The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-09-18

the letter and spirit of the contract.
Now, was gold the spirit and green
backs the letter or was greenbacks the
spirit and gold the letter. 1t was very
vague. Nothing of the kind. 1t was
intended as blind. He then referred
to Grant, and showed by the testimony
of Grant himself that he was not capa-
BILE of administering the Government.
Mr.. Clymer then concluded with a
beautiful and touching appeal to the
people to kill the Radical party with
paper bullets, in November next.
Judge William Lang addressed large
meeting of Germans in the German Ian
guage, which called forth bursts of ap-
planse, but as we are not versed in the
language, cannot give it report.
THE woRKINGMEN's MEETING
Was organized about half-past two
o'clock, at the stand erected in the
southwestern portion of the grounds, by
the election of the following named
gentlemen as officers:
PresideRt-N. Reister.
Tice Presidents-First ward, John F.
Baer; Second ward, J. G. Smith; Third
ward, Godfrey Bayha; Fourth ward,
Peter Hessanaur; Fifth ward, Edward
Weisgerber; Sixth ward, John McMor-
ris; Seventh ward, George Roberts;
Richie township, John Handlan; Tria-
delphia township, j. f. Smith; Rich
land township, Alex. Garden.
Secretaries-John Hall, George Hook,
+. A. Elbert, and John Rheinhart.
"Dick" Trevellack, the popular
michigan Mechanic" opened the meet
Ing in few pointed remarks, and then
announced that, as he was expected to
speak in the evening, he would give
way to General S. +. Carey, the Cincin-
natl Workingmen's Representative in
Congress.
General Carey came forward, and, af-
ter few Introductory remarks, said he
was, in every sense of the word, a rep
resentative ofthe workingnen. He glo-
ritied in being an exponent of the labor
ing classes. Many of the most promi-
nent men who figure in ancient history
were men who started out in life earn
ing their bread by the sweat
of the brow. Not only We're
conspicuous ancients laborlug men,
nearly all Americas great men were in
early life farmers and mechanics. He
was proud to say that Washington,
Franklin, Jackson, Webster, Clay, were
all workingmen;-men raised and edu-
Gated to labor, either on the farm or in
the workshop. The country to-day
must look to workingmen for salvation;
the hard-fsted laborer; and not the lazy
bondholder, will be the person to look
to. We often hear sympathy expressed
for the poor sewing girls and others
who labor for living; we should do
better if we pitied those who lived in
furnished parlors and were fit only for
discussion at dinner tables or talks
upon the fashions. l see before me
many who, bat yet middle.aged, are
older than MethuselaE; they have seen
moro in their day than did Methuselah.
We live in an age of mprovement-a
fast age; improvements have been made
in machinery, as well as everything
else hold in my hand nails made ON
a machine drawn through yourselves TO-
day. The improvements made in ma
chinery have conferred vast benefits to
the workiugman.
We have had conflict in our coun-
try which has done away with involun-
tary labor; such was the Providence of
God slavery may have been permitted
to exist in America to enable our people
to see the difference between slave Ia
Dor and voluntary labor.
/ am the first and .nly man ever sent
to Congress as representative of the
workingmen. advocated the eight
hour law because believed it was due
to the class represent. | am opposed
to unnecessary taxation upon labor or
anything else. We are told the poor
workingman does not pay any tax, as
his income does not amount TO one
thousand dollars; why, the poor
man is taxed upon every thing
he eats, wears or drinks; the man
who has his all invested in bonds pays
not one cent tax. the poor soldier who
perilled his life In the field is subject to
endless taxation. AS friend of the
bondholders he opposed the funding
bill; We must pay every cent of the
Government debt, the interest, but not
the principal, in gold let them have
the pound of flesh, but not one drop of
blood; the people will pay the debt in
lawful money, when not expressly pay
able otherwise, and the interest in geld,
but if laws are passed to compel gold
for debt and interest, the bond
holder may lose bis all.
A citizen of Ohio, before the war,
loaned neighboE twenty thousand dol
lars; the war came on, and payment was
deferred; a short time since the debtor
to the creditor his readiness
to settle up" he proposed to pay in
greenbacks, and compelled his creditor
to accede to the proposition. The bond.
holder don't want money, oh, no, he
only asks three dollars for one and the
interest in gold. What is money! Any
thing that is declared legal tender is
money. If greenbacks had been made
legal tender for all duties and all debts,
we would see the gold speculars cleared
out of their dens in New York quicker
than Christ cleared the money-changers
out of the temple.
Why should greenbacks be money for
a soldier and not for the bondholder 7
Why was it last week that the MANNED
soldier when he came for his pension
received greenbacks and from the same
counter the bondholder received gold
for his payi Some say am a repudia-
tor; must say that may some day be
compelled to admit that am. l am
free to say that the government debt
never ought to be; never should and
never will be paid in gold. 1t is as
much as the income of the country will
do to pay the interest of the debt; hence
it is nothing but folly to talk Of paying
the whole thing in gold.
The men at Washington who manage
the finances of the country are too
nearly related to the spectators of
Wall street to give the labor interest OF
the country fair show. We are told
that the reason gold is higher to-day