The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-07-10

neither party was disposed to leave their
position on the resumption act in doubt, or
to have it question to be determined by
Inference or argument. The state senate
was composed of twenty republicans and
twelve democrats, presided over by a
democratic lieutenant governor, Dorshei-
mer the assembly of seventy republicans
and fifty-eight democrats and the legisa-
ture, 20 composed, placed on record their
views relative to the resumption act of Jan.
uary IA, 1875.
In February 1876, Hamilton Fish, it,,
republican, introduced in the assembly,
joint resolution, the preamble setting forth
that "the commercial and industrial inter
ests of the country require settled,
steady and uniform financial policy on
the part of the government; that the
public honor, credit and safety" demand
a speedy return to specie payments and
that the resumption act of January Ia.
1875, 'provides for and pledges the gov
eminent to resumption of specie pay
ments on the LIST of January, 1872,
therefore "Resolred, That our senators and
representatives in congress be requested
to oppose any repeal of said resumption
" act of Janury H. 1875, and that they
" also be requested to favor such further
legislation as may be needed to give full
" faith and force TO the pledge contained
" in said act, thereby to insure the perma-
nent restoration of specie payments."
The resolution was adopted on the part of
the assembly with only five democratic
votes in the negative, and unanimously by
the senate. Is there any doubt in refer
ence to the position of the parties in New
York so late as February 1876? Do the
democrats leave us to inference or areu-
ment to ascertain their meaning of "no
g step backwardr'
Time passes on until June 1876, when
the two parties hold their national conyep-
tiors and declare the principles ON which
they ask The country to entrust them with
the administration of the government for
tour years-and here again the democracy
have the last word, but with what differ
ent results The republican national con-
vention assembled June H. and in its dec
laTation OF principles--the resumption act
passed by republican congress and ap-
proved by republican president being in
full force-recltes that the national gov
eminent having ''solemnly pledged its
" faith to make provision at the earliest
practicable period for redemption of the
" United States notes in COIN" declares
that commercial prosperity, public merits,
" and national credit demand that this
promise be fulfilled by continuous and
" steady progress TO specie payment" In
other words, that the national faith being
solemnly pledged tor an early resumption
OF specie payments, and that in part re- |
demption of that pledge, January 1, 1870,
had been fixed upon as the day for resump- |
ton, therefore this promise must not only |
be fulfilled, but there must still be ''contin- |
" uous and steady progress to specie pay
" ment" by additional legislation If needs |
be. This declaration was unanimously |
adopted, every New York delegate voting
therefor, and William A. Wheeler of New
York, with Rutherford b. Hayes, were
as expoDents of the declaration.
Two weeks later-June 81, 1S76-thc
democratic national convention assemble.
New York being fully represented and |
for the presidency. They, too, declare
their principles. Samuel J. Tiden, him
self, writes or dictates the declaration, and |
William Dorsheimer-the same democratic |
lieutenant governor who presided ever the |
New York state senate in February, 1876
is the mouthpiece who presents the decla. |
ration. 1t reads as follows "We denounce |
"the resumption clause Of tile act Of 1875,
sand ace here demand its repeal.' For this |
declaration every democratic delegate |
from New York voted, including Dorshei-
mer and many of the very senators and as
semblymen who voted for the resolution of
February, 1876. AS opponents of the
policy so declared, Samuel j. Tilden and
Thomas A. Hendricks were placed in
nomination, and now seek the suffrages of
the American people.
The country is called upon to choose be-
tween these two parties, between these
men. Can 1t hesitate in its choice? Can
anyone who desires that the national credit
shall be maintained, that the national faith
shall be kept invlolate, that desires honest
hnppat hnpnat
aid by his vote in placing the government
under the control of men, of a party. who
thus show themselves "equally false and
/" imbecile upon the overshadowing finan-
" cial question: and who areihus de-
d" liberately proposing to repudiate The
plighled faith of the government ?"