Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-11-12

1 O0E 0EUL3EE8s 4LEl 04l 8Ao11
| Wen the Union party, tDo, didn't hest
tate - declara III opiEiOa upon another
| question-she question OF 3 nariouai cur
rency. New I haFe-besu called tEke
father Of the Eesnhscks-" You srs al
the fathers of the green6aeks- What Ia =
gree15sG2 DID Tou evGr thipk Wfstz8
WasR Is II simply tde erEdIe q the gre9E
Amerieau people puEi the form of money.
L GircaIsses amoug the very people whose
credit makes it W0Fth anything when I
vas Secretary Of the Treasury. thequeseinn
| arose how should the expenses Of WAr be
net; how should the boys be paid how
shoQId the Vasr army be supplied; hoW
should provisions be made for their sup
port; their food. their clothing; their
tr4uspOrtaiou7 I found shas the banks
Of the country suspended specie pay
ment- What vas 20 dot The banks
wanted me to borroT their credit, in other
words taxa their notes and pay interest In
gold 1 said mo this great American Peo
pie is EoTsh al Of you pat together, and
will take the credit Of ttis people aud pat
it into the firm of little bits Of paper, which
may be exchanged fDc hondsilPon which We
viii punctuAlIY pay the interest IN gold"
In order taas the National currency might
be permanent, called this national bank
ing system into existence, piedging every
bank upo1 the CrediE Of the people to issue
notes eEsry dollar of which should be re-
deemEd In the end 1pon the security to be
pledged, provided that Ia the end. every
thing should be made equivalent to gold I
think II Ia tha true idea OF gHeenback- Il
Is the credis Of the people put in the form
of money. And fslIoW-Giazsus, in my
humble judgment, If cut of this war this
national currency comes, as Is provided for
ia our platform, 30 that 40 Western farmer
or merchant Wal be obliged 70 pay tribute
to the East In his exchaager 50 shas We shall
not lose upon exchange 30 large portion at
the products Of industry, so that the labor
eF aud mechanic Who counts his weeks
earnings may be sure that he has some
thing that viii not turn to dust and ashes
before the morning sun rises, this war VIII
not have been without one collateral sd-
vantage at least. fCheers You eau take
money from the Atlantic 70 the Pacific,
and pay Jour hills AL the way in the
same kind ef money without having 70
change your currency At every town you
stop at Bat they tell u5 that this eUrren-
cy Is good tor nothing, yet never saw
man of them, who didn't want 81 much "a
be could get of it. Did you ever see a
member Of this opposition from Valiandig
ham or Fernando Wood down, or up, as
you please, who did not want to get III
"A Toice-Even the rebels want it Yes,
the rebels Like tit il pretty mach Lhe
Youly sensible thing 1 know about them
Their own currency is good for nothing,
bus they ike the greerh though am
very much afraid that If the ''father of
gree15asks" should get into their hands,
he would not fare so we'll. Bat they SAP
il Is good for nothing. Nov l say II this
Gavsrnmsut is administered a. g sbOaId
be, with economy, Tigur and energyT ev-
cry dollar In greenbscks will be as good as
3 dollar In gold. ECheers- Il some eight
mouths ago could have been assured that
there should haTs been no trouble from
any other currency. outsids Of the green
backs, aud the Issue Of the national banks
1 would have undertaken to resume specie
payments IN a week, If anybody wanted
Il. I say now, # this war is conducted as
1t ought TO be, with economy aud VIgor,
then there Is 40 more danger of this cur
reucy, than there is that the American
people will fail Why-it IS your credit
your property-and If it tails it Is because
you tail
Nov, then, have spokan u you of these
things, because want TO have you see the
differences between these two oEganiLa-
tons, this Democratic organisation which
dares not say iH soul is its own, not even
in the resolution which proposes 70 estab
Hsh an oligarchy IN the country, this party
whieh dares not express al opinion on
any question except upon the question Of
q cessation st hosEiIities; aud this uoiou
party, which daEes trust the people, which
dares pronounce its opinions and seuEi-
meuts nsfors. the people, because 1t esel1
sure that In the heart of the honest peo-
pie it still fnds response and Affirmation
One word fnrthgr on another subject
Tr ,IS1,az m c1rTIGe Yah Tn
speak irreSeeenEly-it does seem to ma az
If Providence had surrendered these men TO
ukrer badness of heart Az the time this
platform was framed we had met with some
iittIe rgYerses. There vas some d0iaY In
the movements of our armies-some dis
sourageBenE among the people. These
msn took thar opportunity to propose 70
the American people 4 eoWardly surrender
OF Al sue great sgjects fur which rheT had
been struggling They dared to do this
because Things fur me moment did1't wear
= very suspicious appearance; hut the
Amari:An people feis the proposal a. an
insult. We surrender because We get into
a little bit of strait, because things look .
Little dark just now7 We resent tha in
suit, and they come hack again under the
haE. EGheers.I It needed nothing but
that, ike the tap upon drum, to bring
the people TO stand together aud preserve
the Union iuviofass rom the rebel hOrdss-
ECaesrs
But how stands tha sase u0WH Why, 70
make it plain 70 you, fellow citizens, Let
me recall to you what 1 Witnessed myself
at the 0urset Of the rebellion, when the
first gun Was fred on Sumter. Ne. Lin
coin called the hesds of the departments
together on 3 Sunday, aud then proposed
that prOGianation calling for trOOPs. EF-
and soma less, but the final result was THAI
these men were called for, these troops,
and as many more Were 70 be called for ss
zers necessary. But how did Wa stand