The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-09-24

,as And we see the bcacons burning
We IN the ports OF perfect rest.
II BY and by. Our ship will anchor.
Ill Ii the tide and wind run fair
~ some day Ia the port of heaven,
= Where our lost and loved ones are.
,,o By and by, o, say il softly,
@ n Thinking not OF earth and care,
~ But the by and by of heaven
No Waiting for us over there,
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Ia From the New York Tribune.I
THE RESPECTABILlTY OF NATIOl
AL RASGALITY.
The World puts on airs in refe
ence to our plain dealing with thos
ly who would repudiate the Nation:
l. Debt and deiraud the public credi
+ ors by means of what we regard .
!" the Greenback swindle. 1t says:
"We know no sound rule of morals or maf
- nel1; which can justify the editor of The Jril
ltsic in dcnouncing Thomas Ewing as "A knaVt
ON account of a difference of opinion respect
% ing the payment of The public debt. Their
J., are more men in ohio, and as many men i
New-lork, who would select Mr.. Ewing Il
"a idifector oi u trust company, or the admin,
= traitor of an estate, or the Guardian of orpha
. childrcI-aS many III every part Of th, couf
Try VIII" would think him rs safe man to az
II uHJ f.tlGtciiA llt culIOf Ol IN
# Tribune. IL would ie preposterouS for the lat
. Ter 10 say in his paper that he enjoys II NOR
solid reputation for integrity, or for ability il
=, me Interpretation OF statutes, or for Sount
: Judgment on questions of finance, than Tia
ohio lawyer and Wing ex-SecretaTy of ia,
I Treasury In all such points OF comparison
lt IS no dispafagement of the editor of TN
Tribune Ia say lat the country does not recog
nlZe IN MIN any such moral superiority as ciit
make IL consistent with The mod,sty of deco
rum for hin 10 affect TO look down upon Mr.
| Ewing a En:INe.'
To which The Tiibane makes an
= swer that it judges people by the
sound old rule that I'll handsome is
who handsome docs" Gov. \. @.
McNuit, Col. Jefferson Davis, and
other Democratic politicians who
swindled the bondholders of Missis
sippi out OF their honest dues, in
defiance of the judgment of their
own Court of last resort, were thor
Oughly respectable persons, so far as
we know; but Reputation is Repu
diation, and rascality is rascality,
just the same as if they had all been
the veriest blackguards on earth.--
The same rule holds with regard to
Mr.. Thomas Ewing, who was once
Wig and an honest man, but is now
4 Copperhea1 and a Pcndlelonian.
Tie World proceeds:
"Agr. Ewing, To be surc, believes that. accord
/ ing 10 The Terms of the law, the iiVe-twenty
bonds are payable III greenbaciS; but. howeV-
tAr niista ken thiS opinion NAV be il i 1it,urd
1 to say that IL Is one which an honest man can
not hold. The financial legislation of the Re
publican party, and its action under il, Were
such a bOtcI and tumble rs to give place 10 a
reasonable difference of opinion. The I,1J-
s,jtc iS constantly damaging the public credit
for which II Affects an excess OF zeal. 10y rep
S f dni9irftiGh Of % 9nr cM2nrtrAlffti III IL
Violate a plain obligation. In proportion Us
this calunIny is believed the public credit
must suffer; and nobody has taken such pains
to propagate il ;tS the editor of The TriJule.-
Ii lie we're Intelligent friend of the public
credit ne would admit that We have no repu-
di.tioniStS in the country Woi In naming: that
tiie .reenback man are just steadily in IA
Vor of paying the public debt according 10 the
terms of The contract :tS tine gold men; that
the two classes do not differ at all in integrity,
but only i'll their honest views of the meaning
of the law.'.
TO which responds Tile 7riJaae::
Either the public creditors were
swindled by those Tho sold them the
bonds and those who urged them to
invest their means therein, or those
who nov propose to pay those bonds
in Greenbacks, and to issue Fourteen
Hundred Millions of new ones for
that purpose, are intent on swindling
them. There is no further alterna-
tive. Now, we did our utmost, thro'
the long years of our National agony
ard peril, to induce every one who
had 800, $500, $1,000, $1,000, or
iany larger amount that he could
spare, to invest it in the National
Debt. We persuaded our readers to
sell farms and houses, to realize on
every kind OF property or security,
and invest the proceeds in the United
States bonds which were issued from
day to day to arm and clothe, equip
and fit out, feed and pay, our vast
armies. We assured them that the
investment was the best they could
make that the Rebellion would
probably be put down--that the war
at any rate must end-and that, so
sure as the Nation survived the ter
rible ordesl, they would be paid the
principal and interest of their bonds
iu gold There were due-bills issue !
by the Government called Certiii
Gates of Indebtedness, Seven Thir
ties, DC, which were payable in
Greenbacks, as fully declared and
understood; but the Six and the
Five per cent. bonds were payable in
gold at maturity, as each Secretary
of the Treasury gave undoubting
assurance-as the Treasury agents
for the sale OF bonds everywhere
proclaimed and adyertised--ani as
f we echoed and repeated in every
neighborhood and by every fireside
where dollar could be spared. We
had abundant warrant for these as
suranves; the Government obtained
the means OF preserving the Nation
al integrity on the strength Of them ;
and we mean that they shall be made
good. If they are not, it shall not
, be our fault.
1t is not a calumny that portion
of the Democratic party mean to
cheat the public creditors; IT is the
solemn truth. A leading Democratic
Editor of our State has put forth a
pamphlet urging outright, wholesale
Reputation. You cannot discuss
E this matter in company including
! half a drzen Democrats without
hearing a part of them execrate the
. bondholders and avow desire to dc
! them out of the money owed then
$ by the Union. And the general tont
: of the Democratic press and politi
: clans is calculated to prepare thei
d followers for practical if not out
= right. declared Reputation. A
large proportion of the Democrati
party hate the Debt because it rep
resents one very important means o
+, putting down the Rebellion; the,
II want it repudiated for the same rea
: son that they would annul all tn
: Reconstruction acts if they had th
ct power.
There is no ''mistaken opinion il
the premises, and no honest dout
that the Five-Twenties are payabl
,e in gold, at maturity. Here are th
reasons
q l. The pretense that the Fiy'