, 1876-10-22

lHE CI1AOA~S
that the Government can make money. d,,nrt tns
Government can make %onfy hnn M'iy no aEe ali the
ts1es It. iva wants: why should it not make all the
money it wants. take the taxes out ana EiSe ste
thc nowcr to make money collect any money from
he pcoplc: But they tell you that this Govern
ment has the put its
hit it gRSn pssas aoe ss
to make So bill than It does to make 81 OIL
@ the Of M9ng bs, WSat e On
wasting Sovereignty on $40 bills? Why not have
500 5: WY not have 81 9oo 600 bills; and
"9qd e Goerne
that Evidences Of national Indebtedness are wealth,
If that IS their argumcnt-Why not 60 another fH;
step and make evc,y individual note nara legal a
And then I swear we would have money
plenty haqhMteT r. S0 aag fn apse Int
promise is made BY the greatest aud most powerful
nation on the globe. -.....-.
THE PROMISE is not THE PERI FoRMAfcx!
An agreement is not IN accomplishment; and there
never will come time when promise TO Pay y
dollar il az good as the dollar, unless eyctybody
knowa that you have got the dollar and will Pay II
pay every cent OF the National debt. They lost
the suit, and ought to pay the costs: They com
meneed he War and they eight to bSnt the te e1
our share, but we want them to pay theirs.
We want no more imitation. We simply vnnt 10
pay our debts fast as the prosperity OF !e coun
Try allows it, and no faster Every Spectator Who no
was caught with property on his hands upon when
he owed more than the property was worth wanted
the game to 70 on little longer. Who eyer heard heard
OF man playing poker who wanted to quit when
he wns the loseri He wants to have fresh deal.
lie wants new sight, and don't want any man
who bead to p the
thew bought houses, they bought goods. and When
the the crisis and the crash came they we're
saasa Saa a1d With .v this want pf0psxa ppaoaer naoa
They want another tide to rise that can sweep this
driftwood into the middle Of the great hnanetai Ina
~a,b oGo i an and hat Z s'
you know what is the matter with that lot: II mas
been redccming, 1t Inns been resumins-that is
man who owned property that has now fallen SO per
cent, that property has been resnming. II yon
could have another imitation To- morrow, the day
of specu1ators:with property on hand owing twice
much for it as the property was worth, and they
would ask for another tide In The affairs Of men,
To let them ont, and put somebody else In. We
want no moro imitation; want simple, honest
payment Of tho debt, and to pay it out OF the
But, says the Greenback man, we never had as
good times as when We had plenty OF greeaoa@cEs. @
Suppose farmer would buy a farm for $40, ooo,
and give his note. lie would buy horses, carriages,
wagons, and agricultural implements, and give his
note. lie would send Mary, Jane, and Lucy to
school, He would buy them pianos, and send the
boys to college, and would give Ills note; and the
next year again he would siye his note for the IN
tercsf and the next year would give his note again,
and finally they came to him, and said. I'VE
must settle it. We have taken your note as long as
VIC can;
We WANT THE MONEY!"
Why, be would say to these gentlemen. II never
had as good tins in my life as while have been
Sar1 farm until man gave i 70 me for my note: 11y
children have been clothed Us we'll as anybody.
We have had carriages; we have had fine horscs'
md dancing; and now, why not keep taking these
uotes:'' And go it is with the Greenback man:
say. When we we're 1Gnp,nf tn debt Ts had
there must come time with imitation, the point
,nust be reaehea, when al tho Government notes notes
II the world wo1d not by asd nn
penocrstic Hs A platform iIaughter. and cheers
have no fear bnt vi What IT,. these debts t,,3t
tary greenback will be redeemed. But, my friends,
We will have some trouble doing it: Why! Be,
cause the debt great deal larger than It should
been no debt. II it had not been for the Southern
Democracy there would have been no war: Il It
had pot been for the Northern DepSssaey thS & var
We put ont the greenbacks, the Democrats went to
ali thc markets in the world and swore that we
never could redeem that M paper; They stuck to 1t It
go. Whaf did that mean. It mepnf
that the greenback dollar was only worth 3 sents:
g 9 eens S1: ed oa ef hs
they were maligned, slandered. and illuminated
ont OF the grecnback By the Democratic party Of
tss H1t hald him. maa h
hard times'' ,yhenevera Democrat wants I'd get
sympathy on account OF tue national dent, ,tell i
him, 'YOur party made tho national debt. -
Tho1e was man tried in court once 70. having
murdered his own father and his own mother. He
was foundguilty, and the Jndgc asked htrn what
Worid ea ID gudee, said he, only hope your Honor
viii have Pity on me-, and renscmber that 1 am
party made this debt ,ths Democratic party caused
these hard times, and now they so atound the
country md ask sympathy from the people besause
Laughter and cheers. When you think shout
this debt, charge two-thicls Of it to tie Dcnoe-
racy OF the North, and charge the other thlrd to
work to get this money, and in working blister
your hands, Pnll OF the blisters' and under every
blister you will ind ~,
nauEhter.I have no doubt, I say, but that this
debt will be paid. Wehave got the honor to pay
it; and we Dc not pay onneconnt Of the avarce
not pay money to creditor simply because the
creditor wants it. Anhonest man pays at the COM
mand Of his honor, aad not at the demand oi his
creditor. [App1uusc.1 The United States will pay
this debt, not because the creditor demands it.
bnt because we owe itEnTA9 United States will
liquidate every debt at th9 command Of its honor,
war is loss; and ell ths-4fophry destroyed, all
the time lost, put together amounted to what, so
to sneak, we call onr national debt. When we
shall have made as mnet net profit as there was
dead loss in the War; then I'VE ssiH :be q solvent
people-then the greenbaCk will be redeemed. We
expect to redeem the 1st day Of January, 1879.
lChcee1 We wil1 fail il the prosperity OF the
country fails, but We intend to try and do it, and
If nc fail, ne will fail soldier fails to take
fort high upon the ramparts with tho flag OF re-
sumption in our hands. Cheers We will not
say that nc cannot pay the debt, because there III
day fixed when the debt il to be paid. l
hare hnd to borrow money myself. have
had to give my notc And rccollect distinctly that
every ever did give my note to insisted that
somewhere in TINT note there should be some ten
der hint to the cycle to the geological period
as to the time, rs to the century and date, that
expected 10 pay that little note. Insyer under
stood that having time fixed would prevent my
being induetrious,-that it would interfere with
my honesty or with my activity, or with my de-
sire to discharge that debt. And il any man in
this crowd owed you 81, QUO, due the lst day Of
next January, and he should come to yon
y,,u you ',S1t must take the datte out Of that
note,n ''Why," you would say. Why" he
wonld reply in lhc language OF 1ilden. ~ have
got to make wisc preparation. ?" ttThen- you
would say, why don't you do it!' - Butt eau
not do 1t while you have that date in that note. II
Another thing, he siys. ~ have to get me CEN
tral reservoir of coin ''-and, do you know, have
ri, fhonrht siou1i f;te n 1}emocrafic