Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1875-07-29
SPEECH OF
Gen. THOMAS YOUNG
Before the Hayes Club, Tuesday
Evening" July 20.
FslEogo Citizens ofthe Columbus Hayes
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Fslloso Citizens Qft6e Columbus Hayes
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Our State Executive committee has
fixed on the 31st of July to formally
open the campaign, and has designat-
ed Governor r. B. Hayes, our distin-
guished standard bearer, to sound the
tocsin of war on that occasion, and
that his speech viii be no uncertain
Sound ss to the intent aud meaning of
the grand principles enunciated in the
platform of our party adopted on the
I'd of June last, we all feel assured =
congratulate myself, however, on
being the first of the candidates inVit-
ed to address the first club organized
in the State in the present campaign,
named in honor of our illustrious can
didate for GOVERNOR man who was
put in that position by the acclaim of
his party without his knowledge or ex-
pressed desire, but a man who at all
times, whether in war or in peace, for
victory or defeat, has never refused to
serve his country and his fellow citi-
zens whenever it was the public iudg
ment his services were required
PERSONAL
OF myself, l need only say that
was chosen to occupy the second place
on your ticket, in such a manner as to
make it more than ordinary compli
ment to me, as it came to me as an al
most spontaneous expression of the
confidence of my party in me, not for
any ability / may have, for I claim
nothing more than ordinary intelli
gence, but as do believe, because ]
have tried to show by actions as well
as words, my earnest belief in the
principles of the Republican party and
my frmpess in standing by them
knowing as l do that they are right
Ofcourse 1 shall be soundly abused,
lied about and viIlified by the Demo.
cratic press. / expect to be charged
with all manner of crime and mean.
ness between now and the 18th of DC
tober, at which period the editors may
take rest until the meeting of tht
next Republican Assembly on the frs
Monday in January, when they may
find occasion to howl again But ]
did not come before you to speak o
| personal matters, but of the issue!
| involved in the present canvass, tc
speak of what we propose for the bes
interest of the whole people, and a
our election will determine to som,
extent the sentiment of the people OF
National issues, it seems to be con
ceded on all sides that the great ques
ton in its Importance to the people i
the question of
FINANCE.
Now, fellow citizens, / want 10 i'm
press it on your minds that 1 do no
pretend to be fnancier in any seuc
of the word that have no new theo
ry of my own on the subject; but tina
/ think I know the meaning Of tn
policy expressed by our party plat
! form, and tAat=I= =can-~eammapd4i lit t,
| you because 1 believe in it; and that
think 1 understand the drift of tn
Democratic declarations on the subjec
which shall try to expose briefly an
condemn for their political dishon
esty.
The Republican party believes tha
we should have no currency inconvel
tible with gold and silver coin, an
that we should have no legal tende
save gold and silver, which is til
money of the Constitution, and bein
in power during the war, which mad
the paper currency a necessity, OF
legislation has been directed to I'll
end of bringing about a resumption {
specie payments. The Democra
party of Ohio but of no other State
pretends to believe that our greenbaC
currency should be issued by the Co
ernment ad lt6ttwDa and called none
without any basis Of value, and wit
out any reference to our national obi
cations to pay our just debts. Th
n is, I think, fair construction of ii
four articles of their platform advoca
: ing a financial policy which, if ca
ried out by the power Of the legisl
I tive department of our nation, wou
E! in very few years bring about t
bankruptcy Of the country and rest
in reputation and national disgrat
This policy is imitation of the Cover
d ment currency, and we all know tt
the definition of the word is, 60 ma
large by wind" Ito blow up.
II Well, wind is cheap, especia
j. among Democratic orators on this ST
ject, but all the wind they can expar
all the lung power they may bri
to bear in presenting sophistical arg
ments in favor Of their absurd the
ries, will not hurt the value of gFeG
back nor a National Bank note, L
will it convince the people that al
thing can represent dollar SO well
note which the Government ST
d. shall represent the universal stand;
of value-gold.
- No man who pretends to comm
Of sense can be led to believe that tw
ty dollars in currency, which will O
ne purchase one barrel of -four or
e' five dollar gold ring, is any better Il
one five dollar note which will do
same things But our Democri
orators say that money would be N
plenty. OF course it would be j
four times as plenty, by this stand
of quantity and not quality, as it
be in 1879, when the Government
determined to resume specie payne
and when, if we have paper cnrrel
it will represent gold and silver,
ken Sn1 in the banks of other countries an
iEs fated currency would be as utt
5re worthless as was the Confederate
nth money about the close of the re
), lion, while the Republican party
rency of 1879 will represent gold
sis, and will pass with honor and C
y1left it at its face in any civilized natio
the world.
ns But Democratic speakers and wr