Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-03-31
ENTHUSIASTIC RECEPTION OF GEN. HAYES
AT COLUMBUS.
BIG MEETING AT THE oPERA-HoUsE.

SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE COMMERCIAL.
COLUMBUS, OHIO, September 27.-General R. B.
Hayes arrived in this city last evening" and spent
the day here as the guest of General ]. G. Mitch
ell This evening procession of members of the
various Hayes clubs and youthful SQUAD dub bed
the Hayes Sprigs," proceeded out Broad street
with torchlights, transpareneies and brass bands
and escorted the Republican candidate for Gov
ernor TO the Opera-house, where a meeting had
already gathered that filed every part Of the edi-
nee, dress circle, parquette, galleries. aisles and
every other available foot of room. Hundreds
VINO nad waited on the sidewalk the coming OF the
procession, must have found admission impossi-
ble. No such audience has greeted any political
speaker in Columbus for years. On the platform
were many prominent citizens.
The meeting was called to ord er by Dr. Wagon
halls, Chairman OF the Hayes Club. who introduced
ex-Governor Dennison as the Chairman OF the
meeting. When the applause which greeted this
announcement had subsidized, Governor Dennson
said:
FELLOW -CITIzENs-I was not aware of the honor
that awaited me on coming here this evening, OF
presiding over this meeting. am satisfied TO see
so many OF our friends here to night, not only TO
welcome Governor Hayes who deserves all that
ls Implied by this demonstration, but because Of
Republican party Will he successful this fall lap
plausel We deserve victory, and the county
needs II; ana our victory Will be shared by every
lover of his country from Maine 10 California.
lApplause.l have now the honor TO Introduce to
you our eandlqate foI Governor, who has always
proved hlmselt every way worthy Of the conf
dence of his felow-men, Ex-Governor r. b.
Hayes. lApplause, and ories OF Bully for you. I"
General Hayes said, after some preliminary re-
marks: have to regret appearing, as l do to-
night for the first time in my life, TO make polit-
cal speech before q Columbus audience, that my
appearance before you comes so late IN the cam
paign, when the questions involved have been so
much more aOly presented than L shall
happens that Ohio is the first state
called 70 pass upon the important question OF the
which met in Columbus, the 2d OF June took
a position on that question which was radical
departure from the tilne-honOred doctrine OF the
party-the doctrine of jackson and RentOn OF
Van Buren and Polk. aud Pierce and Buchanan.
10 was the doctrine OF the last three Presidential
candidates of the Democratic party. The Con-
yenton disregarded the precepts OF the able men
neY, and Payne, ana all the old leaders or the
party, and followed newer lEhts-nO ADLER men
perhaps, Cary and Ewing and Campbell and other
ater Arrlyals IN tue party. | 90 not propose to
excite prejudices by citing this array OF names
Tor know very well that after all, the real ques-
ton 10 be decided Is, Witch is right lApplausel
The question what is real money! is the real ques-
tlon at the bottom of the discussion now going on
between these parties. He hear every day that
gold bobs up and down in the MARKET that Ii
IL higher to-day dnd lower tomorrow. A little
that bobs up and down, but the paper. The gold
the money of the world, keeps its level III
changes scarcely at all.
read from the speech of General Cary az
Barnesvllle. he says: "God and silver, when
used as currency, are redeemable IN any property
'gold is redeemabIeP Now, gold and silver are are
redeemed already. They are that which redoems
All othet property IL Is q misuse OF terms %
speak OF gold and silver redeemable; II Is no
one thing thar gives gold and silver their value.
Ihey are valuable because II taxes labor 10 get
tnemi they are objects OF desire; thousand things
give them value, but this one thing that gives
them value is that all men believed them to be
valuable, and have so believed from the earliest
ages of human history.
But we come 10 the gist OF the fallacy when
Cary Gays, with stamped paper currency made
a legal tender IN ali cases, and we have a currency
as nearly perfect as possible" II that Is so, let
US play at making paper money. For an expense
of perhaps half a cent. the Government produces
stamped piece or paper, according 20 General
Cary's dennition. II costs no more 20 make 1t two
dollars. What mistake 10 was to make Il one
dollar. But IL viii cost no more 20 make II ten
Yet III each case the dollar n IN gold would redure
twenty nVe and eight-tenths grains OF gold. The
more stamped paper You send out the less IL
Is worth. The principle ID that the paper that Is