The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1875-09-16

We make brief reply to Joseph Mil
ler's communication, because he repre-
sents large class of Democrats, who earn
estly desire to be honest, and to do right
if they know what is the right.
Mr. Miller says that the Democrats are
opposed to reputation in all its FORMS
In this he is utterly mistaken. The hue
and cry against the bondholders, and the
attempt to force them to take non-inter-
est-bearing greenbacks for interest-bear-
ing bonds, is fat reputation, and if at
tempted by an individual would be known
as swindling.
Mr. Miller unfortunately takes up the
slang cry of his party, contraction. -
His party always had some favorite slang
phrase, for each particular occasion.-
When the party desired to force human
bondage into the territories of the United
States, the slang word for the occasion
was popular sovereignty" When the
party north earnestly desired to aid their
brethren and allies in he south, who were
in open rebellion to destroy the Govern
ment, the slang cry was "no coercion"
Now. when the same party desires the
destruction of the currency, and the re-
pudiation of the national debt, and the
destruction of the national honor, its
slang catch-word is mo contraction"
The Democratic party is the party of
contraction. 1t makes war upon the Ma
tional Banks, whereas the Republican
party has amply provided for free bank
ing, thus insuring an amount OF curren-
cy equal to the demands of trade.
Mr. Miller ought to have sense enough
to be ashamed of the repudiator's argu-
ment, to pay one debt by another prom
ise. The act of 1869 was necessary, to
show to the world that. although Pendle-
ton, and host of Democratic followers
were swindlers and scoundrels, yet this
great nation is not swindler, and when
it promised to pay man one thousand
dollars, with interest, it did not propose
to pay % it by issuing another promise
to pay, without interest The Demo
cratic movements, towards reputation
have cost the people of this country hun
ldreds of millions of dollars, by way of
large interest. Let it be finally and fully
settled that Democratic reputation is
forever dead and damned, and the ma
tional debt can be funded at three to four
per cent. interest.
Mr. Miller wants to know why we OBJ
liect to the Geghan- law, if it is not OBJ
jectionable on its face. Because it was
demanded by the Catholics, and the solid
vote of the Catholics was pledged to the
Democratic party if compliance should be
made, and defeat of the party threatened
if Democrats failed in the Legislature to
comply with the insolent demand. Be
cause the Democrats all meekly complied
and passed the -ihillA s.Ad re-nominated its
author. nan, at the like demand oi
: the Catholics. The Catholics are very
! Eshrewd. They commenced by demand
ling the passage of a law unobjectionable
on its face, and after they have got the
Democratic party completely under con
Erol, they can demand that for which they
: hre so earnestly contending-the division
bf the school fund. The Catholic Tele
: graph, the organ of the Catholics in Ohio,
in answer to Judge Taft's Cleveland
speech, declares that the Catholics would
| continue to war against the school system,
| and look to the future for a redress OF
the great wrong of taxing Catholics the
same as other citizens for school purposes.
1--WE will send Mr.. Miller Judge Tafts
fspaaob apd oSk him ooraf,,lIv to rood IL
, remembering that Judge Taft is no par
e, tisan fanatic, but cool, careful man, who
: has heretofore leaned towards the claims
xi of the Catholics.
e' 1t will not do to presume that the
81 leaders of the Democratic party will be
Fafraid to risk the alliance with the Cath
te olics. If Mr.. Miller had been told in the
espring of 1872 that the great old pro-sla-
'e very, rebel Democratic party would in
that same year have passed resolution
e in favor of equal and exact justice to all
y men, and nominated Horace Greeley for
n President, he would not have believed it.
: Had he been told six months ago that the
a same party, which advocated gold and
Y silver currency for fifty years, would have
! repudiated coin, and gone in for unlimi-
t ted issues of irredeemable paper money,
g he would not have believed it. Let him
7 read the communication of l. T. Mona
e han, written six years ago, advocating
I.division of the school fund, and then re-
tmember that his party has nominated l.
VT. and Geghan, to represent the party on
e this vital issue, and he will see further as
, to the tendency OF his party:
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