The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-06-27

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Government of the United States, and
the best Government ever God AL.
mighty's sun shone on. And suppose,
also, that Tom Jones' and John Smith
were good loyal subjects of the Govern,
ment, (the Editor,) aud that the Gov.
ernment had nurtured. fostered and pro.
tected its loyal subjects (Jones and
Smith) from infancy to prime of man.
hood, and that under the benign influ-
ence and fostering care of the Govern.
ment (the Editor) they Jones and
Smith) had accumulated great wealth,
and that IN the course of time the Gov
ernment (the Editor) becomes involved
in difficulties-gets pecuniarily embar-
rassed, and appeals to Smith and Jones,
its loyal subjects, for aid and subsis-
tence. They are deaf to its appeals. The
Government (the Editor) becomes des-
perate, but at the same time is too in
dulgent to demand its rights from the
loyal subjScts, (Smith and JONES' but
in its goodness and magnanimity
pledges its faith to its most loyal and
patriotic subjects (Smith and Jones)
that if they will loan the Government
four hundred dollars, 1.-THE Govern
ment-(the Editor) would give its
bonds or obligations for one thousand
dollars with interest until paid.)
This offer on the part of the Govern
ment (the Editor) was in due course of
time accepted by its most loyal and pa
triOtic subjects (Smith and Jones).
Thousands of dollars were transferred
from Smith and Jones to the Govern
ment (the Editor). They, Smith and
Jones, receiving one Thousand dollars in
bonds for every four hundred dollars
given the Government. Now as there
is no difference between private debt
and a public one or between private
swindlers and public swindlers wo will
reverse the case and apply it to private
parties, still using the Editor of the In
telligeRcer aid Jones and Smith to illus
trate. We will suppose the Editor OF
the Intelligencer has been a special
friend and patron of Jones and Smith,
that by his friendship and patronage
they have amassed immense wealth, are
in affluent circumstances, while the Ed
itor of the MtelligeRcer has become en-
volved in difficulties that have smbar.
rassed him pecuniarily, and he wants to
negotiate a loan for some money. He
applies to his friends and wards, Jones
and Smith, whom he expects, from
favors extended to them, to respond to
his wants. He, and they know
ing full we'll that he is
perfectly solvent and responsible for all
he may want, but they seeing his en-
barrassed situation and knowing they
had him in their power to extOrt from
him, are deaf to his appeals, until he, in
his desperation, proposes to them
for every forty dollars they will
let him have he will give them his obi
cations for one hundred with interest
until paid. They, Jones and Smith, ac-
ceed to this proposition, and forthwith
let him have all the money he wants, re-
ceiving in return the Editors notes in
the proportion ofS10O to $40. Now then
suppose that after the Editor had got
out of his troubles he began to reflect
on what he had done, that he could now
clearly see that he had done very fool
ish thing that he had in his despera-
tion entailed upon himself and family
o debt that would impoverish them fol
generations to come, and that his wards
and friends had taken advantage of his
necessities and had extorted from him
in violation of all law and in violation
of Justice and humanity. That justice
to himseifa and family would now compel
him to protest against the full pay
ment of his notes or bonds. He there
fore appeals to the courts. A jury is
empanneled and sworn to decide the
case according to justice between man
and man, or according to common law,
if you please. What will be their YER
dicti Will they return from the jury
box and say that the Editor is a repudi-
ator, a scoundrel and swindler, OF
would they not return with a verdict
that Jones and Smith were endeavoring
to extort from their friend contrary to
law and humanity, and that they were
scoundrels and swindlersf think this
would be their verdict, and their ver'
dict would be applauded by all honest
and upright men, not excepting the
Editor of the Mtelligencer himself. II
the Editor would be justified in refu,
sing to pay his notes under the circum'
stances above named, so would the
Government be under like circum.
stances. If it would be considered
asury in a private case, it would also
be usury in applying it to the Govern
ment. If the payment should be resist
ed in one instance, it should also be
resisted in the other.
. A repudiator in private life is one
who fairly contracts debt and refuses
to pay it. So says the IRtelligencer
Will he be kind enough to tell me
when all eur banks, both public and
private, refused to pay their depositors
in gold for gold received by them on
deposit, but paid them in legal tender
(greenbacks,) were they, the banks
and bankers, repudistors, scoundrels
and swindlersi When our State and
corporations took advantage of the
legal tender act and paid all their in
debtedness they could (that was con
tracted for in gold) in greenbacks, die
they repudiate, and should they be call
ed sooundrels and swindlersf Ant
when perhaps nine-tenths of all those
that now cry out against repudlatlor
done the very same thing, paid of tst
debts in greenbscks that they had con
ltracted to pay in gold-and it may bt
the editor himself has. done so too
should they all be called rspudiators
scoundrels and swindiersi These ques
tions think are pertinent, and would
like to hear them answered.
GREENBACK.
/ Ono hundred and twenty-five thou
sand quarts of strawberries passed owe