The Montana post. [volume] (Virginia City, Montana Territory [i.e. Mont.]) 1864-1869, 1868-08-07

The Gdzette of yesterday, doubtless
having its attention attracted to finances
by the repeated drafts on its exchequer,
to win the election, led out in an article
on the payment of bonds" Hon. Thad
Stevens. !. gentlemvn who has commen-
ded himself to the Gazette by shieing
stones at the 5razen serpent democracy
has set up in that ~ilderness OF sin-the
White House-is the first witness, and
his evidence is purported TO be quoted
from the Globe. We have this TO say,
LIST; the Gdzettc did not quote from the
Globe of the nth, as it claimed. 2d. In
the Globe il did purport to quote from, il
interpolated some portions, and cut out
others important and relevant To the
point at issue and this it did purposely.
Stevens did not say anything about
taxing his constituents TO death, as the
Gazette reported He did say in that
paragraph that "the interest was payas
bic in coin" which the Gazette PURPOSE
ly omitted and the paranthetic "nuch
excitement and sensation which the
Gcztttc tackled on to tile paragraph did
not appear in the GG0bc at all. We
scarcely ieel called u,,on to IaEe notice
of an opponent who would resort TO
these deccptions while protesting 10 be
desirous of fair discussion Mr.. Stc~
ycns has differed with tue vast majority
of Congress since The loans were first
proposed as TO the character OF payment,
differed during the discussion, after tAc
bills were passed and differs now. lie is
just as consisteuta greenbacker as lIc is
a negro-equality advocate, and If the
GazCNc calls him for witness, we viii
cross examine him to its satisfaction.
Mr.. Butler, who has endeared himself to
tho Gazette by badgering Johnson's
counsel until half of them were taken
sick; by Issuing General Order No. %;
New Orleans, and putting %ooley in "a
foul dungeon whe1e 1T would have
ruined Winnie Reanl's BUST of lincoln 10
have removed it from, is next called.
but the oasette torgets 10 quote from
succeeding paragraphs where lac was the
most earnest advocate Of the Fuuding
Bill. The Gdzs{te graspod at these points
/ with avidity- to show that we, weie
1 wrong iii an article On the payment Of
/ tho debt published six weeks 60 IL
4 waited a long time 10 reply. end .0rgcts
/ that the statement of the GdzeH, which
we denied was thai "the Chicago plat
form promised the payment of the J-2Os
in gold, and the conversion of the whole
| unliquidated debt, into bonds payable,
/ principal and Interest in gold,p because
| the platform promised no such thing.
! We did state that a loGn was made by
act of March Sd. 1865, for 5000, 600, 900,
! payable principal and interest in coin.
| We refer to the act. We did state that
| a loan was made by act or March Sd
1854, for 100000, 600 payable principal
and interest in coin, and refer to
the act. After June, Both, 1864, bonds
were Issued to be payable lin
lawful money at maturity" having
twenty, thirty or forty years to mature,
but they could not effect those already
sold. Nor is il safe to presume that at
their maturity United States securities
will not be held worth their face in
gold. Without bandying such words
as "sapient," or 'ignoramus" or "eru-
dite," it is our deliberate judgement
that the Gazette is not Very well posted
on the bond question, Except it is Judge
Bond of Virginia., or the present status
of the two parties, for il is an indisput-
able fact that bonds bought the demo-
cratic Convention; bonds nominated
Seymour; bonds made Baron Belmont
Chairman, for another four years and the
whole party is in the "bonds of iniquity"
and will be repudiated, wholesale, next
November.