The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-02-13
RECONCILIATION.
General Tom Ewing i'm New York,

Generai Tom Ewing I'm New York.
[Tribune's Report.l
General Thomas Ewing was first intro
duced, and was received with vociferous
cheers. In brief-for he spoke until 10 min
utes after 10 o'clock--he said:
Congress has two public duties to per
form. One is to restore the ancient silver
dollar just as it was, the other to repeal the
resumption scheme. The vast national debts
of the world, owned outside of the countries
contracting them, are held by few hundred
German, English and French capitalists.
The United States produces go per cent. of
the silver product of the world, and
is the greatest debtor nation. These capital
lists said to themselves how can we make
her cut her own throat by demonetizing
silver? They solved the problem somehow,
but just how, we can't tell [CheerSl. They
got an innocent coin act through in 1873.
Then the codifers of the laws secretly slipped
in a measure which forbade the coinage of
the old silver dollar ICries of 'shame'l This
bundle of codified laws passed the senate
without being noticed, and in that bundle
was the damnable fraud LCheers and cries of
that's the talk'l. When the outrage is
brought to the light of day, these men by
moneyed influences and through their
organs, the press prolonged hisses], dare TO
turn upon the wronged and outraged people
of this country aud call them scoundrels,
while they set themselves up as prosecuted
saints.
"Take one of these demonetized dollars to-
day" continued the speaker. land il will
bring more by 20 per cent than it would in
1874 OF everything except gold We should
be honest as nation as well as individuals;
but we stab our national credit when we al
low our creditors TO come in and wrest from
us what we never owed. There is not bond
of the United States that is not honest Y
and equitably payable in the old silver dol
lar. Applause Are we to be cut off from
the option of paying them in either gold or
silver? A voice, We shall have it'll We
have got the option and we shall keep it,
The reconciliation OF the old silver dollar is
already a foregone conclusion. Great
cheers Outside of this little corner of the
republic the people are unanimous for it
tremendous applause, and it won't be GO
days before silver will be restored to a cur
rency of undimmed monetary power.
[Cheers
81 will say, however, that fear that the
realization of a silver currency" continued
General Ewing Twill disappo.nt both its
friends and its enemies. A voice That's
so.' Another sober voice new to the plat
form-'I hope So This threw the meeting
into the widest hilarity, General Ewing
being put out and joining in the laugh,] L
can't say i hope So but it would be about
the fair thing, about as fair for one as the
other. Great Britain produces 60 per cent
of the worlds gold, and we 60 per cent. of
the worlds silver. Their aim was to ham
string us and make our debt, held abroad,
payable in q coin we could not command.
The only way to take the weight of distress
off of the people is TO repeal the resumption
act, which is shrinking up everything
in the land except the svalue OF
the dollar itself. To take from the
people the control of the paper currency,
and give it to that confederation IF capital
Il l. Z - I'LL
foundations of the republican system of gov
eminent. [Cheers. When England re
sumed specie payments in 1919, she was the
mistress of the seas and the merchant and
manufacturer of the world. She owed no
body, while we owe everybody; she was re
ceivIng gold from all the world, while We
are sending gold TO all the world. And be-
cause we oppose resumption next New
Years we are called lot OF lunatics by the
press! Misses and applause. They talk
of over-p reproduction, with 100000 of
5 10000 on half timel How pre-
posterous [Cheers We had almost re-
covered from the panic of 1873, when the
resumption act came, and with it each
month brings an increase of hard times and
bankruptcy. We have put on the shoulders
of the de btor class three or four billions that
they didn't owe and this has been done by
legislative robbery. Prolonged cheers.
We already pay more taxes proportonateiS
than any other people on the face of the
earth. Keep ON with the resumption act
and not one savings bank out of five will be
able TO pay % cents on the dollar.
THE greenback was issued in crisis" the
speaker concluded, when gold and silver
had fled. 1t was issued rs money [spplause]
and was the best money we ever hac.
[Great applause Tis.mine, tbs yours, ana
has been slave to thousands Applause ]
Does our faith and honor demand that We
must be dragged through hell to reach re-
sumption on the first OF January? [Cries of
mol nol'l Is it not enough that We have
doubled the purchasing power of their
money? Must we quadruple ii? If these
capitalists get control of tue currency they
will rule and rob us and our children for
ever The act of demonstration WAS done
in secret; the resumption scheme was con-
cocted in Wall street and Lombard street.
The people of the west and south are aroused
and we want the men OF the northeast TO
join u.s." Applause.
There were loud calls for Mr.. Cox, who
was not present whereupon Mr.. s. Bray
undertook TO read parody in the style OF
the Book of Chronicles. entitled "Ye Wor
ship of We Golden Calf" but he had not
proceeded beyond three sentence before the
audience fell to shouting, Enough OF the
calf" and the meeting was adjourned.