The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1868-10-02
zone Currency for All.
Democracy Responsible for Our Not
'- Having 1t. Hut

L Democracy Responsible for Our No
Having Ii. rut
4 The Democracy arc scatterin,
broadcast throughout the State, docu
. ments, the purport of which is tina
the United States bondholder gets th
interest on his bonds in gold. Hon
/. Edward McPherson, Clerk of tn
@ House of ReIaesntatives. his take,
$ the trouble To examine the record I,
e ascertain by whose votes in Congress
i the policy of paying the interest j,
!, gold was established. The result o
J hls examination he gives in the Get
tysburgh Star dnd .SsntinGI, as follows
q February g, 1862, the House o
4 lRepresetaafR IT Washingtoa, pass
n ed bill authorizing $3.50, 900, 900 O
q Treasury notes and making them :
. Illegal tender" for Gu deGts aud de
! naanaS due 10 tie United States tor al
q salaries, &c, dite from tie URiteo
: .States, and for all de5ts, public 0ndpri
/, rate, aciiAia tie United States. This
, bill passed-yeas, 93, nays, 90. But
! sac Democrats voted aye, the rest nay.
. Had the bill became law in that
shape, there would hare been but one
currency for all. g.. "a.
The bill went to the Senate, where
it was amended so rs to make these
notes legal tender for all demands
due to and from the United States,
Neecept for interest upon. Go,scis and
notes acltich shall be 1,aid an coia,''
/ February 20, tho House voted on
concurring in this amendment max
ing interest 1odyd5le an coin, aud it was
concurred in, yeas So, nays, 55. But
two Democrats voted nay, Joseph
Bailey, of Pennsylvania, and Thomas
L. NOEL, of Missouri, both of whom
were war men. E1ery other Demo
crdt present cOted to Goncur i,s tie Sen,
ate's amendment, and to make TIE i's-
teresf payable IN coin. (See House
Journal, I'd session 37th Cong. page
332.) 4i .. -.-.. 80 ,.- .jl1'
The Democrats of other States who
so voted were, Aaeoaa of Berks, BieI-
die of Philadelphia, .OAnsOos of Nor
Hampton, Lehman ofPhiladelphla, and
Wright of Luzerne.
Among the Democrats of other
States who voted to make the interest
payable in coin, were .EngRisk, OF Com
necticut Holland, La,c, and FGor-
hees, of Indiana; Coz, No51e, Nugea, |
PsHdletOm and VaQondi9ham, of Ohio;
and hHagl, and Robinson, OF Illinois.
There were 45 affirmative Demo
cratic and 43 Republican votes There
were 80 Republican negative votes
The majority WIS but SO. Had the
Democracy divided or nearly SO, the
proposition would hayebeen defeated,
and the opposite policy adopted But
they went solid for the gold interest,
and it prevailed. 'i t'
Now, their party is raising cry
about its igjr.stice utter Ateir Caa2ssss--
r6uld mshonesty further g =
Hold them to this record. What
ever of untairness exists, rs their 1aaslk.
But it is too late now to change it
after the contract h,ed been made. ..s.
> We have stated the fact that the
payment on IT, 3. bonds ia gold was
forced upon the country by the votes
of Democratic Representatives, OF
whom there were forty .tre. Their
names are as follows: ns
q Syd. f.. Aneona, Pa-;fGharles j.
Biddle, Pa; VIM. Ct Brown, w. Va;
Geo. A. Browne, Il. L.; Chas. Il. Calv
ert, Md; Geo II. Cobb, n. j.; Sapnrel
s. Cor, o.; JOSS A. Cfavens, Ind;
Jno j. Crittenden, hy.; Geo ~. Dm-
lap, KY; Jas. Il. English, Conn.,, Hen-
ry Grider, Ky, Edw ard Haight, N \ :;
WA. A. Hall, No. Aaron hardinss,
Ky; VIM. s, Holrnan. Ind, Philip
Johns, Pa; Anthony l.. Knapp, ln,,
John law, Ind; VIM. +. Lehman,
Pa, Robert Mallory. Ky; Henry
May, Md, John W. Menzles, n.y.;
HWre'. II. Noble, O.; Ehiah IA. Nor
ton, No., Robert H. -E.9eu, O.; Mo-
SEES f. OdeII, n. Y: Geo. LL I'eAdle-
ton, o.; Nehemiah Perry, N. ;;
JAS. @. Robinson, H.; Jas. >. Rollins,
Mo; VIM, L. Sheffield. L. L.; Geo-.h-
Sheel, Oregon; Edward H. smith, \ |
Y, John Il. Steele, IL Y; VIM. C.
Steele, q N. j.; q. T.. Ysiisa1idigAaDi,
o.; Chauncey hbbard,, IN. 4 !; /; DariI'
w. Voorhees,. lad; EIijah Nar,l, n.
"; Edwin H. Webster, Nd; Il. "
Whaley, W. Va; Chas- Wiekliiie.
Ky; Geo. e. Woodruff, Conn; H. T.
Wright, Pa. l'a it 3'''''' i''
The vote was upon concturing IN
a Senate amendment to. the s1.egai
Tender Act, by which ''eTeenbaeks'
were not TO be q tender for interest
on United States bonds, which, it was
provided, should be paid IN goid-
The issue was direct. upon this single
question, The Republican vote was
diyided-43 being in favor and 30
against. THEFoRrI-FV Il DEsIoCRArs
VOTED FOR n AND CARRIED IT. Had
they divided equally, the measure
would have been defeated, and all
these years there would have been but
Some, currency tor ALL $500
Among the Republicans who voted
against this amendment OF the Senate,
and in favor of making ''grcenbacks'
a illegal tender for all purposes, !" were
Rabbit, S. 5. Blair, Campbell, Davis,
Hale, Hickman, kilHnger, MePherson,
Moorhead, Stevens, Verree, and Wal
flace ofPennsylyania; Bingham, Blake,
Harrison, and Worcester, of Ohio; AL
lien, Dawes, Fenton, Hooper, Spahld-
ing OF New York and New England !;
and Julian, Maynard, Shanks, Sloan,
Trowbridge, White, and james +.
Wilson, OF the Western States. ii'I t'
If any; evils have followed this es-
Etabllshment of the existing CON inter-
est, the responsibility belongs 10 those
forty-fye Democrats, whose solid vote
settled the question, aiding therein a
minority of the Republicans. s',"l,'a
This record is to be found in the
Journal of the House of Representa-
|, tiyes, I'd sess- 37th Cong 332; or Con
gressional Globe, I'd sess- 3Tth Cong.
Part /, p. 900 OBJ MePhersOn7s PO-
htical History ofthe Rebellion, p. 35s.
! Let Democrats study IL, and blush
] for the dishonesty OF leaders who now
|, repudiate a policy which Meir gotes
forced npos lie country. i