Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-08-29
GARFIELD'S PLATFORM.
Hold Up.t Standard of Honest
Money.
From the Cleveland Leaders Report of Gen
Garfeld's Warren Speech.

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| Garfed's Warren Speech.
Another thing this district has be-
| lieved: 1t has always believed that in
the long run the man, or the cOmmu-
nifty, or the party, or the nation that
keeps its faith will be the one that Is
prosperous, and that our prosperity Is
linked forevermore with the honor of
our engagements, and with the faith
that we keep. Applause. During
all these years we have been lulled by
| the songs of thousand sirens on every
haRd. One man has come to US and
said: 1.-THE case is hard; the burden is
heavy. Let US get out of 1t in some
way; let US let down the hardship of
the promise and get around it if we
can." But we have tried to say to all
such people, "Get away, you counsel
lors of evil and dishonOr; we will stand
by our obligations at whatever haz-
ards" Then they appealed to the la
boring men of the nation, and said to
them, "These people prt burdens upon
your shoulders and do not not care for
you." But we have appealed to the
conscience and intelligence Of the
workingmen, and said, 'the honor of
the nation is part OF your honor, and
to do your duty will, in the long run.
be for your interests as well as your
glory" and we have said, Hold up
the standard of honest money"
The people of this Congressional dis
trict believe in foot that measures
just twelve inches, no less, no more; in
pound avOirdupOiS that weighs just
sixteen ounces, full and fair, no less, no
more, and dollar that is worth just
one hundred cents the world over, no
less, no more. [Applause. And the
man or party that would give US any
other foot, or any other pound, or any
other dollar we scOrn as tempter
and put him or 1t behind our backs.
We have seen the hardships to which
the people of this country have been
subjected In the last five years, hard
ships greater than, perhaps, ever visit
ed this nation since its origin; we have
seen suffering on all hands. 1t has
fallen upon the capitalist and the Ia
borer, perhaps not alike, but it has
fallen upon both. We have seen great
business houses fall into ruins. We
have seen enterprises of great moment
break and fall at our feet. We have
seen laboring men out OF work. We
have been suffering and felt in the
midst of our whole community; and in
all these suffering5 and distress we
have believed and do believe that the
work Of keeping our
engagements, public and private, of
redeeming all the promises we have |
hel ped to make, of standing by all the |
engagements we have honOrably en-
tered into, will, In the long run, give
us peace anu prosperity. / believe the
long pupilage of our war is nearly over;
that we have reached almost, If not
quite, the solid ground, and that we
shall very soon, as soon as the pOllti-
clans will let US, begin to march on the
upward incline toward a better and u
higher prosperity. When we do that,
the people of this district, at least, will
have the satisfaction of knowing that
they have marched to 1t bravely, with
out lodging or evasion, and have come
up to it by the right read. Applause.
We are told by some people that our
party is the enemy of the greenback
currency. Let me say word about
that. Who made the greenback cur
rency? The Republican party OF the
United States. Who denounced 1t
when it was made as worthless? Our
antagonists. They told US it would
not he worth the paper il was printed
On. They told US it would not be ia
Ken in few months after it was Is
sued. They said 1t was unconstitu-
tional to make it. Even the necessi-
lies of war could not make it lawful.
Why, with every name of denuncia-
ion they heaped odium on the green
back currency; and to-day, If we could
believe what they say, they are the
the founders, and creators
If the greenback currency, and we are
Is enemies.
The only evil thing that we propose
o the greenback currency Is to make
t better and better and better, until 1t [
8 a. good as the best dollar in this
world spplause until, when it i5 re- '
,eived Dy the laoOring man or by the
ich man, it shall represent the same ,
lollar, stamped with the stamp of the
lation's faith, and equal to the best ,
lollar in the world. That is what we :
lemand, and not contraction and de- :
truction of our currency that shall
oppose, discourage and destroy the la
,or OF the country. We believe In the !
OF our promises, in the ,
lonest money Of the government that
3 also the money OF the world.
Now, fellow citizens, over against {
II the schemes, projects, and appeals
o the passion of men-over against I
II that may be called the appeal of the {
lemagogue too the crOwd-I ask the 8
,ood people Of this district and of this