Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1868-07-23

the faith which we hold, ag.one mai
seeks to level up, not leyel'd
1t means that the sterling coin slia
ring again OH the counter of Oh
tradesman, glitter in the palm 4
the laborer and gladden. the heal
of the wounded soldier. Our friend
forget the force Of their own argu
: Iment When they show how th
debt will be paid and taxation light
tined by Economy and honesty, the,
also show how our paper none,
will be made good as gold I'll,
downward course ofmen in poweI
admits Of traliicking in the power o
1.-THE country. They can sink it t.
the point that the payment Of thc
debt will be an easy matter, but viii
be at the n cost of the honor, tht
peace and welfare of our land
While, therefore, we may differ as
to the construction of the contract
with the public creditor, we must
not confound the position of those
who think it right to pay in paper,
but who battle to make that paper
as good as goldfWith the position
of those who mean npt,onlY to pay
in paper, but who are also DESTROY
ing the value Of the paper That is
reputation. We are not trying to
give paper to the bondholders, but
gold and silver to the people,
There is nothing to fear from those
who think by the contract you sho'd
take the paper, If they take a course
which will make that paper good as
gold. Thereris Everything to fear
from those who are driving ON to
bankruptcy, and it matters not what
their professions may be, .a.E su1
I deem Tiny duty to speak frank
ly on the subject of the debt, We
owe it to our friends mother States
to let them know our position, so
that we may not fall into the fatal
error of making sectional questions
o part of our national platform. =
They would with Justice repFoach
us il we suffered them to hinder us
in our battle in this great State,
which must be won, or ourcountfy
is lost. We have issues enough
with the party in pOWerupon which
we think as one man, TO overwhelm
it with disgrace and defeat, We
must not distract our c6unsels with
questions, however important they
may be, upon which there is so
much doubt, and which cannot be
in many years to come. We
must not thus turn away the public
mind from the dangers whiclfthreat9
en- the immediate destruction of the
iabrlc of our government and the
l!1eflles OF our people Even now
the hand OF usurpation is stretched
OUT 70 ROD v. OF our rights, and it
must be struck down first Of ALL
w hateVer our views may be, the
payment OF this debt wiil'iall upon
Iile lHVllre' 10 what we may, q
5s;iI elay,G1 ~ .'."' ~, wlii ., Golile aLIe[ us
to ything thot wa ma sav Tha
industry of o,,r Iand 10
sntfa arin gs anJ Ia6or Gemo.nd my tbot 'ot
fbe IoaJ Of tavotion shaII %a EoLt 0I'
,nad Uou c,,a' ~ 49, ~ w s. So,
liscnos tho onoetion NH hh ,I I;l,ina rY"
Iben IF IN tbo moonvbiia % ons
,onntry i yo,j goi.arn ] ~ ~ if tbarn Hp
i oSonon,v ii t5o ronJnct ofG;ts Yft (
,ffairs and tha ,iabts and EhortiSS
,f onr nponIa sholl ba TT6innSirad 4
,,,r ,3oI,nI6tion T;1I 10 ;rdnsnS ~
from tLirIv,fvo 70 frtv milj6n9, 4
1nr weaItb will beomore tban Jnnb.
od Thon tLis doht viii ra.4 100
ioht,y mon arootor nnmhors and |
,7d 9JvnT 'nrootor ri ,,9ooIth tbanlit n'.osaas
.o.dsv nnon tba denressed indns5
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The following is an extract from
he speech of Hon. Horatio Sey-
nour at the Cooper Institute, June
rs, lS6S:. a'.n aun .eHH n
But the most offensive distinction
3 that Of having two kinds of cur
good money for the bond
lolder, and bad money for the la
lorer, the pensioner and the busi-
less man. Every paper dollar now
)ut out is a government falsehood,
or it claims to be worth more than
is real value, and it goes about the
country defrauding the laborer, the
,ensioner, the mechanic and the
armer. An indignant chief ofone
if the tribes from whom we bought
and at an early day by a pledge of
noneyed annuity, said this goVerns
nent was a cheat. 1t gotlandfrom
he Indians NV PROMISING them so I