The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-11-01

These two distinguished statesmen
addressed Liberal meeting at Chicago
on Tuesday evening last. The Tribune
in noticing the gathering, says the meet
ing was very large, and adds: at wa,
larger certainly, than any meeting tn,
Grant party in this city have been abl,
to muster during the campaign, and wa.
more enthusiastic than their meeting.
have generally been. 1t proves beyond
doubt that the friends Of Greeley and
X oerner have the votes to carry the cit,
lif they use due diligence to organize
their forces, and bring out their full
strength on the day of election"
Both MIR. Hendricks and Mr.. Pendlc.
ton made able and interesting speeches
and we regret that we have not room to
publish them entire. AS the closing
portion Of Mr. Hendricks speech has
broad as well as general interest, we re.
produce that part OF it, as follows:
FINANCIAL QUESTIONS.
My countrymen, if the circumstances
favored it would like to speak very
briefly upon the financial questions tha.
occupy public attention cries Of "Go
Oh not at any length. You have
been told that Horace Greeley is in favor
of an immediate resumption of specie
payment, and that that would bring
financial disaster upon the country.
Upon that question, as l understand it,
neither party can make a charge against
the other Tor in the platform adopted
at Cincinnati, and in the platform agreed
to at Bal; imore, and also the platform
adopted at Philadelphia, upon which
General Grant was nominated. it is de-
clared alike in favor Of an early resump-
ton Of specie payment The platforms
OIL that subject are nearly in the same
language SO that no charge can be made
against The one party or the other in
respect TO it. / do not intend to discuss
these platforms on that question.
suppose you all feel that, as soon as il
can be, there ought 10 be a resumption
of specie payment; so that all the
money and all the currency Of the
country will be of the same value.
Every one of Us feels the importance oi
that. aud 1 am free to say that | do moi
look to amy act OF Congress TOR the re-
sumption of specie pay ncnt. / believe
thaIa
REsCMPTION OF SPECIE PAYMENT
Is 10 be the result Of commerce and
trade and business. ] believe that when
the country shall produce of the great
staples that command n foreign nlarke;
such increased quantities that our sales
abroad will bring the gold toward our
shores instead of having il float con-
stantly from Us specie payments will
then be natural, easy and permanent.
That Is my opinion about it; whether il
be ilr. Greeley's or General Grants II
will not undertake TO say Tonight. II
lo not know that General Grant has cx-
pressed any opinion Oh the subject.
Laughter.I ain not sure that lac has
any opinion upon the subject. Re
newed laughter.J And now, my coun-
try men, il you want all early resump-
ton OF specie payment, you want al
country; you want a pro-
ducing country you want the Southern
States that produce the cotton, aud the
tobacco, and the rice : the great CON-
modiles that contro! tic markets OF
foreign countries; YOU want these
Southern States 10 be prosperous: you
want them to produce in the largest
possible quantities those great staples.
that our sales abroad may exceed our
purchases abroad. And when we have
that state OF commerce and trade, MS II
said before, We will have specie pay
meht as natural and permanent.
TO THE DEMOCRATS.
know there are some Democrats
who do not like 10 vote Il know thercl
do not any Of them like to vote for Cen
eral Grant but some have hesitated
about supporting Mr.. Greeley. l ami
free to say to you that Mr.. Greeley was
not my choice; had hoped that the
Convention would select
some Western man. i had rather ex-
pected Judge Davis, of Illinois, to be-
but. in the Providence of
tod, as l said, it is now either Grant orI
No other man has now the
least chance fo- an election. But if ourl
votes are to have an influence on the
election at all, they must
be cast for the one or the other. II
know perfectly that Greeley stands upon
q platform that Democrats are satisfied
with, platform of State rights under
the Constitution a platform of the SUI
premacy of the civil over the military
power; a platform that the writ of
llaDcaS corpus sHall De respected anu
a platform for real, gcnu-
inc, thorough reform in the civil service
and | choose to support Greeley upon
that instead Of General Grant upon the
policy which has controlled his Admin
lstration. did not intend to say Cen
cral Grants policy, for / think his Ad-
has been controlled TO a.
very great extent by an irresponsible
pow er surrounding him. What are the
objections 10 sunnnrtinv Mr. Greeley q