The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-03-05
"REPUDLAT ION AT THE VEST"

"REPUDLA TON AT THE WEST:"
Under this caption the Springfield
Mass Republican, of the 21st ult., con-
tains an article which will be admired for
Its candor, if not 70, the sentiments it con-
tains. 1t says that "there is good reason
"to believe that the strength of the But
ler-Pendleton school of reputation f.
"nanciers at the West has been largely ov-
"er-estimated, particularly in the re-
"publican party. Wherever the de-
mand has been the loudest that the ma
4" tional debt should be paid in paper, 1t
"hss been the voice of a noisy politician
"that has spoken, and not that of the in
" fuential or responsible men or journals
"of the party" The Republican will
dad, to its sorrow, that it has had no "gOod
reason to believe" that the doctrine Of
paying tbs bonds in greenbacks, has, so
far as the democracy are Concerned, been
over-estimated in the West. The success
Of this policy has not only not been over
estimated, but it has been vastly under
estimated by eastern bondholders and their
defenders, as any one at all conversant
with the spirit and temper of the western
press and people will testify.
30 far as the latter clause of the above
extract is concerned, We are Indifferent.
The defence of radicalism, in its devious
paths. its utter foulness, its grinding tyr
fanny, murder and rapine, is not our pur-
pose but that our readers may know to
whom the Republican refers, we quote the
4th resolution adopted by the republican
state convention held at Indianapolis on
the goth of last month:
A. The public debt made necessary by
The rebellion should be honestly paid, ard
oil the bonds issued therefor should BE-
paid in legal-tenders. commonly called
greenbscks, except where, by their ex-
press terms, they provide otherwise, and
paid in such quantities as will make the
circulation commensurate with the com.
mercial wants of the country, and SO as to
avoid too great imitation of the currency,
and an increase in the price of gold.
The doctrine Of reputation" as the
Republican is pleased to term it, is en-
phatically doctrine of the people, and
notwithstanding the wrathy Examinations
of psalm-singing New England bondhold.
srs, it will effectually withstand both criti-
cism and satire. The "nation's faith has
been pledged" cry the money-lenders
BY whom has it been pledged? BY Jay
Cook & Co, the authorized bond agents of
the government; and in pledging the
" faith " aforesaid, these gentlemen have,
in the last four or five years, Melted the
comfortable sum of sl5,O0O,OOO! Not
content with thus robbing the people. these
Shylocks expect them to come forward
and pay the pound of flesh" stipulated
In the contract, and also to cheerfully de.
liver up their very life-blood, because, for
sooth, these worthless have promised that
it shall be so.
How will our Indiana radicals make the
financial plank of their platform tally
with their expressed preference for Grant
as their candidate for the presidency? The
Republicans gives the true reason why rad
icals should support Grant, when it says,
the strength and aggressive energy of
"ths republican party is chiefly conferred
"at the West, and it is encouraging to
"see the signs that it will come up gladly
"and unitedly to the support of Gen.
"Grant, even if there were no other rea-
I" son, than that he is 6ondholder's can
"diaate.'" There has never been doubt
a. to the character Of Grants hackers.
He is the bond-holder's candidate" and
anything that "noisy politicians may
say to the contrary will not alter the fact.
This being the case, the pleasing cquestri-
an performance is here presented, of the
radical olack-and-tan mouse colorcd patri-
cts of Indiana riding, at the same time,
their famous bond-holder's" horse, u.
Souptereen ( Grant, and the democratic
steod, "Repudiation" --so-called. Their
success, in this undertaking, will probably
equal that of the man who attempted to
ride in two boats and was drowned between
the two Radicalism has undertaken the