The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1865-08-25
Southern Plot to Overturn the National
Credit.

The Washington Correspondent Of the
Philadelphia Press writes thus, undor date
August 4t5, 1865:
The present favorite Copperhead expe
dent is TO demand The admission into Con
gress Of representatives from the late rebel
Slater, elected by such billie 'ebeis as lately
fhre,o their ballots in Richmond, Virginid -
IL 10 the great mission OF the Democratic
leaders. They are prompted to it by vari.
Gus motives. The rebel Cong ressmen will
be the nucleus CT new Democracy, fash.
ioned after the Breckenridge and Buchanan
organizations which plunged the Nation in
TO civil war. They will help the men who
broke the old party to resume control 10
tho several Southern Statos. These reuni-
ted brethren can then proceed to repeal tho
war measures OF Congress, especially the
GdiOus c0nfscation laws. But, above ali,
when tho doors are thrown open, aud tho
rebel Congressmen are brought into the
Capitol in triumph. TIE ASSAULT UPON THE
PUBLIC CREDIT AND UPON THE NATIONAL III
NANcIAL SECURITIES WILL BEGIN IN TERRIBLE
EARNEST. There will be consistency in this.
The Democratic leaders have been laboring
for four years to bring tho bonds and cur.
rency of the government into dsrepute.--
They have advised their followers to refuse
the currency, and. above al not to invest in
the bonds. The keynote was given by
James Buchanan in 1861, after he had as
sisted to depiete the public treasury. to drag
down the value of eur national securities, to
make us beggsrs for loans in tho markets
of the world, and 10 strip the govornmen
of nearly oil her weapons of public defence
and preservation. Uuder his lead his init
mate friends bought real estate, rather thar
trust the government; and, at his cue, The
Democratic press rung with sombre proph
ecies of ruin to all who took tho nationa
notes, or conGded ia tho national bonds -
What was true of him was true of nearly al
the same school, They fed the hopes o!
tho Foreigners, who looked upon our foan.
ciai scheme with smszement, and generally
predicted it's downfall The fact that our
debt is owed to the people alone, and tina,
It's Reputation would bring Thousands oi
happy and industrious ctizons to abjecl
want, produces no pity in their bosoms -
They, therefore, bail the idea Of making au
issue upon the admission of tho rebels tC
Congress. To the rebels tho National deb
of the United States is q most odious sight
They know il was incurred to crush then
and to abolish slavery. They know tina
their oonfiscated lands will be made to con
tIiUuto 10 Ne ilqN'outtou. Auoy euo" ton
while not one dime Of their own debt viii
ever be recognized, they will be compelle
to help to raise the needed revenue for tn
payment of the interest and ultimately {
the principal. They long, therefore TO e
into the uext Congress to unital with the
Democratic brethren to vote against a
revenue or appropriation bills. and bold
to raiso aud fight under the flag Of Repud
tlon. The cons piracy has been duly orgar
ICED, and involves more elements than tn
people would readily believe. l regard
~ tho great peril of tho republic. Thus
Is the duty Of all patriots, apart from the
own interests, to meet it. Under the mo
piausive aud deceptive theories this inf
NOUS demand will be made. Ii has aIreaC
contrived 10 secure the sanction Of what q
supposed to bo great names. 1t oonteI
plates the compIetest disgrace and the INC
astounding reputation in civil history.
do not fear that IL will succeed; because
10 only necessary to expose such plot
bring IL TO shame OCCASIONAL