The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1868-09-17

EDITOR PIONEER In the Gettvs-
burg 'Star and Sentinel ofaSept
appears the following, prepared un.
doubtebly, by Mr.. Mcpherson Clerk
of the United States House Of Rep
resentatives, and therefore entirely
reliable, which I send you for a
place in the Pioneer, and heartily
wish it might appear in every Union
paper in the United States.
"Gold for the Bondholdef &c" so
far, as / can learn in any seclusion,
|lis the great Copperhead cry in every
speech they make, yet they cowardly
charge the Radicals Us having done
this great wrong" to the people re-
gardless of the facts. 60. 49, -.
Even Noble, Cox, Vallandigham
and Pendldton voted ''gold for the
Bondh older! By giving the article
place in your paper, you will place a
ready weaponlin the hands Of every
reader of the Pioneer, the mere ap-
pearance ofIMhich should bring
shame to tho cheeks of the most
hardened sinners in the Copperhead
ranks, and we should think would
fully satisfy probationers,, who as
yet have only reached the tail
e-nld-e Of the county committees or
voted at The primary election
Brink. .ses ....,t. "+l.f. -
Sc 'One Currency tor alr--C Copper-
head Votes Responsible for our
not having it. ,as ulaaaa a..fq.
o"'Ihe county has been flooded
the last week, with some documents
under the frank of,Hon. B. M. Boyer
copperhead M. C.,'the burthen which
is that the u S. bondholder gets the
interest on his bond in gold r't4
AissWe know good many Copper
headsl-some ofthem candidates on
Copperhead County ticket, Others
County ofiicers-who probably don't
object to this, though their party
holds itout as u republican offence.
"We have examined, and found
the names of theiCpersons whose
votes settle that policy. Let us see
Who they are. illi5.s1i si.- -3it
j'"Febuary 6, 1866, the House of Rep
resentatives, at Washington, passed
a bill authorizing S15O,0OO,OOO OF
Treasury notes, and making them
a ''legal tender" for all debts and
demands dueto the U. S., for all
salaries, &C., due from the U. S.,
and for all debts public and private
within the United States. This bill
passed-yeas 93,- nays SO. But six
Democrats voted aye, the rest nay.
'FIaa the bill become a law in
that shape, there would have been
but one currency for all.
The bill went to the Senate, where
it was Amended SO as,to mske these
notes a legal tender for all demands
due to and from the U.!iS. "eXcept
fof' interest upon obonds and notes
which shall be pait''iu coin!' y,9.e
II .'Febuary 90, the House voted on
toncurring in this amendment MAX
ing iHSefes payable in coin, and it
was eoiieurred in yeas SO, nays So.
But two Demo voted nay. Jos.
Baily Of Pennsylvania, and Thomas
M. Noell Of Missouri, both of VIII, I'm
were war men. Every other Demo-
crat present, voted to concur in the
Senate's amendment, and to make
the interestpayable in coin. rtsyA
The Pennsylvania Democrats who
50 voted, iAneohai Of Berks, BiddEe
Of Philadelphia, Joengon fsNor-
thanpton Lehman Of Philadelphia,
and Wright of Luzerne. i1Ha ,e'f.oi
;. "There were As affirmative Dem
ocratfc' and 43 Republican votes.
The majority was but 49, SO p Had the
Democracy divided or nearly so, the
proposition would: have been de-
feated,y and the opposite policy a
dopted.' But they went solid for the
gold interest, and 1t prevailed. aa-: !
SNOW their party is raising a cry
about it's injustice, afteri their Con
gressmen cast the decisive votes, by
which twas adopted! Gould dis
honesty further go? . @i'" 's>~.,e'li
s'Hold them to this record. What
ever Of unfairness exists, is their
fault. But it is too late to change
it-after the contract has been made.
This vote was upon concurring in
a Senate amendment to the illegal
Tender Act, by which greenbacks
were not to be tender. for interest
on us. Bonds, which, it was pro
vided, should be paid on gold. The
issue was direct, upon this single
question. The Republican vote was
divided-43 being in favor and SIS
against. The 45 Democrats voted
for it, and carried it. Had they di-
yided equally, the measure would
have. been defeated, and all these
years there would have been but
"ole currency for all. - 60. -
",Among the Republicans who
voted against this. amendment Of the
Senate, and in favor of making
greenbacks a illegal tender for all
purposes were Babbit, S. S. Blair,
Campbell Davis, Hale, Hickman,
Killinger, Mcpherson, Stevens, Yer
Tree. Moorhead and Wallace of Penn.
sylvania; Bingham, Blake, Harrison
and Worcester of Ohio; Alley, Fen
ton, Hooper, Dawes, Spaulding, O
New York, and Julian, Maynard
Shanks,I Sloan, Trowbridge, White
and Wilson, of Western States.
eff any evils have followed the
establishment Of the existing coir
interest, the responsibility belong:
to those'forty-five Democrats, who's
solid vote settled the question, aid
ing therein a minority of the Repub