The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1868-09-11
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A. sR0ND- AND -GREENBACK CON
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A. .RoND AND -GREENBACK CON
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The following, from the Norwich
Bulletin, relates bit of true history,
and ,s interesting in more ways than
one: Il
iseThe following conversation took
place in the counting room of one of
our friends q few days since. A
prominent Democrat, a man OF strict
honesty in his private life, had just
put the following question, some dis
cussion having preceded it:
"sWell, Mr.. A., let us drop all po-
litical antagonism and argue this
question on its merits. Upon what
ground can you maintain that one
hundred gold dollars shall be paid
upon q bond for which the Govern
ment received only fifty, unless the
sxsct letter of the law demands such
PAYMENT
"Mr. A.-sThat question is easily
answered, and I will give you case
in point. You know old Mrs. c.,
our neighber, whose husband died in
1859, and for whom ! sm trustee
Her husband left her the house she
now occupies and about $4,000 in
money, the income of which is all she
has for the support of herself and
sick daughter, who is now dying OF
consumption. As soon as I could
collect the sums due her husband l
invested the whole in a mortgage at
I per cent. interest, due in five years
The notes became due in 1864, when
the price of gold was 1870, and was
forced to take my pay in legal tender
notes, and again had to look around
for an investment. The Interest on
the mortgage having been paid in
currency, the old lady had been very
much straitened for the past year,
and concluded that in order to meet
her expenses She must have her in
ttess IA gold, and that even then she
would lose, rs had lent her money
before the war at per cent and
could now, only get Gper cent. on
the 5 70 bonds, but i took them.'
ayes, said the Democrat, 'but you
took thep atlless than sixty in gold
value
"Mr. A.-sOn the contrary, Mr..
D., the Government borrowed old
Mrs. C.'s ten thousand dollars by
force, when it forced me to take its
demand notes in settlement of the
mortgage on which L had lent the
gold, and these demand notes bear.
ing no interest, and although due on
demand being nothing more nor less
than failed paper, l gave the Gov
eminent an extension by substituting
them for 5 20 bonds | got ten
thousand dollars of the bonds, and
by so doing / got no more nor no less
than the original capital, and when
ask the Government to pay me ten
thousand dollars in gold, I ask no
more than the payment of what
] had in 1859. If you now force me
to take greenbacks, which are worth
only seventy cents in gold, for my
bonds, shall get seven thousand
dollars, and the Government will
have confiscated three Thousand dol
lars of old Mrs. C.'s property
".Well, said the Democrat, Il am
not responsible for the Legal Tender
act; your Republican Congress made
the law and forced Mrs c. and me
to take the notes.
"Mr. A.-'Yes, you and your par
ty are responsible; you refused to
subscribe for the bonds, you impeded
the government, you rendered aid
and comfort to the Rebels in every
way that you knew how to, without
risking your necks-your mob leader,
Seymour, brsgs that he never SUBJ
scribed . dollar to q loan and never
owned q bond-and so you made it
necessary for the government to col
lect Q forced loan or give up to the
Rebels -
"sWell," said the Democrat at l
to dodge, MRS. C.'s case
is only q solitary one; most of thei
bonds were subscribed for by men
whe made their money in the rise in
men and such
"Mr. A.-'Indeed are the active
business men among your acquain-
tances large owners of bonds, or
were they subscribers 81 You know
that your savings banks hold large
amount; you know that your insur-
ance Office has its funds in bonds and
you know that the men in active busi-
ness, the shoddy men least of all
could not spare their money from
their. business, except few, like our
neighbors, a. Il Co. who made it a
point OF honor to subscribe for every
loan rEE-E .F
"The Democrat-'Why don't you
90 TO work and take up your green
backs; your failed paper, rs you
call its"
"Mr., A.-sThat is what we mean
to do; we knew that greenbacks are
the peoples money, and when we
hsve elected Grant, we mean to make
them as good as gold, and we Intend
to do that by buryIng you rebel re
pudiators and mob leaders out Of
sight and hearing
"Here the conversation ended.'
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