The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1869-12-24
RFprnILr0R REPUDIATED.

Oue eoag iaSt "SSN'
Musgen, Oftbe Fifth Ohio District
that hole of pure DemOcracy-made
speech in Congress, advocating re-
pudia,ion of the National Debt.
This Mungen is the same Mungen
who, about two years ago, or there
abouts, made a speech in Congress
against the "nigger.' ItwAs an eth
nological speech, and dealt extensive
ly With shin bones, long heels,
fat noses, thick lips, and in fact did
the colOred individual up physically
to theeutire satisfaction of the regu-
latiug portion Of the Democracy
The speech took we'll among that
class, and was used as text book
for several months, or during the
campaign. It gave "Bill nOtOriety,
and with it vanity to suppose he
was a great man and could grspple
with questions of more weight.
he tried it last week upon the
question Of finances, with what success
the sequel of this article will show.
he was led to this idea Of repudia-
ton speech By the way his Congress
sional friends talked in private con-
versations, be being insocent enough
to believe that politician says moth
ing in private but what he is willing
should 90 on record. Further, he
believed that the Ohio Democracy
we're committed to rePudiation, in
directly, and would stand by him.
He opened his speech by abusing
Boutwell, and Grant said "the plain
issue, stripped of sll yerbiage, was
the subjugation of the people by the
moneyed power; that when Bout
we'll boasted of his success in collect
ing the taxes, he only showed the ex-
tent to which he was 'robbing the
people, that the american people
had been made slaves by Republican
legislation )" that the administration
policy was ito feed and clothe indo-
lent negroes through the agency of
that immense swindle, the Freed
mems Bureau, which educated little
negroes at school and big negroes at
General Howard's college - and that
the end was to swell "the wealth of
the bloated and aristocratic bond
holders"
With much more of the same kind
of rhetoric, he came to the point at
last, and he gave his reasons at
length why the bonded debt Of the
country ought to be repudiated. 81
am, said he, sin favor of repudiat-
ing this bonded debt, because it is
sapping the foundation of the gov
ernment ;" because "on it the nation
al bank currency is based )" because
"the taxes to pay these bonds is a
prior lien on labor" because "the
expense Is so enormous aud comes
entirely of labor" because "tke
government is paying more and great
er interest than any individual )" be-
cause "the government will not pay
the losses of those southern men who
periled every thing and lost every
thing for this government - because
"the government refuses to take up
its own paper !" and large amount
Of bile Of similar character.
Here was a Democratic bombshell,
but it failed to affect anybody but
Democrats. Many of them hastened
to repudiate the poor innocent who
took their private conversation for
their public opinions
Mr. Brooks CN. y thought he
could speak for the Democracy of
New York as we'll as himself and
could say for them that "they never
could be repudiators We expect to
pay every cent of the debt according
to contract; and, under q reduced
system of taxation, we think it will
be easily paid"
Mr.. Potter doth dist, n. Y.):I
Il desire simply to say that for my
self and my constituents, l disclaim |
the doctrine of reputation advocated |
By the gentleman from Ohio
Mr.. Randall pa. said: ST desire
only time to demonstrate against the
eDunciatiOn of any scheme of legisla-
ton which l selieve would place my
country 10 dishonest attitude before
the world"
Mr.. Slocum (Brooklyn. n. "
said: 81 represent on this floor a
district which pays more into the
treasury than two or three of the
Western States combined, and I say
that any man advocating Reputation
or any measure looking toward it,
directly or indirectly, represents no
party in that district, and here re-
pudiate all repudiators in behalf of
the democracy that represent
Mr.. Kerr Indiana came to the
confessional from the west and want
cd to say with becoming modesty to
The whole democratic party of this
country, that do not endorse repu-
diation, aud do not believe that the
great and honorable party to which l
belong endorses it. / enter my en-.
phatic disclaimer to the conclusions
and theories Of ny friend"
Mr.. Cox (0hio, now : carpst-bag-
ger from N. Y, after some soft pal
aver to lubricate the disappointed
Mungen, said be should be ASHAMED
to belong to body in which one
man would for any conceivable pur.
pose desire to break down the good ,,
name and fame of our credit"
Mr.. Woodward Judge Woodward,
Pa, the ablest democrat in the
House. on rising said that this seem
ed to be day of general confession,
Laughter, and he.wanted to con
tess with the rest. After giving the
history OF some things that took
place in his state when he was Judge
he said These instances of rspu-
diation and others that l might name
have had tie effect to set me like a
Hint against reputation and repu-
diators."
And so William was let down
and not easily either. And in con- !