The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1867-09-06
Democracy and Bonds

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Democracy and Bonds.
Men of straw are easily set up-are
easily knocked down. The Democ-
racy are now busy trying to ere
ate man of straw in attacking the
bonds and hope thereby to draw the
attention of Union men from the real
issues now at stake and get them dis
satisfied with the currency system Of
the country: To do this they attack
the bonds and attempt to create an
issue-a false one-that at any other
time they would fear to raise. They
are seemingly very anxious to pay
off these bonds by issuing greeebacks
for the purpose. The exact number
OF dollars they say it would require
to do this we forget, but it is suffi-
ciently large to depress the money
value OF these "rags"-to use the
Democratic expression-to almost
nothing. 1t is a plain, undeniable
fact that to carry out this Democratic
idea our currency, now sufficiently
depressed, would be almost worthless,
and the laboring men, for the benefit
of whom these financial Democrats
claim they are working, would have
to-using another favorite EXPIRES
sion of the Democracy when the is
sue of greenbacks was first broached
-" take q basket to market to carry
their money in and fetch the purchas-
es home in their vest pocket" Ev-
cry Union and laboring man can re-
member the time that the Democra-
cy cursed the currency; the time
when they-and surely Thurman and
Pendleton--warnedthe peopleagain
that kind of money. We can remem-
Der, and we presume that it has come
under the observation of many, when
the ignorant of that party, in obedi-
dience to the disunion teach
ings of their leaders, refused to take
greenbacks and would not receive
any other money than that of the
State bank of Ohio, for fear the Gov
ernment would break up and the
money would be lost. All can re-
member how the currency was abus-
ed by these men who are now SO anx-
ious-solely for the benefit of the Ia
boring men Ito issue an almost in
amount of it.
Then they claimed that this cur
rency would be the financial ruin of
the country. They opposed it by
every means possible, and attempted
to prejudice the people against it.
Now a change is wrought in their
opinions. They want to flood the
country with this " worthless stuff"
Seemingly they can't get enough OF
it. Why is it? Were the Demo
Gratis honest in their opinions then !
II they were, then it can only be
thought that now they wish to bring
wholesale, irretrievable ruin upon
the country-that they wish to make
every greenback rag, totally ruin
the holders of such money and bring
our national honor into disrepute.
If they were not honest in their opin-
ions then, naturally it follows that
they only expressed them with a view
to injure the credit of the Govern
ment, to assist the rebels and cause
them to be successful in breaking up
the Union. One or the other horn
of the dilemma must be taken-let
them choose.
Any calm, dispassionate observer
can but arrive at the opinion that If
the system of bonds and other cur
rency is to be changed, the Demo
cratic party is not the one to do it.
They inaugurated-and supported
the war of rebellion, and to crush it
armies had to be raised. These ar
mics had to be clothed, fed and paid.
To do this our national financial sys-
tenn was established, and they oppos-
ed it fiercely. Give Democrats the
power and swift, dire reputation
follows. When this currency sys-
TEN was established we were in the
midst ofa greatw war and twas the best
it was possible to create at that time,
and though it may have defects, and
such as must be remedied, Is the
Democratic..party the one to do thatF
Study the course Of the Democra-