The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-09-04
BROWN VS.. HAssLERI
TILE SPEECH WHICH BROW, 4
HAS SINCE DENIED
MAKING!!
The jackson "Her0lt's' Reply to
BrOWn's Deniat!


The jackson "Herdll'S" Reply to
BrOUn's Denidt!
[From the Jackson Herald of Aug 0, '7S.l
The two candidates for the Senate
came together at the Court House on
last Monday, and had a warm time
of it. We give a condensed report Of
the speech below. The report is by
no means full ono. bit is. substan:
tially correct as fur as it goes
Fl sPEEcnoF JUDGE BROWN. =.
After some Introductory remarks
which we failed to catch, Mr.. Brown
in speaking of our business troubles
said that the Winfield platform car
fie1 a lie upon its face when it charg-
edthose troubles upon the .Republi-
can party, because the Democratic
party was also responsible for them.
The House Of Representatives was
Democratic and in tho Senate the
Democratic Senators Bayard and Kerr
nan were found voting with Conk-
ling and other eastern Republicans
in favor of the bondholders and
against the people. Our Greenback
platform repudiates both parties, and
Captain Hassler signed our platform
ut Ravenswood, thereby repudiating
the party which nominated him. 1t
won't do to raise the cry that this
movement is u Radical triek TO injure
the Democratic party. That will
not work now, for your Democratic
nominee is standing on my plat
form.
In 1868 / was for Grant, and was
| in the convention which nominated
him and u member of the committee
on resolutions with Carl Schurz, r.
W. Thompson and other great men.
know what those men thought then,
and the platform of 1868 prepared by
those men told the people that the
bonds we're payable in greonbacks.-
We voted for Grant on that platform
he could not have carried West Vir.
ginia on any other. We owned no
bonds and only wished them paid nc.
cording to the terms Of the original
contract. Grant was elected on that
plank, and then sold out for gifts
of bonds, houses, libraries, &c. The
bondholders bought him. 'lherewere
immense sums Of money at stake,and
the bankers and bondholders bribed
Grant to join them by giving him
S6,000,00O, and he was one Of them.
They had bought him and they own-
ed him. He was reelected and they
again bought him. He is now said
to be worth s250000000, and that
sum could not have been gotten hon
cstly. 1t was stolen from the people,
And now, while the people are suffer
ing for the necessaries of life, he is
IunliS III iuAurleS WIN tli1 kiugs
and princes of Europe. | advocated
the election of Grant both times, be,
cause we needed u strong government
after the war, but he sold us out
The bankers bribed Grant and bought
Congress. In the House and Senate
there are ia bankers. Both of our
Senators are Democrats and bankers
and bondholders. The bankers have
controlled legislation in the interest
of the money class.
The speaker then explained the
banking system, whereby bankers
were enabled to make 30 to 40 per
cent. on the peoples money which
they loaned the people. And the
bonds were originally payable in
greenbacks, but Congress has chang
ed that law by dcclaratory acts and
have forged and interpolated the stat
utes, by inserting first the word coin,
and then the words "gold COIN
The bonds and the money Of the coun-
try are held within the territory of
four States. They hold the money
and pay the West and South what
they please for our stock and grain.
And they also fix the freight at which
We must ship to them over railroads
owned by Eastern capitalists, but
built by the peoples land and money
apd stolen from them by the corrupt
thieves of Congressman Eastern banks
But we are told wo must be careful
how we talk or We will iniure the
Democrats or the Republicans; and
we are told that those who go into
this new party must be soreheads or
radicals. But we cannot be defeated
this way. have been silent for ten
years, but | will be silent no longer:
What good does the "time.honored
principles of the party" do US now2
The people Of this State have always
been for greenbacks, and West Wiz.
ginia went to Cincinnati and st. Lou.
is in 1875 in favor of grecnbacks, and
was soldout to the bondhollersi both
places. AT ST. Louis, West Virginia
voted for grecnbacks. and an eastern
bondholder, Sam Tilden, was nomi-
mated. Is there u Democrat here who
would vote for Tilden in 1SSO2 Hayes
was nominated on the same platform,
but eastern money bought him at
Cincinnati, The whole property Of
the country was at stake, but the
thieves fell out over tho spells, and
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