The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1867-09-25

THE DUTY OF EVERY CITIZEN TO VOTE AMI
I Tx VOTE RIGHT. :.
81 . sReech AZ M ianap dis, r. 1873, Mr.
Ohase, said = GsftS - 81
I On Friday last twas c5hfarsdbe rid four
excellent President upons some important
measures. and at the clos5*of our <convetsas
+ toni said to him, g hare 8 great5paind tQ
70 to Oliip end vote the U1ien ticket; and lfs
you have nothing in particnI v for me to dos'
las the wheels ofSmy department are sun-
ming very smoothly just now, and have
laid away, twenty-five millions to pay the
soldiers on the first Of November believe
will co. He replied, ~ wish yol would."
$50 / went; and yesterday had the pleasure
y Of contributing mypyote for the Immense
maiority for the Union in Ohio. Cheers r
f"And now T want you, boys and young
men, who stand just before me- TO ren ember.
that two great duties Of every citizen are to
vote and to vote right. The Republic lives
by honest voting. (Cheers) Mysyote of
Yesterday made no great show in the work.
{ It IS only one one hundred thousandth part
of the Ohio majority for Unioniand Freedom.
But would not exchange the satisfaction
of having given it, and of having given at
on the fright side, foralI the pleasafe that
all the compliments bestowed on my finan-
ciat ati administration can eford.Y ~
THE FINANCIAL POLICY OF THE COUNTRY
~ as .astz EXPLAINED. ~ ssi
!. In the same speech alluding to his finan-
ciiaI policy, Mr.. Chase, said u %
AT the outset of this struggle a great lead
er-or, if you please, a great follower--ofi
pnblic opinioni p Europe mean the Lon
don Times said in substance =" Mr.. Chase
will soon find himself in want.of money,
and will come to London to borrow, but he
Will English capitalists little inclined
to invest in the bonds of aSbroken Union,-.
We shall see then what will become of the.
Wanted Republic. Y ~ What would you have
had me do under the circumstances Pre-
cisely whatlI did / said, I" Mr.. Chase will
never be seen in London asking for money!.
English capitalists must come to US. If the
Times waits for America to borrow of Eng
land, it will wait till the little island is sunk
in the sea-" (Cheers.) I see that you would
have said Just that.
Well. what was next to. be done2 What
would you have told me to do had you been
all gathered at Washington You would
have told me, borrow at home" did SO.
borrowed pretty much all the gold there
/ was in theEcomatfy. Tn eight months I OBJ
tanned and paid out for the army and navy
about one hundred and seventy-five millions
of dollars in coin. But the gold did not
come back quite 80 fast as it went, and so
the banks and capitalists who had furnished
it began to say to me, We can supply you
with coin no longer unless you will agree to
pay US such prices as will enable'us to buy
the gold in Europe" 1t was clear enough
that the taking of this course would result
in so rapid an increase of debt and interest
that it would soon become impossible to bor-
row at all, and l should justly. have merited
your condemnation had adopted it. M
The next question was, Will you Dor
row the paper of the banks and give six per
cent. interest for it, and then pay that to the
soldiers in place of gold9" Don't you think
that after awhile something would have hap
pened if had done this? Have you not
heard somewhat of revulsions and panics
and crashes Well, what would you have
had me do2 Would you not have said to
me, {" Here am I, Smith, a farmer here am
!, Jones, mechanic; here am /, Robinson.
merchant. Take our property and our
credit and US, and make currency for the
country based on the country itself In 9th
er words go to work and make greenbacks.'"
know that is what you would have advised
me to do: and therefore, as my business was
to interpret your will-to know what YOU
would have me do, and then do It'll won't
to work and made "grecnbacks, and guOd
many of them. I had some handsome pic
lures put ON them; and as like to be among
the people, and was kept loo close to visit
them in any other way. and as the engra yers
thought me pretty good looking. l told them
they might put ME on the end of the one
dollar bills" - 4. en. = =