Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1876-08-19
A Democrat and the Other Side.
FKosTBuRa, August IA, 1876.

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FKosrBuRe, August IA, 1876. !
Mr.. Editor 1t appears that my
letter to your valuable paper tickled
"a Democrat" pretty we'll, and he
tries to come out on the other side.
But it is of no use when so many facts
are against him. .t,a-
The first hit he gives me is, that
the Republican party drove gold and
silver out of circulation, and I want
him to answer this question, viz !:
What was the cause of the Republi-
cans putting it out of circulation T?
Was it not because of the war of the
rebellion, pushed on by the southern
democrats against the government of
the United States. when the gold and
silver was all used up, and they had
to issue paper currency to meet the
demands of the country? If not, let
"a Democrat" say what was the
cause.
Then he asks questions: lst, "Are
the Republicans a unit on the money
question p Yes, with few excep-
tions, and their reason is, that they
are afraid there will not be enough of
gold and silver in the Treasury on
the lst Of January, 1879. I'd, what
is to be done before it is possible to
place the greenback at par?" Issue
gold and silver to redeem the green
backs as fast as possible, that is, the
small bills, and once issued we will
have the tide turned in favor of gold;
then we will have gold and paper
equal in circulation, and the large
denominations of the latter will
naturally rise to par.
He then shows us how good man
Mr.. Tilden is, and the great work he
has done in the State of New York,
and that confidence reposed in him
Gas well as Hendricks) will not be
tampered with. "In 1864 Mr.. Til
den worked against the reelection of
Lincoln with all his energy and abili-
ty." A week before the election
great democratic mass-meeting was
held at Syracuse, under the auspices
of the New York State Central Com
mittee-of which Governor Tilden
was President. Among the features
of the meeting was procession, and
among the mottos were the following,
prepared by Mr.. Tilden's Committee:
A despot has his paradise, and
Liberty has her avengers.
American soil scourged by an a''-
conditional despot in Abraham Lincoln.
No more victims for slaughter pens.
NOt a man-not dollar.
If Seward touches his bell" again,
the people will stretch his neck.
The Constitution we will obey, but
arbitrary arrests we will resist unto
death.
The people are ready to take ven
geance on the advocates of civil war.
Lincoln has murdered three white
men to free one negro.
Free ballots or free bullets.
Crush the tyrant Lincoln before he
crushes you.
= Resistance to tyrants is obedience
to God. .a..-
Down with Bastiles.
And here is the man that comes to
ask for our votes in the coming cam
paign, man who has trampled the
Stars and Stripes as low as he could.
There is no thanks due to Tilden or
to Hendricks that our flag is whole
to-day, and I ask again, how can the
country trust such men?
"a Democrat" wants US to believe
that Hayes and Wheeler are the big
gest rogues in the country, because,
as he says, they follow Grant and his
principles. What has Grant done, or
what are the bad planks in the Repub-
Ican Platform? The truth is, if "a