Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1868-10-29
Txg NEEDS or THE CANVASS.
BY HORACE GI,EEnY.

IHsf tlausandi men are probably
sasesking at not less than five tbou-
xzara public meetings held iii the
vrsiaus St:,tes, with intent to secure
sisseaection of Grant and Colfax. As a
Sefasan canvasser, I venture to submit
ssssnry younger brethren bearing on the
ssssz1actSof the canvass. 9s = 81
e Earnestncss is Indispensable
TIsgwgb men be amused, they are not
as,uyinccd by any but speakers of pro
fannds. intelligent convictions. No
s$Ssann can rise higher than its fountain
aaEd no man ever yet made lasting con-
uTtrta a cause that he had not thor
ameszfF at teart. gsis aFsaa sss-@ - ge9
IL Precision of Statement is most
tsassaalble y Lr,s,:. reckless statements.
ssusst though Substantially true, are in
.-aasskive. A speaker who makes one in
ssarrect assertion thereby destroys the
farre of oshers tllat are exactly true
uL The finances are a special object
ssesD snocr,tie assault and distortion.
faosy are h;lbitnallv exaggerating the
sszs amounted tie National Debt, the
anzzusa cost 81 supporting the Govern
rne1rt. and the burdens Of Federal Pax
szsiansl They s,snl be most effectively
ase&sat every paillt.by speakers familiar
with our recent financial, history, and
especially with Secretary McCulloch's
last ANNUAL II, port, Commissioner
Wells letter to Allison, and Mr.. Akin
saa's Worcester speech. The facts
tsEzt the Debt is at least Two Hundred
Millions less than it was three years
ssssa that Internal Taxes have mean
tiMe been reduced by more than fifty
.per cent that vast amounts have
nevertheless sheen paid out for War
Baunsies, State Chains, War Damages,
etc., etc. and that the Annual Expen-
tEitures have steadily and rapidly de-
creased from the hour in which the
sHsSeI armies surrendered, until they
were less than Two Hundred and Thir-
ty- MILLIONS III the last fiscal year,
whereof at least Eighty Millions were
paid for mastering out Bounties aud
sosl1er forms of National Debt, leaving
the current cost of the Government less
sthanr One Hundred Millions in coin,
which viii be largely reduced in the
vear which commenced with July last
such facts will do more to secure
esifes to Grant and Colfax than the
efaarest demonstrate that the Recon-
sfsaction Acts are wise, timely, and
just. 6 % aaa.s-ss ,aar s.isa se
Nv The Greenback dodge of pay
inga debt on interest by forcing the
eralitor to take instead a dislonored
premise, not drawing interest, may lie
usaztsIated with great profit. Every
csaseieaee bears instructive testimony
tkah.thi is naked fraud, And, while
the world is fnll of knayes, few of
tham ARE so reckless, so brazen,, as to
cfsaase TO stand forth public advo-
eshcssnd exposed. palpable knayes.
Flie fact that every Greenback was,
tss the express termsof thesLegal Ten
der net made fundable at the holders
dpsiOn In Five Twenties,. whereof the
interest was expressly payable in coin,
..sSxS kA.k III Al ,,,,,-s,,,,,, f.s..
sRsxts be collected in coin, and was
see apart to pay the interest aforesaid,
sid at least one per cent. per annum Of
fssrprineipal of the National Debt, ex
pose the Greenback swindle OF Pepdle-
tsrl g Co.. to the reprobation and scorn
ofaeveFy honest mind Push those
6ssss right into the public eye, and the
esassasainst the meditated fraud will
besigHal and eficacious. ~,
" The Rebel Chiefs have done an
excellent work for us. Their prema-
tsvs yell of exultation and vengeance,
s<sssH they ratified Seymour and Blair's
Itadrinatien, and supposed it certain to
sasceeed, has already given many votes
tssGfant and Colfax The speeches Of
HDweil Cobb, Wade Hampton. Toombs,
Fasae, ETC., after Seymonr's' Triumph
in Tananaany Hall, are yet unknown to
large sections of the voters. Let them
tbs rssd and understood, and the votes
as loyal men for the Democratic ticket
viii be fewer than they have ever yet
bssn- The outlaws have since been
sslaaaIsd to g roar you as gently as
'tasuss nightingale" but their early