Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1878-10-19
From ru.carora.


hard times, the town has made consider
able Improvement Its situation infthe
lnortIlern part of the southern peninsula,
fits good and commodious harbor, and its
numbering and agricultural Interests at
tract great attention. 1t is rapidly be-
coming place of considerable import
iance. .- ------=
There is something very pleasant and
agreeable in meeting old and familiar
faces, and in iniercbcnging thoughts
with familiar friends. That fully ex-
perienced during the short time / re-
mined. But candi,lly say that | was
not so much surprised at The late TIM
fprovements of TIE place as was at the
change.whch took place in the political
don their party and join the Greenback-
ers.-~ In doing so, must say, that |
question very much the wisdom of such
Il change.
On returning to she township of Tus-
-carora, found-tlia Chas. s. Hampton
ipaid the township visit and delivered
l,cttlre- on the pressing necessity of
| flooding the country with unredeemable
paper currency or greenbacks. did not
hear him, consequently l cannot say
much about the merits or dement's -Ofhis
lecture. understand ttast fifeaadiepee
was not large, nevertheless he succeeded
in inducing some of them to swallow his
belief. The rest of the audience were
wise and cautious, tiioug ht,after- a careful
examination Of his bait, that they could
soc something Suspicious looking ibout
lssin3fact .tlrex discovered the top of a
hook sticking out consequently they re-
fused TO bite it.
1 hear that he intends to make another
fishing excursion TO ahisfewnshsp.ss In
case Of doing SO. o.Lwoald sincerely advise
him to be careful to fix his bait so that
the top of his hook will not be seen pro-
trudilig through it, as the majority of the
rilrcarorians are aliule iimid about be-
ing dragged into ara element witifswhich
they aresnotlmuea azacquaiattdhzoc; LIS
II wp, i,'rutes. ti,e u-iief dry n cer1JI OF
the EInEet CoaAty IndepcnIent,. and
supplement combining the speeches of
Wendell Phillips and Allan q. Thur
man, They wouil appear to be at The
head of this greas Greenback cry. To
understand fully what they believe and
advocate, l would beg to mike some
| quotations from :he speech of Wendell
Phillips In accusing the Republicans If
want of statcsnaIislip, he says: Com
mon prudence would have been quick to
seize this new weapon of fiuancc. Henry
| Wilson's kccu eye, careful only tor sue
cess. confessed This the summer before he
died. speaking on tue first issue joined
on finance, i'm the Ohio election of 1875
when the Democratic party seized the
question, he said to us. 1T isa great
mistake; we should have started the
greenback cry; how ruinOus TO let the
| Democrats get aiIcad of us.
| From the above it " i'll tie seen that the
Republicans of this country were entire
| ly destitute of common prudence. None
OF them had penetration enough 10 see
the force OF the Sletnback cry. only
Henry Wilson. 1t is clear TO me that
Henry Wilson's Keen eye had penetration
10 see Us f9rce, llot as Il sound and juiicl-
Gus policy, but as means to amuse and
ilfumbug The misses 1, his own personal
ends. us political .iemngogues had done
in all ages of the worlds history. Wen
dell Phillips, c.refnl only for success.
readily embraced what Republicans re-
pudiated.
Again he s'ys: 'There are a score of
causes that contribute to the present dis
trcSs and there are double the number
OF theories thai claim TO be remedies for
these evils, bur there is substantial
agreement; among the millions who call
themselves. GreeIbackefS. They claim
that the government shall issue all the
bill or note entienc,; that it shall be
made of p1p"I; lie legal tender for all
debts, puOlic and private. and ut present
most OF tllein claim that it shall be con-
vertiblc into government bOnd belring
a low rate of interest. Whether that ill.,
terest shall be paid in gold or-nOt, and
whether the amount ot currency shall
be regulated autorl stic lily, or by some
direct ACT OF the g5y r.imenI; whether a
} low rate of in'ercst sil,ll be secured by
from more abundant money, there is "A
wise difference OF opinion"
The above quotation will enable one
) to understand what the Greenbachers
actually believe and advocate. As for my
own party, cannot see that there is
much credit due them for their fiuan-
ci.l invention. There is substantial
agreement among them this far and no
fan ther, that the government shall issue
all the little green slips tor currency;
that they shall bs made of paper and not
of iron; and that they shall be made IA
legal tender for all debts, public and pri-
vate.
: There is no agreement among them
, that they shall bc convertible into gov
ernment bond bearing low rate of in
terest, neither is there any agreement
among them as 10 whether the interest
oil the contemplated bonds be paid in
gold or not, nor whether the amount OF
the CURRENCY be regulated automatically
or by some direct act of the government,
would most sincerely say, for the
; good OF the people OF this great republic,
to pay the interest III good harI money:
and have the. amount lot the slips OF
green paper for currency regulated auto
. matically. as such mode wOu!d resem-
BILE some Of the quiet and gentle processes
OF nature. To do The thing by a direct
act OF the government might produce so
much friction as TO stop the whole ma
chinery, and thereby produce Il cOntrac-
lion OF the currency which would be
very hurlful 10 the business of the cOun-
try.
, 70 arrive at the amount of currency
!. which the business OF the country re-
, quiIes is a serious matter with the
Greenbacker, aud they propose to over.