APPENDIX. PRESIDENT CLEVELAND'S MESSAGE, MARCH 29, 1894. "If both gold and silver are to serve us as money, and if they together are to supply our people a safe and stable currency, the necessity of preserving this parity is obvious. "I hope a way will present itself in the near future for the adjustment of our monetary affairs in such a comprehensive and conservative manner as will afford to silver its proper place in our currency." Constitution of the United States, Article 1. Section VIII. Paragraph 1.—" The Congress shall have power Paragraph 5. To coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coin, and fix the standard of weights and measures.” Section x. Paragraph 1.-" No State shall . . . make anything but gold and silver coin a tender in payment of debts.” The above shows the "historic and just position" of silver as a money metal under our Constitution. See page 24. |