The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-09-01
4 CRUIE AGAINST THE PEOPLE.

Chapter 73 Of the laws OF 1873 i en-
titled, ''An act to establish specie pay
ments on all contracts or obligations in
thisState made after January l, 1879.
The first section j. as folIolgs: "An
taxes levied aud confirmed in this State
on aud after January l, 1879. shall be
collected in gold. United States gold
certificates or National bank notes
which are redeemable in gold Oh de-
mand." The second section provides
that every contract or obligation
made or implied and payable within
this State and mace or implied after
January l, 1879, AID payabla - Dol
lars, but not ia a specified kiad oI uyl-
lars, shall be payable in United States
coin Gov. Tilden signed that bill.
and made it the law % tA,- state. rs il
now stands III full force He ha.: thus
provided that after JANUARY l, 1873.
every taxpayer in NeE York must Day
his taxes, and every debtor must pay
his debts IN gold, or in national notes
redeemable ia gold, which amounts to
the same thing. And now, after i'm
posing this absolute and peremptory
requirement upon tie people of New
York, he and his party openly declare
themselves against, and vote to repeal,
the United States law which provides
that the United States Government
shall redeem its notes in gold on and
after January /, 1879. That is, Gov.
Tilden compels the taxpayers and
debtors of this State to pay in gold,
and, at the same time, does all he can
to leave them no way of obtaining the
gold, by striking down the Federal law
which requires the United States Gov
ernment to furnish gold. He compeIs
the tax payers and debtors of this State
to pay, if not in gold, then in National
notes redeemable in gold, and at the
same time assaiIs and fries to overthrow
the Federal law, which requires the
United States Government to make its
notes thus redeemab!e in gold. He
compels the tax payers and debtors of
this State to pay in gold or gold notes
at whatever premium gold may be,
while he would leave the government
and people of the country at large to
pay in deprecated and irredeemable
paper. The provision that "all taxes"
and ''every contract" within this State
must be paid in gold or gold notes is
positive and unqualified. Ifthe United
States resumption law stands, then
gold and gold notes will be the regular
currency, and there will be no difficulty
in the payment. If it does not stand,
then taxpayers and debtors must 60
into Wall street and buy gold at what
ever high figure this sudden and large
demand may create. And yet Gov.
Tilden and his party, while thus COM
pelling the people of New York to pay
in gold, at the same time aim their
deadly blows at the resumption act,
which provides the means. Such is
the amazing position in which Gov.
Tilden places himself 10y his be-
trayal of principle and surrender to
the repudiationists-a position utterly
disgraceful to himself and disastrous
to the people. Not one word can his
supporters say in defence There is
no escape. Such an attack as Mr..
Tilden makes upon the public honor,
after signing such a law in this State,
is not merely a flagrent piece of dema-
gogism, but crime against the people.
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