Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-11-10
Mr.. Blaine In Chicago.

CITY, on the evening OF the 2Sth ut Of
this speech the Eoeatng Journal says
Mr.. Blaine's speech was mastery DIS
section of The Democracy from the stand
point of the last session of Congress NO
one is as competent TO speak on tiia' SUD-
ject AS the "plumed knight who I'M
horsed Ben Hill not only, but the entire
Confederate Congress- and palsied every
man Of them with fear. In all legislative
history can be found nothing like 1t. But
he made no allussion 10 his personal ex-
perience He rose above personalities,
and from the proceedings Of last winter
and spring demonstrated the exceeding
peril Of Democratic rule. He began his
speech by reference to TiIden's recent let
ter called out by bills for Southern indem-
nifty now pending in the House of Repre-
scntatives. Mr.. Tilden promises to veto
any bill for debts g incurred" in aid OF
the Rebellion, but not for those "suf-
feredr Here is a distinction with very
broad difference, difference broad enough
in fact to cover the entire case. The
speaker added:
do not charge, for | do not know, that
Mr.. Tilden meant this difference, but ! do
charge this. that the Riddle bill now pending
in Congress, providing for the payment or
every form of rebel claim, can go through
and become "a law, and be signed BY Mr. Ill
den without violating that letter. | main
tain that in signing that bin he would not in
the remotest degree violate the pledge made
in that letter. Take the very literal mean
ing Of what he has put there, aud there
would be no possible conflict between his
signature Of that bill and the sentiments ex-
pressed in that letter
The Riddle bill is an invitation to the
South to hunt in couples on the Treasury Of
the United States Any reputable citizen
can back up any claimant Now, reputable
citizen" when You get outside OF Chicago,i is
pretty loose phrase laughtcrl, aud when
you get down into the Southern Confed-
eracy, "A reputable citizen might prove to
be of a pretty low order Of Witnesses, and all
you have got todo Is for one man to put in
claim and another fellow, who is going to
have twenty per cent of it, to swear that he
knows that 1t is just.
Mr. Blaine showed how complete is the
mastery of the Southern wing Of the
Democracy over the Northern by facts
mainly drawn from The proceedings OF
Congress He said
Why, anybody that served In this Con-
grcss with those seventy Southern rebel
Democrats and taose 10 Northern Demo-
Gratis does not need to be told that they took
the lead and held it, and led the Democrats
OF the North just where they wanted them
to go. And you cannot put your hand on
measure, you cannot put your finger on
single stand, that the Northern Democrats
made during the whole Of last Congress
against the Southern Dcmecrats--not one.
lChecrs Why, the record OF the case
10 against IT, The mere record of the ease is
against IL. There were seventy only Of these
men. They had behind them only about
100000 Of the people OF this country.
There were 40 Northern Democrats, and
a t..ltt hmm, a
pie of this country And when they came
To organize the House, taking the thirty-one
great Standing Committees that represent
the entire power Of the House; that mold
within their grasp and in their cycle of in
tuenco all the great interests OF the Amcri-
can people, the appointment OF the commit
tees being, as Mi. Clay, the greatest man
who ever sat ia the Speakers clair, declared
to be the very essence of parliamentary and
legislative power; lsay, when they came to
take these committees the southern mem
bcrs, upon any fair basis Of partition, were
mol entitled 10 more than nine or ten. and
the Northern Democrats ought to have had
twenty or twenty two. But Ii just oe-
CURED to the Southern Democrats that they
would reverse those figures, and they took
tweuty-one and gave the Northern Demo-
Gratis ten. The Northern Democrats said
when invited with it--they said they were
glad Cf Il. Little Sammy Cox, of New York,
when tainted with II on the floor OF the
House, said, with n meek submission that
did his Christian virtue infinite goodness,
he said-l say with great meekuess--that he
was glad 1t was So "Thonk God Master
David said urlah lIeep, am 'umble;'
aud that should be engraved ON the shield
and crest OF the Northern Democracy
Thank God, we are humble" lLaughterl
Mr. Blaines position ON the subject of
currency must commend itself 20 the ap.
nf h,th
"Grecn hacker" or Rcsumptionist He
said
You and have not seen the child born vet
that will see the last grecnhack in circula.
ton IN this country But the generation is
born now and is before me that will see
grceuhapks circulating in this country very
soon on a par with gold, and, after IL reaches
there, let i take care of itself We will not
mcddle with Il any more, Some gentlemen
say that is going TO be great contraction. |
think It viii loosen and release vast
amount of coin; aud | venture another
prophecy, that six months after resumption
therc will he s50,Oo0,0j0 more currency in
this country than there was six months ago
| venture that. One thing, gentlemen, about
the gtccnbacks. believe 1t is true OF the
grcenhack what Is true of no other war
money. believe there Is no instance ON
record IN which "A war currency, issued i'm
great crisis where the Nations faith was
IN'hNlN III inc bHidNtt, mas ever httO re-
deemed. The Revolutionary currency, the
French asSiguats, all the paper money OF the
revolutionary era in Europe, went By the
board. Let as remember that the green
back is the one grand glorious exception;
that IL saved US IN time OF war, and we will
honor II in time OF peace.
This is the attitude of the Republican
party rs a whole. The grcenback is like
the young man OF the parable whom the
Master loved and to whom he said: AZ one
thing thou laCkest" That one thing, in
this case, Is specie basis We do not
want our paper money supplanJed hy
coin, but secured by IT, and made on 5, par
with IL