, 1875-08-09

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posture. Tho advocsses Of more greenbaoka in
| tho pIace OF Nat!onsl Uauk-notes arc tho
been. They are utterly oppoaed to national
currency in every form. Whom the Ereonback
currency vas first proposed In 1862, and - in-
diHpennablo to tho suppression Of tho flel,c't!oa
| and tho prcservAttnn of tho Union, tho Demo-
cratic leaders every*huro denounced It ~ un-
constitutional did aserJthing In their mower 10
| mAhe 1t wosthlera. and to bring II INTO d1honor.
This warfare aganat tho cousttutlora'tty OF
honr When Chiof-Justico Chase. with tho
majority OF tho Supreme Court dec,dod that tho
itsuo OF gEsenbacAn during tho War. undor .
military neccthity TO preserve Tho life OF the
| hetAlded overFvllero by tho Uemoct attic Marty
- tin Rsandeas triumph Of couattu-
tonai principles known III ons hintory, aud when.
Afterwards, during tho H3minlHtfat1on " Gen.
0rant, the nlembernhip Of that Court having
sumerhat changed. the Court decided bv
{orlsy Of one that the isauo Of grcenbacks DUR
ing tho War, under pressure Of national mili:hiy
necessity, w&A constitutional. tho uemocrauo
| party with ono accord throughout the United
| btAter, declared that tho decision MAJ corrupt,
| and stat tho Court had been packed BY prcsldott
| Grant for that purpose. And you will remember
| that. during Tho canvaAs Of 1872, tho cnarRc Ut
| having packed tho Supreme Court to procure q
| decision sustaining gfecnbacGs. In migrant v1olt~
s1on Of the Constitution. was tho snoas pcraiB...
| ent and clamosons tuAds againnt nou. Grant and
tho HcpnhIiran party. Democratic laA1crA hns
not changed theiE onintohs upon that aut,joc:,
On1Y tlle other 4ihy, at uallipolis. MI. Pendluton
ASSERTED In the sttongeat terms that a. 'uon..
Der Of CongreSA. hc had opposed the tAtl'e Ct
| ereenbacI;s in 1867. becalBo slios were unconst
tuti,pai, that he had novsr changed hls opinlail,
| aud believed that CongtehH had no Bach power.
/ Nj. Thurman, Ar. 13syasd. aud / telioro eyoi
| Dc,nrcratlc 1nesnunr Of the Benate havc from
time to timo drnlcd tha powor Of Cuugss.s 10
| make grecnbackH iegai-tender, charged thlst
the Supreme Court bv which the decision WAS
lua1e was hacked. although tho dcciR1op wont II o
| further tilen holding that ConEIoeB Ind It O
power to pass such law in time OF war. Il
| tIle democratic leaders now believe that greok =
backh arc Unconstitutional. low can We sult :.
| ciently condemn the hypocrisy OF tho detnhn
for ne " isals Of hundreds OF millions to take
| the 1Lace Of National Hank notes 7 II shey be-
| levo them to be caEstitnslunal. no contlenno-
| ton eau to Bevuro enough fof tholr conduct DIR
ing tho = nr, when thoy. denied their constitC-
| tionallt5 aud did nlf iu tloif pnwct tn dlshoncr
them. ht 4 time when they were necessary to
preserve tho life OF tho natiosL
| Tho question ~ 10 whntner n Treasury note
can ho mAle legal se,1dcr III payment Of debts
| IL purely question Of law. TO be dertdeu finally
| by tns s;upromo Court Of tue United states, aud
| there IL l,at respectable democratic lawyer
| now in the State Of Ohio who dues not believe
ttlal q new law creating fnrther isaao ut green
pack az substitute TOT National bank po.cs, or
| for any other purpnst, would bc declared by
that Cont lin constitutional and Void
RESTORATION OF STATE nAS.s THE ut11rAruH.
| Tnlb wI,uIe rctcme Of further Insus Of rIeeu-
backn, ia liru ut National Bank noto,, | arraig :,
hero l,-tIsy az hy},octi.icei aud trraclcrous, d.
signed in lilo first place 70 effect tho aostr1lct'n
OF Nat ousl links, and then by teir rolnul',
| anl by tho decl.ion OF tle ColrtA. ~ d.
stroy tl.u g1eenbscks themselves. an i
| pave tho way for the rGstOrstion Of til O
| old Htate Hank syste!n. The state tovortient J
| party will never stop sliort Of State bankB. A
| national currcney, whether OF grecnbacks {
bank uotos, il hateful to tuat partv. Which nj =
| horn tho natiouA idrh mud de1fnEas that there 4
not ouo nation. but thirt? ?-seron indefendcr
mud sovereign powera. The pnFly wlttch clasno1 i
constantly about Capitalization aad Federal nj -
! sumption can never bs the friend OF tho Gtenr
hack. which represents tho highest form OF M
| tlonal sovereignty. Evo,y year tns propofftV !
has been brought forward in Congress 10 ropes
tl,o law taxing tito notes OF State banhb. who Z
drove those banks nut OF existence, and tho rt
peal Of winch would ngain open up tho ioot "
EascA for public and prirats robbory By tho ct
b,nks in oil the Btaton. Only last yoar Nj
| Thurman apd oycry Uomocsatic Senator vo&n
for proposition to repeal thut law which VI
| offered M amendment to = finance bl.
| Tho restoration Of tho Ssate-bank sEstet
| meanA Al many nystems Of banking ~ the1S ar
| States, violent expansions hui! contiactousr bun
drcs of brolIen bans, and millions Of bank-slot
1raH,t dying in tho hands uf The people. II neAu Z
thu Western and Southern, States HtIall again pa
| millions Of tribute TO tue Eastern States In til
! form Ut exchange. 1t mcn;H tAat tho citizen o
Ohio canunt ray Ills botel bills IN Now York q
bcrton with Ohio money. without suffering
| shave or buying Eastern funds. 1t means tha
| un sna,l csn receive the ptice OF hosBe withou
I uxa1nnns ccuntcrtelt-dotecsor to 500 tuat t1t
| n,unev is good or that the bank IL not brsaten
| Tho old Hfate-bhnk tyBte,n Ii necessary to til
Rtatc- Rights Democracy. Tho party that t&enio
| tho nation aud hates everything national turn
With aversion froul national currency StAa
| Eoyeroiguty and Stats links arc twin rolicB ,
tho tunes that we fondly hope hayo passed ava