The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1868-08-28
General Cary on the Greenback Question


Thousand persons 10 the Sixth street marker
space. From his able speech we make the
following, extracts, wherein he discusses
he financial qpestiop. which so affects our
people at present:
We advocate the revision OF cur fnancio!
policy go as 10 secure to sbor its just share
of the earnings. This involved the neces.
sity Of e change in cur monetary system;
aud hence we insist ihat We snail have but
that money issued by The sovereign power
o. the National. [Cries Of "good."l We
want good money that every body, the rich
snd the poor. the bondhoider and The laborer
may have the same kind Of money. This,
NV coun'rymen. / very early presented to
Congress in nn elaborate argument 10 favor
OF The greenbark 'heory-so early as ihe
7lh Of January, litt.e more Than month
after was sworn in. inmadis,e y. there
fort. proposed bill embodying these great
principles. The bin wss referred 10 the
Con miliee Of the Whole.
That his proposition which advocated
did not 2aes il no isuit of mine. | worked
Tor it's ompiishmeDr. and shall continue
TO work uniil the fourth OF March next, ant
iii you re.eec, rae l shali conrinve in The
same wsy. Great applause Now my
country men. let US look at This TOR one mo
ment. We have inquired an immense deb
10y the war: ard We have 10 supper, ,ht
! crippled soldiers aud the idows and orphan,
! Of cur fallen heroes that fought the ba'tlt.
Ioi this war. We have Incurred on enor
NOUS debt which piles up mountain high
now increasing from five 10 ten millions
month-ncw every month.
And who, under the present fn.ncn
policy, who. I s-k, pays The interest on h'
Ibpndholder's debt and the public debi!-
Wus il ihose who made money oui OF ih,
lGoyernmeni, NJ. my country men. Th'
very same men WHO fought The battles o
,he VAR, 40 are ~ the workshops of oo
icuun,ry. nre The meo who pay tie bond
ho'der his interest (APp!ause.l Th'
oonthoder ie receiving aud paying nothing
We coy The pubic debt eh'on'r e. ppid +,
every man eccordng 70 liz pl9Teriy. i
our resolp,ols ve TOW simply dsclare lhst
WHERE'S The pusAc debt .houh X
pad III good soih sccordieg q the Ierms 81
me rob'isct. therefore
Resolved, Tna, he public faith does no
lrtGhre hist 'he fvs.,w@n,y bonds ehoult
be ps.d in gold. but be paid !, the same cu
Ifency wrh which se p,id rhe soldiers wbs
fought lhr battles Of the war; in The same
Icurrency or money in which The widows
and orphsn receive lheir pension IN III
same money hicn the laborer receives ior
hs daily toll. aud the same used in business
transactions.
!. What became Of my resolution! II vas
referred 10 the Commi.iee Of Wsys and
Means. a bill to change these bonds into
thirty and forty wears bonds, principal and
ln,eres, payable in gold, and kemp, from
all taxation. passed az the last hour of The
session; and il Andy johnson ever deserved
the lhs6ks of the American people for any
thing, IL was Tor putting 'hs, thin. in'o his
breeches pocket. fGrest laughter What
DO we gain by changing these bonGs into
other bonds! Why, they say we secure q
lower rate OF interest. We will pay on
thirty year bonds four per cent. and on
the forty year bonds tour and half per
cent. But, mark YOU, this proposition
makes these bonds, now payable in green
backs. a permanent debt, principal and IN.
teres,, payable in gold. 1t is according To
the Funding bill, ny coun,rymen. that the
bonds should be iorever exempt from all
State and National tsxa'ion. will psvsr
be willing 10 vote for the issue Of any bond
OF th. Government Of the United States
that shsII be excluded in any way from The
Taxation 10 which other property lie subjected
lfCheers.I So you understand me distinctly
on that prop osi,ion. Nv country men. in
this proposition there Is this princple in
lvolved, that ,he people who fought the
battles OF the war shall pay the debt. and
not those rho msde money out Of il. To
that 1 never will coneent, and say dist,nct-
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