The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-03-05

ENUTEssIITEE
the laboring interests of the country, (,
and I have TO say that I have the honor
to present you with a copy of the
same.nmT -isfg gft rsl-sif .i.aH9ia
Mr.. johnson replied as follows:
'EAll that can say, and all perhaps
that is prudent for me to say at this
time, is, that 1 am very much Obliged
to you for calling upon me, and thank
YOU for the compliment. 1sympathize
with you to the utmost extent in what
You propose to undertake and perform,
and might say that my whole life has
been directed toward ameliorating the
condition of the masses of the people.
Every effort of my life has tended in
that direction; whether have been cor
rect or not, is for aothersto determine,
and must beleft with time am graft
fed 10 meet you here, and Isynpathize
in the labors of your undertaking; but
while you are engaged in adopting
plans and schemes that may result in
building up and strengthening the man
ufacturing interests of the country, you
should be equally engaged and interest
ed in developing and restoring the prin-
ciples of the Union and the Govern
ment, which / think should be the
precursor of .whatyou are undertaking.
The restoration of our people would be
one of the greatest projections to our
home industry that could be given.
Our currency has reached point. OF
great initiation. Many are apprehen-
sive that We cannot stand under such
an enormous circulation of currency,
and vet are fearful if we attempt to
contract, we shall be reduced to bank
ruptcy. All our moves should be di-
rectlyto preserving the currency anu
preventing expansion on the one hand
and bankruptcy and reVulsion ontne
other. 1t seems to me thatin thlswork,
which affects the manufacturing, agr1-
cultural and mining interests of the
country, the first thing to be done is to
labor for the restoration of the Govern
ment. five could enlarge the area in
which our currency is to circulate, and
increase the number of hands in which
1t is to pass, we should dcorrespondingly
give it Il sounder basis without taking
out one dollar from the circulation. by
the Government and the in
products of the South, we
thereby widen the aren of circulation,
and along with it bring into the markets
of the country; millions of tobacco
and cotton. This is n very tm-
portant item, and would strengthen the
country and increase the demand for
all manufacturing productions. IL
seems to me that the most. powerful
stimulus that could be given to these
interests would. be to restore our Gov
1t would increase the de-
maud for manufacturing articles of all
kinds By restoring the country you
increase its fabilityto pay taxes. You
could leave the present rate OF tariff as
IL Is II you ID ~ tI,iS
nal revenue 1uH: Dy .51,, SnS, ,ye,II5 corras9
s.a4N ,SrSt.,io ~ 1,o,,
pondingly increase p protectlon 70 @ your
ests. L think that as fast as we can, we
should get away from these internal
taxes In'l1 now Iest tssts ~ ;iias P.I,.r1,
induStrlal prouucIs oI tIe u Gou !.;S,; y;
Anything can uo VII ..L.i''i uo
tend TO strenglheh, ine res9,itces 0A ,ous o.5
country. sYlPatnlHe fSsti, Eisi SGIn' S,,;Ii' ,, a.
Ut, IEusU aHu ~. tn,,J IN non,,tr, 10 -
stored and mace returns"
To these remarks, Captain Ward re-
snoi,ded MS follows: "NVe believe, Mr..
President. that the constant drain upon
us and our resources is the vast impor-,
tation that comes from England, We
believe that that firain will produce
very disastrous results, unless the
present tariff is increased. So far as
the currency IS concerned, II II ls great
ly reduced we believe Twill result IN
disaster and bankruptcy"
Mr.. Johnson-As have remarked, If
we restore this Government, ana thus
increase the demand Tor articles, our
currency will be placed upon a nrmeT
basis. think this does away with all ali
arguments for diminution of the
of circulation; but there Is one
thing of paramount consideration
let us have n Government; let us have
a united people, then we have got a
-stsI-,f - iE Rrt
Mr.. Z. B.. Ward=hir.. PRESIDENT, we
are here all laboring under the belief
that we have a Government.
Mr.. Johnson-Then letuS have q wide
area for everything to be carried on.
The several members of the. Associa-
tion were then introduced 70 the E,resl-
dent by Capt. Ward, and immedtately
thereafter retired. Ia
ANOTHER SPEECH BY THE PRESIDENT.
Tb;s morninp committee waited
80. Il, q Prss;dett III nres,sT,t the reso.
i,it;nnS hdonted atsa meeting held mt
pait;n1ora Eeh 2Gth. 2 'FFF
NJ COY addressed the President as
r-iIL,,,S,.
lOlio"S ..fs..-.g5 .-5c-,-,---
0IT. PreStdet AZ an oNetwheI'll '. :
ing meeting OF the loyal citlzens Oh
Baltimore on Monaay ias', ~ WI Mhs ,IIe ue-
termtneuthaI a committees shouIu pre-
sent to you in person me resolutions
adopted with une&atmpIed unanitEhity t y. "
on that occaslon. we are mere Io-day
for the purpose OF per per t!ltS tt!!ltS
agreeable duty, ana Oh s eXPresslihig
to you,th the great Lit. IN WIN I'm
which the people OF otir S3tte i,att tne
humane, Patr1otlc anq statestlanltks ~ " tiSe
course when you nave puIEsrs:u Is!t:.. ln tne
adminlstratlon OF nuIIoIiL iliIits. ,a,,I
"Ihe gathering at btltlLlloEe eAceeu- ecu
ed in numbers ana !entnuslastn any
previous demonstratloh ktoWn ~, i.l in ths
city. Partles were IneFgeuILi. . I, Men .,tl on
every shade OF OPINION ra,llea 70 tBe ne
support OF the coun1rys Estsnse. 1..a.s .ioe Pe
assured, SIR, thni thnt IN no state S' on the
same poPnlalIon 90 you huInoeE mum ssI u
wider circle OF trueI LrleHus htiu iiiotS