Rensselaer Union, Volume 10, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 March 1878 — “Honest-Money League” Platform. [ARTICLE]

“Honest-Money League” Platform.

To the People of the United States: Pursuant to a call, a meeting of citizens of the Northwest in fjvvor of an honest-money standard was held in the City of Chicago to-day (March 14), and the following declaration was unanimously adopted as a platform of principles : Opposition to ail paper inflation and consequent depreciation, fn favor of coin and paper of equal value and equal purchasing power, and convertible into each other at the will of the bolder. In this connection the meeting directed the publication of the following statement, to which we invite your attention: 1. The industrial interest of the country, and, consequently, the welfare and happiness of the people, require stability in the standard of value and uniformity in the circulating mediums of exchange. 2. The experience of all civilized nnd commercial Nations proves that gold and silver possess stability of value in a greater degree thnn any other commodities, and are, therefore, the l>est stall lard of value, and, in connection with iNipcr representations convertible into them on demands the only Base and uniform circulating mediums. 3. It is the duty of the Government to establish and maintain a sound and uniform currency system; the -establishment and maintenance of’ such a system was one of the ends contemplated by the founders of our Government in framing the Constitution, and to secure the ad vantages of such a system requires only a firm adherence to the principles ana spirit of the Constitution. 4. The Constitution contemplates only the use of the precious metals as a standard of value. These principles were strictly observed by the Government until a great National emergency compelled a temporary departure from them. That departure was solemnly and repeatedly declared to be only temporary, and only justifiable on the ground of extreme necessity in a time of National peril, and the most positive assurances have Veen given by the Legislative and Executive Departments of Government that when the exigency of the war should pass away the Government would, as soon as practicable, return to the Constitutional and stable metallic standard and measnre of-TOiae. — —- 5. The emergency that made it necessary for the Government to force upon the people an irredeemable paper currency having iwssed away, to now perpetuate that system as a permanent financial policy would be a violation of the spirit of the Constitution, and of the spirit of the laws and pledges under which our war currency was issued; and. as the experience of the world has proved, would necessarily be followed by still further depression, to the great injury of all legitimate business, and ada to the Ruffering of the laboring cl loses, upo > wiiom the evils of the depreciatoa currency inevitabW falls most hevv■ly. 6. National honor, and both National and individual prosperity, demand a return to the standard of value recognized in tbe Constitution, nnd, with our present pager currency almost at jxir witb coin, to delay such return and authorize new issue of irredeemable paper would only add to further depreciation, till, as in all past experiments of the kind, the paper would become worthless, leaving ns without any reliable circulating medium, and entailing destruction UJI all KidjMSiy, and misery and poverty on the InasKes pT the people. 7. We have now an abundance of. money to supply aU the want* of trade; our paper currency i-rapidly approaching the uniformity and stn coin standards, and, if left free force of natural*laws! go into circulation Hnd general confidence and pr. sperity will he re stored to the country. 8. We invite all our fellow-citizens who concur in these views of the nature of money and me dium of exchange, and the functions offftic Gov eminent in relation thereto, to unite with us in an effort to maintain the honor and welfare o cur common country, and in n protest agalns: the adoption of an irredeemable paper moqev policy, which would certainly s oner or later be followed by all the fluctuation und depreciation ending only, in ultimate repudiation and gene.a ..fimagiaJLnila. —The eossips of the Baptist Church in the little Village of Hamilton Square, N. Y., are loaded to the muzzle with scandal. The other Sunday, while the pastor, the Rev. W. "W. Case, was preaching an earnest discourse, a married lady arose excitedly in a pew in front of him, and shouted, “You’re a liar! Better practici' wtiatyou preach.*’ There was intense excitement and the woman was denounced by the good people of the fioek. A meeting was held, and the decision reached that she must not be permitted to enter the church at the next service. On Sundaj’ she attempted to force her way in, but the door was blocked by a Constable who threatened to send her to Jail. Her husband finally took; her home and peace was restored. ' Spring bonnets will be trimmed profusely Kith Roman pe*rW«Mtd»,--Av Y. Graphic. _