that the people would not be a*ked to do more
than pay an original green lack debt worth to
*ents in the dollar in thr gold and silver coin of
the Mai dap! of 1970. or the gold and silver coin of
the iwfaetn dtte. But not tsmteut with the ad
vantages they had obtained over the loople, the
next sirp waa that or deim>uetlzlng silver. Wlut
would bar#been the eflbct if silver could have
beoutcimanentlydemeniKlxrd. and the coinage
*»f ll.e Maudant Mlvvr dollar «iu-
eotitlnttrd ' and the guarantee given
that nothing but gotd should be tceelvcd lu
went Of the public debt? This would Mill fat
have enhanbrd the v*alno of their bonds,i.. ..
would largely have diminished Ibequantily of the
coin with which, under the contract, they were u>
he |>ald by striking down silver coin, which wo-iid
have greatly im-n anM tin- value of the gold coin,
whirh would have then been the only coin we
could liave had to give them inpayment. Tula
would have added probably from -*s to O i*er **ent
to tl»e value of their bonds, nml it w wild have cn-
hamed thelHmleux of the m-ople out of whoie
labor they must be paid a like amount.
Unt after the art douum. tt ing silver had gone
into effort, th# people, who Ml that they had at-
n-ailyUeu greatly tvivng*d. determined to take
the matter into their ow n hands, and limy sent
rei rwei.totlufx to congress to repeal the act demon-
ctf/ing Mlu-r and prov(>l« tor a reason
able amount of anuual coinage, and a very mode
rate amount under the rirriumtettoca. As the pco-
E le rime that period, at each biennial election.
avc selected memlers of congre?i who could not
be rhatmvd by the WHluctlve iuluenceof this groat
l«een ct tntellcd to take silver or greenbacks, as to
coni lute to receive gold alone lu payment or both
„ iml Mr lT*-»ldent. If you payout tw.*ntyor
Ihhly <■' fi'ity million.' of dollar• a year to the pith-
lie creditor* who arc a very influential and power-
fultia*- v'• make it tlielr intci' d in Wcm.Iuu up
flit-1 f stiver, wIdle if.von par then in gold
,11.*) will Ih- alw ays at tempting to (lepreriate
■ to n.akc tl,c- gold re* elved by them more val-
•illative of more property. I
“the bund
uable i
...JR . -dltor alike. If you pay ....
bolder in m i amt e, pay «oi to the laborer, a 1
II tin it Isicm! v any diifetem in tho ptirchn-k :
I-*»V'I » of tin k< i mid silver d- 'Jar, there Is grra
leanc. v.h) tl,. .'tordfcr ider. 1 . Wetroftln- o-;; , .
i take tlie silver dollar than
time i v. : y the laborer should take it and Iravl*
the u*-ld dollar to the bondholder.
Th* te i> a great c lamor nn the part of the Imtid-
holdetr- IV r n sitsiH nsibji of the colna:p’Of silver,
and mtw h upprelieiision on account of tin- large
amount of silver dollar* lying In Ih.r treioiry
vaults Now, J sry it Is the duty of the secretary
of the tn asury to «Il*po*o of titrate stiver dollars by
pacing tbci i out to ihepul.lle cre*Iitors whenever
nii)lfiieg due. and the ftondholrier should take
Ids full si.me of them. If tills does not dlspi '
The lioMciCof each ccrtlfleote then has the faith of
ihe goven iiH-nt pledged to him that thesilrer lies
11 the vaults of the inanity to pay the certificate
n'rmy moment when it li prese tted. The btisi
t «ss of tlie country nqnlrga tnoie circulation, and
i\*i) surplus silver *t«>:Iar and every surplus gold
I'olfnr that Is lying in the treasury vaults Idle, not
I art of the nee wary re-erxe. should Ih* put into
< tfrulatlon bv asitver or a gold certig'-nte.
U c me tc»M that wo may carry two hundred and
1 ilcen million of silver dollars, which «•« its*
• olucd ami which are now In tliia country, hut
that if we continue to coin rllver we will soon b-
overrun by the quantity. 7 he greater danger is. i
we cm "wage tnc contraction of currency to n
j oint I elow what is needed by the great buduesi
.nt*i(stx wc will produce fttringem-v, and ew:
panic, throwing large clasaca out ofcmploymen
and ; to*ii:ciiig geiicral depression und dt-nioraliza-
'.ion in the different pursuits of life.
Now, I Lave no hesitation Jn saying that If we
had; f‘.00,000,COO more of silver coin thrown by Its
i-stop the coinage of silver we contract the
< v Mt h ast r^.noo.tjoo per antium. T' '
nunlly coined Into silver dollars
rut into fJiculntli.il
held from circulation. . _ _
«oin the tJ H .tOO,OCO. Ill other words, out of the sll-
iii rf the nmniry f*>,00U ( O00 are made
each )*ar n.d thrown into eirculatiou,
wlit* h v<uid not g«> into ( Irr-ulatlon if the
* 'tided, and to that extent depret-
and w e add to that 9(^.000.000 an
nn* Ur of silver coin withheld, we shall produce a
-tati- of striugr-iicy in this country that may l»o
..... j v ii, ( . large credit ’* *—
tenry with full legal tender finality without detri
ment lo our buslnem?
We have fifteen to twenty million* more of popu
lation H.Rn clilur France or Germany. Ourterri-
toty 1- several limes large as the territory of
ItH-ul f ir* ulatiag medium than both
>f them together. Wc ;.re told that both the se im*
lour l t nve Mopped the coinage of silver, and that
'ft'? ’
Hum. then 111
ill * norub I
pa)iug ft.ten
(rctaiy of the treasury xiiouM call
•ij , in on which tin* people are now
, tonltsorb tlie silver dollar a Hint
• treasury, and thus relieve the pe#-
■ ount of interest which they r -
el't to nil elu’v
appioprlatcd. If
not otli'.-rwlse
lake. 'I be
ne*t to pay a debt in the very currency
editor bv the contract ha- agreed to
oiilrnet in this case, a* amended at
.be treaMiry,
dollars the RHMHRt ...
Atncricnn ntffl blush w lien tlie government
out in honest, strict, good initli its contract with Its
al nays them lu the very currency
it din.i - have contracted to take,
yic-f-clved into tlio treasury from cus
toms on iui|mrt<d goods is, under the law, to be
olUittd In (oln, nod I- by art of congress flr-t sfH*-
Inliy M-t opart for tin- p:i* incut of the lute rest on
he publ.'f flf-l.t. Tlx-1 outran with tlie Ixmdliold-
- ts. II** n. I> to take the coin of the United States,
either gold or sliver. Tlie art rf eougresa require*
he f oin Hint I- received for duties on Import.^ lo U-
it ni nrt lor the payment of tliu lutea-st uinm the
tiblJe debt.
A large portkiqof the customs l* paid In silver
oin. nn*f )et not a dollar ot tills (-oin, wldeli lx
he fUliti.cy ngici^l on by the par
lea to the contract, and which fx
11 Hally set apart by net of r(Ingres* to tbnt use, Is
aid to u single bondholder. The silver dollars are
eservt-d for the peoj.le, the laborer*, the debt pay-
ng class; the gold dollar* nro reserved for the
oudhohU rx, w ho ate the i retlltor cla*s, all the Im-
iii-nse iMtwer and Inflncitco of that claxs or*' con-
slantly brought to bear to depreciate the value of
silver. In which the jioopleare paid, and entmuco
the value of gotd. in w iih-h- the lamdliolder.* arc
i aid. Tills it* neither fair dealing nor oohimon
honesty.
Till* I?, a subject it) uii which the jieoplf siionld
!<c aroused, and they sliouhl require tnelr repre-
K’niative , no matter jn what «ie]Hirtroent of the
governnuuk, toK-e toll tnnt Ihixlnw I* executed
*ud the eotUtacL of tho government with the
toqndholdef ’ ** * * •
«tlm
treasury tuny nt any time p«i
liondholdrix and otlu-r credit
cst, and .ffpMHnVt-,
icople. The secretiny of the treasury tells us lu
'hi* retail that the ( Stlmatcd ninoiitit of gold and
hi why v.c should do so.
me told l«y the secretary of the treasury that
any Im* four to live iiuudred million* of
r mark*, fh thaler*, of imliinite«l legal tender,
ntui that Frame has six hundred mtllioua of flve-
frr.ue silver piece* of unlimited legal lender, while
wc have but two hundred and* fifteen millions ol
legal tender silver dollar*. In other wools, France
m.d Geiinnu) have three times ns
ii.it. legal-tender silver coin as we
have. We eertaiuly have need of ns much its they
can carry. We hear of no panic in tlie money
iiimtct there, no selling of gold nt a premium, and
no difficulty about legal-tender sllvercoinx answer*
Iviiull the purjg.se* ot money. We can then very
finely, to meet the demands of our immense bu«i-
nos. i oln Tour hundicd million* more than wo
l av" at pcs* nt, and we will tlieu have lea* legal
fei.der silver coin than they have in France and
f.t-iicony, and little more tlinn France alone. If
th*-v cun ouryit without difficulty, why may not
we do likewise?
'I lie Flitted HI ale* is probably the lieaviestpro-
di.o-r of silver In the World. The United State*
m.d Mexico together produce about one half of all
tl.o silver ruined In trie world. Why, then, should
Freni the earliest ngt n or civilization silver and
gold liuve l<ecu the metals i;*ed for the coinage of
y of the world. In all age* they have
. .. 1 —jj |e
y equal. The
* in hl< rejKirt
-liver i«AI jH?r
dills of mankind, while
have of gold alou' *'
. nt. and of silver nlsout t-», then. If wo
Mtike dow n silver n* money and nil other nation*
were to follow our example, we would destroy
n i a- than one-half of all tlie money in the world,
und more Hum cue-third of our own metallic
money, and would reduce pmiK-rty to one-Jiulf its
cut urinlnnl value,
u stop lnt?i
•in in tin* l lilted state* on the tfUti of June
IS.-. was s vjo.iHhMMI, 9.\IJ.ut)U,UH) of which n
id of gold coin uml < $2?*.tit’0.000of ailvcrcuiu.
idxt-
learly
• dof-
apert;
... . ..«f It would cod the
•lass twice a* much prot>crty to pay tlielr
debts a* It now coats when IhiIIi tlie metals are
coined and used n* money.
Now, while it is admitted lliut M mt rent, of
the metallic money or the world u silver, ills
sought lo stop the coinage of Dial metal bccau-o
it J* said its market value I* not nt present the
equal of our gold unit; In other words, that 11-..'*
grain* of standard silver i* not worth In the market
a standard gold dollar, w hich Mhe unit of the
United Stales. Why is It that silver, which d<
to thejicriod of the commencement of the war. _
10 fori, wn* worth a premium a* compared with
the gold coin, ha* since fallen until the metal 1*
not worth more than so cents in the dollar ? This
has resulted not from a superabundance of sl\v
but from the unfriendly legislation of (tn
1 Hrltiilii. Germany nud tlie I tilled States.
Hie principal commercial nations of the wot..
w ill discontinue tho coinage of gold ns money it
will decrease in value faster (hail silver hit* done,
as it 1* a metal net so well suited for tun.* In tho
UKclmnic art* and for various domestic purposes
a* silver. Tlie superiority in value that it now liu«
— r ^ entirely r - / —•
she adopts exactly the reverse of It in her ImmMV
possession* in India. There gold i* demoneii'.cd
and fitter i- the legal tender. Hy thin policy Great
Ilritniuis enabled to draw the gold tuio the ex
changes of the home government arid to put off
any quantity < f *nrp1nx silver that she may havei
on her possession* in India. And having there
subjects, she ha* an immense vent for
all the silver Hint she may lit- able to control. This
i- a shrewd piece of tin ancle ring. At one end of the
line gold I* the legal money, at the other end silver
alone I* the legal money. At one end gold Ls
d< monetized, nt tlie other end silver is demonetiz
ed. While wc have not # country wtth the im-r
it cm e population of India to absorb and meoui
silver, wc have a country of much treater extent]
and with a population more productive than the!
whole of India to use the silver which is annually
taken from our mines, even if a much larger p-
pot Hot i of it were converted into coin.
As I have already stated, we are lu no danger of
having our gold drained out of this country and J
silver ttn|>oited to take its place as long as the
balance of trade lenuiin* in our favor a* between]
us and the vrltuliml Knrvpeutt nation-, j
As two of the chief lowers of Europe
coin gold a* their legal tender, and nil
(ou.ineieia! settlement* arc made in gold,
we get the benefit of it. and our stock of gold is|
(oiu-tantly inereusul by a drain from those I
Hon* into thi- country torettle balances In ou
lother view of the mbjeet In favor of I
Ihit tbete h
Iwi-to which I wish to refer In this connection, (t
a v ell known fact that adverts tlie principal mon-
r medium ofexchnnge tt*ed In China British *
din. Japan and in fact all the other eastern nath
Mote than two-thirds of the people of the globe i..
fer it to gold and use it chiefly ax their money. South
America is a large producer of both gold and silver;
o Is Mexico. But there the silverdollar is still re-
cguHtdaud tued as a circulating medium,as lcjal
money, and there J- no discrimination against it.
As w* are fast becoming a vast manufacturing
oner, as well as a great agrirulttirnl rawer. *«'ltli k
«i ge surplus of tin.- products of our different nrtmi-
aetiiringestabllshmcnt* for exiiortattun, we look
h icily to China and other eastern nation* and
o couth America as the mar
kets w heie wc can ino-t successfully compete
with England nml France and other commercial
lowers, but especially the former. There U n very
large hulancc of trade against tt* in Brazil and the
tv* st Indie*, principally for sugar and coffee. Both
lit sc countries me ril»er a* legal money. In pay-
ng il.ht large balance of trade in specie why should
ivis end cur gold cut of the couutrytlf we jirefer to
keep It w hen they would us readily accept silver?
Why■ rot send them silver In payment of these
balance*?
me rctnnrk applies lo the Hawaiian I-
here cur piuehews of sugar turn the bal
ance of trade ngniuM us. Why not maintain —
Til nn and otlrc.
tl.Ur (oimnoditles,
ide is again«t t
•ulna and pay tlie 1
- „_ld, as “
c., and why not send
an Its
silver
astern nations to exchnngc for
there, too, the balance of
Illlng
.. -f thing* is.likely to
-Ulimc for many year* to come, thesuccc**lve re
ports of the treasury department wlilch come tn
■* annually, predicting great finanei.il
by the dralug of onr gold out of the coun
try end the tilling it* place witli silver, no longer
ptoduu-uneasim-ss, nx they nre found to imve no
praGicul significance.
In tlie rejort or Hon. Jolin Sherman, then secre
tin y of the treasury, now tlie able ami honored
president pro tempore of the nenate.
paled December ‘J, * 1»7% very soon
the act was passed remonetizing
gold. The houdholdctx then may well struggle
io demonetize silver nud make gold the only
standard, n* It would Kit-ntly reduce the amount
*d the circulating medium and greatly enhance the
value of U.eJr Imudxon account of the itirreused
nimnmtof iuojH-riy which would I.e required to
make payment.
Hut we are told that ltl*mccs<ury to stop the
coinage of silver to prevent the cxiHirtatiou of our
gold to rotelKit countries and the tinrartatlon of a
large amount of silver which would form an in
terior cuncncy for tld* country. Thl* note of
warning lias constantly lieen given by banker* and
bondholders ever sluevthe passage of the at l of
1878 remonetizing sliver, which n« t direct* tlie
coinage c*r not less than two million* per mouth of
lciral tender silve r dollars; hut the prophecy with
Which we have been con tantly Inmutv.l ha* nut
and 1-oinlholde
From year to year, almo-t without exception, we
have liu| oiled tuure goods than we liave exi> *rted,
and we ha\* cxrorica moix^llwr than we have
Imported, and ail the reasonable* i"oi.ahlMflc* are
that we shall continue to do so. And bear in mitnl
that at Hu-end of seven year- we have tw ice a*
eolu in our country. We have
wUm of Imraenxe
...PI. at,ami raon* pro-
caj ability tliau any otlur
country on the fan- of the
gloU*. We have a population of nearly «U',uo0,00O «f
iK-ople, willi more iuieiitlve geultL*. more* em-rget-
lc industry and enterpri»e than tlio people of any
other riMtiott. We prvMhtce by our fm-lorit- a very
large proportion ol the mauuUctuivd i.rtlHe- iwe-
mat) for miruse, I lies*- advantage* euahle u* to
* Fieri moie and imparl lcszol the necessaries ami
Cotivt-Ui«iice» of life than any other people.
The result 1* a ronatautlnilanee of trade lit our
favor, wUh a strong probability, with our luereax-
ingesi-vll) for puxlm lion, audour Inert*axing
jopulxU uautl our constantly Imrcaxlng irnle-
which other nation- hAicU-cn obliged
tlie United xtato a- tatUnco due on xcttienuMit*;
and a* gold is the medium of exchange whivh i-
ado|>t*d in settlements between ns and European
natiei’.s. (hit pour* a steady -twain or gold Into the
United Mate.-, and wnti# the pnsliictpui
ofsllur ftom our mine* the lad year liax tuvu
greater than the production of gold, still the quan
tity of gold coin lu the United
Stale- almost double* the qumtitr
of rilvi r coin, aecoidlng to the extract which 1
have already read from the report of the secretary
of the treasury, Thl* shows that our country 1*U-
log enriched by the imporiatimt or gold, and that
we do not And It nc* cmry to export goM to M*ttle
the halaneq of trade against u\ a« It doe* not exist
to any extent w Uk Kuropcau nation*. W hy, then,
should we fear a drain of gold and an Influx of -ii
ver? All the probabilitic* are that there will Ih* an
iuereaxed influx of gold and ex|tort of sIUim.
In a monetary eonterenvt held in Carix, in lx*t,|
th#distinguished financier. Mr. Broach, the dele
gate fhun Not way, a conn try tliat has adopted gold
morometalli-m. made the follow Jug imporlaut
statement during the *ll*cux»lon:
In abort, uuluoal bhactalUxm
malideggold nnmomctallie.
Again be says
The United Mate* might put up
becau-* tn the caiun tty of large * .
chandlse paxab'.c in Mlto on l»
the market than 25.8 grain- of gold.
I liau- Iteaid it Mated that the necessity for
|H'i>dii)g the coinage of silvt * “
. . out of the fact
of thccnonnoux increase of sliver from the mine*
ill our own country nud Mexico, and other part*
of the world, lnnking a great di-proportion in
quantity in favor of silver. In other word* that
the metal had In come too plentiful to bo coined
Into money without restraint. Now to show the
inllacy of thl* position, 1 again refer to the nunirt
of the seretary of the treasury.file say* “gold from
era-arc much more rapid than that *»f alive, and if
there were cau-c for alarm on account of the two
great inervatc in the quantity of one of the metat*
it existed in the raze of gold, aud not of silver.
While gold doubles in '.15 year*, silver doubles
In IW> year-. Gold therefore, doubles, if
the secretary of the treasury be rigid In about one-
thud or tlie time ittakea xlP erto double. If 1
w ere to adopt Uidlneof aigutnent of the other
-ide this would Ih> a strong argnmerit In n»v
-us|ieiidiug the uidimited coinage of gold, be*
that metal is U'etanllig tcx> plenlifiil to be c,
wtHiout iv-traint.
But a* I stated on a former occasion, ovei
duetiou of ticilher gold nor sliver Is the dltfic.......
Tlie world 1* making rapid stride-in developing
u*w cnterprbrx .every year. Commerce Jins ra»-
(elved an ImjH.'ttP* (Yotutnc discoveries made In the
—- -Hutu
arts aud selencaa. in rieam and electricity ■
tlie last lialf century which ha* nonarallel r
appro\lmatloii to a parallel
nelfehborw, sihu »• I* IicTiir annihilated, und
the human race U bccomlni; more intimately as
sociated a* one people. There hiu been a rapid
advancement in agriculture, tn all the mechanic
arts, iu railroading, shipbuilding, in tranxporta-
Hon on land and K-a. in manufacture* and com
merce, requiring a greatly increased quantity of
uuaiey for a circulating mcdtdni to do the buslnex*.
andiu-tendof an over-production of the precious
im-tal-, the great Increase in the demand ami tho
)early waste or low from um* taken intotheac-
count, the pren-nt production U not adequate to
th# real w ants of mankind. Thl-U further deal
onMrated by the extensive use of a paper circula
tion not predicated upon a solid specie ImuIm,
w hieli several of the great j*>wcr* are compelled
to adopt lor want of suifieient metallic cttfrancf.
The truth is the growing manufactures, auricuV
ttue and tho mechanic arts, aud other great inter-
vsu of the world are increasing so rapidly that it
requires all the gob! and silver that is produced by
the mlucs to kc#p mankind supplied with -ucn
quantity of the precious metals coined into money
as ts really necessary for the regulation of our busi
ness exchanges aud Aw the well-being of society.
\Nc are told that Great Britain many year* ago
demonetized Hirer and made gold abme the stand
ard of value*, and tbal while Great Britain c.mtln*
i> a»-o Utauh* they would not in*
They Could u* ,
expited t«* M'elng »ll\Tr tlow to them. They are
tcogreat puxlurvix of silver for FnrxitH* to -cud (•»
them (hat indai w lit. h the\ ftirnl-li on the contra
ry to Inna#. The time is appruaentug. mxeover.
when ti e t nlte«t Witn, suAtclently provided wtth
coin, will no longer have toa-k Europe for It. am!
when In i ayment of their con-ianmentx of bread •
stuflaaod raw material- to the old continent thev
will have to demand an exchange of greater and
greater <ii:aiittc) of m«mifac(urr>l antewa or of r i-
mpean ircnrii*-. But on ettlur liypothesi-Hn'y
wftl be no resource fi»r Xtttope for the sale ol lt>
depreclatdd silver.
But It i* -aid that we have already move silver
dollar* coined aud laid aw ay In the treasury Hum
we ran get into * imitation. As long a* tne ot!i< era
this government refti-e to oray ihe laws tm -**\l
y theiot gm* of the United Mau , ». and re:ti*«* m
pay silver <. olii to the creditor* in payment o( debt*
wbete tbc haw expressly agraed to take xil er,
we may ha* -on surplus Mirer lying in the treas
ury, but let it I c » »ld out in honest sstUfacUon of
our debt* where i e (-redilor ha* aara-ed to rto *lve
Jt, and wc will soon be rid of IhU large s irplus
AcaId, let the law be falthfhllv carried out and let
silver certificates be U-ued for the stiver lying in
the vaaltsof tlie treasury, and let them be put mto
circulation, and there can t< no better eurtvacy.
immense wealth, and the government had reached
the |H#itkm w k(*rc tt was tbe reprv‘*»*ntativ.»nf tK.>
gnw(e»t * (editor nation on earth.
Am aiaioa the wliole world was indebted to Great
Britain, any line of lvliey wldeh made a dollar in
money the repmwntative of a larger amount of
prooeity, aud w hich can-edit to take more property
of ific debtor to satisfy the demand of the creditor
than it would have laacii before, wax- heneticUl to
Great Britain.
By striking down one of the metal-, and she %e-
— *-■-• *Tq refusing ‘
„ *ld. she Inez
)*Hin*i sterling, and
n payment _
the purchasing vain# of tin
thereby increased the amotii
*y to |#v the debt of the pot. . . .. ...
just as the t'ODdholdcn*. tt they can striked.)-.*.,
silver itijid* country, increase the value of their
U>ud* b) Increasing the amouut of projvrty neces
sary to pay the bonds.
But the fa< t that Gieat Britain demonctizc.t -lb
ver did not make tt • e<v**ary for even her nearest
neighbor* to follow her example. Gold i- the
legal tender that Great Britain now permit* to lie
txilned. but i ranee, lur neighbor lust aero— the
channel. wh.Ie -he Is not uou • olntng silver, car-
i iexMy HdJ.tW.axi In -liver *• i. which i-. all foil
legal lender, and she »*i% . oug with her ex-
havgvaand pura lian's and sa«.*« aa well a* Great
e not be able to carry ROW **« AU of legal (coder
— ■——-- —^ -
»larger
Britain U not very con
sistent tn her conrv* iu demonetiz-
ing slim and making gold the MgnJanl. While
she adopts that policy tn her ho ne gorerameut,
therefore
*st policy, for tho prescut, t<»
Imit the npfercfeatc lt>-ue or our -liver aollara,
jim-U f*Ji the ralio of 10 to b to such amount a*
nn clearly U- maintained ut par with gold, until
lie price of-liver In the market -hull assume dell-
Itc ratio to yold, n hen that ratio should be adopt
d and our coins inncle (o conform to it; and the
icrdoiy respectfully rccoramouds that ho l>e au-
H.KihKl to di-coutinue the coinage of the-live*
t'O.lMO CCOlu .silver, and that we should limit
he iigfeu-feiite Issue to such sum as could l*e clearly
aintained at par with gold, aud the sum of i‘>0f
li ndcr silver dollam wc now have two hundred and
ifteen millions, according to the repori of the
•resent secretary of the treasury, and still the stl-
. er dollar 1- maintained ut par will) the gold dollar.
If the suggestion of the secretary of the treasury
in 1*78 had been adopted, wc would have with
drawn, or rather withheld from circulation, the
SB 5 .**,000,000 iu silver which wo now have, either iu
the treasury reedy to go into circulation, or In ac
tual circulation. If Hint amount were now with
drawn from the currency, it w ould produce string
ency and financial pressure of a fearful character.
Pi the report of thu secretary of the treasury in
1881, three year* later tliau tlie report above re
ferred to. and four years ago, wc Aud tlie follow lug
admonition:
A continuous monthly addition to our
silver coinnge will soon leave us no
choke but that of exclusive silver coinage, and
tend to redue ns to a place in the commercial
world among the minor and len civilized nation*.
It inn) U* ns-nmed tlmj a people ax enterprising
and progressive a- that of the united state*, hold
ing lending I’oalllon among the nations, trill not
consent to a total nbnmloniuctil of the u-e of gold
of the metals lo be employed as money, and
standard and -clllng till we have to sell upon .
silver standard. It Is therefore recommended
that the provision for the coinage of a fixed
amount each month be repealed, aod the secretary
omiuciulatioti we have coined
one hundred million silver dollars, and we
have twice a* ninny gold a* silver dollars, gome-
gold. BV still u*e gold a-a currency and hav.
Marly twice os much of it o> wc liave or silver, and
w c liave not been reduced to a place lu the com-
gold Is kept for the bankers and the IxindhoMers.
and notwithstanding they have agreed as part '
their solemn contract to take payment both
principal and interest of their bonds in gold
silver coin of the present standard value, not a dol
lar of silver is paid to them, hut it is kept for the
lalcilng class, and the —'■* * *- * *- J
and sacredly kept until
bondholders.
But the laborlrg class are in fact os well paid for
tlielr labor as they have been at any previous pe
riod in the history of the country, and a legau-ten
der silver dollar will buy more of the nece-xarles
of life for the laborer thau It would have done at
almost any other time. The honorable senator
a large j*ortlou of them got less, could l»uy eight
yard* of calico for n dollar. Now the laborer can
take the dollar which he receives for his day's la
bor aud buy twenty yards of calico. Then he could
buy bacon ut 11 cents a pound. Now lie cau buy it
at*. Aud so with almost all the necessaries
dollar. The laborer* are generally
g.uu io gei snver. Jt Is popular with the laboring
class everywhere, and they would be glad to have
i- of it in circulation. The people
dor silvtr dollar*.
When you strike i ,
piopctty nearly one-half, and ..... ...
wilt go down iu the same proportion, and he who
now get-a legal-tender silver dollar for his day’s
labor, w ill then get but fifty cent* In gold. How
w ill the laborer be benefited by the change? But
while the laborers will lie content to receive silver
dollars they will Insist that tbe bondholders who
have contracted for silver dollar* shall bo required
to take tlielr proportion in that currency. Tiii* is
a care where equality is equity# aud all that the
laborers de-ire i* that bondholder* and laborers be
placed upon the same equal platform, that the
same equity l»e done to each da—. With thi* the
laborer- will Ih* content. To thL* the bondholde
sbould Ih: compelled by law- to submit.
If the national banks, by a system of hoarding
gold or otherwise, attempt to prar*‘— J
t Jze silver and force gold to a pren;
to take legal-tender silver dollar- or silver certtli
cates iu settlement ot balances, or iu any settle
ment-. and If the officers wlio represent the people
ment* with men who will apply the proper....
icctlve, by a forfeiture of the charter* of such
Heaver Trapper* In Sumter,
From the Sumter, Gn.. Republican.!
Kuiuluy morning Bose Morgan aud ,T. W.
( loptou caught a large beaver in a trap oil
Colonel | W. A. Maxwell's place. It weigh
ed forty-two pounds, had web feet hchiud like
u goose, while the fore ones were like tlmso
of a coon.
It to Ml*, bed IB4Q» Incorporated 1884.
T*« OrlSWtATCT
"BRADFORD**
PORTABLE MILL*
C9IM. WKIAT A KiO.
flODU BILL MACU1SX1T.
Rail far OMrigln (Unit#
aunt* r'stall
Tbe Thos. Bradford C#.
is, ST, 89 A ItlHfkSi
awonim o.
“The Cheapest Furniture House
in Georgia.”
bedstead to 91,000 bureau. Chcapor than ever.
Estimates for furnishing entire house. Write- to P.
II. Buook, Atlanta, Ga.
Mention this paper. der^2 wky iy
Cure Guaranteed
5rh iTritwesoii f a wfitlen anxrxnUoto return tho
AOHaQlC&otJi latbnsh Av. & Uttto nt
Mention ini* paper. I fan 12 tne- Hnir sm wky
a silver standard.
7 here annual
duugcr have
predictions or
cased to u]
all familiar
exchanges!
, Banker* and bondholder* who nrelargi
raining a gold standard only progno-tlcate great
* nlgmitjr If the coinage of silver lx* not * »
But the people, the laboring class, the
diii-lng clas>, the debt-paying cU**. and the
tnuclal cln-s w ho are tint tioiidholdcn
th-pro-
banker*.
dlttUnwy lu continuing the present coltvigo
of -liver umlvr the law now of force.
But wo arc told that the legal tender silver dol
lar i- not intrinsically worth a* much as the legal
Under gold dollar, and that the Inferior currency
is alw a)* put into circulation, and where there are
I wo currencies unequal in value, the more valuable
i* always retired and tlie lets vnluanU* goo* Into
circulation ; or, a* it Im* been expressed lu. more
lH-toric language, that ’ bad money drive* out
gcod money, but good money cannot drive out bad
money.” In other words the relatively cheaper
medium or exchange will be retained in circula
tion, and the relatively dearer one w ill disappear.
Now, Mr. President. )ou will plea-c bear In inlinl
the tad that wc are constantly reminded that the
tica-unr department cannot get the legal tender
silver (lotlars into general circulation, though the
treasury department has the power to pay out the
legal-tender silver as loug as there i* a dollar of It.
But wc are told from year to year that it Is impos
sible to get ft into circulation, and still sve are told
it 1* inferior to gold. What then becomes of the
rule that -bad money drive* out good money, but
that good money cannot drive out bad money,” If
with Its presence?
* ‘Her
that the ride al ovc mentioned U'not a* somui
n.*e, or m we must com lude tmt the effort at the
treasury heretofore has Uvn to keep it out of cir
culation rather than to put it tu. To the credit of
the present secretary artlie treasury I beg to re
mark that, as I nuder*tand It, he has greatly in
creased the circulation of stiver siuce he has bean
in office, ami I entertain ao much confidence tn hi*
ability, hi* fidelity to principle ami hit patriotism
ttlusMc
■irxuUte VPOTnRPVM
'tie* without practical ctubarmssmetit. as the re- L
suits have already show n. Intrinrieslly there Is
|uosubstantial dltrercuc# between the value of 25.h
grains or standard gold and tl±5 gralnsof standard
silver. \ he apparent difference grows oat ot un-
Wcndl? cgisfation against silver anduuju«tand
rartlal < fl-latlon In favor of gold. Hence the
gg|Ha|^MMg|M|||of the treasury have ticen tint-
HPWPHPB. to put the "Gresliam law” in
ferae, and have silver, which they *ay l* bad mou-
go into circulation and drive out gold, which
v claim f« smod monc). The (allure grow
the fa» t that tioth are g>vvt *
Mate together, a* they always
neither (an drive out Hie oth- ■.
to the labor log WMHHOTpPRBnMHBP
dollar is uot an honest dollar sad that the laboring
class should tv paid In gold for their Libor. Why.
thev, ts it not done? We probably have gold
enough In the treasury to pay all who labor for the
United mat*" ac.d ft ts a little remarkable that
this argument shculd t»c advanced by those who
have power to pay. and reftw* to pay. a dollar In
K id to any one laboring for the l nlted States.
tree who labor for this government revive pay
in silver ot greenback*. Not one of (hem can
cct an honest culm or a hundred dollar* fo* which
he has labored. I a d in gold al the treasury. Tbe
FACTS!
. FACTS!
FACTS!
Wc can prove by over one hundred voluntary
certificates from this city
Hunnicutt’s
Is infallible in the
Cure of
RHEUMATISM!
And all Blood and
Shin Diseases !
IT NEVER FAILS I
Don’t take our word for it, bitt
read tbe followiugtestimo-
nial from a well-
known citizen:
Mr. Albert IIowcll xaya: “A few mouth-* a«> I
suficrcd terribly with rheumatism. It wax Impossi
ble to walk even w ith crutches. I could uot put
my foot to the floor. I found no relief from treat
ment or remedy until I tried Uuuuicutt's Rheu
matic Cure. Before I had finished taking one bot
tle I was aide to walk comfortably with my crutches.
Before I had tlntshcd the second bottle my rheuma
tism eras entirety gone. ! put rny crutches aside
and have never felt a twinge of rheumatism since.
1 am well, and can say my cure l* perfect and per
manent. It la eertaiuly a wonderful medicine.
ALBERT HOWELL.
If you are troubled with Lumbago, Gout, Sciatica.
Neuralgia. Sick or Nervous Headache*, General
Debility or any other dlsea-c* of the blood, skin,-
muscles or nerves, it will
CERTAINLY CURE YOU
Read this bom a gentleman to lie found at bis
. sufferer with kidney
Aiiauia. ua., January u,
nicutt & Co.; I have been .
troubles for seventeen year*, and have lieen treated
l»v prominent physic I aus of thL* state and Alabama.
I have used large qnantitic* of medicines adver
tised to cure blood and kidney disease*, without
receiving the slightest benefit. Ahout six weeks
ayo I suffered such intetm* pain-scaicely being
able to breathe at times—I concluded to try “Hun-
nh ulf * Rheumatic Cure,” and after u*lngone bot
tle waa entirely aud ab*otntely cured, and for the
flr*t time In seventeen years I am without the
slightest i aln, and earnestly recommend all who
suffer to give your one a Inal. Yours truly,
J. C. WA KNOCK.
148 E. Fair Street.
We invite com-pondenre from druggists in re
gird to price*, etc. Will deliver one to thru# hot*
tits iu any portion of the United Plate- on receint
ufprire.il/iOalHittle. Fcrxalein Atlanta i
drnggt-t*. For -ale »• wiuJ«*!« in Attar
and Atlanta. II. D. Cothran A U>.. Ron .
lo A- MoL-e. Uharloton. Ji. C.. and DrugglM*
generally.
ATLANTA, GA.
“YOUR HEART’S BLOOD.”
THE FEARFUL FLOW OF HUMAN
GORE
VlUainnu* Noxtnun DUpensers nud Their
Criminal Work—The Pitiful Criea of
the Victims—Start ting Develop
ments Unearthed—Tlie Hor
rible Details In FulL
The enormity of tbe crimes committed hy vil
lainous nostrum dispensers is simply appalling.
Tlie evil consists in the persistent efforts of the
proprietors of certain alleged blood poison reme
dies to entrap the unwary by fraudulent certifi
cate*, causing the poor victim of blood polsou to
invest in their worthless compounds, who dually
awakes to the sad realization that his money is all
gone and the ravages of the dread disease consum
ing lib life. These same parties also expend thou
sand- of dollars annually In their vain hope of
convincing poople that iodide of i»otash, aud other
drugs such as enter into the physician's prescrip
tion nre deadly poison, and at tho same time cry
ing aloud ‘‘Imitators!'' when in foci, none aro to be
found. B. B. It.—Ilotnnlc Blood Balm—contains,
among other valuable ingredient*, iodide of pot
ash, and to convince those who may have any
doubt on the subject, we submit the following
original rertificatps—not bought—proving its won-
derftil efficacy. Thi* company hold hundred* of
testimonials (torn those who owe their exlstenoe
to D. H. B.
Bpacta, Ga., September 22, *85.—To the Constitu
tion, Atlanta; H ere I to practice deception in a
case like this, I would think that my heart had
become scared beyond recognition.
To be guilty of bearing false, testimony, thereby
imperiling the lives of my fellow-men, would
place me beneath the dlguity or a gentleman.
The facts which I disclose are indorsed and
vouched for by the community in which I live,
and I truit they may exert the influence intended.
For twenty long years I have suffered untold tor
tures from a terrible pain and weakness In the
small of my back, which resisted all modes and
manner of treatment.
Fora long time the horrifying pangs or an eating
cancer of my lower lip has added to my misery and
sufleriug. Tills encroaching, burning and palnfol
on my Up was pronounced Epithelial Cancer
by tlie prominent physicians in this section, which
stubbornly resisted the best medical talent. About
eighteen months ago a cutting, piercing pain loca
ted lathe breast, which could not ho allayed by
Te use of ordinary modes of treatment.
These suffering* of misery aud prostration be
came so great that on the 18th of lost July a lead
ing physician said that I could not livo longer
thau four day*, aud I lmd about given up iu de
spair. The burning and excruciating ravages of
the cauccr, the painful condition of my back and
breast, and the rapid prostration o! my wlioio sys
tem combjned to make me a mere wreck of former
manhood.
While thus seemingly suspended on a thread be
tween life aud death. I commenced the use of It.
B. It., the grandest blood mcdlcluc to me and my
household ever used.
The effect u as wonderftri—it was magical. Tho
excruciating pain* which had tormented rao hy
day ond by night Aw twenty year* xvere soon held
in abeyance, and peace and comfort were restored
to a suffering man, tho cancer commenced heal
ing, strength was imparted to my feeble frame, and
when eight bottles bad been used, I was one of tho
happiest of men, aud felt about as well as I ever
did.
All rains bad vanished, the cancer on my lip
healed, nud I was pronounced cured. To thoso
who arc afflicted and need a blood remedy, 1 urge
the use or It. B. It., as a wonderfully effective,
speedy aud cheap blood purifier.
At.LK»flnJurr.
A NECESSITY TO TOE FARMED!
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