The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1868-04-03
The PublicEDebt Question.

plank IN favor OF paying the public debt
in greenbacks. So far os the Republican
organization in these States sre concerned,
they are committed TO the financial POLICY
of Mr.. Pendeion, which has the cordal ap.
p,ovsl of the Western Democracy. and we
believe the masses Of the party generally.
The question arises whether The Republi.
cans Of Ohio and Indiana are sincere in
their avowsls in regard to the munner ia
which the fve-twen,y bones shall be psid.
and es 10 the obligation of the Government,
thereto; or whether their sc.ion was no,
merely an attempt TO appropriate the popu
lari,y Of Tue measure to promote their party
ends!
On Saturday last the question was up for
discussion in the lower branch Of Congress-
The telegraph reporrs Mr.. Blair, Of Michi
gan. Ss Opposing the payment Of the deb,
in greenbacks." and declaring that "this
wss not the time TO consider the poymen,
of The principal In reply to 'he remark
Of Mr.. Nblack that The Republican Con-
ventions of Ohio and Indiana have adopted
the greenoack policy. Mr. Blair ssid that he
did rot understand that they had done so,
but only approximated to it. He, also,
charged ,hs, those Republican Conve ntious
had simply made on unmanly exhibition Of
partisan iesr:uiness'-party cowardce, but
whenever the question came up in the
House, however. the Democratic members
had, nine out Of ten, voted for the paymen,
Of the debt in ereenbscks, while the Re.
publican members had taken the opposite
side After this discussion or during IL, the
Telegraph does not report any Of the Re.
publican members from Ohio or Indiana
vindicaiing the sction OF their State con.
veniions upon The measure. Those con.
yen,ions also adopted resolutions shat ali
property should bear juss proportion Of the
include bonds. In the canvass OF Ohio lss
fall, Ben Wade president pro ten. of the
Senate, and whom the radicals intend Il
make President by ousting johnson, thus
expressed himself upon the question of tax
ing the bonds:
Now, they talk Of taxing those bonds
When a msn talks that way, look him in
he face aud you 'ook in the lace OF peDi.
tentiary bird. would not trust such man
in nv sheep pasture after dark. None bu
= democratic demagogue would have The face
to propose such thing
ST, then, according TO Wade, none but .
Democratic demsgogue would have the face
to make proposition in regard 20 taxing the
bonds, and the man that talks that way cor
ries the face Of 'penitentisry Bird This
is rather a severe reflection from go high O
source upon the Republicans who recently
met in convention in this State and Ohio,
and declared in favor Of that demsgogue
proposition TO tex the bonds.
There are other evidences 10 show the
insincerity of the Republicans in declaring
in favor OF The greenbsck policy. Soon Of
ter Congress assembled in it's present ses.
sion, Senator Edmunds, Of Vermont. offered
. resolution pledging the faith Of the Gov.
ernment to redeem ell the bonds OF, the Uni.
ted States in coin. Senator Hendricks Of
offered a substitute for this proposition, as
follows:
That the public debt Of the United States.
except where the law provides for The pay.
ment Of coin, shall be paid and redee med in
the lawful money Of the United States, nnd
and the faith Of the United States stands
pledged accordingly
Here was direct issue presented to the
Senate, and what was the result! Jus,
what Mr.. Blair, Of the House, said was The
policy Of Republicans in Congress, opposi.
,ion to the payment Of the deb, in green.
backs. The proposition of Mr.. Hendicks
was voted down, and that Of Mr.. Edmunds
adopted, pledging tie faith Of the Govern.
ment to the payment Of the entire deb, in
coin. These facts, and we would multiply
the evidence II 1t was necessary, show tha,
there 10 no intention on the part Of The Re.
publican party TO carry out the greenback
policy, and that the declarations Ia favor ol
i, by the Republicans in those sections oI
the country in which the policy 10 popular
is only cheat. and swindle, put forth for
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