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Corves, May 16, 1879. 8REENBACKERS' DEPARTMENT. Can tl Goternuent Create Money If the Government cannot create money, who can? After peace was ratified between the United States and Great Britain, this country was about as independent of ail the other governments as if it had been the only country in tTi world. It was bound by no laws except those of its own creation. Absolute power and sovereignty was diffused among the the people. They adopted a consti tution, created a government, and delegated to it the use of sovereign powers, among which was the power t6 coin money. Whatever rights the people collectively possssed to create, devise, adopt or agree upon as a me dium of exchange, they delegated to congress. If they possessed a right to agree among themselves that any receipt, " check, token or other de vice," executed, stamp'ed, or sealed by such authority as they might des ignate, should pass current atribng themselves as a medium of exchange and a tender of debt, that right was delegated to congress by that clause of the constitution which reads: M Congress shall have power to coin moriey and regulate the value there of." By virtue of this authority, con gress, in 1792, authorized the coinage of eagles, half eagles, quarter eagles, durable eagles and fractions thereof, cents and half cents. Gold, silver and copper were selected as the ma terial out of which these moneys were to be coined but was congress obliged to adopt these materials ? Certainly not, for the authority to coin money, gave to congress the same discretion to choose materials that the people in their sovereignty possessed before they conferred it to congress. " If the people have a right to so amend the constitution as to declare specially that greenbacks, or United States notes shall be full legal tender money at their face val ue, then congress possesses that right, for if it has not the power to exercise all the monetary rights of absolute sovereignty by what authority does it decree that gold, silver, copper, zinc, nickle and other metals shall enter into coinage?" The fact that the constitution is silent in regard to the material of which money shall be coined, and the further fact that con gress has from the beginning exercis ed ha own discretion in regard to the material, quantity and quality of money, is proof that the intention of the framers of that instrument was not to restrict the government to any particular kind or money. The only way greenbacks can be rendered un constitutional is by an amendment to that instrument, denying the right of Congress to authorize them, "for in the absence of specific prohibition its general authority to' coin money is sufficient to justify it in adopting shells, wampum, iron, leather or pa per, so they bear the denomination of value, and the stamp of genuine ness and authority." The Supreme Court has decided Whatever power there is over the currency is vested in- Congress. If the power to declare what is money is not vested in congress, it is anni hilated. And generally when one of such powers was expressly denied to the States it was for the purpose of rendering the federal power more complete and exclusive; how sensible, then, its framers must have been that emergencies might arise when the precious metals might prove inade quate to the necessities of the govern ment and the demands of the people. By the obligation of acontract, to pay money is to pay that which law Shall recognize as money when the payment is to be made." In speak ing of the standard of value, the Court says, " It is hardly correct to speak of a standard of value. The constitution does not speak of it. It contemplates a standard for that which has gravity or extension, but Value is an ideal thing. The coinage acts fix its unit as a dollar,' but" the gold or silver thing we call a dollar, is in no sense the standard of a dol lar, it is a representative of it. It will be seen that we hold' 'these acts of congress constitutional as applied to contracts made before or after their passage.1' The bullionists are now endeavor ing to bring before the Supreme Court a case testing the legality of a legal tender paper money issued in time of peace. They admit that con gress can issue a legal tender paper money in time of war, bnt they de ny that right to congress in time of peace. We defy any person to find a single clause in-the constitution which gives to congress 6ne' power over our currency in time of war and denies that power in time of peace. The substance of the decision of the court bearing on this point was that the mode or manner of providing the means for the maintenance of the government was, a legislative and not a judicial question, and as it' is as much the duty of congress to pro vide the means for maintaining the government in time of peace as in time of war, its power must be the same in both cases. This is common sense as well as common justice. The whole gist of this test ease lies right here, to get the finance question from the people, if possible, and to make a more substantial foundation for the the Credit Strengthening Act; for they know that, by the decision of the Supreme Court, the bonds, al though they call for coin, can be paid in greenbacks With the millions of dollars the bondholders have to back them, there is scarlely a doubt that they will get a decision in their fa vor. " Men of America, how long will you submit to the yoke ot bondage ? how long are you going to crouch beneath the bondholders' blow, un der the party lash ot Democracy or Republicanism ? You were once free men, would you be free again ? If so, rise in your strength and smite the monster which is now crushing the industries of your country and the life out of your sons and daughters.'' Do not say that the money question is too hard to understand ; that is the plea the bondholder presents to keep you in ignorance and his abject slave. "It is a question of life and death whether liberty shall live or die; whether labor shall be sovereign or slave, whether the work of the found ers of the Republic shall be lost by the cowardice of the sovereign citi zens of America, or shall endure through the bravery of patriotic men. ' "Who dare defend their rights? Let him who dare speak, and he who dare not, go lick the hand that feeds him crumbs, when, it he is an honest toiler, he is entitled to all he earns." W. A. Wells. Corvallis, May 8, 1879. HEJIBRAIVOIJS CROUP. The frightful and incurable disease, membranous croup, was ravaging the town and driving all mothers mad with terror. I called Mrs. McWil liams' attention'' to little Penelope and said : "Darling, I wouldn't let that child be chewing that pine stick if I were you." " Precious, where is the harm in it?" said she, but at that same time preparing to take away the stick for women' cannot receive even the most palpably judicious suggestion without arguiug it ; that is, married women. "Love, it is notorious that pine is the least nulritous wood that a child can eat." My wife's hand paused, in the act of taking the stick, and returned it- selt to her lap. She bridled percep tibly, and said : "Hubby, you know better than that. You know you do. Doctors all say that turpentine in pine wood is good for weak back and the kid neys." "Ah ! I was under a misapprehen sion. I did not know that the child's kidneys and spine were affected, and that the family physician had recom mended " " Who said that the child's spine and kidneys were affected?" " My love,-you intimated it." " The idea ! I never intimated anv thinii of the kind." " Why, my dear, it hasn't been two minutes since you said " Brother what I said ! I didn't care what I did say. There isn't anv harm in the child's chewing a bit of pine suck it she wants to, and you know it perfectly well. And she shall cnew it, too ! So there, now." U C? -i t oiy no more, my aear. l now see the force of your reasoning, and I will go and Order two or three cords of the best pine wood to-day. No child of mine shall want while I " O, please go along to your office, and let me have some peace. A body can never make the simplest remark but you must take it up and go to arguing and arguing, till you don't know what you are talking about, and von never do." " Very well, it shall be as vott sav. Bnt there is a want of logic in your last remarK wnicu ' However, she was eone with flourish before I eould finish, and had taken the child with her. That night j: i e- i . .B ai uiiuier sue uoiuroniea me witn a face as white as a sheet. "O, Mortimer, there's anotfcerl Liittle tieorgia Gordon is taken." - " Membranous croup?" "Membranous croup." " Is there any hope for him?" " None in the wide world. O, what is to Decome ol us r ' By and by our nurse brought in our Penelope to say erood-nieht and offer the customary prayer at the motnere knee. In the midst of "Now I lay me down to sleep," she gave a slight cough. My wife fell back like one stricken with death. But the next moment she was up and run ning away with the activeness whfVh terror inspires. She commanded that the child's trib be removed from the nursery to our bed-room, and she went along to see the order executed. She took me with her, of course. We got the mat ter arranged with speed. A cot bed was put in my wife's dressing-room for the nurse. But now Mrs. Mc Williams said we were too far away from the other baby, and what if he were to have the symptoms in the night and she blanched again, poor thing. We then restored the crib and the nurse to the nursery, and put up a bed for onaaJves in a room adjoining. Prpsentlyiowever. Mrs, McWil lims said, suppose the baby should catch it from Penelope? This thought struck a new panic to her heart, and the tribe of us could not get the crib out of the nursery again fast enough to satisfy my wife, though she assist ed in her own person, and well nigh pulled the crib to pieces in her fran tic hurry. We moved down stairs, but there was no place to stow the nurse, and Mrs. McWilliams said the nurse's ex perience would be an inestimable help. So we returned, bag and bag gage, to our own bed-room once more, and felt a great gladness, like storm-buffeted oirds that have found their nest again. Mrs. McWilliams sped to the nurse ry to see how things were going on there. She was back in a moment with a new dread. She said : " What can make the babysleep so?" I said- " Why, my darling, baby always sleeps like a graven image." " I know, I know; but there's some thing peculiar about his sleep now. He seems to breathe so regularly. Oh, this is dreadful!'' " But, my dear, he always breathes regularly." " Oh, I know it ; but there is some thing dreadful about it now. His nurse is too young and inexperienced. Maria shnll stay there with her, and be on hand if anything happens." "That is a good idea; but who will help you i " Yon can help me all I want. I wouldn't allow anybody to do any thing but myself, anyhow, at such a time as this. ' I said I would teel mean to lie abed and sleep, and leave her to watch and toil over our little patient all the weary night. But she reconciled me to it. So old Maria departed and took up her ancient quarters in the nursery. Penelope coughed twice in her sleep. "Oh, why don't the doctor come? Mortimer, this room is too warm this room is certainly too warm. Turn off the register quick !" I shut it off, glancing at the ther mometer at the same time, and won dering to myself if seventy degrees was too warm for a sick child The coachman arrived from down town, now, with the news that our physician was ill and confined to his bed. Mrs. Mc VV llliams turned a dead eye upon me, and said in a dead voice: " mere is rroviotuce in it. it is foreordained. He never was sick before never 1 We have not been living as we ought to live. Morti mer, time and again I have told you so. Now see the result. Our child will never get well. Be thankful if you can forgive yourself. I never can forgive mysell." I said without intent to hurt, but with heedless choice of words, that I could not see that we had beeu living such an abandoned life. "Mortimer! Do you want to bring the judgment on baby, too! rni i. t . i . I nen sue oegan to cry, dm sne suddenly exclaimed : "The doctor must have sent medi cines !" I said : Uertainiy; they are here. 1 was only waitiug for you to give me a chance." " Well, do you give them to me ! Don't you know that every moment is precious now ! But what was the use in sending medicines, when he knows the disease is incurable ?" I said that while there was life there was hope " Hope ! Mortimer, you know no more what you are talking about than the child unborn. If you would As I live, the directions sav give one teaspoonful once an hour! Onco an hour ! as if we had a whole year nerore ns to save the child in ! Mor timer, please hurry. Give the poor, perisning ining a tablespoontul, and try to oe quick I " Why, my dear, a tablespoonful misnt, "Don't drive me frantic f- There, there, there, my precious, my own ; it s nasty, outer stun, but it's good for Nelly good for mother's precious darling, and it will make her well. Ihere, there, there, put the little hand on mamma's breast and go to sleep, and pretty soon Oh, I know she can t live till morning ! Mortimer, a tablespoonful every haTt- hour will Uh, the child needs bella donna, too ; I know she does and aconite. Get them, Mortimer. Now do let me have my way. Yon know nothing about these things." We now went to bed, placing the cno close to my wite s pillow. All this turmoil had worn uton me. and within two minutes I was something more than half asleep. Mrs. McWiF- nams roused me : " Darling on ?" "No." "I thought as much. Please turn it on at once. This room is cold." I turned it on, and presently fell asleep again. I was roused once more : " Dearie, would you mind moving the crib to your side of the bed ? It is nearer the register." I moved it, but bad a collision with the rug and woke up the child. I dozed off once more, while my wife quieted the sufferer; But in a little is that register turned wbile these words came murmuring remotely through the fog of my drowsiness : "Mortimer, if we only had some goose-grease will you ring?" 1 climbed drearly out, and stepped on a cat, which responded with a pro test, and would have got a convinc ing kick for it if a chair had not got it instead. "Now, Mortimer, why do you want to turn up the gas and wake up the child again ?" " Because I want to see how much I am hurt, Caroline." 6 Well, look at the chair, too. I have no doubt it is ruined. Poor cat ! Suppose you bad " "isow, I am not going to suppose anything about the cat. It never would have occurred it Maria had been allowed to remain here and at tend to those duties, which are in her line and not in mine." " Now, Mortimer, I should think vou would be ashamed to make a re mark like that. It is a pity if you cannot do the few little things that I ask ot vou at such an awlui time as this, when our child " " There, there, I will do anything yon want. But I can't raise any body with this bell. They're all gone to bed. Where is the goosi-grectse ?" "On the mantlepiece in the nursery. If vou II step there and speak to Maria" I fetched the goose grease and went to sleep a;aiu. Unce more l was called. "Mortimer, I so hate to disturb you, but the room is still too cold for me to try to apply this stuff. Would you mind lighting the fire? It is all readv to touch a match to." I dragged myself out and lit the fire, and then sat down disconsolate. "Mortimer, don't sit there and catch your death of cold. Come to bed." As I was stepping in, she said : "But wait a moment. Please give the child same more of the medicine." Which I did. It was a medicine which made a child more or less live ly; so my wife made use of its wak ing interval to strip it and grease it all over with goose oil. I was soon asleep once more, but once I had to get up. " Mortimer, I feel a draft. I feel it distinctly. There is nothing so bad for this disease as a draft. Please move the crib in front of the fire." I did it, and collided with the rug again, which I threw into the fire Mrs. McWilliams sprang out of bed and rescued it. and we had some words. I had another trifling inter val of sleep, and then got up, by re quest, and constructed a flaxseed poultice. This was placed upon the child s breast and left there to do its healing work. A wood tire is not a permanent thing. I got up every twenty mm utes and renewed ours, and this gave Mrs. McWilliams an opportunity to shorten the times of giving the med icines by ten minutes, which was great satisfaction to her. Now and then, between times, I recognized the flaxseed poultices and applied sina pisms and other blisters where unoc cupied places could oc touna upon the child. Well, toward morning the wood gave out, and my wife wanted me to go down in the cellar and get some more. 1 said : " My di'ar, it is a laborious job, and the child must be nearly warm enough with her extra clothing. Now, mighn t we put on another layer of poultices and " I did not finish, because I was in terrupted. I lugged wood up from below for some little time, and then turned in and fell to snoring as only a man can whose strength is all gone and whose soul is worn out. At broad davlight I felt a grip on my shoulder that brought me to my sen ses suddenly. My wife was glaring down on me and gasping. As soon as she could command her tongue she said: "It is all over! All over! The child s perspiring: What 6haii wc do ?" "Mercv how you terrify me! don't know what we ought to do Maybe if we scraped her and put her in the draft again KJa, idiot I mere is not a mo ment to lose. Go for the doctor. Go yourself. Tell him that he must come, dead or alive." I dragged that poor sick man from his bed and brought him. He look ed at the child and said she was not dying. This was joy unspeakable to me, but it made ni3r wife as mad as if he had offered a personal affront. i nen ne said the child s cough was only caused by some trifling irrita tion or other in the throat. At this I thought my wife had a mind to show him the door.' Now the doctor said he would make the child's cough harder and dislodge the trouble. So he gave her something that sent her into a spasm of coughing, and pres ently up came a little wood splin ter or so. 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