Any expectation of temporary ease from an issue of silver coinage to pass as a legal tender at a rate materially above its commercial value is, I am persuaded, a delusion.
In 1294 the scarcity ofsilver coinage was so great that a proclamation was put forth ordering silver to be brought to the Mint, and forbidding the export of the metals.
So far as silver is concerned, it was practically abrogated by the clauses for the prohibition of silver coinage in 38 Geo.
Silver coinage was to pass at previous rates, but a new issue was to be made, in which the ounce Troy was to be coined into 3s.
The bimetallists gained the fixing of a minimum limit of 2 million dollars monthly of silver coinage, and the clause enjoining the President of the United States to take steps for the meeting of an international conference.
Since this repeal, the silver policy of the Government has been as it was before the Bland-Allison Act of 1878, which involves a complete suspension of silver coinage.
Senator Morrill, of Vermont, opened the debate in opposition to silver coinage.
Senator Beck, of Kentucky, was one of the ablest advocates of silver coinage, while Mr. Blaine made a notable contribution to the debate, in which he favored the unlimited coinage of a silver dollar of 425 grains.
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