The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-03-25
a Ohio nspasl.san Congressman VS..

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During he discussim on schenck's
gold bill, a lumber of 1nembeIs, una
BILE to get Il 81 fldor, ask ia and dbtained
permission 10 pFint soshe reniarks on
this important subject. Among the
rest noticed that General Jno. Beatty,
the Radical Representative of the
Eighth Ohio District, availed himself
of Ale epppftaiEk { 4ind. If the
Globe, of March 4, short speech of
his, said to have been delivered Feb
ruary "a, 1869. / am inclined to think
that Mr.. Beatty. when he composed
that speech, had not heard swhat
GRANTS views on finance Were AT
any rate, Beatty, as printed i'll the
Globe, differs So entirely from Grant;
that4 cannot help reproducing a short
extract to show the contrast between
the two Radical authorities The point
on (Which Grants SO explicit-that the
debt must be paid I'm gold--Beatty de-
nounces as am attempt to increase the
debt $500, 600 600, and says :ga .syied
aTheH proposition stoegiye $200,000,s
600 to the capitalists iofs Europe for
theii. good opinion, and $40o, 100000
to the BoRdhelders of ouf own counI'
| try for theirs, is monstroasy absurd
and 2iniquitous.i TheE1osal people of
this country propose to pay the debt.
according to the letter and 9spii.itiiof
existing law, and win Indignantly de-
nounee this ehdeayorto put into othe
law at this late day anew letter and
q new spirit "a sEsSastsl1os a assai i
- Marx that last sentence how t-dif-l
| fers from Grants Inaugural which
says sfe 7W ii2f'iEs 10 ai591 9al zoi =
.sTo protect the national honor, exE
cry dollar Of public indebtedness
should be paid in gold, unless lotherH
wise expressly stipulated in the con-
tract. Let it be understood that no
frepudiator will be trusted in a2publie
place. and it will go far towards
strengthening credit which ought to
be fhe best in the saEorld, &e.w 1ESf Z
Clearly, Beatty is as disloyal arcpu-
diator. "2aHe goes on to sayaof the
idea ofspaying the debt in gold :3osb s
r "If wecan so easily and hastily put
sueha construction upaona contract as
wiHstake millions from the pockets of
our taxapay yeFs,a it will be, readily ifs
Iiferred that we may, with equal haste
land ease, soaconstrae anotherlawlas to
defaaud our sbcreditors iof twice Las
Rn,uch." bal t9sj6gs sliE- -Tsss.~etss
ID Finally, General Beatty says, refer
bring to Echenck's bill-thed first see.
ton of which provided for fthe pay
IEment of. the debt in gold, and theasee-
4 lond for legalizihgj gold contracts ag7ss
ja "Whoddemands either the first: oil
!. second section of this tbilLa Certainly
notltlie farmersyenot the mechanics
& mot the great body of ithecpeop1e. ENC
5petitions haveyeomeoap from them
Z lthey are contentcdly and WISELY ead-
,1justing their business affairs sto5tht
lpresent condition of the currency and
q desire simply that 1T be let alone.E The
A cry forithe paynaentoof the fye-twe
d ties in gold, and for the legalizing o
ilgold contracts, proceeds only from th'
i capitalists, athesyalaes of whose bond
,swills be increased fiftyaper cent b!
: thedone, and whose opportunities ID
deeceithe people fifty percent. by th'
) Eother.HBTo done 81 3BG baa b91istf.sI -
ID According to General Grants idea
Observation-Disclosures be trusted pub
9 lie place. for he issjustfas much
i" "repudiator" asntany Democrat il
Cengress;i and, according to Beatty
Grants is only iuttering the cry of tn
: capitalists, and is their President. S.
III think, too, E5usgp91i oa MACK. 3
The Loyal Dom Piatt Gives it up that tn
: Country is not only Mortgaged, but All
ij3 solutely Sold Out9 to the. Conspirator
lE Against the People.oi 5azaodf dsHai {
The above well known correspon
d dent of the loyal Cincinnati C0mDpea
.itciat closes, a recent letter to that. pa
per as follows: Ii .s9nis 2soi lou.rhE
81 aWiths 9BoutWellsin the Treasury
! the House organized hbye Mr. Blaine j
( the interest of the New England me
5lnopolies and Pennsylyania pig iror
= we of the agricultural Interests, of thp
y West may hang our harps upon th
5 5willows, and suffer outrage and wron
II for thes next four years. The va:
p1Epowersofot the General Goyernmen
: will be- driHen-with Ipereiiess ,yigo
Z Hover our PROSTATE trade, to enrich tn
already wealthy ,monopolists Of NeA
Z England and, Pennsylvania. Our graf
! i may rot in our barns, and our shee
: be killed to save the tallow and pei
8 while eur party has nearly two-third
: 1of asmajority in Congress. The ric
Il grow richer and the poor poorer. #.
Il 81 can tell my political friends
81 the West that the day is not Jdistan
Z when all the glories of the late wa
7 and all the noble impulses in behalf {
Il colored humanity will not save, u.s.
Z A, siekened and Disguised people wi
81 be lsorely tempted to- hand the Coy
: eEnment over to the hated coppe
: heads, "dsia jsdw ssut bHit Ilta e
l. The Tenure-of Ohice Act. II ~
u The Washington special despatehe
. of Monday evening give the followi1l
n as the situation on the Tenure-of o
"A fire iaw .s4siW u0I Ii sssa 81 aaiE 90
of1 The Radical Senators held a cauct
d both morning and afternoon at whic
ie the subject was discussed with 'muc
q, animation. Several Senators declat
r ed they would not be bound by Il
BE- caucus and retired from the room
g Finally, as acompromise for all th'
r had been done ON the subject, b M
q Warner, of Alabama, proposed to r.
" peal; tie first two sections of the lax