The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-09-02
HIRAM.
Cores pendence.

AoNAA6 ACtul ~
his constructive home and feeling
considerable Credit Mobiiier and Sal
ary Grab rolling around loose in his
capacious bowels, managed to lot a
little OF them of at his neighbors last
Saturday evening. The Town Hall
was comfortably well filled with boys
and girls, and few voters. His ad-
dress was confined to the financial
question, and the school fund scare,
and was gentlemanly, candid and fair,
as far "a he went.with both topics but
immensely cowardly so far as he did
not 60 with either or both. He is fer
contraction, slow and steady, till a
coin basis is reached, but how slow or
how fast he failed to say. He, how
ever, is not in favor of any let up in
contraction. The work mast 60 on,
no matter what the consequences may
be. If those who are in debt can
weather the storm, well and good, but
if not then lhey must 60 under till
they can start anew. He said, ssThere
Il only one way out of this financial
ruin and disaster that has oyertaken
the country; that 10, keep on with
contraction, and when we reach a
solid foundation, commence anew
The debtor class need not be mistaken
in his position or views, and if his
views prevail they may as well close
out now, and throw up the sponge, fer
it will do NO good to struggle more.
Imitation, he said "wsuld work injus-
tice to the creditor, for if he loaned
money when currency was werth IS
per cent. and if by imitation it should
further depreciate, the creditor would
have to take it." He failed to see the
injustice that 10 being done to the
debtor class by contraction. Has the
debtor no rights? Is he to bc ignored
altogether. Suppose = debtor, (and
there are many having a commenda:
BILE spirit of enterprise, engaging in
some business, incurs an Indebtedness
when currency is At "a per cent. Ii
his Indebtedness is $500 he will have
TO- pay at par, $4,000. He said crises
occurred about every twenty years,
and were caused by extravagance and
over speculation, the result of super
abundance of money. But he failed
to state that the plethora of money
heretofore, in times Of a crisis, was
caused by private banks of issue sup
posed to exist on q gold basis. He
failed to state that the general govcyn-
ment caused tho present plethora-if
there is Rlethora-and that he him
self bore conspicuous part in the
transaction, and that the plethora was
caused when there was no general
necessity for it. He said all debts
ought to be paid in coin or it's equiva-
lent, and it was a wrong done to the
creditor not to do SO. But he failed
to state, that the State Of Ohio has
been paying its debt In deprecated
greenbacks-a debt contracted on a
coin basis, at that. He had not the
courage to tell his audience that he
assisted in SO manipulating and reor-
ganizinx the highest judicial tribunal.
as 10 get Il decision that .reenbacks
are legal tender for debts contracted
10 be paid in coin. He spoke of the
Northern Pacific r. r. as a wild. reck-
less and absurd speculation. But
failed to state that it was bantling,
in part, OF the present administration.
and that he bore conspicuous part in
foisling it upon the public. He adj.
mitted that there were innatiosists
and contractiouists in botn parties.
But hu failed 10 state that Senator
Sherman was both, and that lie man.
aged to divide his votes in Congress
about equally on the fnance question.
lie made the astounding statement
that there was u solemn contract made
that the issue of greenbacks sheuld
not exceed S400.OOOOOO. But who the
parties to the contract were he left to
his searers 10 imagine. Upon the
luSStAOh NC ouI Iltlic -
say, much TO the disappointment OIL
some. He said the catholic church. or
its members, was engaged in the
sweetest charities. They did not ac-
knowledge the Protestant Bible as
rue, and therefore they objected to its |
into the public schools,
md, said he. "they were right He
'aid ''if the Aahommedans were in a |
in our midst, and should in
rOduce the Koran into our SCHOOLS, |
We would rebel. The Democratic
,arty" he said, "is in favor Of our
'chool systen,, and it were useless to
ienJ it. A large majority of the
Catholic laity are also," he said Gin
avor of our scheols, but the Pope had
ssued his decree condcmning the sec
liar schools. and the decree was final.
Fhe decree had as yet, effected but a
mall portion of the laity, but would
II time" The Ge.han law was his
pretext for his fear that the
chool system would be meddled with
There was nothing wrong with tho
zw. but il was unnecessary, he said.
1t is a fact which may not have come
o General Garfeld's knowledge, that
Cathotics have been denied access to
ONE Of our public institutiens) the
aw having been lobbied through, Gas
hey say by Catholic priest, is what
) the matter. Gen. Garfield had not
he courage to say that this law gave
% sect peculiar privileges, and he had
ot the courage to say that Catholic
all just as good right az anybody to
etiiion the legislature to enforce the
of his State, by legisla-
i've enactment. We can excuse Gen.
fairfield for not telling US how the
,hooI fun1 ran he divided for fl oro