The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1876-09-14
The following is a part of a speech :

I
Gently made by Senator Morton:
THE DEMOCRATIC POSITION on RESUMPTION A
! FRAUD.
said to you, my friends, / would show
/ to you that the position of the party
upon this question is a fraud, and | want
TO ask my greenback friends, / don't care
what party they come from, to give at
/ tention to what / will read from the st.
Louis platform. Hear this thing, con-
cocted at st. Louis by these broken down
/ rebels and secessionists: Reform is nee
essary to establish a sound currency and
maintain the National honor" How
sanctimoniously it starts out I'VE de
nounce the failure for all these eleven
years to make good the promise of the
| legal-tender notes, which are a changing
standard of value in the hands Of the
people, and the non-payment Of which is
a disregard Of the plighted faith of the
Nation"
For all these eleven years the Republi-
can party has failed to pay these notes
according to the promise, and we are de-
nounced for it. ave denounce the inn
providence which in eleven years Of peace
has taken from the people in Federal
taxes thirteen times the whole amount
Of our legaltender notes, and squandered
four times the sum in useless expenses,
without accommodating any revenue for
their redemption" The redemption Of
the greenbacksl "We denounce the f.
nancial imbecility and immortality Of
that party which, during eleven years of
peace. has made no advance toward re-
sumption, and no preparation for re
sumption, but has obstructed resumption
by wasting our revenues and exhausting
eli lU,u ,.rLs
ally protesting to intend a speedy return
to specie payments, has annually enacted
further hindrances thereto As such
hindrance we denounce the resumption
clause OF the act Of 1875, and we hereby
demand its repeal" They demand the
repeal of the resumption clause because
it is a hindrance to resumption. Laugh
ter
That is what they say. That is what
Tilden says in his letter. have it here,
and will read from it: The st. Louis
platform denounces the failure for eleven
years to make good the promise of the
legal-tender notes. Ii denounces the
omission to accumulate any reserve for
their redemption. 1t denounces the con-
duct which, during eleven years Of peace,
has made no advance towards resump-
tion, no preparations for resumption, but
instead has obstructed resumption by
wasting our resources and exhausting
all our surplus income, and while pro-
Tossing to intend a speedy resumption OF
specie payments, has only enacted fur
ther hindrances thereto and, having
first denounced the barrenness of the
promise of the day of resumption, il
next denounces that barren promise as a
| hindrance to resumption. That is what
Mr. Tilden says in his letter. that the
/ fixing of the day, the first of January,
/ 1879, to resume, when the Government
/ will begin, is a hindrance to resumption.
Now, hear what Mr.. Hendricks says in
/ his letter: There should be no him
/ drance put in the way Of q return to
/ specie payments. As such a hindrance,
/ says the platform Of the st. Louis Con-
vention, we denounce the resumption
clause of the act OF 1875, and demand
/ its repeal" Now, when they demand
/ the repeal OF that act fixing the time for
resumption on the lst Of January, 1879
simply because il stands in the way Of
resumption, don't we know il is fraud
/ IL any one of you. owed a note to his
neighbor for $780, and you fixed the day
when you would pay it; suppose you
said II will pay on the lst OF January
1879" what would you think if some
man would turn round and say, That is
a hindrance to payment" Does fixing a
day for payment stand in the way Of
payment2 These men say, But for that
act we could resume right away in 1876.
1877 or 1875" Fixing the day for re-
sumption is a hindrance, they SAYS an
obstacle.
Now, does it require any argument to
prove to this intelligent audience that
this whole thing is cheat2 II they can
resume this year, how can they do it :
Suppose the Resumption Act that puts il
off to the lst of January. 1879, was out OF
the way, if they could resume any
sooner, then how could they do it2 They
say, You obstruct resumption by fixing
the day on January /, 1879" and they
demand a repeal OF the act. Why? SO
; that we may resume sooner" How are