The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-05-07
CORRESPONDENCE.
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PRKIPENT Ip cesAAsI SsAsI AND TIE ESNAN-

is not my purpose to enter here into discussion Of
the financial question that occupying the attention
Congress and the people the United ssa,ss but sim
ply to ask you and every spabcan Is just to
bitterly condemn the Presidess for <etosg the Senate
Finance BILL as he Is by the epablcan Journals Of the
west the chi<f anchg the rssti Do not Republicans
Know the record Of their chief this question and that
MS veto Is but consistent carrying out Of his financial
policy frequently expressed and that has received the
support OF the Republican party in the past Has
be not upon every occasion when ne could with pro
poprey speak pledged himself not only againsf inercas
ing an rreeemabe surr~ney but also the support Of
measures tending to resumpan Has he not clearly and
unmist-kAbly given his adhesion to the policy freely
and reiby expressed in his veto upon other dis
tinct occasions previously theretsn his two Iuauguras
and in i've Nessagsi Let eak his record in this
matter and see how grandy consistent be is and has
been and whether we had better pause little and
reflect before We unhesitstss condemn. Here Is his
record:
From Inaugural Address March T. 1881
0n all leading questions agitatng the pnblic mind
s04 erereis Tie STsiios Of inierposng
has been contracted in securing 20 aHd pasterty
the Union The payment uf th principal and interest
qeeOnpshed without MATERIAL dstsiment 70 the debtor
Glars or 70 the eountry at large n.t be provided for To
&c ps Il s ea
pressly stipulated in the cortsIsi"
From Message TO Cnssess December 1891
Among the evils grnSing Of the rebellion and not
an evil which hope win recs yoor most earnest a,ten
government % secure to fss tizsns = me.au of .T.
sss Sass and no saSss;as for 4 cam ss Ssrsssd Il
should be comDencrd BOW and reaeh"d at the earliest
ETsse,s moment @n, consistent. with rssnrd :. the
mend tn you then such legislation as will insure gradual
return pecs pdysats and pnt immediate stop TO the
huctuation in the value Of the enrrency."
Prom Message to Congress- December 6 ls7o.l
The evils Of deprecated and fuetuating are
much would seem that the time has arrived when by
wise and prudent Legislation Con9ress should look 10 pot
taRt ddy.'
From Message to Congress, December l. Is7r.l
Continued nuetatisn in the value Of gold compared
the increase and development of the country in keep
ing up the prices Of all articles necessary in everyday
national morals and national finances II the question
can be met as 70 how to get value to our
specie, very desirable object win be gained"
From Message to Congress. December J. 1s7al
Importance Next in Importance to this a sol
emn duty to provide national currency Of fixed unvary
bic having regard the interest the debtor class
and the vcisstudes Of trade and commerce. eonrerbe
into gold at par"
[From Inaugural Address March T. Is73I
MY efforts in the future will be directed q restora-
tion Of good feeling the different sections of
1ed rGus a. compared s;s d. asods standard eS raine
(gOld). and, u VpOssib< to par ,rihn" dc.
es% MsssIss SS,, 20 S1nsss peos%osr oe LEI
basis reached The medium Is specie the recog
we sbai haTe cerrrney ef ae esast esree Of
there be too much of u for the legitimate purposs of
little the rrVers. viii be the result. To hold that we
have and To appreciate tn that standard is
problem deserving of the ost serious consideration Of
Again: what is the record af The Republican party
toore this question Here Is the thirtcth resolution
in the Philadelphia Platform Of 1872:
I'VE denounce repuiiatisn Of the public debt in any
pride the reduction Of the pcpa Of the debt the
rates Of interest upon the balance and confidently ereet
spesdy resumption Of speeie pay,nents'
And did not the Republican majority in Congress in
1862 pledge the faith of the American people early
demption, in resolution Of which the following is the
concluding part s-"And the United States pledge, its
faith to make prorsoR at the earliest practicable period
for the redemption Of the United States in coin "
ard not this policy followed by the retirement Of the
~ 900 OO0 proof Of TIE intent of the nation
and its desire keep it t with the dead and the liv
ing creditors Of our government
These. then have been te pledges of the President the
Republican party aud the nation. The Senate Finance
Bill ramped under fost these pledges; but its trainers
forgot who at the henonc who had the courage
meet them face to face and do his duty nobly.
What then President Grant in his veto but this
There should be steps backward-the pledges Of the
government the Republican party, and the President
must be maintained 10 the letter. And what those
pledges but what / have shown Ian early return 10
specie paymen-no infsiio.- redemption the earliest
practical peredtha the nation shall keep its promses
shall be its word and Its national honor This
what the President has done by his veto; and this
pie of duty and constitutional privilege performed at
such time when the national honor endangered
rises to the highest dignity of grandeur and when the