The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1868-12-31
Che Tiffiu Tribaut.
NAsBY
NJ. NaibJ and bis friends discuss the
NeItage-tho financial POlicy or
the President particularly 10 ap-
proved at!the beginning, but

proved at.the beginning, but
PosT OTTiou, CoSTIDHRir I RoIDs,
(Which ia in the State Nv Kentucky
Dec. 5, ls6s.
The message wul reieered by ui Al the
Corners, en- mite hev bin expected, with rap.
cher. lis asloneshn how persistent A. john
con IL. How delitcnlly tnd reglerly hs
docs throw them old ideas ~ hissen NJ
Congress, and how shsmefully they hov got
into habit Nv treatin w ON Why, they
refoosed 10 hear bis message Whata pity
I "a 10 that one who he's so much faith In his.
self cant git any one else to heV any faith in
him When red nv the inhumsn ireet-
ment Congress gave him, ], esq Fedrsl offs
holder shed tears. A. johnson hcAnt
yooscd me Well--he her put me into place
uhsr lhcr Is skasely nothin to steal, but 80
long - ! hold a commishn | shel drop the
ofiihl tear At insults piled upon him. Poor
JOHNSON. Nc and Secretary Weles are the
only two who DO stand by him, oulesI We
mcleod John Quincy Adams, Jr., uich don't
count much "a he 10 only one-eighl Adams
anJhoW
Tn, hnsnshsl policy nv the President
struck us the most fsVorAbls Nv any part Nv
II. Troo, we dou' none Of us pay taxes, but
Baieom, Pennibaeker and NcPelier, who
hev dilItillerieS, aud who in addshn hold
ihe p0tishens Nv AtNior, Collector and
Whiiky Inspector know shat under the
butcher Grant, Wich is comm, thsrs'll be =
new deal, and that they'll hoV to pay
We're well pleased a. the ss, and the bal
lance Nv US liked II bscoI cf the Nsshnel
debt eint 10 be paid the tax on whisky kinbs
put At a still lover hggsr.
Indeed, 90 well pleased were We that We
isll It arits nd proper 10 call meetin 10 en-
! dous 10, Wlch Wun held al the church, ~
yooIunl presdin.
Rsscom inisrdooIed a rcsolooihen COM
mendn the hnsnihel policy Nv the PrsIi-
dent Wich Wo Uux a goin 10 pass when 10
our disgust Jse Biger ris. Bf tho cholera
wood DO quite sure TO take that cun, be.
lieVs the Corners wood DO uillin to take ils
chances Nv IT, But nothin will kill JoIeph.
No spoke eI follows;
al approvS Nv this rssolooihen, and hope
II mAJ pass yoonaaimusly. Debt nay fellow
cius,uI 10 a BoAcons,rikter uich cruShes all
who end themselves within It's folds. Debt
hes blited the underlined -- Debt hes bin my
rock ahead thro lie, aud Debt 10 KILN me
now. II Amt Debt exactly neither, wich
hurts ui-iEs the payln Nv Debts. Now A.
Johnson's policy scots me. Ho AkeI the
debt ulch bears interest, and Ia the most
simple manner possible, makes the interest
pay the principle. lie takes this Boa-con-
striker, puts itI tail in its mouth, and
makes II eat itself up. Sich finAnshel skill
hes bin skallSd by few aud surpassed by
none. ! move the passage nv the rCsoloo-
Ihen, and three cheers for A. Johnson.
The retolooshea WuH passed and the
cheers given with will, when Josef riu
Agin.
al heV one more remark to make" sed he.
"wAt ia rite in na,hnel matters Is ekally rite
70 apply to the matters Nv individooAlL |
approve Of the Presidents method Nv payn
debts, becox II shows me an escape from my
troubles heV a small piece Nv land onto
uich my esteemed friend BGscom holds
mortgage Tor money loaned me ten years
ago. hev paid interest onto that note
promptly for ten years, uich Mt ten per cent
amounts TO eG much ca tho principle. Now
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await In thunder. Nro you getiln at
spoke up BAscom, turnin white.
"The gentleman is cleorly out OF order"
replied Josef. "I heV the door. Will the
Chair perfect me in my rites or must per-
teot myselff
"To resoom. mite in Iustis demand Nv
Bmeom my note, heVin paid him In interest
moro than the principle amounts to. Blu,
lhel temper my juIIis with mercy. | forgive
him for takin the interest | heV paid him all
these weary years, and thel mako him this
proposition; Keep tho note till the inisle,,
amounts TO u much eE tho prinIlpls aud
then give il TO me, cancelled"
"Bui how about the money uioh lot 700
hsV 700 Iwindler."
"Hoviu't paid /. to 700 in the interest,
asked Josef
"well thsn--hou about the interest -
yelled BAscom, very much excited
"Why, hewitt paid II regerly, aud don't
psrpo'e to keep psyin II T. replied Joseph.
Akin anything bo lairsr, Yoo he'd better
take my propoIiIhen or | may possibly re-
poodiAIe altogether. The creditor class
muIu't bear too heavy onto the debtor clasI.
There mA limit beyond uich We won't be
drove"
To-wuntt there WuI excitement In the
house, Deacon PogrAm sWore that BAscom
Ihood give up note wich he held onto him,
aud lssaker GaVitt who was also In debt,
fell onto Bigler'i neck in delrium nv 10y
at this happy relsese from his troubles.
"ThAnt The Lord" sed the Deekin for
thus maxim my way casey"
And they all demanded Nv Bascom their
uotsI. One, Patrick, who nednt paid any
interest for sir years insistd on hsvin the
amount he hed'nt paid endorsed on the not
and becoS Basbom called him "d--d foole
he went for him, They clinched and III /
Cite become gcneral-the litsI we're put ou
and tho meeun broke up in confession,
This discussion didu't interest me hecox
Debt don't bother me. | her bin liviu on
an improvement on A. Johnson's idea all
my lie, viS don't pay neither interest
nor principal. kin therefore look at the
question calmly aud without preludis. |
must confess that Bsscom Wux not rite. He
ought TO praclis wat he preeeheL m the
Government hhel pay its debt with the inter.
est why shel not that suffrln sain, Dcekin
Pogram But men Amt AlluI willn to Ap.
ply great principles to their own cases. lrI
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