The Portland daily press., 1874-04-27
Come On,

1t is said that Senator Morton has for some
time been laboring under the pleasing delu-
ion that President Grant believes that he
(Morton) is the prodigy of the Republican
party-the bright fellow who knows every
thing in half a minute and never makes
mistake. It is also said that since the veto,
the Indianian has changed his mind. Ihe
President stubbonly insists on knowing some
thing for himself, and now the western
statesman hints that he has been nourisnihg
viper or some such in his BOSOM. IL Is
further rumored that Mr.. Morton and his in
fiation friends are a good deal stirred up and
talk of revenge. These gentlemen threaten
to revive the income tax, to punish New
England for the. Presidents veto; and for
Senator Morton is to draft an address to the
country in which he will proceed to show how
inconsistent the President has been in Veto
ing the currency bill. The Boston Journal
deprecates this latter action on the part of
the infationists, on the ground that it will
merely result in bitterness, stir up animosi-
ties, and result in no good generally. We
think otherwise; if Messrs. Morton, Butler,
Carpenter & Co. think it is the best policy
for them to appeal to the country, by all
means let them appeal now. Mr.. Morton is
an able advocate for imitation and can make
that side as plausible as any one, and the
sooner he sets about it the better. During
the winter of 1851, before the attack on Fort
Sumter, the Union leaders feared the def
ant prediction of such men as ex-President
Pierce, that if the Lincoln administration
undertook to subdue the South, the masses
of the Democratic party would transfer the
war to the Northern States. When, at last,
the government called to the people to main
tain its honor, they rose above party in their
response. In 1867 Mr.. Pendleton urged the
people to pay all its debts by an issue Of
greenbacks, and his party in nearly every
State, heartily endorsed the scheme. 1t was
terrible temptation to heavily taxed peo-
pie to rid themselves of their debts by a
wrong act; nevertheless, after years
thought, the intelligence and manhood of the
country Indignantly rejected the proposition.
If Messrs. Morton. Butler, Carpenter ct ais,
in spit :, of these examples, have not discov-
cred the temper of the American people, let
them pass on and be punished. The advo-
Gates of the maintenance of the national
faitk and of sound currency shou Id not
deprecate it or be 10th to accept the gage of
battle. If the friends of sound finances
beseech the infationist leaders to consider
this matter before they madly plunge into
it, it should be understood that they are
warned to beware OF their own destruction
an event, the contemplation of which, we are
wicked enough not to be sad about.
II we are to carry the currency issue into
the presidential election of 1876, let the dis
cussion of the question begin now; and, by
all means, let these rufled spirits open the
fight by issuing their address. This fall they
may carry quite number of congressional
districts on that issue. This will embolden
the leaders to such degree that they will
drop their disguises and go into the battle of
1875 with their real purpose emblazoned on
their banners: reputation.