The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1868-10-02
Speech Of Hon. John T. Hoffman

lsgo. John L. Hoffman, Democrsii: caDdi
date for Governor Of New York, made ,
spsech, from which We exirtct as follows
Now, want to call your attention TO the
platform OF 'be Two parties upon The suhisc,
ipi ''he payment of the National debt, ano
the taxation Of Government bonds. The
lDemocrh'ic platform reads ss follows:
Payment Of The public debt o. the United
lStlies aS rapidly as practicable, all money
or'wn rom Inc people by tsxslion, exce p,
20 much ss is requisite for ibe necessities @!
ne Goyefnment economically Administered
being honestly applied TO such pay menr, and
ahers the Obligations OF he Government, do
not expressly state upon their face or me
law under which they were issued does nol
provide that they shaIl BE- paid in coin, they
ought ia right end justice be paid in coin.
they ough, in right and il ja-lc- be paid in
he lawful money Of the United States.
Equal tsxati u OF every species Of pro.
perry, according 10 lis real value, incu1inn
,GoveFnmenl bonds end other pub bic securi.
lIies.
One currency for the Government and
'hs people. The iabOfer aud The OH .eholder.
he pensioner aud the soldier, Tie proJucer
and the bondholder'
Now. ihai is plain, frank. homes, and
bold platform, sud no man can question it,
'meating. II !, is right i, viii triumph be
'ofe The people i is wrong they can ssy %.
ior the, kno~ jl-t Nhat we mean. tCaeers
NV lei us see. what the other parry hAs
sa.d:
we deuou1ce sll forms Of repulistion
- National onn'e. aud ,he NalionsI bon.r
Requires the pay yment Of the putIlc indebi.
eaness 10 the utmost good faith TO all cred
itefs 81 home and abroad. not only sccordinp
10 lne iettes. bat The sp.rlt Of The Laws under
" nich IL was Contracted
| Cah you tell Inc what the words letter
and spirIt' mean! bo they mean gold or
irreenoacks Does the spirit mean go Id anG
l'he letter rreenbaeks! or the letter ro ID and
ne spirit green back. Can you TEL. me
hot The letter means or what The spirii
hean,! 4 voice. WHISKY Loud i,uehter
and oheeFs. Oae OF TIE audience says the
ietnii neass gh.s.y. The latter mus,
me co, sben. the failure 10 collect tax on il
lGrea, laughter Now there sre meo VIII
ie-i sensitive upon lie sutjAc,. aud there
are no doubt men within the sound Of N,
voice who iLihs that the bouds ought al to
be psid in god want 10 ak ms SENSITIVE
irieId wbatseeurity he has under that clause
of the Republican platform! Oui West we
md Senator ShermoD. who il Chairman OF
she Fusnce COMMITTEES OF The Radical Sen.
sie, ssying that the law does not require the,
their bonds shall be paid in snyihing bu,
greeHbacks, and yon fad other Radical S IN.
a;ois md speakers in The Western s,ntes
saying The same tnire. But you come TO-
New York and you find Senator Morgan
and The New York Evening Post and The
Tribune and The New York Radical Con
yeniion telling you tbs, the letter and spirit
mean that the bohds are 10 be ppid 10 gold
You will find the Repububilcan House OIL
u Prssen'a'iyes passing a Funding Bill.
VIII eh provides tor the issue OF new bonds
70 take up the old once, which new bond
are TO bear oniy four os four, aud ha'f per
cent. interest, and 1t does rot nee a man OF
very extraordinary undersia ndiug To know
mat if the present bonds src To ply six per
cent. IN gold nobody would be fool enough
10 exchange ,hem for other bonds paving
but tour per cent. Ioo fiud. say, men in
he West saying the letter and spirit mes
,reenbacks and men 10 the East saying they
mean gaJ. Which which will you trust,
iqoi, oesl platform ora frank and honest
sIa'fosm whith says that where the law
loes not provide tha, the bonds shaIl be paidl
n coin ,hai they cught 10 right and Justice /
'e pslu 10 lawiul currency, aud iha, fufher
declares thet The Government shall be nd. I
upon such economical principl lee
hat the currency OF the country shall all /
'e made, as u viii be made, as good IS gold
Cheers know iust aha, the words, let
er and spirit mean. To be trapk with YOU
used them orce myself when l wanted 10
udge the question. | thought that The