Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1867-10-31
Speech OF Hon. C. l.. VaIandis'
ham al MiddletoWn, Ohio.

| HasH Gh NItdQiCkoBH, SHiOs
We take the following extract fion
! Han. z. L. Valandigham's great speech
at Middlesown, Nahonipg county, Ohio,
on The financial .soudition Of the county.
They must staFtle all sober minded pea-
pie at the rain Radiealism il bringing
upon Us fnaneialy, Gs veil as every
uAheE way. Let every snE read.
FINANCIAL.
Now there are other Quesli1ns-qnes-
sions OF TO day. not Of yestel day not
Oh last year HaG '6l, OF '63, or '64, bat
questions Of 1867, aud they shall be hur
fisl into the ears ci men Of the Republi-
saa party of this State whether they like
it or nes. We hasa question OF eur
rency, and, growing out VI IL, a question
Of sAxation. You are paying nov on the
public debt one hundred and swenty mil
hons ut least OF Interest annually, snd
paying il in coin, upon bonds. What Is
United Statss bond2 Why it is .
promise OF the Federal Government to
pay 50 mach money 800, or 81 Coo
Many Of them indeed, all Of thsm
belieVe--ara payable In gold; jet large
portion OF them Mers boughE at forty
hfty and sixty cents On the dollar. These
bqndholdsvs got for four, hVe or ak hun-
dad doilars claim against the Govern
, msns fer thousand dollars. The fund
ed debt Of the United States 10 81 ,900,-
500, ,000-more thAD s., ,000, ,000, 600 of
1t in bonds. The whuis property Of The
| United States is but 81, 900 .000, 900,
ani yet more than one-6fGh of this entire
properly is exempt from taxation. What
| is Ihe result Of that? Why, that the
other properly is liable 10 a heavier
amount Of taxation. Suppose there is so
mueh tar to ha levied ia scaool district
IN y whic4 ten men live. One man oWas
| 500, 900, and the other mae men own
! their proportion OF s., OF, 200. IL stands
10 reason if the man owning $200, 900 is
| exempt from taxatioa the others must pay
his share. Tell me, you Republicans
hq DEAts o2a,ls9aalI eseas saS eaasal4i'I ls
look me Ia the face and sag IL 10 right
Then lock Rt this question OF eurren'
CT. Wherein does band differ from q
| greenbaek2 E5shing buI the pfomise Of
tie Government 10 pay and bopd Is
1 the same. Bus on The greenback you
pay no interest at all. You made green.
backs money, not the reT resensasise Of
money, but mon itself. II man owed
me a thousand dollars, even II | had
loaned him that much gold, you compel
me to take gFselbAcks for Ik. You pass-
ed Law ssyiug th4 paper money should
be legal tender, and Eh o | called for
gold you made me take greenlss sks.
NanE you 20 take gfStnbaeks for what
the government cwes you, for What Is
sauce for the goose 10 sauce fur the gam
der. By ealling in these bonds, and
paying them OF in greenbacks, you save
hundred aud tNenty millions year IN
lsaxrs. and this is just twiea - n@Gk as
Ghe whole expenses of the Government
Wlra ten or eleven years ago, Why
should pot that be doap The propose
lian Of the Democratic party Is that this
pablie debt shall be paid OF in green
backs thai your thousand dollar bonds
shall be paid In legal tesder, upon which
The people pay no interest at al and
thus thai we shall escape large psNtion
Of the taxes. ana sorry thss ] do mol
ind in the speeches of the other side
shat vas anticipated aa tbs clamor tc
be raised against the Democratic party
about rrpudiation. They we're TO BE-
prepared to tell Ihe people that the Dem.
ocrats Rsra In favor Of FepudistinE
gerythirg--ustiona honor apd all,
arn not 10 favor of repadiating one dol
lar. II mast all be paid, bat want il
to be paid in what you compelled me to
take. Ii legal tender is good enough te
pay for bushsi ef corn, IL 10 gooc
enough TO pay OF these bonds with. fau
have a good harvest here as elsewhere,
tuppese you have get your wheat in the
bare and suon will have other grain
Well, whsn you 60 TO sci! it do you &c
gold for III No, seEtaiply aos; yos
must take your pay In Rrssabacks. Ths
DemseTa atie party Ia against negro equal.
ty. Bot when yea eoms here and ask thai
tksrish b msu who lives in his paiaea shal
take the same kind Of money as the pool
nan, OF course ws are In kssor ei
dat. That is the kind Oh equality vi
ike. But We hear It said that this woulC
be unjust TO the bondholdeg-- -shat b
came up to the help Of the GoysrnmenI
ia tims Of need. Hha. did be give sC
The Government? Ills son7 No III
: leaned his gold. The rich man has goi
his pay already. lie has been joaninl
lhis money TO the G0FesnneRl at ten pei
esnt. he leaned so and tack prom
Use 10 pay fer 800, yss vs are told tbaI
we eve to him and such as be . debs oi
gratitude! Gratitude for paying Sl0
fer go and iaseEsss On tha $l0O al . o.
10 per cent. beside. Is that ahas We oEs
/ debt OF eralitads for2 Thank God ws
ssaad upon plAaform Of justice. W.
ssaad b principle Of justice TO al
slike, and We fesl to-day hka she ED
I 0emocratio party of tweaty years ago.
These are issues that nass be met. Il
wonss do for Gen. Hayes 10 be going
around The eoansry qaosing the fesoiu.
i Eiens Of Demcssssie eonyeaitons sever
years sgo. or . speech Of Hoo Gee. II
i psndIasun about she tiras vt The aar, oI
Is apseeh from ths undersigD,d q .aboul
shas time. THAT wou't do. : The raE
wao doea shas ID Bourbon, sad hand
him oysF 10 the tsndss megeaes OF th'
j Republican Eswspspsrs. which haEs u
Il mach- 10 say aboaa Bensbenism. W.,
sss lire mes, and wa have lisisg iaxasl
1 ~ esal wiEh, We MaDs jastiefs God i
~ God sf iassieexsqas weal as oil loTs.--
II Tiers II saisEne Eastice. N Nsll ~ kumas
l iassiss--slI on the sida og the Democrat
u 10 party Id this Issue. [Applaases
81 Bat ne are called spes u pay ovsl
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