The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-08-11

last clause OF the ST. Louis platform, ant
Said II was concession TO soft none!
men, and Gov. Tilden was against ii. j
was intended for the Indiana election ant
intended to have a double meaning. Ii
Ohio a repeal Of the resumption clause wa
held to be- a repeal Of the Resumption
act and an Initiation measure, while. il
New York it was only held to be a repea
OF the resumption clause Of that act. /
had purposely devised double meaning
He then referred to the statistics Of New
York to show that Governor Tilden him
self had approved an act Of the Legisla
ture Of that State providing for a return
TO specie payments at the same tint
named by Congress, January l, 1870; yei
lie now called The Resumption act Of Con
gress a sham. Mr.. Sherman then re
ferred 10 Hendricks, and spoke Of him a
an inlationist.
Mr.. Mcdonald denied that Gov. Hen
bricks had ever advocated an imitation O.
the currency, and said the Senator from
Ohio could not point to an instance il
which he had,
Mr.. Sherman, resuming, said lie coult
not remember ail the speeches Of Hen
bricks, but he was certainly regarded n
being on that side Of the question. HI
spoke OF the plan Of Tilden to resume
specie payments, and said he favored III,
hoard Of gold and silver. How did Iii
proposition differ in the slightest degre'
from that OF Gen. Grant. in his last an
nual message? Coy. 1ilden also said thu
country must have enough coin TO re.
deem the fractional, currency. This
had already been done, 80 tha
this part Of his platform has already beer
accomplished by the Republican party
and the first part Of it had been recon-
mendea by President Grant TO Demo
cratic House Of Representatives but dis
regarded by that house.
Again, referring 10 the public debt, ht
said, that since General Grant had come
into power the expenses Of the govern
ment every year had fallen below the in
come. One year they paid one hundred
million, dollars on the public debt; aud
another year one hundred and two mil
lions. Every year, even in the hardes
times, the Republican party has saved
money, and applied il to the payment o
debt. During the administration of Gen
Grant the amount paid on the publ.
debt was $42G,023,9l5. He again read
from the letter Of acceptance Of Governor
Tilden, and argued that he had endeayor
ed to preclude the use OF silver in the re
demption OF United. States notes. HI
(Sherman) was willing TO make silver {
legal tender to the amount Of $50, ant
give the holders OF United States note
the option Of converting such notes into
silver dollars OF the old standard. -.
Mr.. Bogy asked if the Senator was will
ing to authorize the exchange OF u not,
which was legal tender for silver dol
lar which was not legal tender above
$2O2
Mr.. Sherman replied that he woult
leave il optional with the holder OF thu
note. He would not compel him to re
ceive the silver.
Mr.. Stevenson asked IL the Senator
from Ohio was willing to aid the Demo-
crats by repeating the law OF 1878, allow
the use OF silver and make it legal-ten-
der. ...Y .........
Mr.. Sherman replied that he was will
ing to leave that matter to n committee
He then read again from the letter o
acceptance OF Governor Tilden, ant
agreed that many things in il were glar
ing gencralities. Both candidates, Tilder
and Hayes, were committed 10 return t
specie payments, and the question was
which party, which set OF men could b.
trusted to bring about these great results
The Republican party during the admin
istration OF General Grant had reduced
the annual payments OF interest from
Sl36 900 900 to $100,000,000 and thus
saved Ss4, 100000 annually by the princi'
pie Of paying portion Of the public deb
every year. He had no doub,
that II the Republican party
should continue in power four years
longer the whole mass OF the public debt
would beJconserted into. e and 4l per
centbchds. Tie peopleSof tile United
States know who saddled the country
with all this debt and taxation. The
Demoerats talked iabout reform in the
civil service. 1t was rather curious to
hear that party, which first declared that
10 the yiciors belonged the spoils,, talk
about reform; aad it would not be wise "a
depend upon Gov. Tilden 10 bring abouI
great reforms with the aid Of Demo
cratic Congress. The country already
had 0 tsate Of tho qiyil serSicereform In
The Democratic Hohse Of Representatives,
Where was Barcley? Where were all the
soldiers who were wounded in the service
Of their countfs?' All gone. The contest
upon which the country was about to
enter. Yonld not turn upon . financial
question. ~" ~.
The real duestions'in this campaign
was rising higher and higher every day,
and il was whether the Democratic party
should be,restorett TO power!in this co,in-
try. He then referred to the Southern
outrages, and said the Democratic party
was chargeable with them, snd upon that
party rested the responsibility ofputting
them down. The people Of the North
had been generous to the people of the
South, and one Of the worst things which
could happen for the South would be the
restoration OF the Democratic party 10
power, is It could only be done by uni.
led south, and that would array the
North agaiinst: them. He argued tha,
Louisiana, Mississippi and South Caro-
lima were Republican States, and II the
Republican majorities there were over
come by violence the people Of the North
would knowft. he believed the safety
Of the whole country demanded the suc.
cess ofthe Republican party. He spoke
Of Governor Hayes US brave soldier and
Nh honest man, and said it was better to
trust him with the high power of Presi'
dent Of the United States than Gov. Til
den with all his promises and backed by
the Democratic party
+, Mr.. Mcdonald said that he would sup.
port lis colleague because lie desired the
people Of the country to have light upon
the subject. 1t was true that these docu'
lnents were er pdirte In their character
but for all that they were much more fair
and less partizan than the comments
made on the affair by the partizan press
of the country and by Senators on this
floor. He denounced the lawless out,
RACES committed in South Carolina OF
anywhere else. He then quoted from
documents bearing on the case, and
argued that white man (Merryweather)
was killed, but this circumstance had
been studiousIy kept down in the discus
He commented at lsng,h on the eondi.