Silver Question e-bog

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. In France, where this conference was held, Mirabeau had, as far back as 1790, pressed this objection upon the National Assembly with a vigor and eloquence to which the mem bers of the Paris conference could make no pretensions, but after the most thorough debates, covering a period of thir teen years, the French enacted the law of 1803, still sub sisting, establishing the double standard, on a ratio of gold to silver of 15 1-2 to I.