The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-08-16

the world, it would make but little difference
Wnat our currency might b.. But we are a
gre at producing and manufacturing nation,
anu our commerce must be commensurate
VIII oar industry, wealth and productions,
and for them we must have a market Here
Iotore The nations of the earth have ben the
market ai Ior our surplus o. mineral, sgrieu tu-
Lai ana manu uiacturtng products. though we
90 now send them abroad for The most part In
foreign bottoms. But
THE ADVOCATES OF THE GREENBACK POL
ICY
would do away with the national banks snd
sneir paper as well as specie. He would
nave the government issue all
the greenbacks which the business
OF the country demands (but by what rule he
would have the amount determined he has
not seen proper to tell us), and when the
greenbacKs, consequence of their redun-
oancy, oepreciate under neslthy state OF
tnlngs IN the money market every holder
IN IN l uIo naNethe prlv lege of taking his little
o3tSn OF lnem 10 some gove' nment grist-mfll
snd nave them ground out into bonds bearing
8 oo.iOl per cent. interest. But the country
ana us every interest is ALREADY suffering
from the evils OF a conIinu.l lily fiuctuatinS
currency where the amount is someWhat
,in9 ,iIni!e9 oy law. But II that amornt was un-
limited ana lts increase dependent wholly on
the supply OF paper and the activity of gov
ern sI1l mem oihcials IN preparing The notes for
issue, me fluctuations We now experience and
depreclate would no more compare with the
fearful changes that would follow each other
IL succession tnan would the Ouiet
breeze ofa summer evening com pare with The
via ana devastating tornado OF the tropics
Your nominee for the presidency, in his very
has demonstraIed' the ability Of the
government TO return to a healthy and
SOUND currency, without any serious de-
rangement TO the e eat interests to be affected.
he shows you most clearly that by q wise and
faithful application of the vast sums which
me general government annually derives
from tax alton in its various forms. will be
ample. with prudent economy in The public
expenditures, TO substitute enough OF govern
ment notes with gold and silv r In very
snort perf"d d 10 reach the desired result, The
amount levied and collecred of the people
annually for national purposes is over 500, ,0O,-
UO, or Ss.5 0, OO,CO in the last eleven years.
DE also demonstrates the ability OF the ma
tlonal ban KS to return at once to specie pay
nents without oppression even to its debtors,
for they have more than S5O0,OUUO OO1 of legal
tender reserves and bonds and only S3U000, 200
OF circulation. TIE general government has
fractional currencv in circulation, and with
the resources at her command, without an in
crease or taxation, and nth onlv suf1cient
wisdom to devise and adopt a system that is
right In priD cir pie, practical in desii, and with
ofne1al intesrity and firmness of purpose, the
end would De re- cned and welcomed with a
dawn OF prosperity that would be ushered in
with
EXPRESSIONS OF APPROVAL AND GRATITUDE
On the part of the people, fellow citizens, in
the changes the Teformstious and
the purposes you contemplate L
recognize the voice of public opinion. Your
purpose is to relieve yourselves and The nation
from the burdens imposed by unwise and vi
cious legisla ion. You are eE gagged in an effort
| 10 divorce your government from the control
OF fa1 bless and corrupt officials. You propose
to withdraw that govern ID, nt from the hands
| ana the grasp OF those who have run and ad-
ministered it. and now l. gislate in the inter-
| est of rings, OF c. pitalists and of mercenary
politicians. You inten to return the r pub
| tic TO the simpe mode of the Cons ituiion,
| and TO promote the pub ic reform by constitu-
| tional means. You are resolved To subordi-
nate powerful and ndcoosoildated corporations TO
| legislation and judicial authority. You are
resolved that publ C officers, county and state
and national. shall no longer be gencies for
salaries shall be adjusted On the basis OF fair
and equal compensation for services actually
rendered and embeZzlement and in fidelity by
pu olic officers shall be deemed a criminal Of
| fencs and punished to the full extent of the
law, and with certainty that IL Will be as
You are determined by rigid pub ic
economy, by prudent legislation, and careful
ly consider d appropriations, to restore 10 the
people good money and, with good money,
public confidence, and through both of them,
public and private prosperity. You are pledged
to "let no guilty man escape" when his Of
fense is such as to merit punishment. You are
also pledged that YOU will employ your ut
most endeavors TO avoid sudden revulsions,
and the evils that inevitably flow from rash
and hastily adopted changes, Ell her In general
legislai ion or in that of the civil service or
financial policy of the country. These and
understand you, are the purposes underlying
your movement giving character to your or
ganizatton and consistency to your motives.
II you are in earnest, and sincerely So let these
purposes be inscribed on your banner; follow
and pursue them as your pillar q cloud by
and pursue them through evil report as well
as through good reporI, and success will
aewar1 S1ur usvS.on, I4s II Is nnsetnsn en- si1
true and noble success. Remember that there
is long Tomorrow for those whose cause is In
the right;
THE PEOPLE WILL FIND THEM OUT,
ard their reward will be ertain though it may
be postponed until the evening of that to-mor
row. Be true to these principles, be true tc
yourselves, and above all, be true to YOU
country, and this campaign will terminate by
introducing to the American people a new
and better order OF things under a new sno
better administration. Let our whole people
without distinction o. race or previous condt
tton unitediy enter u con more hopeful career
will be more satisfactory than they have ever
b9tn. The republic has air. ady attained won
! derful proportions and power but with forty
millions OF freemen united as one man to con-
summate the true destiny of our nation, the
glory Of the past, and the attaiuments OF the
present, will be to the exceeding grandeur Of
spiendori OF the meteor to the
: L fe giving radiance of the orb of day.
But, my fellow-ctizens, let us not as a nation
be guilty Of the supreme fol- of destroying
! one species of slavery only TO reproduce and
build upon It's ruins another. The intolerance
! OF political party, grown arrogant by the
long possession of vast power and vast patron
age, may, very handily, become a slavery
more CALLING, more oppressive nd more in
. suppOrtable than that rom which we so re-
Gently emancipated the country, at such fear
f1l cost To the nation. To do this viii. be the
2 second act in the drama Of polite 4 freedom
3 and of national emancipation. l never have
peen the slave of party; and sm not now the
slave of party and. 50 long as the little rea.
son with which am endowed, is left me,
never shall O- the flaye of q party. Like al
] other men may, aud probably will, be con-
strained, either from the force OF circum
stances or of choice, to act v ith a political
party, but II shall be, hereafte- as In the past
! on the distinct understanding, that shall al
, ways and only favor the fertd position those
who commend themselves 10 my judgment