, 1877-12-26
DUTLER'S BRICKS,
The long.Reserved Missiles in
the Air at Last.
Beh1sntn Dl,tussss SILVER, tke Tariff, The South.
ern PslltJ, aad citil.sertite Reform.

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Hosfnn GfnEs i've. a.
Tho regular weekly meeting OF the Mi1.iteacx
Club at tic Parker Horse antur!sr WAS attcned
tr Ex-senator Boutwell,, Collector eImmou.,
Col. Daniel Necsihsnl, and many other promt-
ten: gentlemen Maj. George Q. BraAtow, tho
President Of tic Club, occupied the chair, and
Dsn. d. F. nutler, who was among the guests,
made lengthy speech At tho close Of tho
dinner, which Gtote representative reports ~
foliow8:
MIR. CHAIRMAN AID GEHrLExBN: Ore OF Tho
Frcut qtscstuns to ettfnc hefpte tho prcrcnt aes-
f'on of Congress- Is revision Of the tariff. ThtA
II very Important 1uestton to Mtsfachukctta,
and especially to the manufacturing Interest Of
thA State. There ccsta'niv Il tispnsltion on
tho parE ol The Ncpresen ativcs from other paris
O. tue tonntrv y fcaftiatc against tho East.
'Ihc gentlemen I'll farbr be Fei!lol~ l~ltng Tho
taritf in tho interest Of what ia called free trade
prnpose to int rake the duties OIL tea anil coffee.
II they can carry 0ut tteIr ideas Of free tratle
their plan Will necessarily decrease tile revenues
Of tho country, anli ns those revenues aEc now
bnrcly sufficient tn ..:cct the expenses Of the
Government. something must b. done to meet
tho deficiency. After briefly considering the
bill to repeal tile Resumption act aill tho free
banking clause which mas talked Dns and which
appcaret! to him very like expanafou, the Gem
crat considered
TIE sILrEn BlLt-
Ia sixty days the Silver bill will hare becofne
q Law nl The land. It Will pass Congress, and
II the President rctocs it-and dui,'t bellrse
he Wilt Will be pa8ac1 over his veto. II Will
paas the House bs thrce'fuurths vote, and
will rcrcive 50 uear q twuthlrda vote In tho
Senate that II It be vetoed there will bo enough
strength In TINT branch to pass Il uvcr the vcto
The President objects tu tho Bland bill OH nc.
count Of the irce coinage clause, its unlimited
1rQal.tepdcr characteristics, and hecauee II is 4
violation OF tic public lath tu p4y she creditors
Of the t}orcrnnlcnt either the principal Or In
tcre~t Of their bunds in silver, lii regard TO I'LL.
limited coinage and the danger OF flooding tho
cause VIC, eaAnot ISSUE more than $9,GD, 600
por month, or about e25, ,N0 q rear, and
that would be nero d1op In tho bucket. 1t Is
Sla;a to pe lcssation II fa1ot Of .o sver
why We should object to It because It hcnetta
silver Of any other special Industry, II 1t aito
benefits the whutc country at tile same time.
II. as ega1-tender, silver was limited to ft0o. It
would be discrimination III favor Of the capi.
tallet, beenusc tho poor man In the payment Of
hts small debts might be Obliged to receive tho
depreclatcd currency, sllver, while tho rich mau
In tho payment OF bis debts Gould claim gold,
Silver. Claim tint what IL good enough for thu
poor man Is good enough for the rich mai, and
what is enjoyed by the rich tnau HI thls respect
should be enjoyed BY the poor man. Passing the
hack to tho stantlafd which had always hcen
known from the beginning Ut tho Uovcrnncnt up
to 1878. Silver, Al standard. was not lemonct-
lied until 1879 and In 1et;7 anu 1875 as lawyer,
permitted payments Of tho bonds In green
backs. aud may lay that the opinion WIS coin.
cited in BY other lawyers WHO examined the
question. The country hccar,c alarmed, aud
tho public creditors appealed to tho politicians
act OF 1860, tl,o first Of 1Eants Administration,
was passed. Tho President, IL quoting from
the act, ssys that its great merit was that H. r.
moved nil doubt as to tho purpose OF the United
States to pay their bonded debt In coin. II the
President hati quoted further from that net be
would llaru seen that while tho frat part Of thu
art refers to tho debt Of tue Government to bo
paid i'll cotn (Which word ia Itsclf might menn
Intended to be unlcsstood BY tho word "con il
by making use Of tho oppression that the debt
might DO paid In gold Or silver roiu: and you
VIZ ftnd printed IN all tho bonla issued stnco
1sos t''c statement Thu, thas tl!c principal und n;
bv said net OF March, 1si9, lrhcn you refer 10
that art to (fnd what coin Ia specified, tho act
expressly EiTes tho right to paY tu gold Or sill
vtr coln. Although silver waa lefnonctizcsl by
tu pursuance ot tlis net ii 1863. or after that
gear, cou,D under TINT cpntraet, and may be-
pall. cltlrr principal or Interest, III gold or al
yer. Tho President claims that, evcn II We hail
In order to keep our fath aill credit geol, 10
pay In gold; but III ttcse tlmes VIC cannat af-
lord to bu gcncruus- I nm In favor Of earring
out our contrasts to tho letter; but NC uught
for. II silver was as high as gold, u! worth a
premium atloye guild, our creditors might claim
With equal right that they sluulu be paid IN sEt-
ycr, as they uIa oi,ca In England when silver
r.. At srea4. .a g s sfat ss nnsv' d: ell
were to be paid n pounas. shllliinEs, and
Klbh language, meant silver pound Of standard
paid In silver mounds, and ahoula not bc Obliged
to take goldi and Inv was actually passed to
this effect. 1n regard to tho ntural obligation
Of the tioserntneht to par gol! leineo otherwiso
all bonds would b. leprccla!cu), tho other prop
of Indebtedness, !iaA deprecated on tic average
about % pcr cent; everything Ii ~ per cen.
lower. II you osncd house. worth <lOO, 1000,
and 1t Mas tnortGaFs1 ior $b0,01o, II Is nuw
etnl e30,Djo. Tle bou.ls have not deprecated
Ut all; aud, silcn tho property h4s deprccla!ett,
why should not tho hondl1olders and creditors
come III and henr small part Of tbs general
acnrsctationl II you. , PROPERTY nn. decreased
probation oi less tilan u per centt don't 10.
leya this stcprerlat!on will tAke place. ! almost
wish Il Mlght. III order that we could yet ut
something like an aycraxc Of tleaa It'sscs. i,c-
l[cse that as soon ~ silvur 0ccalnes legahtcndrr
8 per cent OF tic difference will at onco lIsaE-
near, and Ia three ,i,o,,lhs' time an confident
the other per .cent* will disappear, and sliycr
will DO III good, ~ arcenbacks. and both bc
etlualtxc.l to gold In yaIur, / beEere, further,
TINT It will haye b*'lehcias elect upon the
country. Tag ErAin houses of tho West arc
bursting with grain. Tue warehouses OF the
East are Oiled with manufactured xtxAis. The
railroads are auxiuus to bring the grl,u {ruln
tho Weat to put into our mouths. and to carry
the gota!s from the East to put upon tho backs
OF tbs Wcst. The pas4aga OF this III! wiz tend
to brlng about that result. because It will
show 10 thu people that We Aays rrached that
position popularity dasianRte.i - "hard-t,an;"
that contraction has ccasesl; that We are not
going any further in that direction. The pub
liz eonliduncc will bo restored; business will bu
revived, and We shall enter upun y now carccr
oi prosperity. The otlcr lealiug question to
b. sattltA
THE TARIFF,
10 ono OF great magnitude. Free trade will
reduce the revenues oi the Government, and
tho deficiency must be ma1o up from eoms other
SOURCE. shall oppuse HI Increase Of the tax
on tea and coffee, These arc to be found on
tue poor lnau'a breakf4ss liable, and the more
the poor man drinks OF tcA and coffee tho less
whisky will he consume. Tbs present tax on
tea aud cotfee does not really naku them any
higher. The Importer AeTcF hears Ut redue-
tiont but always Of an increase, ~ 1t docs not
really yury the pytec muvh ut tho r,rcscnt rate