The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1864-07-15
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FINDLAY, OHIO, JULY Is, 1864
QUESTION ny A COppERI,tAD.

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QUESTION by A COPPERiIEAD
\ Did he not, meaning Mr.. Lincoln,
assume the control of affairs with thu
finances unimbarrassed. the country
comparatively out Of debt, and th'
eredit of the Government unimpcach
ed all over the world, and the Gov
ernment securities above par 2
Hancock Courier.
Now we are OF the opinion thai
the Editor of the Courier did not ask
this question with any desire to have
it answered: but whether he did oil
not, we shall furnish him some infor.
nation touching that subject, and in.
formation too from high Democratic
authority. The Cincinnati Enquirer
OF Dec. 18th 1860 said: president
Buchanan has appointed Ex Govern
or Francis Thomas OF Maryland, MS
the Secretary of the Treasury to sue
ceed Howell Cobb, and then said :
"Of his personal ability and tact. for
such monetary crisis as that which
ia now impending over the Treasury
we cannot speak advisedly." And
again tho same Enquirer on the 9th
of the aama month, in speaking of
what Mr.. Lincoln would have to CON
tend with--of the forces that were
against him said; "In the face ofrev-
olution and secession at the South
and al uncxamplsd financial crisis
at thcJ North, infinitely stronger men
than nature ever intended him TO be
would have quOiled before the atorm."
And now leaving the Cincinnati En-.
quirer. wo wilFintroduce another wit
ness. On the last day of the same
year. Dec. Both 1850. In Il speech
delivered In the city of Cincinnati.
Hon. George T.. Pugh testified that
the Treasury is empty to day
What shall We do? "Shall we issue
Treasury notes T. enquiries the Hon.
Senator; and if we do. he wants to
know "who will take them. except at
rumous rates"
Now tho above extracts Mr.. Cour-
Ter arc tho best wo car do for you.---
IF they do not constitute a direct an.
swer to your question, they are valu-
able on account of the information
they give Of the financial condition
of the Treasury and the country at
the time Mr.. Lincoln assumed the
control of affairs" The Cincinnati
Enquirer testified that "monetary
crisis was impending over the Treas
ury," also testified to the existence OF
"revolution and secession at the South
and unexampled financial crisis at the
North And Senator Pugh direct
from the city of Washington, testif.
ed In public speech in the city OF
Cincinnati, That the Treasury was
empty" and that If we sought relief
from our financial embarrassment,
by issuing Treasury notes that our
orOdit was so poor that they would
be taken only at "ruinnus ratea, -
Yes, according to the testimony in
troduced, Mr.. Lincoln found the
country in debt, our finances ombar.
rassed, our Treasury empty, and our
credit broken down.
And now in conclusion Mr. Cour,
Ter, we would enquire, why this state
of affairs was permitted to take place
under Democratic Administration.
We see a "monied crisis impending
over tho Treasury" while the Dcmoc.
racy havs control of it, we see the
Treasury exhausted months before
the Democracy retired from the con.
troll of il, and We see This too, In a
time Of peace. Now, was it for tho
want OF financial ability that tho De.
mocraoy failed to provide means to
run the GHvornmentF If they had
financial ability, they lacked political
honesty, Why the Democracy faiod
to sustain the credit OF the Govern
ment we leave tho Courlor to decide
BLANCHARD.