The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-08-08

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democrats now advocate nothing which
they thea advocated, except free trade.
The republican party has been organized
for twenty years. Why was 1t organized
Because the slave power were bent on
forcing slavery into the free territory, but
not only that, they were determined upon
its extension into some of the tree states
contrary to the ordinance of 1880. You
remember the attempt to enforce slave
constitution upon Kansas, when freeb0oters
and bowie knives were the prevailing
southern arguments The north sent down
schonl-hOoBs and schoolmas.crs and Sharp's
rifles and prevented that outrage upon free
dom. Thus the republican party originated
in the bad faith of the slavery democrats.
1t had then no intention of interfering
wiih slavery 10 the south There it was
recognized as n municipal institution.
We were defeated in 1856. You know
the story OF BuChanan's administration.
You know the threats that were made in
1860, when Abraham Lincoln was de-
nOunced as q sectional candidate, and the
cause of freedom siigmatized as sectional
issue. | supposed that slavery was sec
tional and freedom universal Lincoln was
consttutionllly elected. The south threat
cred secession. Buchanan and his advis-
constitution to prevent them, aud nothing
was done. The army and navy was de-
moralized. The money of the country
was shnt up in the southern sub-treasuries.
aud we could MT borrow five millions of
dollars in Wall street at 12 per cent. The
flag had been fired on at Sumter. The
president called for Is 900 men, when he
sh0uld have called for 500,0 900. The fight
commenced IN 1861 ard waged until 1864
We renominated our president IN 1864
and resolved that the rebellion should be
put down. The democrats SAID to the
south "lIold on and we will have dem.
ocratic president, with the war declared
fsilure.' The campaign progressed, and
we were triumphant. Ia less than twelve
months the war which the democrats IN
1864 decl lred failure was over, and not
tebrl was IN arms against the government
Now why rake up these old matters
Why not let byegones be byegones Why
harp upon slavery, and Haunt the bloody
shirt ? u is to show who these parties are
ard what their antecedents promise and
what their promises amount to. They are
the same now as in go, ga and '6S. In
1872 they nominated as honest a man as
ever God created, but were they any better
than before ? AS Patrick Henry said be-
fore the declaration of Independence
"Yhat hns there been to ju,tify these
hopes - Look at their antecedents. OBJ
serve the errors of 60, GA, '6S, ~. Have
they admitted them and given proof of re-
pentance. Has Tilden given proof OF
change of vcwa. With Buchanan in
1850 he ssid that the south could
20 out Of the Union, because
there was 70 power under the constitution
~ prevent them. In 1864, he wrote the
| resolutions declaring the war failure. He
has not repen,ed. He may be right and l
may he wrong, but he holds now the fame
| opinions he has always held, be belongs
to and is supported by the same party, and
together they are prosecuting the fight
which has been in progress since 1860.
If you employ Il man, the first thing you
enquire for are his qualifications and his
aniecedents--is he properly trained for the
| employment, is he faithful, honest, capa-
| Die ii he has been convicted of forgery
or larceny, and has not reformed, you do
not want him-would you trust him? If
his aniecedents are bad, if his practices
have been bad. and if he is unrepentant, he
is not satisfactory parsonage to trust.
| What are The issues There is one of
peculiar interest to Vermont, though if de-
privod of its benefits by a democratic adj
mn'stration, we could manage TO exist
without it is a protec i've tariff, always a
part OF the policy Of the republican party,
and Il matter of dollars and cents to us
Still more important is the currency
question A mistake made now will be
let for half century. Ever siuce the war
we have cen bringing down the price of
gold from 80, at hich it then stood, to
l:l1 where we have it now. That is, we
have wiped out nine-tenths of the premium
on god Fur her, we have provided Tor
resumption, aud rave provided the funds
with VIII CHI to etf, ct it. 10 judge of II
measure we NUT determine first II it be
inpnr AM. There is how great anguish
mcnt IN busn,s,. Property has fallen one.
half in value since 1878. All Industry is
AZ stand TIL.
They say with change we can not be
worse off than we are now. The manu-
iacturer conducts business at loss and
the laborer suffers reduction Of pay. 1t
is charged upon the administration. Gen.
| Grant and congress can not help the mat
Ter. England, France, Germany, all the
world are suffering business depression.
Some thugs can be traced back to mistakes
in policy. But We are only suffering what
we suffered after 1872 and what We ex-
ppc'ed sooner than it came. From 1866 to
1878 VIC had a period of unexampled pros
peIi V. The soldiers had returned and
we've employed. as well as the machinery
which had supplied their places during the
war. The pauic was expected and we
ought to have had it earlier. We overtrad-
cd, an now we must wear out our old
clothes and start again on firm basis.
The issue Of paper money by the repub-
licgu government was a war measure.
Chase, vino, us secretary OF the treasury,ia-
sued the greenbacks atterward, as chief
justice, dl clared the measure unconstitu.
uonal. Since then we point to the proud
record Of young country, less than cen
fury in age, contracting a debt of SO, 600
0C0 600, to carry on war and paying one
fourth of it, and the interest on the
whole, within ten years. Our credit II
improved 80 that now our AZ bonds sci
better in Europe than the G's formerly did
We owe all this to the republican parry
which knew how to put down the rebel
lion and pay the expenses. Now we have
passed a law TO resume specie payments
and named the day to do 1t and furnished
the means, and upon the platform declar
ing for that measure and upon their owl
declarations ia its support Hayes ant
Wheeler stand.
The democrats used to tell US that TIN
greenbacks and bonds would in ten year
be waste paper, worth eas than the cont
mental money. But in 1868 the democratic
party, under the leadership of Pendleton
proposed 10 issue enough greenbacks Il
pay off all the bonds There is their rec
ord for consistency. The western AM
southern democrats want soft money an
inhation yet. Tiien says. 81 am il
favor Of resuming specie payments as quicl
as we can Who is not? But he want
the resumption law repealed.
They say the republican party does nc
know how 10 resume. But that party ha
! known What it is doing since 1860. Tide
t has a plan for setting aside q per cent
from the expenses of the government to re
sumo with. But you must first catch tn
, rabbit. Hendricks is for repeal too. Blu
The democrats on the whole, who wante
hard money from 1860 to 1868 now war