The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-09-22

The GreenAack.
mo party ever made q more unfor-
tunate blunder than the Republicans
deliberately committed in making war
upon the greenback currency. '-Indi-
annapolis Sentinel.
This conveys positive misrepre-
sentatfou, and it is SO common and
hagrant that we notice it. We do not
understand that the Republican party
has shown anything in the nature of
luminosity toward greenbacks. The
Republican party invented green
backs. They passed the Greeuback
Law, and limited the issue to 800, :
COG, 900. They object to the violation
of the law. They exercised this extra
constitutional power of issuing legal
tender paper as war measure Tor the
safe y Of the Nation. The Supreme
Court would, beyond question, pro-
nounce unconstitutional an act of Con-
gress increasing greenback circulation.
Therefore we eau not have more
greenbacks," because in order to have
them the Greenback Law itself and
the Constitution must be violated.
Then, of course. Congress should not
have power to Issue ieeal-tender pa
per. The further exercise of that
power would be fraughtwith incalcu-
liable evil. IF in war we issued legal
tenders for National salvation, in
peace It should be our aim to get back
to the only constitutional currency
gold and silver. The Democrats
would dehase the greenback. The
manifestation of their affection toward
the greenback would be the degrade
ton of it, by the violation of the law
of its origin, and the assumption OF a
power that would disturb all the bust
ness IN the country, stili further de-
preciatc the current dollar. frighten
capital. Danish credit, and starve la
bor.-CincinnaG Commercial.
The Commercial talks sense; for
the true friends of the greenback are
those who brought it into existence in
order to help save the life Of the Ma
ton that was imperiled By the rebel
Democracy. We we'll recellect imme-
diately on the issue of the first green
backs, that a BemocrGtic Supreme
Judge in our State actually refused to
receive them on his salary. and de-
nounced them as worthless trash!
aad. with scarcely an exception, the
Democracy used their utmost eudeav-
ors to embarrass the Republican adj
ministration by raising the same howl
Of denunciation, coupled with the re.
mark that the greenback would be-
como quite as worthless as the old
currency did, and it would
take hatfull to buy hat or square
NEAL Finding they could not fuc-
coed in destroying the greenbacks by
their endeavors to create a want of
in them during the war,
now that we have peace, these same
Democratic enemies of this currency
are found devising schemes to make
their comparison of greenback issue
with Continental, come true, by issu-
ing an unlimited quantity Of it, in or
der that they may be on par with
the hardened sinner, who knows not
his redeemer, and the final fulfillment
Of their prophecying eensummate2
This would be sweet revenge for the
use made of the greenback to preserve
the government IN tact during the
Democratic rebellion, and they xeuld
roll it as sweet morsel under their
tongues.
Such epithets as European money
sharks gold gamblers of Wall
'bloated bond-holders,"
'shoddy souls" etc., like Mr.. Lin
coins powder story, have been used
once before, and what little strength
was in them has eyaporated! When
the first batch of greenbacks were is
sued, these same epithets were heaped
without stint upon President Lincoln
and the Republicans, and now, when
desire to see the green
back ''as good as gold' by keeping its
issue within the limit prescribed by
law, and not debased by issuing un-
told quantities, under the pretence of
q want of more money" ca they are
There's no satisfying these
for, in one breath, they
say to Republicans
sYou shall and you shan t.
You will and you wont
You'll bedam' d If you do,
And you'll be dam d III you don't!
They tried to kill the only currency
we had during the war by decrying
and denouncing it as worthless, and
now, these same Democrats" (?) are
trying the Joab dodge-manifesting
an over-weening friendship for green
backs, so that they may stab under
the fifth rib" Modern Democracy"
thy name is hypocrisy!
Ip.srnal Revenue Inspection.
In order to prevent whisky frauds,
Homer T. Yaryan. Inspector. in his
report to Commissioner Pratt, gives
it as his opinion
THAT the present large tax upon
distilled spirits can be collected with
but small loss. This opinion is based
upon the fact that every storekeeper,
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