The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-08-10
FROM BELLAIRE. OHIO.
Reasons Why "a Hard. Money Demo
cTHt supports the Platiorm-fre-
dicIion Regarding Governor Al
lens Majority.
- ,...., 1879

DhLLAlkhI ~ 'A"S -
Editors Of the Register:
AIN now. and always have been, IN
favor of gold und silver as the basis OF
our currency. am fully in accord with
the uttcrunces Of the great Democratic
statesmen of this country, such rs Jeher-
son Madison, jackson and Benton. Not
withsianding this, will give to the
Democratic nominees in Ohio my most
cordial and hearty support. 1t VIII not
be amiSs, presume, to allude to lew
of the many considerations which inticnce
me in so doing. The present system OF
finance, with its greenbackS, and Nation
al banks, is exclusively the work OF the
Republican party, and it Ill becomes the
parent to charge baStardy on its own ot-
spring. us this party is now doing. When
this system was inaugurated thousands
of poor men had the savings of life
time. with which they wished to pur-
chase a home for themselves, for their
old age, deposited in the banks, or loaned
out ut interest; and thousands of widows
and orphan children had their all in the
hands oftiduciaries. A Republican Con-
gress, cheered and applauded by the
New York Times, the Tribune, the her.
| ald, the Cincinnati CommcrcidL and the
entire Republican pres of the country,
passed law compelling those poor men,
and widows and orphans to receive
payment in rag money! not worth
forty cents on the dollar. This law
received the unrcserved Communications
of the entire press and party. This same
/ high toned press and moral party, now
. lift up their haad, in holy horror, for
fear that by some means, through the IN
huence of the Democratic party, every
cent of the bonds, principal and interest,
which are Low held by the money Lords
of this country. and which were pur-
chased ut about one.third their par value,
should not be paid of in gold. 1t is
pitiable to read the whining editorials
which ii i the columns of those papers, IN
which they warn the people not to suffer
the honor of this nation 10 be tainted by
the payment of those bonds in other cur
rency. Out upon all such palpabIe and
contcmptible Hypocrisy. AT no time
since the end OF the war, have our peo-
pie been so little prepared for the
resumption of specie payments. All the
industries of tue country are crippled
and paralizcl and TO resume bow would
be death to thousands OF the debtor
and working classes, and would only
benefit the money Lords. 1t Is SAID,
that we have more money now than We
use and in order to obtain money we
must have something to sell This l.
true, and il 80 happens that very large
majority of the voters in this country
have nothing to sell but their labor, and
that that to-day, By the bundering legl'.
lation Of the party i'll power, Is a
greater drug upon the market than
ever before III this country.
The capitalists in anticipation of a
| general crash, and large shrinkage of
/ values, consequent upon the insane at
tempt at this time, to resume specie pay
mtnts are drawing in their capital, and
drawing 1t out of the manufacturing e.
tublshmentS To invest 1t in something
more safe; and hence 50 many OF our best
citizens are every day being thrown out
of employment. There i one thing
stronger H0H party, AMI tdGt IS Scit-'n-
fere>t The laboring men and debtor
class, both demand that there shall be- 10
/ further contraction OF our currency, ana
that no laws shall be passed having this
! end in view, until the manufacturing m
terests are revived, and that they shall
! be able TO sell their labor at living prices.
! The man, or the party, who 'avors any
different policy, will be swept under by
the tidal wave of nm incensed public
opinion. While therefore, / am strong
| ly in favor of return to specie pay
mcnt, at the very earliest practical mo-
ment, for the reasons siven above, and
and others not here alluded 20, | am AS
strongly opposed to the doing OF it ut
this time. as impolitic, dangerous and eX-
cecdngly ruinous. | perict that there
will be more secret voting done III Ohio
this fall, than ever before in this State,
and that Aliens majority Will start the
money Lords OF the country.
J. K. w