The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-08-27

cd the fetractl0n OF the currency
All tho industries Of the people ar,
urostratc1.
they need money. The lands o
ti' South r lying waste. Thcs,
..cplc have no employment, and al
ley want is n little money TO pu.
them Un their legs again, and ther
they can help us pay the taxes.-
TCbeerb. We want forty millioni
nore moneys but they tell us money
will be too abundant, For whom
For the pcople2 Did sou over know
of money being too abundant p
tLaugbter.l But no n compliance,
That money will be too abundant ex
uept tho fellow who has got TO loan
IL out at twenty per cont. inter
cat.
Why, my countrymen, for all
that wo have less money than any
beople on this earth, wo need more
money than any other people. We
arc wido in extent Of territory; we
are vast in resources; we arc build.
ing railroads; We arc engaged in all
kinds of enterprises, demanding
money, and, with all our National
bank currency, ard all our grecn-
hnck circulation, and all our gold,
wo have only S13 for ovcry citizen,
whilc England has $50, and France
s36. We want moro money, and il
is only these rich scamps that have
money, and want TO grind the peo-
RE, who are opposed to tins policy.
Applause. Voices, Go for tho
bondholders."]
[Mr. Cary elaborated this point
and continued
Suppose N revolutionary fathers
bad dono what these funding fell
lows want, and had issued bords
payable in ninoty-two years, at SOW
On per cont. interest, what would
they have amounted 10 on tho 4th
Of July, 1868? Why, one hundred
and forty millions Of dollars, or SOW
en- times tho entiro wealth of the
United States That shows you
that you cant pay any such rate Of
interest, when you hayo to tax the
productive industry Of the coun-
try.
IThe speaker here went on to rec
peat his old story about tho public
domain and tho Pacific Railroad,
and then said
Now, my Countrymon, | am op.
posed to anything OF that kind. l
will not undertake 10 tell you how
many townships members of Con-
greSs have got IN that way, but l
will undertake L. say that there are
now men in Congress who were not
worth a great deal when they went
there, but are nov worth millions,
aud they did not get 1t out OF their
salary. Now, l will fight this thing
until the last horn blows. l con.
tend that every acre Of the public
domain is the inheritance Of the
whole people. So much, my couu.
rymen, for the three great planks
he platform, and l defy any
Il defy all mon-to say that !
been false to any promise ]
made 10 tho worglng men,
ause.1
now it has been whispered q.
by lying scamps. that / votoL
E.vp away five millions of acres
Tho public lands 30 tho Sioux
ity and Dubuque Railroad. The
man who says that, whether no be II
Democrat or a Republican, whether
Coppcrhead or AbOlitionIst no mat
tor what he is-the man who says !
voted to give DEC Single acre of tho
public lands TO any corporation or
railroad under heaven, is u liar, aud
the truth is not in him. GChcers. I
But / have tho satisfaction Of
knowing that, through my influence
IN part, millions of acres Of the pub
lie lands have been retained for the
people. But, my countrymen, there
arc other subjects with which n GER
tain portion of our constituents
have found fault. But / havo CIV
en- no votes in Congress which l am
ashamed oE--perhaps l have made
:nistakcB--but | still have reserved
my ~selt.respcct, and voted accord
ing 10 The dictates Of my own judg-
mcnt, without regard to party poll
tics. (Chvers.
A number OF my friends, for whom
| entertain tho highest respect, and
whose good feeling l would desire
10 cultivate, if possible, who have
found fault with my vote against
impeachment.
lMr. Cary then substantially gave
the same reasons as those gwen IN
his PIko's Opcra.houso speech last
winter, and in tho course of his re.
marks said
They say that / promised on tho
stump that | would vote TO impeach
President Johnson, I'll tell you
what | did say. l said that if In.
drew Johnson or Chief Justice
Chase, or ally other officer of the
Government, liable TO impeachment
wasguilty Of high crimes and misde.
mean0rs, within tho meaning Of The
Constitution, | would vote 10 I'M
peach him. ] will not stop TO tel
sou OF the influences that were
brought 70 bear upon me to vote for
impeachment. will not tell you
Of the Geographic dispatches, Of the
threats aRd promises made on one
sido and che other. I became salts
fed tkat lnFeacbWeD! was wrong
that it MAS en- outrage and If had