The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-09-13

ON the fair, and insisted on q speech - ~
begged of, but finally cohse1eS-s rs
I cft1 tchea Among other things ne salu.
cannot agree with Gov. RAYS u = "a 81 - =
ed quez tions of our natl4h4th ~ ~ tIe ,rreat
wisely and happily setIIeu- tlat ~ ". - ~ :, -.
L r'r5asffors ~ liberty ind union ana recon-
/ srY.,cffon ~ the UDtOn, have been naoe
{ safe / cannot agree theB retren chniSnt >
1 e,c~v,or,7,y y and honesty have been 1nLrCdu-
ced into the manage rnenb ~ the sdS1ai
/ experditures; that debt mas oeen decfeas-
iand is decreasing; that burdens ana
faxofion have been reduced, and me
weight upOn the people ughteneoi lAaI
sound Judgments ana iresoola HoLl @ otau @
Influences have been brought 70 e4sic-sS
immense power Of tine Secretary or Ireasu- :
~ :that business is active that employ Lnent
aoOunds; daily toll fairy con1lpenlsa. palss-s g
commerce prCsE Eerous; and, therefore. L
caEnOt, as does our worthy Govern or, tuTn
my face from all questions. OF feuelaI poil-
tics 10 loOk only NJ = ate Affairs II ought
to be SO, IL it were not for schemes OF con-
sOlidatiOn. II state affairs We're lalb 70
state management, and Federal an 4fs
kept within the scope OF the constitutional
DEOvissons IL Won "A be so. But 1 can't
Pretend to believe what know IS ialSs 4
can'L say the UnIou i restored When Nlf-
5ginia, MiAaissippg and Texas are under
military Govsrn0rs, a nfi Georgia Without
1repI esentat on in Congress peace restored
when justice s Administered by q dinnl-uead
.c9uri -n1arli2l; constitution 1naintalned,
when the Snpreme Court is only aWaitiEg
an Oppori unity to declare the recOnstruc-
tiOn acts unconstitutional. 4 oppose the
because its material is radical
change. In our system of goverument; de-
stroys the relation Of the STATES TO Lne
Union; degTadcS them taxes nom tts!H
without consent that essential attribute
OF Self-gDyerntng com munfty the right 70
determine who shall exercise me flghL i u
suffrage; because it was intended TO, a1d
viii INTRODUCE negro suurags, "a "a IL OnIS -
az inst he VIII Of her people. TWO years
ago the people OF OHIO. without otscIIc' ts,iiC
ton of patty by an lmme nSe nisJOiLs5 1i,JlS,tc5
refused to amend the state COnsllJutlon.
After full argument and tun eOnsldeHallon
see reason to believe taey haVe changed
their opiniou. 4 object 10 its adoption,
because, By he strongest itnplica ION II
e0nfers on Congress an reserves 70 states
theirighi TO exclude from ballot Ferson OF
our own white race, because OF nativity,
creed, want of educa ton, or poverty, and
prohibits the exclusion. anly o. a. aao, .sI Der
MOrtOua ana Howard be corrects under
this amen dime ent States may exclude
Irishmen German, Catholic, Protestant,
or poor men, bat not negro or Monaghan.
object to its adoption because u Is
part and parcel Of 2 scheme TO nood .Sdi
ton of an immense gnumberr OF Chi
.nese. and Coolies, and bring INTO our
midst an alien race, and fepeat In "A more
dimeul5 form the social and government
queslions which have so unhappIly divtd-
ed the o. OplPs The lastreport of the lSecre-
tary shows he is boarding tl0l ,2l4,536 In
coin and Sl2, LA 600 Ia currency. With great
parade be sells six or nine m1ihons, and
with the proceeds he buys bonds, giving %
per cent. above par Tney are now re-
deemable on their face by law in equity;
they are payable in legal tendersi ths
holders gave legal tenders for them
when legal tenders were not worth
more than half what they now ara.
The contraction brings universal
fan in the prices OF goods and labor
while debts, taxes a-d monfel obligations
remain fixed. The man who has money
becomes richer. The system is radically
unjust. The debt contracted on our ex-
panded currs ncy should be paid in the
same currency. The dollar which is paid
should be the same as the dollar whf :
was leaned. The whole policy Of the
miuistration should be reversed. Pay the
debt according to the contract. Pay il in
money as valuable as that which was re
ceived for it-pay 1t in legal tenders
Abolish the National Bank system. Pay
Off the bends on which they are founded,
and save the yearly interest. Use every
appliances OF economy and management
in advancing this policy. Then, when the
debt is pa d. aud the Is $es reduced, when
seventy-hve mfllio- will suffice Tor Gov
ernmeut expenses, when ali property is
subjected to just rule OF taxation, IT II be
advisable to contract the currency and
resume specie payments, it can be effected
Without sasier, aud inevitable suffering
can b. borne.