The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1876-08-17
HENDRICKS DISGRACE.

The Democratic House of Represen-
tatives on Saturday passed the bill re-
pealing so much of the Resumption law
as fixes the 1st OF January, 1879, for re-
deeming the greenbacks. It will he re-
| membered that ever since the st. Lonis
Convention there has been fierce de-
mand for the repeal of the law, but the
| moral sense of even the Confederates
reyolted against repeating this pledge of
the national faith, sentimental as in fact
it is. Nevertheless, the result was ac-
complished,- forced by such letters
as this
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, July "a, 1876
1lfy Deas. Sir: A repeal Of the resump-
ton clause in almost any form viii elect
the State ticket and carry the Indian
apolis district. If to obtain report from
the Committee It be necessary to give
the assurance that it shall pass without
amendment, that assurance should be
given, unless the condition or Qualihca-
ton of the repeal be really Objectionable.
The form of repeal is not now very I'M
portant, for the people understand the
difficulty of obtaining an unconditional
surrender. 1t is not Objectionable to
retain per cent of gold in the Treasury.
Cannot you and others who are in favor
of the repeal unite in giving the Com
mittee the assurance of passing bill as
reported, If that be necessary to carry
report The repeal is the important
proposition the form is not SO impor-
tant. Truly, t. A HENDRICKS.
There is craftsmanship Mr.. Hend-
ricks knows that go such bill can pass
the two Kouses, and all he wanted was
the passage of the bill by the House.
Why did he want the resumption date
repealed Was it for any high purpose
of state Was it to rebuild the broken
credit of the Union ? Was it to relieve
the country of the reproach of overdue
and protested papers Was it for any
purpose promoting the welfare or honor
of the Republicl Mr.. Hendricks urges
the repeal OF no such ground. He begs
for the repeal because it "aoiU elect the
district" That is the craftsmanship of
Hendricks. ssTo elect State ticket and
carry the indianapolis district" is suH-
cient, according to Hendricks, to justify
the repeal of all the pledges of national
faith and honor to be found on the
statute book,
What is the end sought fog which such
al extraordinary and unprecedented act
of legislation IS demanded ? To carry
the Indianapolis district. Now the stake
in that district is the reelection of the
nan Landers. Is Landers' reelection
more essential then keeping god faith
with mankind ? Who Is 1andeFs, and
what has IIanders done that he is of
such consequence Dir. Landers is the
American statesman who has evolved the
idea, and had somebody for him put it
in the shape of a Congressional bill
This bill proposes to abolish all gold and
silver or other metallic money, and to
have issued from the National Treasury
printed money,-nob notes, or promises
to pay, but MONEY printed on paper
Instead of printing Treasury notes pay
able on demand, or in the future In dol
lars, he insists that the Treasury shall
issus pieces of paper bearing on them
the legend fPlhis is Q dollar" That is
all. That paper is hsneefortii anl for
ever to be dollar, not a promise, nor to
be redeemed, but an absolute dollar,
payment in itself, forever a legal offender.
This dollar, tnHs manufactured, he pro-
poses shall be issued in SUCH llmbers
as Will enable the Government to dis
charge all It's debts of every kind, and
furnish the people for all time with an
abundance of cheap money. This is
UuG uldt WHOSE fS-etGC6iOu 10 congress
from the Indianapolis district Mr.. Hen
bricks claims must be secured, even if
the House have to repeal all the public
credit acts.
We now haze the revelation that Ian
ders, who in financial matters is o great
er lunatic than George Francis Train or
Sam Cary, is an indispensable tail to the
Tilden kite. and that Landers' election
must be secured as a prerequisite to the
election of Hendricks and Tilden. Is
this what the great commercial and
financial communities of the country are
expected to labor for !? Must they save
Landers that they may save Hendricks
and -rilden? Is the high-minded, patri-
otto, and exalted sEatcsrlanship display
ed i'll this letter of Hendricks such as
meets the standard of the American peo-
pie? Does not this letter betray the
dishonest groveling spirit of the local
politician who by accident is thrust be-
fore the people as candidate for the
second Office in the Union ?-Chicago
Tribune.