, 1875-08-02


berel that Senator THURMAN il Democrat,
arnl n candidate for tho Presidency, mud
har.l-inopoy, nnti.greenback, spceic-paying
man. llu Inns opposed imitation md atlyo-
c:ted srccie.resumrtion In the Senate during
his whole tern, Of service. Tho Ohio Demo-
cratic Stato Convention, led BY pESpLEroN
mud others, proposed and nttoptcd a green
back platform,-in faror Of issuing gree1l-
backs to buy M tho bonded debt, and to any
amount that Congress may from timo to time
consider requisite; it also declared that
greenbaclss should bo substantially tho
only currency or money OF tho couu-
try,-gold mud silver having been SUPER
sedel by the peoples money. 11r.
THURMAN WIS present ut TINT Convention. as
wero nlso o number Of otlor hard-money
Democrats, and ho wns not allowed to re-
n'onstrate, or object to the platform; ho md
his friends wcro told that if they lid not
like it they might leave. That WIZ on tho
17th Of June, mud, six weeks later, AEr.
TMrnxAH mustered courage enough to at-
tempt 10 explain how ho, Democrat Of tho
ancient faith, cnn consort with BEs. BUTLER
md tho rag-monoy advocates. The speech is
curiosity. MIR. THURMAN exccls BLosnrx
with tllo balanco.polo. Ills ingenuity, how
ever, il not now. The logic by which ho
contends that q n,au, who is n Senntor and
candidate for President may haye strong
convictions that certain limo OF policy is
n1ono consistent With honesty, aud at tho
same tmo bo compelled To vote for TINT
pnrty which repudiates his honest policy and
nvows tself in favor Of tho diractly opposite
one, is as weak upon his lipa rs 1t has always
been.
Mr.. TrrEMAN lays down unquostionably
the tr,1o doctrine when l,o declares that an
irrt1uemable parer currency, which neces-
sarily must fluotnate in valuc, and lead to
speculation aud Extravaganza, can DO of no
leueHt except to 1noney-sllnyer nnl spocu-
lators md that tlie only honest currency is
gold md silver. and pnper convertible at pnr
into gold and silver ut tho will Of thu holder.
THIS, he correctly claimed was consistent
with the opinion mud teachings Of every
really eminent political economist tho world
over, will, tho experience Of every coR'mer-
cial milton, and consistent with tho vitws of
Utmost tho entire body Of tlio businessmen
of tho United Suites. Mr.. THURMAN showed
q wise discretion III selecting the audience to
whom 10 should stato tAcso sound, states
mnnlike doctrines. Ho selected an audience
in tho north end of tho State. Had ho ut
torod sach things Mt Cincinnati, it is moro
than likely tho enquirer Democrats Of that
city would haye hootod him from tho stand,
anl refused to lot him bo heard.
IIis dcfonse Of tho Ohio platform IL ex-
ceedingly wenk. Ho does not defend it; ho
donies that it mems what all its friends in-
sist it does menu, and what it can only
mean according to any fnir Interpretation.
Ile felt tho awkwardness Of his position in
denying TINT the platform meant what its
friontls claimed it to mean md therefore llo
ventures to say that tho grecnback wing Of
tho party which follows tho Cincinnati En-
9uirer il comparatively few in NUMBER"
leaving IL to be Inferred that tho hard-monoy
Democrats Of Ohio, who agree with Ainac1f,
arc largely in the majority. Acknowledging
lis dissent from tho platform, both be-
cause of what 1t contains and what it
docs not contain, ho declarea that, neycrthe-
loas, boiug q Democrat, he must 60 with hia
party, mud by no word Or net can contribute
tn drfcot it.
io iusoniously seeks to escape any further
embarrassment because Of Ills Wholesale tlts.
agreement with l,Is party, by saving na will
mt acnin layo occaaion TO refer to Lin rer.
sonal onipiony but VIC doubt very much
w,,ether his narty will tolorato onv s,,ch nro,
ccc,linp, Iro cannot bo silent Il bo would
md thu orocnbacl {ncn in Ol;o aro mt In n
tcmt,or to hoy. him whistle them down thu;
wind with contun,ptuous references to their
baucor,v nnn,hcn ar stoud fouorarca ~
what Ia known to MI tho rest of the world,
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