Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-03-26
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OgiEssEEON.

t.si,c. Introduced into their platforms
.,is.,t in favor or paying the puhic debt
-srrks. 50 far az the republican
o-s.s.. ,,ioos il these States are concerned
,....s committed - the financial policy
800, pcac.sssn. which has tbs cor-
- ssy 4 Of the Western Democracy,
Ill 80 believe tho masses Of ths party
generally. The question arises whether
,hsgsuuD'icans Of Ohio and Indiana are
.,net-e IN thsir avowal in regard 10 the
,,,.-,n which the $50 bonds shall be
,.,a ana as to the obligation Of the
government thereto; or whebe their &C
Aim vas not merely an attempt TO appro-
pirate the popularity Of the measure 70
promote their party ends
0nly lev days ago the qscstion was
uu ID the lower branch Of Congress, ior
discussion. The telegraph reports Mr..
H.a,r OF Mic ican as opposing tho pay
sesl 81 ne debt ia greenbacks, and declar-
-tbAs ',n.swAs no; tbs time to consider
,4.ga.e,.t W ne priAc1qal In reply
tsttsf,mafk of Mr. Nback that the re-
r.hi .aa conventions a chic and Indiana
"A toalsa tie greeDhack policy, Mr.
n4r..r ts,i hc did 10, understand they
t.4d sas IN. hul onls spl roXmsted 10 il.
ls. III. lntsod that these Republican
taatt.tianN ha "slmply made All unmaniy
ens.ai'ou of partisan tcarfulness
eseAri ,t, bDi "whenevcr the question
lame up IA lie House, however, the Demo-
cr.ts members had, nine out Of ten, voted
~ the payment of tbs, debt in g-senbacks,
-bi's the republican m .mbers had taken
,hc opposite side" After this discussion
q luFlns it, the Telegraph does not report
any 81 the republican members from Ohio
VI Indiana, vinjicating the action OF their
State Conventions upon the measure.
Those Conventions also adopted resolutions
''shat all property should bear just pro.
portion OF lie burdens Of taxation" which
would, % course, include boads. In the
canvas Of Ohio Iasttall, Ben Wade, prssi-
den, Pr, fsn of tho Senate, and whom the
radicals intend TO make President BY Gust
Ing Johnson, thus expressed himself upon
he question Of taxing bonds:
Vow. they talk Of taxing those bonds
When man talks that way, look him in
the face and you lock in the face Of pen
l,en,isry bird. would not trust such
man an my sheep pasture after dark. Non,
but q Democratic dsmagogus would hav,
tHs IN nvnnaas anrh n thinur
So. then, according 10 Wade. mono bu.
Democratic dsmagogus wonld have tn,
face to make proposition in regard l.
taxing tbs bonds. aud the man that talk
that wa CARLOS tho facs OF a"psnitentiar
bird This 10 . rather severe r.nscto
from 50 high a source upon the R,publ
cans wins recently met in convention II
Ohio AMI Indiana. and declared IN favor Of
that denagosuc proposition - tax ID
bonds
There are other evidences 10 show the il.
sincerity OF the Republicans in de .lariu. IL
favor OF N, greeabacA p,licy. Soon afie,
Conerss hae asscmhlei IN its present ses
son. S..nAt9r + inaals, Of velm mt. Of
iered sresp.utln1 piedgns the faith oil thu
.osernment 4, re .eein all The bonds Of the
Unazi 5 as Ia c,in Senator lIondrick,
offered Substitute for this proposition, n
follows:
"rha, the pabilc debt of the United
States, except VIII re the law provides to
the paymen OF csin, shall lie paid and no
deem Il N tho law,u money of the tnite'
States, and tia faith OF the United State
st.ads pledged accordingly
Here WAS irec, issue presented to th,
Senate. aad whist was the resul,s Jus
what Mr. BAR, Of tho House, said was tn
policy Of ths Republicans in Congress, op
pcsi,ion T. the payment OF the debt il
greeabacks Tho prop ,sition of Mr. Hen
drcss was voted down. and that OF Mr.. + l.
mands an ped, plrdsius the faith Of I'll,
1asernmsut 10 the pay mcnt If the .ntir,
ma.iirl, shc evidence III was necessary
ss8N that thrre is no intention on the part
. t.e Republican party t. carry out tilt
Gsstnas 3 policy, and chat the declarations
an isvot vi . ~ tn, Republicans ii those
sotc - The antsy IN which the policy
Is popular, is only cheat and swindle,
pAt fartt far the single parpose D. holding
tie Republicans inside of the organization
We favor the doctrine. Aud the Rspuhli-
cas- Nh' believes that the grsenback policy
Is right AMI desires it to be carried cut, will
te fooled out II his vote at the next fall
eeci'ons, il he volcs for Republican candi-
dates wih the expectation that il elected
tey will stand up Ia tho doctrine If pay
ing the hve-iweniy bonds in the lawful
money of the United States No matter
what may he tscir professions, there is no
intention on the part Of the Republican
leaders 10 admit that policy.
REPUTATION.
Correspondence of the DgxccnAr
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