The National Banner, Volume 12, Number 35, Ligonier, Noble County, 20 December 1877 — Page 1

VOL. 12.

The Fatioml Banmer [ : PUBLISHEDDY e ; JOHN B. STOLL, LIGONIER,NOBLECOUNTY,IND. i Jrm-ms ‘of Subscription: One yenr,'n‘udvance,_..............L......'... $2OO Six months, in advance...c..cicaeeesasacans 100 Eleven co&aies to one address, one year, heng 2000 ga-Subscribers outside ‘of Noble county (are charged 10 cents extra [per year]ifor: postage, which is prepaid by the publisher. : STRAUS BROS., Do a genetial Banking Business. ' - Buy Com ‘erclnﬂl and Farmers’ Notes at reason-’ able rates. : : : G Buy and Sell Home and Foreign Exchange. Agents for [Life lnd}‘f}é Insurance. Special Attention Given to Col- \ lections. : A }\ : ) .‘ L Agents/ for Eastern Capitalists For the Toaning of money; on Mortgage seéurity. ' Ligonier, nd., October 25th, 1877.-27-1 y : : : 0 S O VB SRR SL 4 BANKING HOUSE At j : ‘ i) : s R / - SOL. MIER, . Con raﬂd’sNev* Brick Bnoe;k,LIGONIER, IND’NA. : M_ohcy‘!ouan on long and shorttime. 2 ° Notesdisconnted at reasonablerates. Monies rccc&ed on depositandinterestaliowed on specified time, S ; Exchange bbught and sold, and Foreign Drafls drawn on prh;cipalcitieg of Europe, 8-2 . 'l"O "HE FARMERS : Y'OU.wmpl agetake notice that I am stillengaged in b yin§ wheat, for which I pay the highest market price. : Ff you do nqt find me-on the street, call betore selling, at 10y Banking Office, in Conrad’s Brick Block, i SOL, MIER. Ligonier, I diana, May 3,1877.—1 f } H. G. ZIMMERMAN, i D.:W.GREEN, ' Notary Public. | Justice of the Peace. ZIMMERMAN & GREEN, - Office in Landon’s Block, Ligonier, Ind. = 12, T mr. 3.F. GARD, . . Physician and Surgeon. ¢ Promgt aftention to calls day and night. Oflice over Eldred/s Drug Store, Ligonier, Ind . 12, To Ilorse‘m“a and those having Blemished Horses Pr. ¥. L, HATH A‘VAY, : LTV : v Q- A VETERINARY SURGEON an ofd and [reliableitizen of Ligonier, Ind., is ready to treat diseases in horses, break and ~ " handle colts for apeed, etc., ete, Can e fonnd at Shobe’s Livery Stable. . 42-ly.

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Slippery Bill’s Adventure,

Three sisters, Jane, Mariz, and Ane nie Maskall, lived in a small but com~ fortable cottage situated just within the suburbs of Milford. Their mother had died some three years previous, leaving thiem means far too meager for their support. They had, therefore, to seek a livelihood as best they coﬁ Jane, the eldest, had turned her musical talents to good account, and had become a popular and sought-after teacher; while Maria found employ 5 ment in a retail clothing establish: ment. Annie, the youngest of the three, kept house, and, by making fin: embroidery and fancy works of various kinds, had earned many small sums of money. : = By their diligence and economy ‘they had not only left untouched the 'sum bequeathed by their mother—their father had died many years before—but had added to it each year until it amounted to more than £6ooi With this sum they intended to puz-; chase a house-of their own, and thugy save the rent they were paying. ' For weeks they tramped from place to place, looking at the various dwellings offered for sale, and had at last made up their minds to buy a nice, cozy little place, situated but a short distance from their present home. The arrangements for the purchase of the house were completed, and the sisters had begun to pack up their household goods preparatory to removal. The money belonging to them was in the custody of friends, who had lent it out on interest for their benefit. It was agreed that Annie should call for this money, she being at liberty, and pay for the house therewith, or as much as was required.. Fof this purpose a carriage had been engaged, and the three sisters were now awaiting its arrival. “Now, be careful, Annie,” warned Jane, turning from the window; “be careful you don’t let the money out of your hands until you give it to Mr. Burchard, and get the deed.”: @ . ' “0, don’t be afraid,” assured Annie, who was looking in the mirror, and arranging the set of her wee bit of a bonnet; “don’t be afraid. I can take good care of that.” ' - “I should hope so,” said Maria,helping Annie with her cloak; “O, would it not be .awful if you should happen to lose it ?”

I“Ha, ha!” laughed Annie, gayly; “the idea! How can I loseit? I shall take the very best of care, I assure you.” LG “Well, you’ll make haste back, won’t you, Annie?” said Jane; “because we ought to go to Mann & Co.’s to see about getting the carpet.” “Yes,” answered Annie; “I’ll make haste. home. But don’t you think I had better stop and look at the new set at A—’'s? We ought to buy a brand-new set of things for our set-ting-room, hadn’t-we, Maria?” “Yes, indeed,” replied Maria; “and we want some nice pictures for the walls, too, and I shall look for some the first opportunity I get.” N “Well, here comes the carriage,” said Jane, who was on the watch at the window. “Hadn’t I better let my engagement go, Annie, dear, and accom‘pany you?” ; "#No, indeed,” cried Annie, tossing her head; “I’'m not a baby.” Annie, with a last hurried glancein the glass, hastened below, and, as the carriage drove to the door, she was cautioned again and again to be -careful. Taking her seat, she was driven away at a rattling pace. .

Arrived at her destination,the office of the gentleman holding the money in trust, Miss Annie was ushered in by a clerk. e e

‘“Good morning, Mr. Alger!” she said. . :

“Ah, good morning, Miss Maskalll” responded Mr. Alger, looking up from his papers. “Come after your money, eh?? > e et s

“Yes, sir,” replied Annie; “I’'m just going to pay for our new house.” “Well, I haven’t the money here, but as you are known at the bank, I’ll draw you a checks” and Mr, Alger, taking down his check-book, wrote the required order and handed it to Annie. A check for the sum of £7OO. As it was to cost but £6OO, Annie was to pay that sum for the deed of the place, and retain the remainder for household expenses. s ““Shall I send a clerk with you, Miss Maskall ?” inquired Mr. Alger; “that’s quite a large sum for a young lady to handle? .2 ¢

“Oh, no!” cried Annie, blushing; “there’s not the slightest need. I shall be very careful. Good day, sit!” and Annie, going to her carriage, was driven to the B—— bank. - Presenting the check to the cashier of the bank, he glanced at her, recognized her with a pleasant word, and, counting out the required sum, handed it across the counter. . ,

Annie, clutching the notes tightly in her hand, hastened down the high steps, and, taking her seat in the carriage, was giving directions to be taken to Mr. Burchard’s, when a clerk, bareheaded and with a pen behind his ear, hurried ‘"down the steps, and, before the coach-man had time to start his horses, was atthe carriage door and accosted Annie. - . '

“I beg your pardon, ma’am, butywe neglected to take the number of those notes; if you will allow me a moment,” and, stretching out his hand, he took the roll of notes, and hurried back into the bank, leaving Annie waiting for his return. . Annie waited a few minutes, and then grew impatient. ‘With an indefinable fear in her heart she hurried away to the cashier of the. bank. -

- *Are the notes ready for me?” she inquired. ‘ “Notes, notes—what notes?” asked the cashier in surprise. “Why, I—l—gave the notes you let me have to a clerk, who said he wished to take the number of them.” “Gave them to a clerk?” cried the cashier, astonished. : ! “Y-yes, sir,” almost crying. : . “Then you are robbed!” exclaimed the cashier. i :

And taking in the situation of affairs from the disjointed remarks of Annie, he consulted with the manager of the bank as to the best means fio be employed to cateh the thief.

Annie sank in a chair in despair; she felt as if her heart would break. Here, after all the cautions not for one moment to let the money out of her hand, she had lost it—lost it, perhaps, beyond hove of recovery. The people of the bank questioned her closely regarding the manner in which the money was taken, how the thief looked, dressed, etc. Annie, with tear-wet eyes, answered as best she could, and was promised that every effort would be made to catch the thief and recover the money, buf it ‘was probable, seemg ‘he had such a start, having without a doubt at once slipped out at & side door, that it wo'd

burn up regarding him - ~ m},exege}dinly sorfy for Joue ‘mishap,” conc oled the/manager, “an ﬁnﬂpépare *"*-' in yrying to . “An ingenious fellow, whoever he “was,” observed the cashihe idea ‘of representing himself\asa bank elerk wasn’t bad;” . and the official ehuckled heartily at the cunning of the ogue, N r .. Annie tried to dry her tears, and ‘with a sad face and aching heart re‘turned to the carriage and gave orders; 0 be driven home. She had never’ ‘before met with such a misfortune, and it completely upset her. To ‘think, too, that she had given the ‘money to the man with her free will, a 8 it were. She could not restrain hertears, but cried softly to herself all 'the way home. She dreaded to meet her sisters, and thought how greatly they would blame her. On arrival, she found both Jane and Maria at home waiting for her. o .ﬁﬂﬂe you' the deed aM right, Anmie?™cried Jane, as soon as Annie had entered. And then seeing her sorrowful face, she cried, “Why, Annie, what is the matter? you have it, haven’t you ?” ~ : “Oh, Jane!” cried Annie, throwing herself on her sister’s breast and sobbing grievously; “Oh, don’t blame me; don’t please, I can’t bear to hear you. I—l bhave lost the money !” “Lost the money !” cried Maria, her face growing pale; “why, Annie!” “Oh, dear!” moaned Jane, looking sorrowfully on Annie, “how could you, Annie, oh, how could you, when zlve t'old you to be very careful? Oh, ear!”

“Oh, don’t scold me, Jdne; please don’t,” sobbed Annie, piteously. “I-—I —didn’t mean to, you know. Y—you see I got it from the bank, but, just when I was driving off a young man, bareheaded and with a pen behind his ear, looking the very image of a bank clerk, stepped up and said that they had forgotten to take the number of the notes, and so—sol—l—gave them to him. Oh, Jane, I thought, of course, it - was all right, he spoké so simply. Oh, what shall we do?” ~ The sisters mourned grievously for their loss,but generously forbade chiding Annie. Indeed, they saw thatshe was really quite ill in consequence of the occurrence. And before evening Annie had to be put to bed, and a doctor summoned to her, who found her in a raging fever. : , For days-and weeks Annie was confined closely to her bed, and, as there was no one to take care of her, Maria gave up her situation and remained at home, nursing and doing the housework. i :

Their money gone, and only Jane earning anything wherewith to pay their increasing expenses, they were at last obliged tolet a part of their house. This they did to a respectable German family of the name of Zimmerman, and, as the family desired if possible to board with them, Maria procured a girl to assist her, and posted in the front window a notice *Furnished Apartments.” ' “00, Annie!” cried Maria, one afternoon, bursting into the room where Annie lay, “we’ve just got onother lodger. A young man this time, and such a handsome one!” : 24

“Don’t be ‘soft’ on him, Maria,” said Annie, smiling; “though I suppose, of course, he is perfect.!” e

“He looks so,” said Maria. “He says he is from home, and has only justarrived. He told me -that he wishes to keep very quiet on account of a near relative of his, who is trying to find him, and destroy him; in hopes of succeeding to a large property.” “Pshaw !” said Annie,contemptuously. “I don’t believe it. It’s too romantic by half.” “Well, of course I don’t know how much truth there is in-it,” said Maria, rather dubiously. “Anyhow, he wants to remain unknown. He’s lodging across the way at Mr. Beach’s.” “Well, see that he pays you in advance. I should judge from your account that he is as likely as not to be a swindler, a regular lodging-house tpief’—they- all tell some justsuch sto--lies.

A few days later Annie was suﬁi—% ciently well to rise from her bed and walk about the room. She was still quite weak, but some of herold spirits shone in her eyes, and the loss of the money was gradually fading from her daily thought. X The young gentleman seemed to have made himself quite agreeable, for Maria became rather shy and silent when he was the subject of conversation. And Annie often wondered where Maria went after the morning’s work was done. When, however, she was spoken to about it Maria laughed and said she was out marketing; but Annie strangely suspected that Maria was out promenading with that new lodger. ; S : One morning Annie thought she was strong enough to go down to break-: fast. So, dressing herself neatly and giving an added puff to her hair in view of the fact that she was then to see the lodger for the first time,Annie was led down stairs by Jane. = 1 She could hear the heavy, guttural tones of old Mr. Zimmerman,who was ‘in a violent confab with his wife, and the laughing veice of one whom she took to be the new gentleman lodger. Entering the dining-room, Annie was taking her seat when her eyes fell on’ the young gentleman lodger directly opposite. He was looking at her stupidly. . ‘ | _ “Oh, Oh!” cried Annie, on meeting his glance; and she stopped short, unable to articulate another word. ; “Ah, Oh! a—a—excuse me,ladies,” muttered the’young man, backing out toward thedoor; and, getting the handle, he opened the door and bounded into the street. e ~Annie recovered herself in a mo~ment. Dashing to the window, she I threw it up and shouted as loudly as iBhe sct%uldt:h et : : _ “Stop thief! stop thief! Oh, ' it giop Bim 1" ot von ?gor,tunately, a policeman wasloungIng nearly opposite, who, on secing Annie wildly %mmggf"smp thief,” and the young man fleeing as for dear life, started in pursuit. The lodger ran fast, but the policeman ran faster, and the former was soon in his grasp. _ “Oh, Anme,” cried Maria, “how you ,tti%nm me. Whoishe?” = ~ “Why, he is the thief who stole our money,;’wd nnie. “I knew him the .“A tiet!” cried old Zimmerman,turng’ S et ,m g;g L from m gi; ;"’-‘, m 2 X‘.i ,') AR ‘)’ it Raultun e thioh B i ﬁ@f%&%w s s Slippary IT S TR YRR SRR &TN L e

had my eye-on him. What’s he been up to now ?” Sy Jane told him of the loss of the money. . - o q g ;

“Just like him, ma’am,” exclaimed the officer on hearing the account; “Justlikehim. He’s one of the shrewdest rascals I ever saw. Well, he is nabbed now, thank heaven.”

The lodger, otherwise Slippery Bill, of unenviable notoriety, stood carelessly with his back to the open grate fire and smiling dabiously on the throng. The policeman took the pre“eaution.to slip a pair of handcuffsover “his wrists. el

“For you never know, you see,” he said, “when these kind of fellows will give you the slip.” - ; : “Giff me back mine sixty pounds,” cried the German, shaking his fist in the prisoner’s face. = “Giff it me back, you bad one, you; giff it back to me, I say!"™ : ; : But the pseudo. gentleman. only smiled at his simplicity in so easily parting with his hard-earned money to .a complete ‘st;rgnger, and whistled Softly to himself. * =%+ =

The prisoner was taken to the po-lice-station. On searching his room, the money stolen so- adroitly: from Annie was discovered concealed therein, S

Great was the joy o#the sisters on receiving it. They are now living in the cozy littlé house purchased with the recovered money,and are as Lappy as the day is long; while the author of their misfortune is lodging in' the fine house known as the Portland prison, as qu’e’ and retired as he could possibly wish to be. Annieis careful to whom she intrusts valuables, even for a moment, and Maria has an aversion to lodgers, and particularly to new and strange gentlemen lodgers—--80 the notice “I'urnished Apartments” has never been displayed at their windows. i :

E. F.Kunkel’s Bitter Wine of Iron.

This truly valuable tonic has been 80 thoroughly tested by all classes of the community that it is now deemed indispensible as a tonic medicine. It costs but little, purifies the blood and. gives tone to the stomach, renovates the system and prolongs life. Everybody should have it. For the cure of weak stomachs, general debility, indigestion, diseases of the stomach, and for all cases requiring a tonic. This wine includes the most agreeable and efficient salt of iron we possess—citrate of magnetic oxide, combined with the most energetic of vegetable, tonics —yellow peruvian bark. : Do you want something to strengthen you? - s G Do you want a good appetite ? Do you want to get rid of nervousness ? ; , Do you want energy? - Do you want to sleep well ? - Do you want to build up your constitution ? ey, o Do you want to feel well? - ‘ Dn you want a brisk and vigorous feeling ? ' If you do try KUNKEL’S BITTER WINE OF IRON. e I only ask a trial of this valuable tonic. : ; Beware of counterfeits, as ISunk_el’s Bitter Wine of Iron is the only sure and eflicient remedy in the known world for the permanent cure of dyspepsia and debility and as there are a number of imitations offered to the public, I would caution the community to purchase none but the genuine article, manufactured by E. F. Kunkel, and having his stamp on the cork of every bottle. The veéry fact that others are attempting to imitate this valuable remedy proves its worth and speaks volumes in its favor. Sold only in $1 bottles or six bottles for $5. Try this valuable medicine and be convinced of its merits. Sold by druggists and dealers everywere. :

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Pennsylvania Dutch.

That marvelous language, Pennsylvania Dutch, is not to be without record. E.H. Rauch, publisher, Pittsburg, announces a “Pennsylvania Dutch Instructor,” which is to contain above 5,000 words, with exercises.. A “realizing sense” of the actual use of this curious jargon is given by the latter clause of the publisher’s suggestion that: “As fully 20 per cent. of the words are English, it will be found very easy to acquire a practical knowledge of the language, which is a matter of great importance to thousands of business men located in communities largely made up of Pennsylvania Dutch-speak-ing people. The latter will also find this same book equally valuable in teaching them in the English _language.” Among other curiosities, a “business g’schwetz” (business talk) is given, with its interpretation, to-wit: . Customer—Husht ‘aw haim-gam-auchty saif? (Have you any homemadesoap?) : Grocer—Mer hen, un aw fun der oller besht quality. (We have and of the very best quality.) Weller price? Do is for finf un tzwonsich, und doh drisich, un do doh der oller besht for finf un drisich. (What price? here is some for twenty-five, and here for thirty, and here the very best for thir-ty-five.) , : 18

. Everybody admits that:it is perfectly right for Congress to order payment of the bonds in silver, where such payment is specified to be in coin., “It is not expedient” cries Secretary Sherman and all his followers. It seems that the gentlemen who hold the bonds express a preference for gold, and the Secretary would do nothing to wound their feelings. The people only want to know what is right, and what is nominated in the obligation. They will decide on the expediency question, Silver will be remonetized.—Chicago Post. o il :

' \A rEW of the fool papers are prating about Dayid Davis as the probable President of the United States in’ 1880, because he holds “the balance of power” just now in the Senate. Presidents are not made out of Xxy such tem’porar{ considerations. And Mr. Davis will make a much better Senator if he will not allow the presidential bee to get into his Vbon‘Xat. His chances for the presidency are asthin as he is thick.—lnd. Journal, - Coal is lower in price thig year in 'New.fvs;kt@gg-ﬁmr known before in that city. This is providential, for otherwise the sufferings of the poor | would have been unbearable.

oo roand aud Repulistiont We clip the letter which follows from the editorial columns of the Zribune of this city.. It presents the bondholder’s side of the money question and is paradoxically signed “Justice.” Inasmuch as it'contains a notable fallacy we give it entire for the purpose of oommaenb: . 00l e - FRAUD AND REPUDIATION, To the Editors of the South Bend Tribune da s : . The haste with which the hounse of representatives has precipitated an act of nnml&i%&'&d dishonesty, whereby the government would rob its creditors of about one-tenth 'of their claims, can scarcely find a parallel in onr history in the annals'of its legiglaticn., - LGB R - That silver should enter largely into the metal-. ic circulation is a point not to'be gainsaid, and that its Jate coinage has been judicious, in Eubstitntion for fractional paper currency, under onr %resent laws, and in the character of “subsidiary.” ut when the attempt is made to pay all debts, both public and private in coin worth intrinsically tén per cent_less than its nominal value, such an act is a breach of faith, dishonest and fraudalent. s S e

.To be sure it is 'not..i’xjfectea- that this incipient 1 measure will become a law, withvut debate and" consequent amendment, such as will render the value of our silver coinage coequal,’ with that ‘of its twin metal, gold—that is to say, the silver dol: Lﬂ;‘{ne ema,ger _coi:lns being. legcd;i;y {pndet :f_or:g:-.é DG PRI Ju et s manter lhat ed—the rights of its creditors protected. =~ ' Sl i I DRIMORE The act which “Justice” characterizes a “robbery,” “repudiation,” “unmitigated dishonesty,” is the Bland silver bill, remonetizing the silver dollar 'o£ 1873 and providing for free coinage. Is it a fact? Is the government creditor wronged? Not by any means. If ¢Justice” holds any bonds, and it is presumed he does, he paid for them in. depreciated currency. or at 30 ‘to 50 per cent. discount in silver-and gold. The great majority of the ereditors of the Government, instead of being defrauded by being paid in silver would be greatly overpaid. - Had the ‘bonds really been paid for dollar for dollar in gold and the agreement made to repay in gold it would certainly be a species of repudiation to pay in any less valu‘able coin or currency, though,gold mighthavedoubledin purchasing power since the loan was made. Butunfortunately for such corclusions,First: the bonds were not paid for in gold o& its quivalent except at more than 5 per cent. discount and most of them were bought for greenbacks when relatively, with gold,; greenbacks were worth about 87 cents on the dollar. Second: the bonds so purchased were -nof promised fo be paid in gold or any other coin or currency than that with which they were purchased. Now in -gtrict justice the bondholder should - be ““paid back in the same coin,” to use a familiar saying; ¢. €., in the same money for which he obtained the bonds, with this curreney inflated ‘and depreciated to the exact value it occupied in the commercial world when he made his purchase. In other words, he would have no grounds for complaint should the Government set its printing presses -to work and issue greenbacks until they were depreciated ‘to 50 or 37 cents on the dollar and then paid off the bonds with them. The bondholder has had his bonds during this time and drawing his interest in gold to twicethe amount invested and -escaped taxation for the support of the Government and- realizing for their face dollar for dollar the full amount in the exact currency invested would be even-handed justice. But whatare the facts? The Money Power has by its control of the legislative, executive and judicial branches of the Government, gradually, by contracting the currency, enacting’laws demonetizing silver, declaring the bonds payable in coin, then declaring that coin means gold, until they have not only reaped a golden harvest at the expense of the people by immunity from taxation and exorbitant compound interest, butmade the dollar they originally invested worth two and thus doubled their - principal. Why, this very silver styled by the Z'ribune as “unmitigated dishonesty” would, if paid to.the bondholder, more than double the value he gave for his bonds which. were purchased with depreciated ~currency. Every man can see the truth of these deductions by comparing more familiar property. The land is fuller today of beggars than bondholders. But the non-bondholding class can easily compare other property which is gov~ erned by th% same artificial increase of values, The man who is turned -out his property, bought and mortgaged while money was plenty, because he couldn’t pay for it:in money worth “double what he intended to pay knows “how it is. Every man who is staggering along under a double burden of debt for the benefit of these men who have doubled the value of money by ~making it ,scaljice can figure out the truth for himself.; The man who cries “fraud and repudiation” in the face of _the:facts, because the people will only pay him double his money, is a thief -and g Yobber.—Southk Bend Herald. .

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NQ. 35.

e SILVER. ) . b An Open Letter by the Hon, Schuyler Chicago Advance, N0v.29. e ON THE CARs, Nov. 26, 1877.—MY DEAR Sir: To your request to write you ‘a brief letter for publication on the silver question (or to allow an unsigned one I wrote to your paper last year to be re-printed with my name), I cheerfully summarize my convic-, tions on the subject in a few proposititens that seem to me almost axiomatic. 0 5 Pie i 1. This ig in theory, and should be in practice, “a Government of the people, for the people, by the people,” where the popular will should be obeved. - 2. If to-day gold %nd silver were both equally legal-tentler, as when we incurred our war debt and suspended specie payments temporarily, & proposition, as a preliminary to resumption in 1879, to now demonetize silver, and pay all debts, public and private, in gold alone, ¢ould not carry the popu--lar vote of any district in the Nation, ‘North or South, East or West, and, if submitted to a popular vote, would be voted down by millions. - 3. No canvass was ever made inany district of the Nation, prior to the act of 1873, for the demonetizing of silver; no -popular assemblage or convention of the people, of any party, ever asked for it; no political platform of any organization demanded it; no petitions from the peo?le of any section of the Union sought it; and, of the hundreds of financial plans for the relief of the .country, for the payment of the debt, or for coin-resumption, which were published and advocated, none of them proposed such an act for the amelioration of our financial illg,—not one.

.4, The demonetizing act, therefore, was passed, not at all as responsive to any demand, or desire, or petition of the people; and was so ingeniously concealed in a coinage act that neither the President who signed it, nor the present President who has to execute it if not repealed, knew what had ‘been done till long after it had gone into effect. e

5, If this is really “a government of the people, and for the people, and by the people,” an act thugﬁ:pas_sed, though it may have legal effett, is a popular wrong that should be corrected by the servants of the people prompfly and gheerfully,—not haltingly, or grudgingly, or reluctantly,—or evasively. . - ‘6. If the explicit language of our National Constitution means anything,: gold and silver are equally the constitutional coin of our land. o

7. If the explicit language of the first act of Gen. Grant’s Administration, “the act to strengthen the public eredit,” and which did stremgthen it with our creditors and -the world, means anything, the Nation pledged itself, in March, 1869, to pay its: debts “zén coin or its equivalent,”—notin gold alone. - e =

8. If the explicit language of the Funding aet of June;lB7o, means anything, the nation 'again pledged itself to pay the bonds founded under it in “the” standard coin of that date,” which was gold and silver, and not gold alon _ ‘9, If, in 1861,. 1869 "and 1870, corn and oats were both and equally legaltender for debts, “between man and man,” as the phrase is, no consideration of equity, honor, or eonscience would require that debts incurred under and in full view of such a promise should be paid in the dearer of these products, because the other happened to be cheaper from over-production or any other cause whatever, © 10. If the demonetizing act was a popular wrong; if it was neither de‘manded, desired, or petitioned for by the people; if it could not now, were a new and original proposition before the people, who ought to be:the rulers of the land, command even a quarter of ‘their votes,—ought it mot to be promptly corrected ? And, then,when the status quo is thus restored, would it not be an éxcellent time afterwards to propose an International Commission of European and American pg. tions to determine what should zepe. after be the relation of the two coins to each other? & .

I have endeavored, as briefly and tersely as possible, to submit propositions that, to a candid mind, would seem to ’demonstrate themselves without wearisome argument, and hence omit all extended reference to the optional plan of resumption I have several times in>the past years submitted, as sure to avoid runs, unsettling of values, and paralysis of business—namely; for the Government to redeem, at its own option, in gold or sil-/-ver, or a-national bond, as proposed' when the greenback was first issued, “approximating but not quite equal to -coin ‘in. value; and ‘using the greenbacks thus funded in the purchase of our 6 per cent. loans in the open marks et, thus avoiding present contraction, and ultimately reducing all our Gov- - ernment interest to 3 or 4 per per cent. - This plan seems fo have b%t little chance of suecess in Congress;tand, as - ‘it is not necessarily connected with ‘the righting of the wrong done in ‘abolishing silver as money and legal--ender, I omit any extended reference to it. SEtE 3 W

; The Mexican War Scheme. Our ‘Washington dispatches present a new and interesting phase of the Mexican question. It appears there is an organized ring on our side of the ‘border, composed of speculators, mi--ners and adventurers, who are determined if possible to bring on a war - between the United States and Mexi--¢O. - 'The movement is encouraged to a considerable extent by the people of Texas and a few army officers, all of whom contribute as far as possible to keeping up an irritation on the border. .Qur information states that raids age not confined to one side alone, and. that it would be hard to decide which is the most wronged. The object of -all this is to provoke hostilities between the two countries and secure the annexation of the Northern States of Mexico, where -several American 'mining companies have made invest~ments. Of course annexation to the United States would greatly enhance the value of their property, and hence their interest in the scheme. The ex- - Boss of A P S war with Mexico, and could hardly fford to accept any of its territory as & gift. The whole scheme is & thggﬁh%wiokad one and ¢ ﬁg promptly broken up by the governw;ﬁwﬁfigﬁg .