The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-09-16
TUESDAY NEXT I!
"How DO THE HEATHEN RAGE,
ON

1nc VI IHc D|cllOCIdIlC
platform in Ohio was the signal for
a prolonged howl of Reputation"
''inflation," "rag money" and Soon
federate currency" by the subsidi-
zed bank and monopoly organs of
the country, and all the slang and
billingsgate known to the vocabu-
larry of the pot-house order of poll
ticians and economists has been hur-
led without stint at the few promi
nent and consistent and persistent adj
vocates of a greenback currency.
There is no limit to their rage, no
measure for their wrath. They
seem to have abandoned themselves
to the widest frenzy, and in extrav-
agant misrepresentation and wilful
and malicious lying, exceed all de-
cent bounds of honorable journalism
and fair public discussion-seem to
ignore every claim of common decen-
cy. The Cincinnati Commercial is
particularly vehement in it's idiocy,
and if paid by its employers in pro-
portion to the amount ofdirt it filings,
Mr.. Halstead is certainly getting
rich fast.
Now all this is the purest gascon-
ade and buncomb. If these daily
papers think that the masses of the
people can be gulled and scared by
any such bravado they very much
u%nderrate the intelligence and vir-
tue of their readers. If they think
that all or any part of their extrav.
agant statements and vicious lying
will be mistaken by any consider
able number of people for argument
they are presuming a little too fal
upon the credulity of the public
They had better save their energies
and prepare themselves for a con
test on the real merits of the issue:
presented; for upon the merits O.
the greenback and inconvertibl,
bond system, viewed in the light O
history, fact and m sense, The
people propose to decide. The peo-
pie will not be deferred by any dem
agogues' trick, nor the false ant
slanderous stigma of "repudiation'
and "rag money!" o by persona
detraction of Hon. GEO. H. PENDLE
TON, Judge KELLEY, or any othel
prominent advocate Of the greenbacl
system. Ifthe greenback and incon
vertible-bond system is wrong, de
fective, unjust and delusive, in Heav
ems name don't you show it up? 1
what is claimed for it is not true
why don't you get down to a littl'
cold argument on the question, ant
show the people its fallacy? If 3
national bank note is better than
greenback, prove it. fla gold bond
drawing six per cent. interest in golt
in the hands of foreign enemy, il
better for the people of this countr,
than a 3.65 bond in the hands of on
own people, show your proof Of tn
fact. If ten per cent. interest viii
foster the productive energies of thi
nation and allow to labor its just re
ward, in Gods name tell the peopl
how it does it, for they can't as We
see it. If it is better and NOR
h~ealthyfor the commerce ofthe coun
try to effect exchanges with ban
promises and individual 1 o U
than with national legal-tender mon
ey, pray explain it, so that people c
good sense and honest impulses ca.
understand it.
But no, that is not their pre-
gramme. Their system of organi
zed public robbery, will not endur
the test of honest, critical examina
ton. 1t is wholly indefensible wit
the weapons of logic, hence they re
sort to throwing dirt, making face
and calling ugly names. Let tn
heather rage! The people will d
no unrighteousness ifthey only read
think and act for themselves.