Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-08-27
concluded from arst page

ys-'s =. .sMs nnIv s9ss mn mn
~ 49," Ia ,ha sxnsnses ~ ths
$50 s4 ~ W. nsr.rtm AMI
Sa ny'v III ~. Wa,;ear va nnder lame,
u WpS ". 1880 - soo ooo 0Oo
NJ. v .S,is -" have hesn nii;ng nm mi,
.s;c",,,;a In. mi n r;sss Ike Z monu
s'sa.oe ~ hsnr;n.ss md I;hert;es n,
mon. on sno nspp..eJh asvan Wh;is We
OUT pecp'., 80. .aso mss" rscLlsssIv az.
werS pnpf - up wv wSsn nsy.dsy
psnuh.ss sne os, asa 4, .rnseaob ~ az
; nos ues' nsns ~ s ocrppn;sd ; IN con.
ys,;~ ~ snrronny Snnnosaa neich.
usourk 'uo e''ie unIy nron ,ha 40 ms
DOT =. yoarS snou'u '' .Sppvia 90 into
prlnc,p,e. oupposo 10 ma brSS whst.
VIC. H. nan, !" and sbonld Voluntarily
s sser a ne "sa .;eu &C C." whassssr he wanted
nave s 'ne p,aSSe sta,,d rrnr;se n nav in
enns s',, nc o., Iae"a .,pasds &c hi. snm-
Ine ,aiI ~. y. aul p,o ~s;cnl,ur.I ., On
msr 'ao ia " snunosa -bsr fail came And
s:" f aou,;nr dre he sbonld
n n,I uv nm down he nr;css of avery
. vv,us a ~ - ss,I 90 ~, Il consumed
,nlne ne "au " se .,r 81 M An, ;nourrsd
ms mno snr; v.yp y ;fba hehaved rightly
~ W sp'uS $500 a m;sbt nav bis
snu Asp. ~ pIie IL .ans for arr
ososs A W. Ia 81 n' sar hs vas a fooI ?
R Wam III mV;su .ye o Via, The Republi-
"o", I'M h.s sasn do;,r for the neonle
osa pIT-r 3;,ad c,a,as what Il The result?
Vo W, zoe !, in Maine and from what you
~. No. rnn nav ;ndge of what the
see IA ~ ,ha rest of the country.
Are Won nrosnerous? Are you growing
ION dav nv day or are YOU living off the
1919. of vonr mast labors? IL ycu
a,e NJ, nrosnsrons. wbv mot I? Your skies
&c hr;obt yopr ground Is fertile, Your
-. - nnre vour men are industrious,
your women are ,hrifty-wby is it that
,ha vail of distress goes nm from all over
his State of Maine. and that poverty and
wretcbedness find their way into homes
where before there was nothing but lux
NV and comfort? Why is it that your
sar;cnltnral interests are so depressed z
WIZ IA il that your taxes consume such
an enormous amount of your yearly sup
NV : Wby is It that your harbors
30 daseried and your ship.yards a
dasert waste2 Why. the answer
i T hafora Won so that the wayfar-
inc man or the fool may not err
,bere;n. You cannot build your ships |
hecanss every article that enters into
: ~. oorstruct;on Is taxed 90 high that |
.hs Rr;t;sb colonies underseIl you always.
Won cannot employ labor, because labor
i comnellea 10 nav these taxes, and the !
hones and s;new and blood of men can |
u ~. work and nav taxes and be neither
Ca nor clotbed. You cannot carry out |
Western nroduce to other countries, be-
oanss when we have paid our labor aud |
,a1ss and TRANSFORMATION there is nothing |
i IL 20 send abroad. You cannot carry |
,Sa Southern produce. because under |
d ad;oo, recon struction farmers have been |
onnverted into politicians, and cotton,
~; ~ snear have ceased to be the staples
4 rarden has been turned into a desert.
a t;heral system is The life of your COM
- eroe Iii il the hone of your industry;
~, he tariffs must be kent high to pay |
;n ~. 70, IN our public debt. and the daily |
n.nansss incurred nv Republican policy;
nd While Il skins the rich alluvium Of |
CIV a fsrt;le valleys to make the sterile |
sooLs and barren coasts of Massachusetts, |
to sm;le Il DESTROYS your shipping and |
" i.;as your industry that her manufac-
i p NAV he nrotected. | have stated
to won that the last official report of the
Sscra,ary of the Treasury shows the debt
80 he 10 633 5S8 1856: of this amount ST..
goo Il0 nm are in 6ye-twenty bonds. |
D,a;nta;u that these bonds are payable in
iagol.tander notes. The law under which
Inv are ;ssued expressly declares that
nc lsual-tenders are psyable for every
dab, Jns from the Government, except
interest on the public debt. The bonds
say thew are payable in legal.tender notes.
Senator Sherman says so. Senator Nor
ton says SO. Thaddeus Stevens says so.
The Funding bill says so. The Demo-
craticC Conventions Of Pennsylvania, Ohio,
Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Wisconsin,
Iowa, Minnesota, Michigan say SO. The
Democratic Convention of Maine says so.
The great council ofthe Democratic party
at New York says so. A year ago, when |
asserted this theory, / had opposition
to Justify an argument. New have not
I do not know how it is with your Repub-
licans in Maine, bat in Ohio and Indiana
there the people are so anxious to get on
that they threaten to jostle me off my
own platform. [Great laughter and sp
plause.1 A year ego the leading men
called us copperheads and traitors. Now
thew politely say the theory is true, bat
altogether impracticabIe. Not at all, my
friends. PAY the bonds as they become
dine. Save the interest. Save the pre-.
mimi ON gold. How? The national
hanks have ont circulation of $500, 00O,.
00o secured by bonds. You understand
This operation very well. Three men buy
49, Lrna-oa ,boussrd dolla,s' worth of
Que hun1 Tsar 'I I"nna;t ,ham - Tho T,sas.
oonusi lney tepu'. ~ ' nar o ~ ;n,arss,
ury. ihey xe. 'ne,r e;A pei zen" 1855