Democratic Sentinel, Volume 2, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 March 1878 — An Important Letter from Senator Voorhees. [ARTICLE]

An Important Letter from Senator Voorhees.

United States Sknatk Chamber, i Washington, Fob. 21, IS7B. j E. J. Hughes, 8r ,—Dear Sir: —Your favor of i lie 21st is at hand. I do not agree with you that the silver bill, even as it was amended, was worse than no bill at all. It is true that I did not get exactly what I wanted in the bill; but the main principle involved in the whole struggle, wus to restore the silver dollar of 412 j grains, to full legal tender as it wus before the act of 1873. That being done the amount that shall be coined can be in reased at any time next week for instance, if a majority in Congress will agree to do so. The silver dollar being again legal tender money by law, we have the basis on which to enact future measures for its coinage. It is true that two millions a month in not much, and I voted against limitation being placed on the amount that should be eoiued; but you must remember that the Bland bill as it came from the House had nothing in it to compel the Secretary of the Treasury to coin any certain amount. As to the Secretary not putting tiie silver money into circulation ufter it is coined, I think it will not be difficult to make laws by which such a high handed attempt is that can be defeated; I have no fears of anything of that kind. I hope you and all your friends will remember that this is the first financial victory for tiie people since our present system was formed in 1862, and that w e cannot expect every necessary feature of reform to be obtained at a single step. The fight before us is a long one and the enemy is strongly fortified. Other battles are before us, and I trust still greater victories. As for myself, I expect to follow up the fight in the cause of au oppressed people, doing them all the good I can at any stage of the conflict. And whet I fail to obtain for them to-day I will hope to secure for them to-morrow. I think to have voted against the bill restoring tho silver dollar of our lathers, simply because that bill did not also provide for the coinage of as many of them as I wanted would have been a mis take. There are other days hereafter for oth -r laws. With kind regards, I remain) very truly yours,

D. W. VOORHEES.