The Leavenworth weekly times., 1876-08-17


As will appear by his speech in convention
on the Sth Of Jannary of that year. In
$50, Chief Justice Chase delivered the
opinion of majority Of the supreme court
OF the United States, that the legai-tender
eature OF the gree bacss was unccnstitu-
iional. The democracy again bobbed around
and hailed the decision with delight. The
next year a majority OF the court reversed
this decision, and the democracy with one
accord charged Grant with having
PACKED THE COURT
to sustain an infamous war measure. After
that they again bObbed around and said
that greenbacks were the best currency the
country ever had that all banks ought to
be abolished and the government alone fun
nish money to the country.
To cap the climax of their shutting ard
see-sawing on this subject, at the late ST.
Louis convention they adopted the follow
ing resolution:
I'VE denounce the failure for all these
eleven years Of peace to make good the
promise Of the legal tender notes, which are
a changing standard Of value in the hands
OF the people, AID the non-payment of
which is disregard of the Plighted faith
of the nation"
After thus arraigning tho Republican
party for having failed TO fore specie pay
ments, in the next resolution they demand
the repeal of the act providing for the re-
sumption OF specie pay ments on the first of
January, 1879, giving as a reason that the
act stands in the way of resumption. The
necessary meaning of this resolution is that
the act puts of resumption, and but for II
We could have specie payments at once.
OF course party talking thus boldly must
have some measure or remedy to propose,
by which the government can at once re-
deem the greenbacks in coin according 10
promise. But the next resolution shows
tina, it ia only Snug the Joiner, and not the
lion, who is roaring, and reveals the silly
hypocrisy OF all that is said by declaring
that specie payments can be brought about
only by proper economies, wise finance, and
official retrenchment; or, in other words,
that nothing can be done, and the whole
subject dropped. The fac, il, the first two
resolutions are intended for the East, and
TO show that the Democracy are determined
to have specie payments at once, and the
third resolution for the West, and 10 show
that the Democracy do not intend 10 have
specie payments at all. This part OF the
platform has wonderfully familiar look.
and leaves the IMPRESSION that it may have
been prepared by one Of the candidates ON
the ticket. The position of the Democracy
upon the currency question illustrates it,
mora, and intellectual condition ,brou,h-
out We find an utter want of convictions
AMI total absence OF measures, policies, or
anything wearing the semblance of patIiu;-
ism, and We tind only cunning vascillation
and hypocrisy. They are for and against
specie payments, for and against green
backs, ior and against banks. for and
against initiation inst "A tb. v,rvi,, me-.
pects Of the hour Indicate the cain or los.
of votes. The vane upon the church s,sa,I,
does not point the direction nj the ui,J
with more industry than do the Democ,,-
CIV turn their battered and deforueJ fac, ,o
the popnIar breeze
The letter of Gov T;Iden ,,e,,s cb;sav #
the finances and cannot h, read bv any i'm
partial mind witbon. the conviction ,b,, !,
was intended In sa,i.fv mon whose ;J.,s ,r.
exactly opposite 10 each other He s,rne-
giles through half an bour,s tedious re,d;r,.
to arraign the RepubIican n,rtv for nn,
having forced sp.cie pavment. lone ,cn
and then argues To sbos thai the I,w nr,'
vidine for resumption il a binJr,nce 10 re-
sumption, and should be repealed. But
wheh ne comes 10 tell now resumption can
be brought about, and what the Democratic
party would do II they were IN power, he
mas hothihg better 10 oiier Than the follow
ing I'm miserable piattudes:
Inc proper uhe ior resumption IL the
unie wneh wise preparations shall have
ripenect INTO perfect ability to accomplish
tne opJect WIN certainty anu ease that
VIII inspire confidence, and encourage the
revlvlng oil business The earliest time IN
which such 4 result can be brought about
Is the best. Even when the preparations
shaH nave peen hlatured, the exact dath
WouId nave 10 De CHOSEN with reference To
'he 'heh existing stale oil trade and credit
operations IN our own country, the course OF
ioreleh conn nerce, and the condition OF ex-
chahSe WIN other nations. lhe specIhc
measures u anu 'he actual date are matters oil
'etaii, having reference 10 ever-changing
conditions Ihey belong to the domain Of
PraG,icai administrative statesmanshIp.
VINO can read this without knowing that
- JuSse VI "oiAi SrhS
e Va in'enoed 10 MAKE
~ r.. anu S.' 'o"Neyins no i''ea
0n, no -, .'S 'S ~ no measure points
anu i"'
MERE VoLuBILrrf
TO cover up the utter incapacity of the au-
thor.
Gov. Hendricks in his letter, after taking
in a general way in favor Of specie paw
nents, and urging the repeal Of the resum.-
lion act, the only measure which has been
,nacted for that purpose, then escapes from
he whole subject In the following cutie
fish sentence, which was intended to create
an obscurity, and practically means ab-o-
lutely nothing:
II thoroughly believe that by public
by official retrenchments, and by
xise finance enabling us to accumulate the
precious metals, resumption, at an early
period, IL possible without producing an
artificial scarcity OF currency" or disturb
ing public or conn ercial credit; and that
hese reforms, together with the restoration
1f pure government, will restore general
encourage the useful investment
II capital, furni-h employment To labor.
md relieve the country from the "paralvsi.
d hAia tines-
1t will battle human ingenuity to extract
PRACTICAL idea from the above sentence
u Is preciseiy the KIND oil talk a man IN
iulges In who has no opinions upon the
uolect, ana seeks by Pompous and enigma
neal phrase to conceal the object poverty Of
lis 81 intellectual exchequer-
Inc hePuDilcan party has been, and still
:, In favor OF return TO specie payments
Il regards gold and silver az the standards
IL yaiue, and mas looked forward steadily
ihd honestly 10 The lme when the paper
money oi The country should be at par
'aiue- lhat there ha. been, and ~ to-day,
diversity oil opinion IN the ranks OF the
'slly "a ~ regara 70 the manner ana the time
re al Tlf n IL moi tzH kEtf