Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-09-05

says Greeley, sI will turn it out the next
day." Suppose, now, while your bonds are
up to III, while your currency is good, and
while everything is as prosperous as pos
Treasury. What will you have to pre-
vent speculation in gold? it being held there
now as reserve to prevent fluctuations in
the gold market and disturbance of prices
generally. If, in the absence of gold in the
Treasury, a "corner" should be made on
gold, and it should go up to high price
under Mr.. Greeley's theory of resumption.
would not the effect be that gold specula-
tors would make run on the Treasury and
on banks, and destroy the credit of the Gov
prices in everything? Would it not be true,
that at times when large amounts of money
of gold-would be needed for exchange
with foreign governments, when any price
demanded by those who hold it would be Oh
tanned, would not panics in the country be
the result? Would not general derange-
ment follow? If you want to try dangerous
experiments, Mr.. Greeley is your man, be-
cause he has always been full of idiosyncrasy
and strange doctrine. Is there anything else?
Has he any other policy that you admire?
He was high protective tariff man. He
abandoned it for the nomination for Presi-
dent by parcel of soreheads and office
seekers at Cincinnati. To these gentlemen
he comes forward and says: "Oh we will
not discuss the tariff any more, but will re-
fer that to the Congressional Districts" Now
this could have been done thirty years ago,
and have saved our friend, Mr.. Greeley, all
this trouble. 1t is strange he has adopted
that theory as the great saving theory of the
country, claiming that it was this that made
the country as prosperous as it is. But, if at
the time of his nomination, he abandons this
lifelong theory of his, merely for the nomi-
nation for President, would he not abandon
any theory? And might he not, by such
vacillation, destroy the great Interests of the
country? [Applause.] If you trust that man,
it is something can't do; it is something
that the American people will not do. They
want a man to be honest, at least in the
principles that he advocates. But, then it
may be that you adopt Mr.. Greeley as a can
didate because yon think he is very honest
man, and this is the evidence you want. 1
have nothing to say about Mr.. Greeley's
honesty. | have no charges to make against
him, so far as his private character is con-
cerned, morals, or anything else. Let the
people judge for themselves But with his
public acts have to deal. will say that
Mr.. Greeley has been dishonest man in his
advocacy of the tariff if he can abandon the
whole thing now. We had before the Gin
cinnati Convention, that nominated Mr..
Greeley, Mr.. Adams, Mr.. Trumbull, MIR.
Davis, Mr.. Gratz Brown and Mr.. Governor
Palmer. Illinois presented three of these
candidates, desiring to take her chances in
the pool, the friends of these candidates be-
lieving that something might turn up
any other State having SO mary chances at
stake. These men now are all Greeley men.
They were all candidates before the Cincin-
natl Convention. Why? Because they had
no chance before the Philadelphia Conven-
tion. They were all ambitious men. Trum-
bull thought he ought to have beer made
President when Lincoln was nominated.
The other men had something of the same
kind in their heads later. But these gentle
men knew that the Philadelphia Convention
rntH ont of fhnt1, for fhnt
but their ambition drove them on they felt
the country would not be safe without one
of them at its head. They were like the
three tailors of London once that resolved,
I'VE, the people of England" So it was
with these gentlemen, "We, the candidates
for President of the United States, cannot
afford to be beaten at Philadelphia. We'll
go where we have better chance" So they
did. They all got votes. Palmer got one.
The reason of that was because he didn't
have any more. Laughter. He was the
last name put in: They commenced at
Adams, Greeley, Trumbull, Davis, Brown.
When they got through with them,
they looked around. In the division
of votes, not having enough for
fair divide, they gave the one that was left
over to the Governor of this State. Loud
applause and laughter.] These are the gen
tlemen that are going around the country
telling you that Grant is not fit for Presi-
dent; but each one of them would have been
II he had been nominated. Palmer would,
with his one vote. Loud laughter.l So
with these other men. Now they come be-
fore the country advocating the election of
Mr.. Greeley. Can it be for the reason here
tofore given? No; it is for the purpose of
obtaining power by placing Mr.. Greeley,
man whom they believe they can use, in the
Presidential chair, turning out the President
that they cannot use. at the same time de-
stroying the party that has failed to appre-
ciate their aspirations, although it saved
your liberty, has given you protection under
the law, saved your property, saved your all,
saved the great boon that was given you by
your fathers when they won your liberty
from the tight grasp of England Zap
plause. And to-day these men conspire
together for the purpose of destroying that
organization and taking the charge of the
affairs of the Government out of their hands
and placing it in others that they may be
benefited. That's so1