wanted to change the Constitution, establish
the Gold Standard, and thus gfet a narrowed
supply of money of final redemption, so
that they could control the markets of the
world.
And they got it.
Afraid to submit to the people an amend
ment to the Constitution changing it, they
made a treasury ruling, and an act of Con
gress, do the work, and the Gold Standard,
which violates the plain letter of our funda
mental law, is upon us.
In 1819, as in 1884, the U. S. Supreme Court
decided that treasury notes, issued by the
Government, and made legal tender, answered
every purpose of lawful money.
Therefore, our constitutional system of mon
ey is gold, silver and legal tender paper—each
dollar having the debt-paying function by rea
son of the law, and each one of the dollars the
full equal of every other dollar.
In the Cooper Union speech and in my let
ter of acceptance, in 1904, it was pointed out
that the Money Question could not be con
sidered as settled, when the Gold Standard vi
olated the Constitution, and the practice of a
hundred years.
Evidently, the Money Question is just about
the most unsettled thing that now confronts
the American people.
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Shuford 9 s Motion and No Paper Next
Week,
The Weekly Jeffersonian will give all hands
a rest next week —the principal reason being
that Christmas comes but once a year.
Our North Carolina friend, Ex-Congressman
Shuford, suggests that we ask every friend of
the two Jeffersonians to donate one day to the
work of canvassing for subscribers.
You hear the motion, Brethren.
