Daily Kennebec journal., 1870-04-16

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SATURDAY MORNING. April 10. 1870.

att il surprising to see how extremely
anxious some Of those fellows are, who con-
tended few weeks ago in favor of measures
to repudiase the whole national debt, lest the
Supreme Court may reverse the legal tender
decision and thus injure the credit OF the gov
erument. Swallowing big camel is nothing
IL comparison." Kennebee Journal in
The above was evidently intended as re-
ply n our article last week in regard to the
proposed reversal Of the decision OF the SUI
pleme Court concerning the legal tender law.
II is true the Journal does not have the frank
ness and manhood to say so, but resorts to its
usual slang style Of insinuations, but its
meaning il quite as apparent as it would be if
pt4infy and honestly declared. .,.....
II does not undertake to meet or refute a
single position of ours, but under the phrase
'@e1hoee Fellows" nieanly insinuates that we
Mve commended within few weeks for meas
uccss 70 repudiate the whole national debt
We defy the Journal to quote one word of
oNgsi .fayoring irepudiation of the national
debt.5 Il knows that we have never uttered a
word Of the kind, and knew its base insinua-
tioAs sere, false when it uttered them.--
xaiss Standerd. zsaa 1 -. r1s.I -,,.e alr
nN the Standard is NOT one of "those
fellows" who ''fayor measures to rep,,diate
the whole nstidnal debt what is the oc-
casion Of all this Indignation and bluster !?
WedidDetclass it asone of..those fellows" )"
but having put on the coat of its own ac-
cord We shall not dispute its right to wear
IT, The company in which it, trains OPP
posed the war to save the Union as an
'snnhsly war. w. The same company now
holds fhst the debt carlsed by the so called
'.ppholt war is an unholy debt. Con-
sidenng the premises this is logical con-
chsion, and hence the logical position of
the democratic party is Reputation of the
national debt, and the Standard knows it
~ well as we do. The democratic party
is as much opposed to paying the, debt as
twas opposed to the war. It's acts show
It, This debt is as hateful to the democrat
ic party as the war was, and given the OPP
portmity, let it come into pow er. the dem
ocratic party would show its cloven loot
as plainly in reputation as it did in the
New York riot, when it undertook to aid
Lee-in his march on Washington.
In regard to the legal tender decision,
we trust the Standard has not forgotten
the vaunted respect OF its party for the
Sapreme Court, and that it will abide the
decision Of that. body. In matter of so
much Importance it was clearly necessary
to have the decision of the full Bench.
When the recent opinion was given there
were two vacancies in the Court, and be-
side there was but one majority in that
fraction Of court in favor of the opinion
rendered. Now the Court is full, and the
decision, whatever it may be, will have
the weight and authority which the decls-
ions Of the Court usually have. Till that
time .'thosc fellows" with whom the Stan
dsrd ranks itself must possess themselves
inpatienee. and keep their virtuous indig-
nation at the suspicion of reputation
within bounds until they know it is called
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