Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-09-26
en- II the true American idea. The
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zen II the true American idea. The
old theory of government was to pa
ternatize; to build all the roads and bridges;
TO look into the citizens cofee-pot and skillet
to see that he went to church. and said his
prayers-aud England went so far as to write
praycrbook for her people. The maxim used
to be 1.-The people exist for the government"
and the result was "a Chinese system that regu-
lated every minutae of life. We have reversed
that idea in this new world of ours. Now
the maxim is, Government exists for the peo-
pie" Every year We are beginning to see
clearer and clearer the incompatible wis
dom of the Almighty when he left man perfectly
free and made cold and hunger to stir him up to
keep him moving What has gwen Indiana her
wonderful growth of the last seven yearsf Is it
the wisdom of her biennial iegislaturel No. 1t
is the non-interference of her legislature with
her peoples affairs. Indiana is composed of
ninety-two little selfsusaining counties; each
county of a dozen little townships that take
care OF themselves, aud each township of
thousand independent citizens that at per
feet liberty to get IN debt, buy, sell, trade and
do as they like, with the single provisO that
they do not interfere with their fellow-citizens
liberty and rights That is what makes MS
great and strong. Any doctrine that abridges
that idea, nnder axes to make life easy, or
debt less terrible, or industry and effort less de-
srable, Is false and perncious Iu the rough
dialect of the streets, the doctrine Is "ROot
hog, or de-" and tie quicker we the people COM
the better for us.
My objection to the greenback remedy is that
1t Will make the rich richer aud the poor poorer.
abey propose to issue not less than "a O0O,0oo
UOO OF these bits of paper. The result Is they
viii in ninety days follow the path of the Con-
federate currency and become as worthless as
the withered leaves Of November. What is
worse, they will wipe out the present currency.
SoSS,0OO.O00, now almost as good as gold Then
a new system will spring up, predicated wholly
"A 10 of
| IL the United States, and the present indebted
ness will remain-fOr the lawyers will to a man
advise their client creditors not to receive the
stuff for their debts-the thick of the little
hnger OF coming distress will be thicker than
the loins of what We have seen. Government.
SO say the fiat people, has the power to compel
debtors to receive their debts in this debased
paper Certainly that is the limit of govern
mental power. No man can be compelled to
sell his goods or labor for such trash. But
boldly affirm that any legal tender of fat money
| Is wholly unconstitutional. There is not first
class lawyer in Indiana that will give a differ
emit opinion. There can be but one outcome to
| such Issue. The creditor would refuse to re-
ceive it for his debts, the merchant for his goods
| and in the end the loss would fall on the work
| ingman. The rich man the means to refuse such
money, and could outride the storm. But the
poor man would stand nake1 and uncovered to
it's merclless pelting. "Of all the devices TO fer
| tilize the rich mans field with the poor man 8
sweat the most successful is worthless paper
money"
1t is especially worthy of note that Democrat
ic leaders, although perfectly aware of the con-
sequences of this folly, have no words of protest
! or warning. They stand ready to abandon all
! the teachings of their fathers-of Jefferson,
Wright and Jackson-if it will only give them
SD ccess. That, however, is only history repeat
| ing itself. Twenty years ago they bit tue dust
to the slave lords and the Republican party
| sprang iutO power, an organized protest against
| human bondage, and tonight it is repeating the
work of 1860 In an organized protest against
| financial and social ruin As in classic story
Minerva sprang forth armed from the brain of
J0ve, so in this great national emergency the
Republican party again comes forth to meet
this great national Issue, armed with honor and
equipped with wisdom, to lead its hosts to vic
tory.
THE DEMOCRATIC CURE FOR HARD TIMES.
The Democratic party of In diana offer four
remedies to cure this disease of ha I'd times: /.
To tax greenbacks. 2. To substitute green
backs for nationalbank notes. 3. To make
greenbacks legal tender for the fve-twenty
bonds, to repeal the resumption bill, and to
issue such amounts of paper as the sound usi-
ness interests Of the country require. A. Free
silver coinage. The first proposition is that of
knave and the second that of fool. Who
ever wrote the proposition to tax greenbacks is
knave, for he knows that it cannot be done
under the constitution of the United States, and
| that it has boen so settled for half cen
| fury. The geenbaok is the right arm OF
the government. Without it there could
be, until specie payments are restored
no army, no navy, no courts of justice, no Co n
| gress, no administration. To give States the
power to tax greenbacks is to give them the
power to destroy all these great agencies. Il
the Indiana Democrats had resolved to destroy
the Union they would have been entitled tc
credit for frankness, for this prop osition is il
effect the same thing, only expressed in 6
towards language.
The proposition to substitute treasury notes
for national bank notes is idiotic. Admit al
| that the foulest-mouthed Democrat he's sale
about national banks, aud how docs this plat
form help the matteri Suppose the change de-
manded by the Indiana platform was made.
| Government has greenbac!xs to give to the
banks. The same bonds and security must be
deposited for their redemption ANA return. The
| banks will continue to draw the same Interest
on their bonds, and charge the people the same
interest on their loans. II national banks are "a
monopoly now, that monopoly would not be in
the least changed under the Indiana .ea; Oh
the contrary, the peoples burdens will be IN
creased for the plain reason that green backs are
untaxed aud nati0nal-bank notes ~ taxed cur
rency Every dollar of national bank notes. if
the assessors do their duty, is taxable. A green
back can no more be taxed than sunlight
Then the Democratic plan is to add to the peo
ples burdens by Withdrawing S322,OO0,O00 o.
taxables held by the Shyl0cks from sharing il
the public burdens, and adding that mucn K
every farm and workshop III the United States
"Whom the gods wish to destroy they frs
make mad" L repeat, the mai that wrote thai
plank of the Democratic platform is a TOOL
The Democracy OF Ohio present hnancia
measure that will bear discussion. That is t.
pay Oft the natlonal-bank bonds with add
tiOnal issue of greenbacks sufficient for thai
purpose, and then bank upon this as currency
The Indiana idea of giving the public relief Oy
simply changing the color of the bills land thai
is ali these is OF i'll is simple and unadulterated
nonsense.
g. The Democratic party proposes to open vi
and reverse the judgment of the American PEG
pie as registered in the great popular election D
1863 AID arahuliad In tho I,ill,iic cradit aat n