Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1867-08-30
MR.. vALLANDIGHAM UPON THE PEnp.
ING ISSUES.

Ohio in which he discourccs with accustomc
ability and eloqnsnce upon tho pending part
1rsucs. He comes out unequv ocalv, not onl
against negro eligibility to office, but .ncains
negro sufragn. The negroes of IIayti, he says
have wisely determined that the white mel
cannot safeyivote or hold office IN -thot connt,
aud tho white men Of Ohio should arrive II
the same conclusion respecting the negroes o
that State. Negro suffrage" he thinks, neccs
sarily leads TO negro equality, anl the nreu
who arc now advocating the fl rs, will in few
years come ont in favor Of amalga,nation ant
social equality.
Upon The future financial policy Of III,
country he seems to echo the prevailing senti
n,cnt OF the great North west. As to this poli
cy, there nrc now three parties in the country
LIST. A Fariy opposed TO contraction of The
currency, and in favor Of leaving matters
where they are: paying taxes, paying in, eres
on pnhlio debt ard reducing that debt very
gradually. Cd. party which demands NJ
early resumption Of specie payments. by
calling in the grecnbacks and issuing bonds in
lieu of them. And Sd. A party which oppo-
ees any contract :on Of the currency, demands
TINT taxation shall I've diminished by rc,!ccn,iug
the Federal bends W iih Crcenhacks, aud TINT
the money now nsel in paying interest On
those bonds, may be applied to reducing the
nation oil debt"
4" this third party almost tho entire
Northwest is attached, aud it seems to have all
the elements which will secure ultimate suc.
cess. Its principles are thus st rk ingly cnforc-
ed i'll the following extract from Mr.. Tullau-
digham's speech:
"Whnt is United Statcs bond? Why 30
much money-Sloc or $1,000. Many cf them
indeed, all of them bcieve-nre nav able
in gold; yet large portion of them were
bought forty, fifty. and sixty cents on the
dollar. These 1ondholders got for four, five. or
Elk hundred dollars claim against the Govern
ment for thousand dollars. The funded deb,
of the United st ntes a s2,90O O0OO. .nGo-more
than $4,000, 100000 OF it in bond, The Whole
property of the United States is hut sll. .ODO.-
Oo5,OOO. and yet more than one-fifth oi fbis
ls exempt from taxation. What is the result
OF thntf Why. that the either Property is lin
bic 10 u heavier amount Of taxation. Surnose
there is go inrchtax t" be levied in n schoo
o'atrict IN which Ten men live. One man ms
sloo'oo0 and nirc men own their proportion Of
$2oo,Ooo. 1t stands to renson that if the man
owning 100000 is exempt from taxation, the
others must pay his share. Tell me-, You Horubl
cans who pra'c continually about equality. is
thatright a-is that equal2 Can YOU look me
in the face oed say it's righL2 Then look at
this question of currency. Wherein does a
bond differ from greenback2 Nolhinc but
tho premise Of the Government to pay; and
The bond is the SAME. I;nt on the rrcarhack
You pay no interest ut all. You made green backs
moncy-not the representative of money, but
tue money itself If n man owed HE a thous.
and dollars, even if had loaned hin, .ha,
much gold, you compel me to take gre enl,acks
for 1t. You pass law snying ,i,rt paper
money should te legal tender md when
ca'jed foragnil you made me take grecnbaeks.
want You TO take ereenhacks for what the
Government owes you; for wha. is sauce for
the goose is sauce for the gnnder. By calling
IN these bonds and paying them tT in green
backs you save hundred and tw enty millicns
year IN taxee. and this is just twice rs much ns
the whole expenses OF Tie Government were
len Ir eleven years ago. Why should not
That be done' The proposition Of the Demo
cratic party is that this public debt shall be
PAID off in greenbacks; that your thousand
dollar bonds ehall he paid in legaltender uron |
which tho people pay no interest :atsag -a1d
linus that we shall escape n large & pastipp ~
ihe taxes. ] nm not ia favor, .ofsggpufintingl
one dollar 1t must al be paid in Rhnt you
,rei'ed ME 10 take" - '>: - "A 4
e- >-s-ect sas.ssit g
targnrneh for the subsiitfsIS6 of GreSnbcct.
for the national bank circulation:
':Now. the Democratic party of Ohio propo-
ses thai We shall wipe out the nation al ban,,
currency, and the Government shall issue its
own cnrrtncy, and save another twenty mil
lions of Interests now paid to the national
banks. WiAnny one have the audacity to tell
me there IS juaice in Peying ont twenty mil
lions year forpational banks when we can
have Governulest currency, and eave that
amount Theae National banks are paid
twenty millions yeer for supplying currency
which is payable ,ih\ another currency only.
We have sseo,ooo,ooo ogreenbncks and $780,
100000 of national bsbk notes. AL, I want
y; aNinstead Of these TWO wehave $3.50, 900.
600 offssnbaoks. Thers\is not one Of Won
VINO wonld 'ot as soon take that gree nbaek as
a nationai oant note. And yet you nrs to
Pay y:twenty mli'lo,s a year for the privilege of
getting these natio,al bank notes. I want
Congress TO issue ssoo',9o, 600 OF grecnbress,
and save the seo ooo. COOK. ;nseres, 7 wan,
shat issue made next year WIN you ar. Going
1fe elect congressmen, and a.nt men who
are candidates for Congress to ,easisin their
position on this question. But fiiey. sav we
must not food the country with paper i,opev
Well how much more paper money will YOU
have out when you have, $500, ,ooo. 900 Of
ssss1bssksesn9 $sc6. .0QQ. 900 Of national cur.
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etSzf'osat sarrsnay esae. gfsss.bsss eas I'd
dnbosb, ~ i have ssii q fhiss issas mutt be msl
and il must. We shall not fsrget, sambo. be
cause be is forced upon US. They ussd' to ac.
'suss the Democrats party ef agi,ating: the .psi
gro question but they cant dothat any more.
They have ask ed sus to vote the negr6 into
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