New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-08-12
THE ONO DEMOCRACY.
HOW ONE or THEIR OLD TINE LEADERS REGARDS
TlIIR PRESENT ATTITCDE-IHE HON. GEORGE H.
pVGH SAYS THEIR PLATFORM MEANS UNLIMITED
IMITATION SENATOR THUEMANS NI>TAkE.

now ONE or THEIR OLD TINE LEADERS REGARDS
TfnIR PRESENT ATTIrCDE-THE HON. GEORGE r.
rUGH s,Ys THEIR PLATFORM MEANS UNIIMirl.D
INITIATION SENATOR THUEMAN'S NiSTAkE.
Fr0B Utycie5e ~ me Cicinn0t Coz'msrctdh g,
! have been invited by tie state Central
Committee OF The Democratic party, and by the special
request OF GOV. Allen made to me IN person, to speak ~
several places. but considering ihc fashion in which
Judge Thurman has been treated by The LrnfrT ana
The pnpcr- which follow IT, do not CONCEIVE II III any
way agreeable TO my sense of seiresrci to accept nny
further invitation. and hare retcled all The .hgag,
menis which heretofore made win the COMMITTEE" II
the Democracy OF Ohio can not listen with folcrabe re-
spec and common dccecy 10 ih'r own cchatoi Ia "hc
the Hon Alien g. Thurman, II is in VAN for me to eApect
if should attempt to speai amp lining but insult: T. a.,
The fault 81 Judge lirinans speech consisted IN the
fact that he attempted 20 giyo color 10 the resolutions
of the State Convention Nhch they can not bear IN the
estimation o any ineIls1nt man lhse t,Iin,Ioio,
though adroy written and intended To eaten me breeze
from every quarter did certainly mean that the D9inoc
lcctendcrs. 20 IN unlimited amount and with no pro
BILE time, and that b" not delivering Us over toa -ys
tom not merely of inconvcriie but irredeemabo paper
bic the gentlemen described by Judge Thur
man who formed that Platform, to WI :. Mac Ma.
that Judge Thurman failed of duty that OCCASION
to up The face OF the Convention and to rebuke
known ana neutrality-suspicious. doctrines of the Demo-
cratic party. Ten words from him on that occasion
would have delivered them from the management oi Inc
old Wigs and Republicans; especially Gen EwIns and
now 10 dwell on grammatical constructions These two
gentlemen, neither one of whom had any record o. ser
man. well the President OF the Convention Judge
Eanncy.
Are you in favor of CONTRACTION answer for my
self une1uvOcaly, Yes" There IL no other way 10y
which find ourselves back into the safe forms
and practices OF currency rcdcemabe on prase ta0n
gold and silver coin acknowledge that il VIII bc
severe Orlcal-as severe 60 individually to any
OF the stale OF Ohio. But mus be- done and the
II H. done tho better. not ia favor OF any lii
conclusive phrases, such the wants Of business or
"thc demands Of ra"." These catchp phrases
intended tn disguise the fact mud the idea OF those who
use them have tho advantage of bankruptcy with
honestly submitting Ia the conditions Of the Bank
ru;,t law. The OF whom they speak are bank
riipts. but have not the manhood 10 a5k the
benefit OF the Bankrupt law in their own names
They wish Ia get out Of their bankruptcy under
fase prrtense-that is. 10 pay their dents IN me-
dunn which expresses less than the value which they re-
ceiyc believe IN the words OF andrew Jackson, when
he waited upon aud almost personally threatened ny
the famous delegation W 100 merchants from New York
in the East Room OF the White House AFTER they hal
thc address telling him how much mischief his spc
circular would do tn merchants and To manufacturers
trading upon credit, he replied: The man who trades
borrowed capital ought To break" That dispersed the
intended mob, ychcr with the awful presence of the
who quacd soldier in The presence OF tho
oneinics Of his country, and VINO, despite several NJ
tcnpts ~ assassination accomplished his great career
and retired from his office with greater fame than OF
hi. predecessors except Washington AMI az To whose
fame that Office since that period there Is compar
10 DO made except in the OF Abraham Lincoln.