The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1876-09-14

simply because il obstructs resumption
| Gentlemen, take the whole thing togeth
er, and it is an ugly. nasty mess, intended
/ to simply deceive the masses Of the peo
pie. They will come out here and tell
men who are opposed to resumption
I'VE are opposed to resumption. Don
you see, we want to repeal the Resumption
ActT They 20 East and tell the mer
who want resumption right away: 1--WE
demand the repeal Of the Resumption
Act because il stands in the way Of re
sumption. We want resumption right
away. We can't wait till the lst Of Jan
uary, 1879. We say this act stauds in
the way Of resumption, and, therefore
we demand its repeal"
Now. my friends. il is intended 10 cheat
all round. If these men know Of auy
way of resuming specie payments before
the lst Of January, 1879. let them tell us
how to do IT, We will be much obliged
to them. But they know no way. They
90 over the country and tell the people
I'VE voted to repeal the Resumption
Act" They did not do any such thing
They simply voted to strike out the day
fixed for resumption. and they did that
upon the professed ground that il stood
in the way of resumption and that but
for il they could resume sooner.
When the greenbacks were first created
they opposed them. and they opposed
them all through the war. They after.
wards in time Of peace became the advo-
Gates Of greenbacks for the purpose Of
destroying them. Now they condemn US
because we have not paid them in coin.
Heretofore they have condemned every
effort to pay the greenbacks in coin.
/ 10 20.
can say to the whole country: when
they arraign the Republican party for
not having boarded the gold and saved
it up in the Treasury TO redeem these
greenbacks during these eleven years.
want tosay that, so far as / am concerned,
in the Senate in 1868, in December, /
presented bill TO hoard the gold in the
Treasury and for the accumulation Of the
gold in the Treasury and for the accu-
mutation Of the gold, for the purpose OF
resuming specie payments. Every Dem
ocrat in the Senate was opposed to il,
every Democrat in the House was op-
posed to my bill. and every Democrat
throughout the whole land was opposed
to il. i presented the very proposition
that is named by this Democratic plat
form as the means of resuming specie
payment, as long ago as the 10Th of De
cember. 1865, and il was unanimously
opposed by the Democratic party in both
branches OF Congress, and every PROPOSE.
tion from that time to this 10 reserve
the gold in the Treasury has been op-
posed and this Resumption Act that
they clamor against, that very act pro
poses and provides for doing that very
thing.
Then, my friends, the Republican party
is the consistent friend Of the greenback.
We want to honor it, We want to make
it what we promised in the beginning TO
make IT, We intend to keep the Ma
tional faith, and we have never been
upon but one side Of that question.
know it has been said that | have been
in favor Of increasing the greenbacks
over four hundred millions. No word
or act Of mine can ever be found 10 that
effect In the long debate in the Senate
that took place four years ago / said
from time to time that we could not 90 be-
yond the four hundred millions. "if
ever you get above the four hundred
millions, and the amount becomes so
great that the people believe the Gov
eTnment cannot pay them in coin, then
they will die on your hands" That is
what i said, and that has always been my
position. As long ago as in 1865 pro-
posed to do the very thing that this Dem
ocratic platform takes US to task for not
having done, and at that time was met
by the opposition of every Democrat in
Congress, in both Houses.
Ny friend from Ohio Mr. Updegraffl
has put in my hands to show how Tilden
stood, a copy Of the act Of the New York
Legislature, passed after we passed the
Act, in 1875. which was
signed by Mr.. Tilden as Governor. IL is
passed by Democratic Legislature. il is
signed by a Democratic Governor and il
is very significant. quote:
"All taxes levied and confirmed in this
State on and after January l. 1879. shall
be collected in gold. United States gold
or bank notes. which are re-
deemable in gold on demand. Every
contract or obligation made or implied
and payable in this State and made or
implied after January !. 1879, and paya-
BILE in dollars, yet unspecified kind OF
dollars. shall be payable in United States
coin" &c.
Mr.. Tilden and the New York Legisla-
ture were so much in favor of resumption
that they passed law which now stands
on their statute book, that every contract
1879, shall be payable in gold. And now
Mr.. Tilden demands the repeal Of the
Act, because il stands in the
way Of resumption. Just look at their
position and see how utterly hypocritical
and shameless it is. They are for and
against greenbacks, specie payments, in.
hation, Just as the case may be. and just
as they think they can make the greatest
taW Of Inc he
the echurch,steeple turns its head to the
wind, so this Democratic party turns its
face to the popular breeze.
[ Loud applause.
AS TO THE BLOODY SHIRT.
Now, my friends, ! want to say to you
a few words in regard to the bloody
shirt. TCheers And / can here be al
lowed to speak for a few moments OF my
self have been charged with waving
the bloody shirt both in the Senate and
in Indiana, and that is the charge made
against me by the Democratic party all
over the United States. What gave rise
to that charge? Simply because / took
the ground my friends, that there could
be no peace in this country until there
was security under the law for Republi-
cans, white and black, throughout the
South, simply because j denounced
those murders that have occurred from
time to time, and are occurring every
day. sometimes in punches, a dozen at a
time. That they call waving the bloody
shirt and there were even Republicans
that found fault with me. oh they
said, these things are getting better
down South. You had better let them
drop. Let US have peace" But | can
now congratulate myself-and ! may
speak of il with some personal pride
that the party, in Congress and out Of
Congress, with one accord. now regard
my position as having been the true one
ali the time. [Cheers.
My friends, there is no security for Re
publicans in the South, white or black.
They may deny it or not, as they please.
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