, 1874-08-14

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THE AUGUST CONVENTION.
Tho Democratic State Committee some time
ago lBauod call tor State Convention to 10
hold ID Springfield on the 28th Of August, md in
this call invited MI other persons in favor of IN
honest currency, aud an honest payment Of
debts, to meet with them in convention. It
seems TINT AIr. ". A. Richardson and Con. ].
". Singleton, Of Quincy, are not III favor OF I'll
honest currency, and are not in favor Of IN
honest pay1nonl Of debts; but, 1ike tho negro
legislators Of Soutl, Caroiiua, favor ''scal-
ing" Of tho public debt aud tho re-
pudiation Of n largo portion thereof.
These gentlemen. therefore. rofuae to recognize
tho call ~ including them any moro than it docs
the negro Legislators of South Carolina, aud thoy
wash their hauts Of all participation in tho Con-
vention. III tho meantime the Republicans have
repeated tho tactics employed in 1872, mud hence
10 Letllio, who was the no,ninal head OF tho
O>Conor wing Of the Grant party in 1872, has it,
sued call for Democratic Shinplas,or Conyen-
tion to nleot at Springfield On the 18th Of Alt
gust. This Convention Wi! propoBo to degrade tho
ercenbacks and to then "pay" tho public debt in
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This is the preaent condition Of the caeo. Tho
Republicans llaye nominatol State ticket, and
'hs"eo Ill uncorsau "no meaningless platform
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on 'ue CURRENCY lao 4noependeata' d largo
o'aaca u lno oppos't'on' nave nominated can"
u'aa'es upon ;" more paper" PLATFORM Tho
Douiocta'1o conn''t1ee. Will Wow Of enabling
nlo party 20 un'to VIII I'LL orahchos OF the oppo-
s1s'oh' ea''oa convention OF thoso IN favor OF
e'o4".'"' 'ne eFeouoa'A so 'ne sEec'e ssahaafa;
Aa' 'i'oto aro potlaps nt'S OF s'Ssy 1noosand
sotoFs Ill 'nla es&so WHO haVo hotetotora' and
ospee'at's III Ao'z 9o'eu tne republican ticket,
"no nso "''''s W uni'o upon s'hs'e state
s'eae' 10 ~ sappossoa w aA ofAhcoeS o. THO Up
po7'''on' e''' "Ao MIA NV oo 10 onfesS pef'n"<eu
~ o"t'ea' ''''4A soA''e''oun "ua op'n'o''7 oo
sno cu'tones 4aosIo" AAos7's' ''1onardaon
o'as'eSon' Aoo'o' "aa' NO "AoeAa'@ao' eA@eon~
ssoss'aau uoSoois' W 4o' "i7u any @'l'a1co Will
1'soos' "ao a''n AoS AAsos NV 17eao VI ano'o
5as-mohos' anu tno topoo'A'on oA q poss'oa at
t'a'' ~ 'no t'"D''o 1o'''
fundamental principle Of the Amorlean Ton
si'tutlon' WHICH is oompnlaonly bionaed with all
the laws Of all tho States, and has bocoulo
moial maxim among tho American poople, is TINT
contracts arc invloiable. 1t is this legal and
moral principle which eec1iros to oyery man the
wages OF h1a labor, tho pr1co OF Lis crops, tho
value OF h's merchandise. 1t Is tho foundation
OF al1 Justice botweon nen, between statos, and
batween Governments and men, Tho United
Suites in time OF war contracted hoaVy liabiities
It's uccossitios compelled tho Government to sell
bondH at whatever prico 1t could got for them.
Tho War over, 1t ia now proposed that tho Gov
er1lmont shall rcpnd'ato its contracts by paying
the holders Of its honda the face value
thereof in currency deprecated IN value
and unknown to tho laws, trade, or
commerce of the world. 1t is proposed to "pay"
one debt which now bears interest by the owl
donco OF another debt not bearing interest," hnv-
inf no commercial valao outside OF the on1tod
states, ana WHICH cah p' pnfohasoa on the Vory
stops of tug National Treasury ut largo dis
count The democratic Committee lave Invited
convention Of Democrats Independents. OK
lepubicana, Liberals, e'"f all others opposed to
tue Republican party, und opposed to intlation
and Reputation, to meet IN convention on the
20tl OF August to '11''to upon common oppost-
tion State ticket, and to express their 'iowa upon
tho currency question: of course. such an
union moaua tic complete dofeat OF the lsopno-
loan purity iu this State at tho November