The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1878-09-17

and you are not entitled 10 the support
>E OF the party whose sentiments il an.
nounced, ana you certainly are not en-
titled To the support Of that class of
voters who favor resumption as being
n. the only means to establish absolute
equality in purchasing power between
A. gold and paper. think the resump-
OF ton question settled. 1t is; unless the
Il. anti-resumptionists develop a strength
/ at the fall elections that will drive Con-
Of gress into the road Of folly. III your
i. vote is to be regarded as test of the
Is anti-resumption strength in this State.
or heaven grant ttat your votes may be
: lew and far between. No true friend
Al OF resumption should add TO their num-
~ Der. certainly will not
!, You say we "ru take things as wa
= ind them" This is not an exact
: trnism. But let il 20. Do Won refer
a 70 the national banks or do YOU not2
= fov say past policies have been wrong
q and this wrong "is conspicuous in the
!. act creating the national banks" Tho
. act creating the banks was by no
means party measure. Nor was il a
. bank measure. Every banker in the
! loyal States opposed the bill. But il
passed. IL became a law-and among
, the things (which we must take as
/ they are Is the circulation of these
banks.
. What shall we do with this circula.
tonf Shall we maintain it as il is. or |
shall we substitute greenbaoks for the |
bank notes? This is question of |
gravest importance. II is not to be |
passed over in silence. There is no
middle ground to occupy here. II can
not be evsded by saying it is q decIar.
ed policy to withdraw greenbacks and
replace them with bank notes. Tbere
is no such declared policy. There ia
no such question now before TIE peo.
pie. That is another man of strow
IL Is reversal Of the true issue. The
trne issue Is this: Are YOU in favor ~
Withdrawing all the bank notes and
substituting greenbacks for themp n
you are. do you call that a middle
groundr LII you are, do you not know
that you ny In the face of the conyen.
tion which nominated you? That CON.
vention overwhelmingly defeated ,
resolution tsvoring the substitution Of !
greenoacks for bank notes II vou are
not IN favor OF this policy, why do Won
denounce this act as one of the oppres.
sive acts OF the pasty II You are in "a. >
Nor oi H. now do You reconcile il with 0
your aeciaration that paper money q
shou.a De convertible into cion? Can u
si,'' tne eoIosernInent maintain the converti- =
oil DlIity OF 900 OOO, 900 in greenbacks?- a
Nouid not the very first issue Of green
9achs SEND gold mp and greenbacks az
down-thus destroy the eouaIitv Of N
the two and prevent convertibilitv5 70
The Nationals do favor rone,I ., p
the bank charters. They are ros;tiva =
and aggressive. They press their onir tuI
ions upon the people. Before thev ins n
sake their party to vote for Won tbar Al
must know X you are with fbau Is 10 10
you are not with them--ii Won a. ~
against them or this very imnor,ont an
fcint, yo0 cannof secure their vn,as - af
siIence. You cannot by silence on ,h; 10
point, or any other vital point baI9 ~
tbe vote OF your own party. Tho ~ IN
tionals assail the banks with go ad
they mold them up TO the peonla es riI
for most of the real srJ u ~; le Die
lglnary evils OF the time. Mar-, - IN iiiI'
pie n, oeiieye 1t. Why sbould thay Pc PC is.t
lhey near no defense, NJ, eonntsrystate nVs' III,
hehs' For whom Will these conver,s Co
,osel not Tor ecu. It is not Won wbo
'oa .I1' s"e'I. You do not openly as. in
o. . ".hks and promise the people for
Ia. S 'Fom them. That CONVINCING is fey
We ny the Nationals" and thew 40.
'ure Ile convinced vote. You might
Ave that vote. You might 90 into
ue convincing line with the Nation.
'is ana hold those Of your own party Bis
'ho are OF that way Of thinking ner. upe
laps secure some others. But not nv
'oliey pals the reins. BY doing tina, the
'oa Sould lose the votes of those who ops
'eileve the banks, with some modifca. "
ions, beneficial to the country. That Blsh
a loss you cannot afford. WHY NOT com
men, pursue the other course2 Wbv bear
ot hold this last vote by sentiment does
nat meet Its approval-and held tbe Ii,i,
ther by convincing argument3 Wby qua
OF conquer 10y force of truth: cbaroe on D
uster-like, upon the enemy? The Na' iest
onsls owe more OF their growth 70 ,ha nlan
le eowardice of their opponents than w
iey do to the strength Of their arCu. dioc,
ents. Your letter is shower and sun. state
iihe 10 their fields. IL cannot inau. 6y d'
leo the shaky anti-bank vote Of vonr 'nS "a, q
VA party, because it lacks positive as said
trance OF aggression on the banks ed c.
cannot keep that vote from deser- ton,
'n' because 1t furnishes them no no. saere
az reasons 10 prevent il. II cannon 'i'y "a. J,
'iu Tue conservatives-who would re- Bisbo
Ia the currency just ss Il is, part in the
eenbacks, part bank notes-heceuaa In the
lacks the earnest ring of conviction York,
it there is little charge and much va "a :
,reat II glitters over the snrface 90 CT -
past ana leaves us all lust where miuist
were before the letter was pnbIisb. that d
asking, "What is he forP What TO au'
ne against?" ssnteu
~ auother part OF your letter YOU Now
;, "If the laws unduly favor the third
neyed interests OF the country. and Lord 9
press labor and depress the indus. Tl,.,l II-'igl
-, 1t Is because that (Republican) Ken,n,
ty made them So" This is not estant
dent utterance in times like these do in
y charges that the laws do undnly reGiiCd
or the moneyed interest; / infa. ,ni,il,. ~, a.,
!, agitatorS, disturbers and dema. name ,
'ues make the same charge. You (Sigr
e currency TO II, or you words mean
hing. You know il is not q fact The
are a moneyed man, so / heai. / ed TO
e 10 is so. Does the law favor Won after
e than your poor neighbor? Do House
know that you have obtained No
'ugh the favor of the law anything ing a
'nginR to the poor or to the coun.
III you have, return il, and clear
T conscience. IL you have not so
lined anything, what other rich ~,
has, and under what law has il
. obtained? What law is il ~ III
duly favors the moneyed ir' -. per m
re is lao such law, and .y,sss., tion
re never was such a. So. !. has d
that, too. sIsw, and Won Thi
sneht' -cA rs an alarming been
81 not more so than the ial var
re Contained in the same nara. will G,
- in which yon say the laws 'a nn Thr
IS labor. Cary, Kearney and Rn,- wora
say the same. On this the caDS; a., t9 7
OF hard money convent;on are ,,e' ~ -
Aes hands with agitators and com- -,
lists. What law oppresses lsbor, Ex,t
u passed by the last Copgresss died N
y IL out Let us hold il up 6efor. physic
ayes OF the world and of Congress- Ical ass
y 1t ont. Congress will bot - ness. ness.
the statute books in dav. Was iully d
oppressive law on the boots bot,~e The
ast Congress met? Did Won knov capture
'ng III you did not. Won were Ia the 9th
aoiy ignorant of your connt,y'. mail an
II you did know il, and nal The dri
Tort to have il changed. ana sb,s ed San
1e oppressed labor. Won are rass river
n the ftOgrWW. Nahf