Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1868-06-13
The Nation on General Garfield.

1u0 NdIlUu uu Oeu0lda OdluO1us
In the New York "Nat0n," of May I'd, we
find the subjoined allusion to the late able
speech of Hon. J. A Garfield, on the finance.
The Nation, which is regarded one of the ablest
papers in the country, concurs in the main
with Mr. Garfield, and regards his arguments
as sound and tenable The Nation says;
"Mr Garfield, of Ohio, made ON Fri
day last, a speech on the financial situa-
ton which is very much too good to be
allowed to be buried in the columns of
the Congressional Globe. The Boston
Loyal Publication Society, which is de-
voting itself now to financial questions,
ought to rescue it and spread it broad
cast over the country. We do not re-
member to have often seen a better speci-
men of clear statesment or OF happy
illustration, and nobody who has yet
spoken or written on this subject, as far
as our knowled,,e goes, has shown fir
mcr grasp of sound principles. He ar
gued strongly in favor OF a settled poll
CIV of some kind as the first step towards
a resolution of the currency to sound
basis, and drew attention to bill in
troduced by himself in February, provi-
ding for the gradual redemption of legal
tender notes in gold, beginning Decem-
Der l, at the rate of one dollar and thir-
ty cents in paper for one dollar in spe-
els, and gradually declining at the rate ofs
cent a month to par in juno, 1871. The
bill is, however, his weak point, for we
do not well see why anybody should
surrender his bill at 80 per cent dis
count, when by waiting few months
he can sell them at par. Most of Mr.
Garfeld's doctrines have been from time
to time supported in these columns, and
they are, Of co urse, in the main old ones,
but they are the result of human ex-
perience tested by human reason and
his constant expressions of respect for
these two. great factors of politics, and
the attention with which he was listened
to, give fresh reason for believing that
we are fast approaching the close of the
War-Horse regime, and that the age of
practical and instructed statesmen is at
hand" -. ..... ....-..
The La Crosse Democrat, the exponent
of the true Democratic faith and policy,
assaults the Methodist Church, and its
General Conference, in language that
has not been surpassed in vileness.-
"There never was convened on this con-
tinent so fanatical, ignorant, obstreperous
mob of renegade whites" 1t denonn-
ces its Ministers as ''lazy vagabonds
who prowl through the land and exc
out worthless existence by dissemina-
ting the seeds of niger Methodism;"
and it winds up the TRADE with the fol-
lowing disgusting rabaldry: . ...a
Guard well the back door of your GIN
mills, oh ye dispensers of benzine, for the
throats that are enveloped in white cho-
kers are often athirst. 'H" h'.st, t..'
Look well to your four footed beasts,
We that keep livery stables, for horse
flesh hath ever a powerful attraction for
the Methodist deacon!
Mount a two-barrel gun within range
of your clothes line, oh, We that have
much raiment, for oolporteurs have a
weakness for square-tailed shirts and en-
broidered underclothes. ru s3' 90.
Place none but tried men on guard at
night, oh, ye who set up free lunches
for your patrons, for the hymn squawk-
ers do go for all things which are free.
Guard well your watch tower, oh, ye
publicans of high and low degrre, tor in
beating landlords a Methodist circuit-ri.
der can double discount the "oldest in
habitant." SAX --'
And, oh, ye unsuspecting Methodist
brethren of Chicago, hearken to our
warning, and go mighty slow on yonr
itinerant brethren from the country, for
they will reneague on yeu the first deal.
Brethren, let as pray. - =" '',--
This is from the Demoratic organ hav-
ing the largest circulation by far of all
the Democratic papers in the United
States. ~.
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