New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-10-30
OF honor ard honesty

ar less all he question
fact the debt is to be paid and the form Of its pay
ment ought to have been the subject OF discussion
burden Of It's debt by present payment thecomes OF the
last Importance settle at and forever that is to
SS Ter Of Soabt vii he to the ~
the c 90 T p Pan eSSSSs nSihSg @css nSp in
is probable consequences TO me commercial aiIS ana
lug thus question 10 10 the football OF delnagogus IN the
partisan Struggles of our politics. Reputation VIII then
hang Ike Alpine avalanche, ready to be loosed
Wv vibration u the air. to crush common ruin the
basiness the credit and the country Need
Iegardto tins question: Our debt was made crash
the Rebellion OF eleven States Can We suppose they
viii rearR Tith any love Tor the lnstfuMentaliues
with which We suodaed them With tGelr
pOyershing losses Of tho thcmstung with the
manageable consequences Of ter crime, many OF which
States onoe in power will be too willing 20 relieve them
1hsf lave we not To- dIead in TIM Vorbs W6at think
you, wonld he seymours, the PendetOns, The Valan
1shaps, the friGSs' ana the BlaiFs RESPOND 10 ene
democracy. and what the fierce masses led by your
Woods your brookses and your Brick Pomefo}s i
'Rebel yeI ~ rfpndIaton even in this emporium Of
commerce would awaken. With the course OF these men
and their party npromsing seirepudIalon 3y g ,i
conduct Will be ~ absolute ispudauCm rvvcr de-
Inanded by il States of the union But ~ fopuq I
zion never actually the terrible TACT that ~ i
rroucing In the juggling politics IKE ges d nd dis
will hold securities perpetual dlsceut wv i, vi
over the world that debt may be d'onoeu thas pun
credit TO shame even by the side OF wS Th
nrs step repeat IL establish at once and forever
mat 3 Nat DEBT rs 70 o. h P ncY Certanly not by
party platforms Certainly not by the pledges OF eane
Ihese are ephenera and often delnsye There Is but
mode BY ieh we can upIt our Naons aeCs aSSo
lutte nHriy, aud that As by establishing forever tnd
states That amendment declares that the validity OF
the public debt of tile United states authorized oy law
SouSte FOR services in suppressing instruction rebel
lion shall questioned" Herein, then, is clear the
But the estaGishment Of this amendment hangs
altogether upon the UNFOLDING OF the KSeSnsnct tSa
amendment fas with them for upon the validity OF ITS
ton OF its Adoption Nothing has been done that makes
that amendment part Of the Constitution. IL recon-
strucon Upon the validity Of Congressional
reconstruction parties at issue. The Republican
party and its candidates affirm its validity the Demo
Srstc party aud its candidates deny IT, and declare the
Reconstruction acts Of Congress to be 9snrpaons anu
SSe Of the Prden yOT will scs that he
this question of the constitutlonay OF tae re-
Foiows in tie Presidential footsteps. The Democracy
every where, North and South disiirm ard denounce
overthrow IL forever The election OF Cen Grant viii
affirm and establish II forever f9I WIN nun VIM
TonsitutoIs roned Justice and loyalty, will resume
sSF % to oE be- pneed the ao Of up5Odas Or
cverhSwng validity Of the public debt is thus IN the
hands of the people They set IN the CODSt
b. stand like great rock in weary land TO shelter
the Justice and honor o. tue haon o. nssY STRIFE But
pur national credit and the ultimate payment OF tue
s S tSe maintenance Of the RecohsfScton acts Let
them end the governments they have created De over
fhe sumption Rebel debt This no idle fancy
ne southern press are urging II Ie sss IN inc the
Sory fret things will ask will be the Assumption OF inc
y tSe fourteenth Article But the Democracy
deny that this amendment has been legally adopted
ghs may be SAID. the result OF the promise 10 lump
fon aud is made as a guarantee Of their good faith
That debt is not less than y Can e oEsO,e
sumption by CODgressi And n there were no party
terrible temptations will be subjected
when rs assumption can be made 70 yield ndiI1dnsi
payment for enancpated slaves The belief is strong
and almost universal the late savehodere that IN
The future payment will be made. Such claims have
money now and bought and sold at speculative
rates L will not 20 through the argument upon which
those claims will he urged The very agitation OF these
things and the possibility OF success VII shake our ma
fiona credit The aggregate OF the keDel ae9 ana OF
claims for slaves IS more than four thousand nniOs
Ibem chained now il stand by reconstruction aud the
amendment Ii suffer the Democracy TO tear them
and the bonds OF iDquy" present to you the duty 10
NnhOd the Reconstruction acts OF Congress anu tne
amendment known the Fourteenth Article OF the Con
suton. which depends upon them as one iing az tne
foundations public credit Do this ana you settle Tor
ever ihs fact that the Federal debt TO DO qnes
aunedH and you shut OF forever the possibility OF
the assumpt of the Rebel debt DO this, ana the
agitation OF claims for emancpaed slaves Is forever
sonccd. Had We Bot night to demand these g9aisn
az the hands Of the KeDelst We yleId uS VI
tie past security for the future We must have We
rdD
must raise above the hand OF treachery or rev
might pursue this commercial view OF te importance o
Congress by showing the vast Dement'S tha are
Cow to commerce from the establishment % lies aoi
~ the south. aud the opening OF Those states 10 t9
nutorpFise and capital OF the North-resuits when
believes the election Of Grant viii seeure-but pause
with their simple suggestion Next 10 the permanent
Adjustment by authority Of the Constitution that our
debt shall never be Questioned Is the question now
shall the debt be pads TO tho ingenious minds of
1or such minds admit the idea that the COnst
recognizes this power to nay one promise % the
I.
IL the misfortune OF the Democratic party hal seen
abe 70 rise 10 inst estimate .o6s II tIs Sr
lcxt OF present advantage which appeals 70 the solld
SoTp 10 that Illuminating standard So now 81 seeks by
exciting popular prejudice against the national creditors
blight and dshonor credit OF the nation. We need no
higher illustration OF THIS than the position Of HSIaiS
snegrty the platform OF party That party mas eu US
down 10 the dshOnOr but there. thank God tho
pCope have paused and horror from the leap
aud tarnng upon the architects OF ruiD have plunged
chem headOng into the abyss In the history OF Athens
n Ia recorded that Theinstoces declared IN the
public assembly that he had devised measure OF great
advantage 10 the people, but which, from lts nature
.ould not DO made public. He ordered 10 disclose
u TO Afistdes ana that just man reported that Hhe
Sothins conid be more unjust With a subiIny Of self
denial the people rejected the scheme without even ask
centuries history sounding that glory Of Athens and
The fame OF Arstides the Just shall there be lower
lcan bd Democratie parties are directly nv Issue ~ 70
CHE mote OF paying tue nscna aep ne tnlrsSny If
che world we denounce all forms VI Republication "a
mont - the public Indebtedness IN tho uermost good
faith 10 ali creditors nj home and abroad not only aceyru
wss Contracted That il the language OF Ropnbn
PLATFORM The Democratic Party declares that tno
fscks rTha language Of its h where tho obga
tons do not expressly state upon their
provide that they snail be paid In coin, they ought 10
tght e be raid ~ the asf@ money u e ssG
iender currency known 10 us rs eenbaeks Let US see