The Hickman courier., 1868-08-01

x6nld enable you, without further ex-
,aneion. to pay off the residue OF the
Sxe-trenties as they1.aature, and thus to
diminish still furtksr the amount OF ID.
tercst. and conse dently the taxes. Ii,
then the currsrcy was found redundant
gradual con faction could be effected.
and as il wtald come when the debt mad
been pzidfZwhen the necessity for large
sums of money on the part OF the gov
ernuHt had passed away-when taxes
gffIn taxes were low. Ii could be
5mplished without the oppression and
isaster which now attend it.
@PERsoSAL POSITION TOWARD THE BOND
HOLDERS AS A CLASS.
have been represented as ininieai to
the bondholder. Gentlemen, you shall
Judge me. l am hostile to no class or
ieterest iu the country j simply desire
to be just-just TO the bondhoider-Just
TO the people. l would live up, with
scrupulous fidelity, to the terms OF our
contracts. / would pay the interest OF
the fye-twenties in gold, because the
government had promised 70 do so. 1
would pay the principal and interest OF
the ten forties in gold, because the gov.
ernment bad promised TO do so. l would
pay the principal of the fve-twenties IN
legsl tender notes, because the bond
holders agreed to receive them in pay
uen,; and as would not repudiate an
honest bargain to make money for the
people, SO will not repudiate an honest
Gzss..p to make the money for the pub
~.
, ss=EeE5 scosssouEScEs SoSslpEnkAe, o.S,;;sil.yp
IN -as deprecated currency. i think
j Dot--.-iink, on the contrary, that just
aC public debt is in this way dis
charged, VIII the certainty of its ulti-
mate redemption become more apparent
and it's value steadily increased. These
bonds operate as q mortgage Upon ths
property and labor of the country. There
are two thousand millions of them. Pay
of these tive Thousand millions, and will
not the legal tender notes be just in that
proportion more valuable?
But again: give to these notes the ac
knowledged undoubted capacity to pay
these bonds; to pay all public obliga
tons, and they immediately increase il
n value. / know the evils of deprecated
currency; Webster described thenf
sEssisould not aid in depreciating the curren
>ss cy; l fought sgainst it when it was pro
posed by the legal-tender act; my warn
ing was not needed. But since it bal
been ccoDplished-since the debt wal
contracted in legal teoder-since it msy
Akonestly aRd lawfully paid in lega
5suck NJ am in favor of continuing j
E:.s fer she can secure to the people, wht
L.s,.l,-e ass.sady suffered all the evil what
ever good way be extracted from thu
system.
REcAPrTufTIoN AND APPEAL.
But. gentlemess i detain you too long
have sought TO besSg in sharp contras
the two parties and thlir respective prin
ciples. ''Choose ye bestSeen them. l
il struggle between ISY and force
Constitution and revolution; order snG
anarchy; purity and corruption; econom,
aud extrayngance; civil government anC
whatever comes after Its overthrow; in
teilect. cultivation, experience, capacit,
for government, and-but forbear-a
-TCheers; cries. Go on; let it out
rs | will not say one word in disparsge
nent of the chosen leader of a grea
party Of uy countrymen. This is the
supreme struggle for the mastery b,
there enduring and opposing forces
Choose wisely between them. Work
earnestly for your choice, and on the da,
nf your election in November the Amer
icsn people can be congratulated for tn.
schievement OF great victory for thei
Canstitution-the achievements of pros
peri,y and happiness which can only b
secured by the enjoyment OF liberty reg
ulated By law, and of law inspired by III
genius of virtuous liberty. [Immens'
and prolonged cheering