Vermont daily transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1868-1870, 1868-10-10
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JUDGE rOL. ND'S SPEECH.
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\NVhD stands upon the Democratic plat
form? Unrepcntant rcbels made it,ana
they stand upon il. Wade Hampton,
aftc' thu e. lven5i)l, slid in Il speech
at home, hat he made it. I'D youuvcr
hear of many rebels standing on Re
| publ.cln platform? \ very few, Pc -
haps; Longstrcet does, but their mum
bers are very few. The rebels say that
they stand now where they stood in 81
ANA the DEMOCRATIC papers of the South
say that they are fighting the 10 tclusc
over again, that they are not fighting it
alone, bat The Democrats OF the North
in end TO help them. Who in she
North stand upon tie Democratic plat
form? a set Oh men like Pen.lcton
N0lllndigham, and Seym)ir, who did
all they dared do to aid thc rebellion
OF ghis class ofm2n, do yol know Of one
who does not support Seymour and
Blair?
Jud C Poland remarked tina; he had
Lived many Yeas, but never knew the
time before when the good men Were ali
t. be found upon thc bad side, ana tnc
bad mcn IL OH the good side. The Dem
ocracy says that men who perilcI thciy
ttNeS in the defence of their county.
and paid their money to sustain ii, are
the enemies Of the country, and are de-
term ned 10 rain it bat if we viii turn
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the rebels, then it VIII prosper. Quccr
philosophy; in order to insure the SAFE
ty of the Govecnm mt it sholld b. lut
into the hands OF its cnemies-W lille in
ic halds of is friends, ali is lost.
When this war BEGAN, our treasury
was empty. Four years each of the
Administrations OF Pierce and BuchaE-
an had It the Government without It
cent War is ruinolS, lcre Is no tim,
20 save things; one million OF men were
actually III the field ut one TIM, whicA
made our expenses at one time about
three millions of dollars per dty. We
could not borrow mOncy abroad mon
archios glOlted over the fall of the Re
l'''iANttii w tltiltili ". [Nilltlitt, Il Il
the Democratic newspapers said tn
the rebellion could not be put down ;
bat Gle lerai Grant and Il joO others did
crash the rebellion. What did the
On tel states do TO get money? l. lles
We had money, TIL Government wa
los t, and we wore Obliged to obtain mon
~ on The best terms we could. We did
obtain money on good terms, and ave
our sacred obligations to pay oar debts.
. ine poo, those in mo lcrate circum-
stances, poured their sacred mites into
: ihe trea,ury-ioyal men put in thci
m )ney. Where II mans treasure is,
there is his heart also, an | thlt is why
mc1 who are opposed 10 the war haze
Government bonds. Men who too
chem are treated like VILLAINS, and ne
name or epithet is too vile to apply to
Them. The National debt is Il mirror
ma IS they look into it they can Sc.
shot and smell, the dead and wounded
md they don't like it.
Tie Republican platform says that
not one jot or little of the National deb,
: shalt 80 unpaid-evecy dollar shall b
, paid if Republicans control the Govern.
mcnt. The Democratic pla fo,m i.
vague, but their newspaper; and tht
notices on their banners make the eX-
4 pianatlon.
How did groenbac,ls originate? We
: could not send our pro lace abroad /,
/ pay our debts, and gold went oIt of tbs
p country to pay them /; while in many
Instances mlsers pat their gold in theii
/, stockings and hid it in their cellar wall
We had nothin with which to pur
: chase powder and the munitions of war
horses, equipments, and he soldiers III
lions. Greenbacks originated upon mil
), ltaIy necessity; he measure WAS oppoa
: ed by the Dem ocratic members OF Con
: gress, on the ground thar il WAS uncon
stitutional; according to Their view, W,
had no right to ADOPT the measure anc
save the country by it. 1t was IL tenn
1 porary IN "a are, and noboly evel
dreamed that il was to continue, or thai
we should rely upon it forever.
} Three hundred millions OF greenbacli.
> were issaed under the Act OF Congress
- which allowed only 40 millions to b,
issued, VIII, ch the law makes a contract