The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1874-05-30
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Currency and Finance.

We listened attmtiyely TO Col Turner
and Judge Boon, md have carefully read
the editorial of the Courier, and have
come 10 the concluiion that the gentlemen
were talking and writing about something
they did not understand. viii some body
tell the editor OF the Courier that the
"greenh back and the ~. ). Treasury
note" is one ana the same piece of paper
What Col. Turner seemed to be in favor
of is this: Retiring and cancelling the
National Bank notes, (black backs and
issuing grcenbacks in their place This
is to be done by buying the bonds belong
ing to the National Ank, now in pond,
for those blackjack notes, thus saving the
interest on these bonds. This would in
crease the circulation 10 per cent, for the
bonds are ten per CEN. more in amount
than the National banknotes. This would
make Col. Turner aninhationist to that
amount, aud there he Afoundered."
Judge Boon seemcdtO be in favor Of the
National banks and Increasing the green
back circulation up four hundred mil
lions Or forty millions more Of green backs.
II this should be donethe National banks
would immediately gfab them and issue
their own notes tOtheamount Of one hun
dred and twenty millions. 'Thrce to
one which they could do with compare
tive safety, for We mast remember that
the National banks must redeem their
notes with greenbacks on presentation,
Just as banks had tqdo before the war
in gold and silver. This makes Judge
Boon an infationist Of the worst sort.
We can now see Why Stevenson voted
against imitation.
The question Is Which IS the Demo
cratic doctrine Jefferson, in letter to
IA IL
sons Cores pondenexl. J I, is the high
ferson in that k.ns that it is
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low corporaek tie, to -
sue its notesu Lis makes
posed 10 the Natia 90 aks. Jefferson
further says: I. 6,aould only be Is
sued in q time of wa, necessity and
redeemed in a time of leace. | am salts
fed that Chase had real this letter when
he issued the greenbao, and Stevenson
had read it when he vsed against issu
ing any more in time OF peace
Nothing can be done util we get rid Of
these National banks, ad. therefore, We
are in favor Of any mesure that will do
il. \ Democrat had al we'll be in favor
Of United State Bani as to be in favor
of these hydra headed monsters. They
are sucking, like the shelps of wolf,
the life blood of the nation, getting 10
per CEN. interest on these notes from the
people and drawing per cent. interest
in gold from the treasury on the bonds Of
the United States held by them. The in
dustry Of no people, the labor of no
nation, can stand such burden. No
wonder the agriculture Of the country IL
oppressed, and the farmers have been
ground down until, for the first time III
all history, we have a secret society Of
farmers TO protect Themselves, driven
together like herd Of cattle to protect
themselves against poserful and savage
wild beast. And no beast that ever
roamed the forest, no 'tusmonian devil,
ever was cruel as corporation. Col.
Turner has fought them All his life, and
now in his old age, and on crutches, he is
fighting them still. Go on my gallant
old Democrat We stood by you twenty
years ago when you commenced this light
shoulder to shoulder with that grand old
Democrat Elijah Hise. From the Supreme
bench he Numbered against these corpo-
rations and we can only fight them until
we die. Dives rules us now; but, oh,
Dives. remember there is hell
DEMOCRAT.
Ito be continued