The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1868-10-02
NO. IS.

'ha' there would be Go difference between
gold mud greeabseks. and this question
you'd, therefore. be of no further imDorisce.
But noa. tho, The question 10 TO he a,-i we
save net -, iarely aud squsrely. The in.
terpretalion which the Rrdclls rive the
words letter srd spirit in The Wps, sd
hHsifeminds me ~ man v ho had lottery
ticket numbered %. He found iha, No. 6s
ma drnwn przs: but on presenting i, 10
The lottery agent, 'ha, person iurred !, u osids
Gown and read il 80. 50 the R,tc, plat.
form IL sixiy-six out West snd ni.e,y nine
down East. Now lhis same Radicsl Con.
sress. whose 'rresentaiises in n York
'eiiyou they want, pay these borls in GOLD.
refused, dnFing the last session oi Congress,
70 pass a bill legsizing a gold cprtract -
They would no! reccgnz. sny distinction,
and woud noi provide by law rha, mes
-hould make any contracts in gold Now.
what IS tais whole gold and ereenback Gues.
any wisdom and ECONOMY in the sdminstra.
ton Of The sfi',irs OF taer Government, The
question would not have risen, bec,u-e cold
aud greenbacks would have been The par:
but the theory Of the issue Of the green.
backs and OF the act making them legal
tender, as TINT they wese rs good a. gold.
and II That bad noi been presume 10 be the
ease Congress would never have forced them
upon the people as lsgaLiendet. The
law providing ;or the issue Of the fge,wen,y
aohd- provides that they shall run tor twenty
wears, with ih- p isl!ege on the part OF he
Government 10 redeem them any time sncr
y he lapse OF five years. snJ that the inter.
:, should be paid in gold. II aso,psoyides
Inst greenbacks should be lspai.tender for
nli debts, public and private. except on du.
'ics md 'he interest on The pubic debit
That Is simple staismen, OF the law. aud
fhe question 10 dav comes before the Amer
lean people that Tie law shall be construed
agiinst lis letter and is spirit in the inter.
est OF The men who hold Inc bonds. Nv
irirncs, il / thought the docIrIue udyocs.
I'D here 10 nlgat YVES going 10 iijnre the
credit OF the country at home or abroad
would not advocate; il but every nsn hers
knows, and every Intelligent, man through.
ou, the country knows. thai This Govern.
ment canrot md never viii pay Tie princ.
pal o! these bonds il gold il worth as much
more than creenbecks. as IL is 10 DIV. IL
'hi- government, canno, make i's greenbscks
worth more than seventy cents on me dollar
il eannot pay these tonds 10 gold, there is
no use 10 shutting your eyes 10 ,ha, 'sc,.
The country wants stalesr M. Tho
day Of The sword is passed. An incident
occnrred 81 the meeting Of ihe National
Convention which was on omen. That
grand hail wi here The Convention met was
toll Of patriotic men. Upon its walls were
placed the shields Of thirty seven Siotes,
md around each shield was the Amerisan
lag. Upon the platform stood two brorz,
s,stuet'es Of noble soldiers, one leaning Op.
IN great bronzs sword. The Conve a,iop
rad been in session for several days. ballot
,ad taken place. Fret one was up md ,hen
mother, and al last gallant General, " hose
ltme has never been mentioned anyw here
ave with resrec,--I mean Genera Han.
,ock. No man knew whether on the next
'allot he was or was not 10 be chosen.-
Everything was uncertain, when suddenly
he great broIzs sword in the hand Of tho
'obe statue snapped asunder at the hili.-
! was no, touched by mortal hanGs--no bu.
nan agency broke ii. Some mysterious, In.
liable and irresistible power snapped il at
he hill, and the word wen, forth that Tho
onn'ry was hence forlh 10 have statesman
nd not soldier Tor leader. fTremebd.
us cheering.1
The Radical National Group. ini