The Republican journal., 1874-04-09
naturalization Meeting In Boston.

BoeToN. April 'rhe anti-nflation mass
meeting IN Fanelli Hall. which is still lraped
in mourning Tor Charles sumner, this evening,
drew together III audience which filled he ..old
cradle Of liberty almost to overlooking, COM
poactt al all clt>svs OF business men from the
merchant 10 The mechanic and numbering some
1000 persons. The meeting was enthusiastic
ana unanimous III sentiment and Is the protest
Of the business community OF New England
against ANY further i-~ie Of irredeemable paper
money.
llon Nm. Gray. prominent merchant and
capitalist, presided, and list OF vice presidents
was read, chiefly composed OF such men as
tlall,-s Francis Adams. Benz Z. Curtis, Rob
ert O. Winthrop, Geo. Tyler Bigelow Vim.
-AmofY. j. Wiley Edmunl~. +. Il. Nudge, Geo.
o. Ho>rv Franklin Haven and John Quincy
Adams.
f. W. kingsley, EST, called the meeting to
order, read the list Of officers and made some
eulogistic remarks about the chairman, which
WAS well received.
Hon VIM. Gray said they had met to take
council together upon the observance of the
public 1ath. lie advertcd to the first legal ten
der act and the subsequent action of Massachll-
sets and Congress down TO March 1869, when
the United States >olemnly pledged ''itS faith to
make provisions al the earliest practicable
period for the redemption OF L. S. notes in coin. y
More than five Years have since elapsed and
Congress has lamentably failed to uphold the
public faith. Now ii is proposed to increase the
legal tender issues to S40000O,000. The legal
tender acts could be sustained only as war
measures to preserve the government but by
| the proposed legislation Congress would as
sumo the power to enlarge the amount of cur
| r.nrY at any time and 10 any extent.
The sound currency is the great demand of
! The labor Of the country upon the government
! 10 place lis stamp upon the com of the country
atteStng It's worth tOr commercial purposes,
| and it should never Issue one dollar OF paper
| money. 50 long as government paper is dis
| honored and unpaid there can be no return to
| specie payments, ard we appeal to the preSi-
| dent to uphold the public faith. Vicksburg is
not and Will not be forgotten. and he who led
our troops to victory can protect lis from defeat
| and we confidently rely upon him to exercise
| h> constitutional Veto to preserve us from the
| threatened calamity oi an unlimited issue, of
| irredeemable paper money.
We appeal to the people Of the country who
| mold in their own hands i'll large measure its
| future destiny. We appeal alike to the North
and south, 10 the East and the West to keep
invlolate the public faith. We will write upon
our banners never to he erased; THE public
faith. il must and shall be preserved" George
| B. Blake, il, OF the banking house of Blake
| Bros. after 4 short speech, presented the Feso-
| buttons.
| lhey sci forth that the passage and approval
OF any act to increase the issue of irredeemable
paper money would be q deliberate violation of
Il sacred pledge.
| That the refusal of Congress to apply the sur
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| demptlon Of the United States notes in COIN has
| converted one OF the most dangerous weapons
OF war into an instrument of injustice and op-
| preston in 4 time of profound peace.
/ That II has continued and aggravated the
| evils of uncertainty and wide functions in val
lleS which in irredeemabe currency ALWAYS
| brings and has led directly to the financial ills
which it is now sought to cure by fresh issues
of the currency which caused them.
That these members Of Congress who have
voted for the pending currency measures have
thereby assailed the credit and the good name
| OF the country, cast new dishonor upon its I'M
| redeemed promises and inflicted a grievous
wrong upon the people.
That rs paper money sustained only by an
indefinite promise is the spectators and not
| The peoples currency and the evils of a new is
sue Will fall chiefly upon the producing sections
| while it, deusiye and temporary advantages
will be seZed by the great commercial cities
and centres Of free capital, and repel in the
name of Boston and New England the insinlla-
ton that our hostility in the pending measures
| BY which we can profit al the expense of others
arises from self Interest.
That as imitation always raises wages, any
further issue of currency you'd specially in
spire every man and woman dependent upon a
| salary, and that The citizens of Boston conf
| IDENTIFY appeal to President Grant to veto any
and every bill which violates the pledge which
he made il his first official act TO approve.
| The resolutions also provide for committee
10 prepare Q memorial to the President en-
bracips the sentiment of the meeting.