Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-09-13

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statesman, WIN consummate sagao,ty'
fou would Persuade yourseli that
Gov hayes nas no less hrm convic-
tlons aho purposes US 10 resumption
M nma o.her nI'nnu'a' REFORMS 'hah uov.
ihden, ana Jump !" lhe ihierenees that
no WIN pe no lcsS competeht than uoV'
ihuen 70 carry .noso reforms 10 n sue
cessisl ISSUE, tno inference Is uh-
sounu the prenilso ialse; Ihore Is no
sucn % cqunn.y ~ ou ancge, anu ior
evidence ono may prefer ms puphc
spccches 70 your '''chu'y preIuu'ces'
GOV. HAYES FINANCIAL RECORD.
Gov. Hayes, In a speech which he
made at Hamilton, Ohio, in the sum
mer Of 1867 IL authority for the state
mcnt that he followed Thad. Stevens
in voting for proposition to issue one
hundred millions in greenbacks to pay
compound.intcrcst notes falling due"
The very reverse OF that process is the
plan for resumption advocated with so
much ability by your admired friend,
the late Amasa Walker, both before
and in his criticisms Of Shermans
sham.
Gov. Hayes, in Batavia, Ohio, in
August, 1867, rejected openly and dc.
nounced a means Of resumption which
you believe to be sine qua non, lquote
his words from the verbatim report OF
the Cincinnati Commercial: "Judge
ltanney and Judge Jewett both com.
plain that the johnson Administration
is now engaged in taking up green.
backs by issuing in their stead inter
est bearing bonds, | heartily concur
with them in opposing that policy. Az
a member of the House ! voted against
it great many times in the Thirty
ninth Congress. Gov. Hayes pro-
ceeded to dcnouncc that policy as
measure votsd for by every Democratic
member in both houses of Congress
who voted at all "a majority of mem
bers of his own party voting against
iD, and tor which, therefore, his party
was not responsible, but for which the
johnson party or the Democracy were
responsible. This denunciation on
that ground, of President johnson, of
Secretary McCulIoch. and OF Demo.
Gratis, and this fatal defence of his own
party, he repeated often in that cam.
pai,n, notably at Sidney. Ohio. on the
4th OF September
Amasa Walker used to say: "Thore
has never been but one difficulty in Sc
curing a sound currency. and that has
been and is the indisposition of the
Government to convert It's demand
notes into time bonds.p fle
But perhaps YOU will reioin that
Governor Hayes has since changed his
opinions. and now entertains sounder
ones. The fact is this, that Governor
Hayes opinions on the changing
phases Of the currency question have
always been merely those of opposition
to the opinions of some Of the Ohio
Democrats. Thcy arc strong mon,
with the courage OF their convictions.
They never gave up Till they were
squarely defeated in National Convcn.
ton. They always defined Governor
iiayes ana gave MN MS boundaries !
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n"d : s,ou'iueu lnuePc,,uon' Judgment
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iact bot,or oorrosnonds ,o sona,or
Mor,on,s nos;,;on at tho somo nr on
earlier no,iod A. Marion Ohio on
the alst oc IoIr 1e7h Gov Woves
sa,d Tho Ponnblicans ~ Ohio sdo
not nronoso ~ corcc resnnn,;on bv a
contraction ., tSc cnrrrnav TIov
are ,atisfed 10 leave 10 the ;nauences
oi time and ,ho inberent encrg;es of
the countrv tbc'work that vet remains
IN be dono ~ 70 nlocc onr snrrcncv at
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DO you recognize the mellow bun,
combe l----"leave TO the influence oil
time and tho inherent energies OF the
country" What energlesY And why
not leave to the same energies, which
being inherent make no demand on
good men, and to the sane influences
Of time which need no aid IRON hu-
man hearts or brains, every other re-
form as well as the reform OF the cur
rency2
When you wrote that "Gov. Hayes
is as sound on free trade and hard
money personally as you are did you
really believe your friend capable of
the foolish faith of Gov. Hayes and the
soft money men in the "growing-up-to-
resumption policy2 That is fat igno-
rance. To begin with, our currency
suiliced in quantity, twenty-five years
ago ana the more RAPID circulation
since 'hsureu py checks, oook credits,
c'cai'ng nouses a'u v'nor cAcn"ugo
con'rivahccs, constantly enables our
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