The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1875-08-13
THE ONO CANVASS.


| n"inrfWy rartirsl Ohin 10y small majority. That
Nt'nfy lfrrtvef the organization n The party aud
/ made othef Democratic victories I-sssihle VI was
/ lhc iorrfunnsr II The extended tfiumphs that
I have siuvp hetn achieved
Last year tidal waNe as u has i.en called passed
| over the hepahlic, Mnrr than twenty states, from
NE most p0wcriul IN the smallest II our Common
weallha, feonrl'd iheir condemnation II the party
I ~ power. New York, wh'ssu wealth aud tptnlat'an
have cUuierrct upon her the name " n h. Empire
l state gave an opposition majority N over fifty
/ thousand uco'gii called The tmriro state of the
SOUTH ~ halter yet giving majority oi over sixty
/ thousand rUnnsylytuis. fur the Grsttime in msny
years yindicits-t her ancient renuwn a. the tey-
stone "i Ne brnWfnic arch. Indiana oeass-l ~ he
adpumini state, aud rolci IN iemocraur ma
| iuriiy "i twenty y-ihfoo thousand And our uwn
l bhio spoke With NJ uncertain voice, majority
on the state ticket teiug seventeen tboi-snd, and
| on the Congressional ticket nearly twenty y-seycn
l Thousand.
Thcse NAY serve ~ Illustrations q, the emphasis
with whieh the people, nine mpnihs ago set the
-sfl u Their condemnation upin radical iniHule.
hut no illustration would he complete that omitted
The ui'st Significant and unlookedfor result Of all
Massachusetts,, old Massachusetts, as firmly welded
to the Republican party, mcn supposed ~ is fly-
mouth itosk hound ~ the earth In which n Is ina
'-~lded-ca-i ~, ior time at least, her Radical
snskles and PLACED a sterling, unhinching Demo
crai s the head II her ,iovernment The results oi
th'se elections Oiled the Radical leaders With de
may hut no party ever yet SURRENDERED power,
aud N1s therrfore, in the nalural order u events
that th,J lerasf- shnuld earnestly strive To- rtuver
the ground they had lost Hence, from the hrst
DAY p the ate session. Of Congress to the last they
.
tugethcr their scattered hosts and consolidate thom,
~ In inrmcr years, In a r>i-tloss phalanN. uun
almost every question VI public Importance party
interest vas pretsrft To- tho interest NJ the people.
The must important measures worr matuntl Va the
secret rrcess's o raucus, and the conscience. uf
uicml-rs -tiard by party DEGREES. Mbeu measure
thus roucU,tcl 10y party, In the interest ut party,
! vas brought from tn. caucus into the senate u
! the lIJuss, mufp than once Sw its supporters
reifain from discussion lest their jarring views
might disturb their harmony, sud vote down all
amendments, hoscyrf pfui-at IN "hstleure 10 the
caurus dvcre, IN wort, during that whole
session thr question with the majority -,em,i ~
h., not " What Il t-st Tor the Republic 90 but
=. What h NECESSARY to save the Republican party ~
Was Constitutional Government eNprthruwu In Ipii-
t-ianu hy iuierul haNunet~, the Radical leaders
-'ught tn divert attention from the outuu" by ia
hlmmaiorl htrnngus- against the 7nuth. bid the
ady,itse ut spund currency Petition Congress To-
take s,,i'r -rp irkiug to rspratpu NJ sI-cic pay
inett- aud on the other hand, did the nhationist,
'Ty aloud With stentpfiau yoior for mur, IaIer
mpncy," the Radical l'tiers hearing both aud fear
ing 10th, avoided all public Discussion AMI bury lug
them,'lVts tn the -crvi Prcyincts ui the caucus,
there Cuntriy~i party h,d 10 hold IN it, ample
hraccs sherman. Morrill, aud Conklirg. with their
hard money platform, and Morton. Iasssn anl Ferry,
with ther imitation balloon. And uhsn at length
that piece ~ cauuns furniture brought uut into
uITn dAy, w hehrld the strange phenomenon of a
hill entitled "a hill tn provide for the r~umptQ of
specie payments" that contained not single sfcc-
tive provision tor that putIse hill declaring that
resumption shall take place on the hrst DAY oi Janu-
ary, iS1g, without pfuVilins In wise manner,
dollar la coin with which Ia cil.t that t,sutn rtion
No wonder that The lladical lcuors declined 10 dis
Gus that hill Nc wonder that the thaiunau oi the
Committee that reported IL declined Ia explain u.
Ne vundcr that theft it, ambiguous provisions with
out Interpretation, when to Puhlicy interpret them
one way would have driven oh the rcsumptionists
irum ts support, and To interpret them anoiher way
would have hruught the whole swarm Of iunation-ts
al-iut his Ears. Aud the Till Was passed; not
a unancial matter, M, as thing In which any ouc
beloved, hut simply caucus compromi-s Oi con
nirtng opinions political stick ing plaster tp hold
the opposing wing oi the Raiica party ios,thor 50
Tar - the Iaidivals concerned until alter the
nsNt rresidrutial elcstun. Aud now the very men
who made that compromise, the very men who
agreed t1 keep their opinions In ahcyanc" Tor two
years 10 come, the very authors and pcriraors OF
that sham In finance aud trick In politics will,
have no Doubt he heard saying 10 the htrd-n"ney
iArmurats of ohio: " How eau you suIr-,ft the
Democratic tic koi nominated by Convention that
adopted sit-Inoney plaiiornt' Hos can you
one oi the olesl and most tmc-honorcd
canuns ai your political creed 2" How can you
abandon IN. faith OF Jefferson, Jacksnn aud
Benton, and tssnme followers oi Mcndell PHILLIPS,
Benjamin :. Butler and william u. kehyr' " You
were not won't Ia times past, IA 'Fak OF these men
With uurommon tsr,ct. II W remember Correctly,
yOu ralls, Phillips fanatic, Butler lover oi other
p-oIlss sIspns, aud Kelley maniac on the subject
II pis-irun Fray tell us what miracle has been per
iurucd which this trinity Of fauaoissi Spans and
pit-irun ha,e he,umv the financial prophets and
l,sirI- oi the uhiu Democracy ~ ] say my hand
money -lri,nds ui Richland that ! have no doubt
that thct questions " ~ h. put 10 ~, these sarCass
uttepsi agiiust NJ, 10y the very cumpromiseis who
last winter cna,icd the financial sham oi which
have sIokeu. Aud, therefore, aud bcuause such
questions have already lsrn asked by others hut,
aiiNv ALL from a s,usr 81 duty that uWc u my~,h
ant Ia th, hr'uuoais who think a. do on IN, cur
reucy issue, prups' tu n"icr the" iahnis OF our
adYtfHai,s ant .i,e reasons that, in my judgmont
are 1mpiN sufficient tur our iusihVaiion. nay that
mats q uur imperative duty o. supl"ri out u'kel
however moth We dislike .Dine plank IN te plat
i"rm and the omission Of "thcis that We think
should have lssn IN n.
You. ny fcllow -us.unocnt- OF Eichlani, are What
Ia. a.. .N karA faRN
that is Co .1y, We do not ls.li'Nr IN an irre-
dermahl' paper tutpncy; We b'leNs that such a
vurrucy must ne,Ss,filS huciuair ia value, lrad :"
speculation aud rNu1NJ4tn'', ahi hriHht ho one
but money -shaNcrs amt ,I"tulaturs. We hhrNe
that cur currency should consist oi gold and silver,
aud Tor cuuN,ui,uoD luI~r convertible n PAR into
gold and silver the will ui the holder In this We
with the uniform tctchtugs "t the lrm"craiic
party with the opinion ui every really eminent ls-
htieal economist tue w"td "N'r WIN lhc l'sHS ui
experience found In the history oi every enmWtreial
nation, aud with the Views ui almost the Uutirr body
uf thv business men ut America. Now, % has heru
rouudly asserted and with violence of speech that
might ls considered Incorporate, that the platform
Ul our late Convention means just the opposite "i
our opinions, that DO means on irrodeewahlu paper
currency now and forever. and, consequently, that
gniI ur silver, OF paicr convertible lui" suld ana
silver, shall iurm part u our circulating me
diuu Rut certainly no such idea !, oppressed la the
platform nor 30 h,icyt that b. !, entertained 10y
majority 0l these vhp gpprnN" ii know that there
ar, ulen Who sdyucato tne abandonment Of gold and
silver money; Who scout thc idea of t,d'tmainl-
Goyrrumrut cali money Is money, and Who regard
iTrcitrmalC gr,euhaVk, e. The htst currency the
world ever saw. Bat DO not think that tho,e men
constituted majority ui the late tonNeuttun or OF
%, Committee on Resolutions. Hal such bseu the
,as' their view, would have hecu expressed without
ambiguity, kut you lonk IA VAIN IN the platform
Ton a diTUt expression iu taNUr ot ufedrs mahiiiyt
a dipct h,,,itian that -uli aud silver should Ia
drmun'tiot Il alysatU, the substitution OF
lrenhacks i'r National Hank notes, hut IL nowhere
saws that the prrtnbatks should lr irfcietualle
a. /
hruueht Ia psr With guld, and, although We may
not l." quite ablr 10 So how that can he dnnc IA
th. mpis proposed, its d'-rahl'n,-s i most dis
tn,tiS aud tully usuguizri. Aud thon, a. tu iu-
Hlton, the platform does not expressly demand
mur, ourmncy, II druounoes contraction, hut d"es
not gy In plan words tive a., iutatiou hai
u du.s Siy is, " that the volume oi currency hy
mldc tnd sept equal to the wants ui tIa"' and
thi, Is all Nov, suH-s" that then Is not, aud
never has hrcu, mau m any civilized country Who
Wui,ld moi say that the volume oi cuffvufy should
lr equal 10 the wants ui trade To say ~ i to utter
a mere truis,a a mcIr al'siraclon. IN" pr"ural
question Is, Have Ne that volume uuv aud upon
this the platirm Is silent 10 him who believes
that the presout volume Is sufficient, II means NO
'nhatinn Tor in hs mind Il ls already quite equal to
the wants OF trade 10 another nan, who thinks
that more currency Is needed, It doss mean eN-
Iaisnn and ~, whether Il means the one thing
The other lelrnd' upon The prcconee',el opinions
that an Ohio member Of Congress, having 10 vote
upon an imitation hill should lnnk 10 this platform
Tor his guidance, what hght would he gct1 What
Is there In II o tell him whether he should vote Tor
AN increase Of currency ol ten millions, bundled
millions, i've hundred millions, on NO mcrcase AT
ag
Now the gentlemen who framed this platform
able and bold men, masters OF the English t0ngu.,
capable oi saying what they mean, and ny no means
afraid 10 say H. when, therefore, they plainly de-
contraction, bat al tosAprcsy ad Nocaie in
haon, is the presumption fair that they do not
mean iunatun Understand me, | am not defend
ing the platform for In some particulars do not
like H. and leave TO those who approve u the task
OF its advocacy Nor am | crticising II, Tor have
no disposition 10 he critical, and leave that role TO
our common adyeTsaries. But think Il but justice
20 say that the platform has heen construed 10 mean
more than Is expressed IN II, aud more than Sas
meant, as I hehsNe, by those Nhu framed H. In
saying this do no LOSE sight Of the interpolation
placed upon Il by some OF its friends. knoN that
s,nnc ~ n waTnrst advocates regau Il "a dsgla
tun against gold aud silver, aud ior irislsenlahs
grosnhack currency uow aud lorrNCr cOuldsd With
great aud IaTinHneut imitation, bat Tor nasons that
have partly stated, and oihen that have no time
10 state, hclese that ih.ss mrn atc comparatively
lev In number. The truth Is that there Is vide
diversity Of opinion AMONG the lsnls 0 all PARTIES
upon this suhlri, There are nemO, rati' hard
money men and Democratic ral~r-mnney
men Republican hard money men and
Republioan palrr-money men lylnocpiic