The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1878-09-10
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From the Lansing Republican.
This the core OF the speech by Sam
Cary in this city last Tuesday. Ii was
an appeal for the spoliation of the
property of persons who have trusted
the government with their money and
taken its bonds. Close at Cary's heels
will follow fellows saying that land
| holding is as wicked as bondholding;
that there ought 10 be limitation laws
on the acreage which any person
| should hold; that farms Of 30 or 40
acres are big enough for anybody; that
| the government patent for land is no
more sacred than the government bond
| for money; that tine man who bought
! lG0 acres for 500 is skinning the peo-
pie by too hard bargain; that both
| he, and the man who bought bond
payable in coin, ought surrender part
Of their property to those who have
| less. Cary's doctrines, il accepted,
! lead directly and irreslstibly To a divi-
sion OF all tile savings OF the indus
trious and frugal among those who
/ have loafed and dissipated their time
away
While he pretended TO abhor COM
munism, Cary sowed the seeds Of that
/ discomfort and onmity toward all prop
erty-holders from which communism
springs up like growth Of noxIous
weeds He never limited To his hearers
that they could better their condition
and make times easier by working for
such wages. ar selling their produce or
wares for such prices as the market
affords. He never limited 10 them that
great wars always cause industrial dis
turbance, and no government can help
il.
THE MEETING ~ LANSING
was held in front OF the old state house,
and not over $50 persons assembled,
counting the Knights Templar band
and the boys who lounged around.
Previous TO the attractive music Of the
band not 30 people were assembled.
Cary's meetings would evidently he
failures without some other and pleas
anter noise than what he makes.
| Among the audience were many pei
sons from out Of town. The irredeem-
able strength in Lansing is small.
At2l o'clock Mayor Warner intro
duced the speaker as "a distinguished
statesman and soldier" Cary's states
manship consisted in a single term in
congress, after which he was thrown
overheard by the workingmen whom
lac claimed to represent. and the nick
name of "horny handed Sam" has
stuck 10 him ever since, as expressive
OF the fraud that lie is. His soldering
what was il, aud where performed?
The congressional directory for 1865,
based on Cary's record, prepared 10y
himself. does not mention any military
service. and during the war he kept
safely in the rear, only "shooting OF
his mouth" occasionally. when well
paid for it. This
STATESMAN AND SOLDIER"
is stoutly built, of livid or bilious com.
plexion, square face, heavy under. Jaws,
a vicious expression. a sinister eye, a
coyetous mouth, and bristling gray
hair. His stout lungs and far-sound
ing voice, with an ample stock Of droll
stories and internally Ingenious sophis.
try. are the capital on which he makes
500 per week. or 30 times the pay oi
the laborers for whom he preteuds
such sympathy. Cary has never lifted
his finger in honest productive work,
nor employed any workingmen, how.
ever flush he might be with money, foi
a great many years.
He commenced speaking on top oi
the steps. in front Of a table slightly
draped in mourning, but gradually
stepped down 10 the walk, as his speech
lengthened, and closed il with his aud.
itoTs forming a ring around him. His
80 years practice has given him much
power over the nOn-resding and un.
thinking classes; but, take away his
falsehoods, his funny stories, his
clown-like faces, his teetering on bis
toes, and his monkey-shines in general
and there would not be enough left to
afford passing thought for calm and
reasonable citizens.
The speech occupied 2 hours and
would iill ~ columns Of the Republi
can. Much Of il was unobjectionabLe y
4 hc had left ont the poison which
permeated the mass. He gloriiied tht
war history Of the republican party
strongly condemned the system oi
southern slavery, aud eulogized
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
a. "thc greatest and best man in al
history. He did not announce the
truth that Lincoln called for "prompt
and certain cOnyertibility Of our paper
currency into specie, and recommend
ed 10 congress the establishment Of ma
tional banks. and signed the act under
which they were organized. Was Lin.
con "hank pimp. and the tool of {
moneyed oligarchyY'
PARTY or PURITY.
Cary declared that both political par
ties are now rotten and ought ito. bS
buried. and he called on the voters t.
Join the new irrcdeemable party, who's,
leaders have been generally cast off by
the other parties as too unprincipled
Would We not have a fine government
by putting in Office the men too baC
for the old parties 10 recognize and
promote? Are rotten eggs made fresl
by being put in a new basket?
corN-BAsE ron RANKS.
He declared that "any bank issue OF
A coin-base Is no better than far,
bank or a lottery swindle." lie did
not dare to mention IN this connection
the bank Of England. which has paid
gold on demand for it's notes during
the last 81 years; or the bank Of Franc,
which carried that nation successful !
through the agonies of German con
quest, and raised the whole indemnity
money, 81 ,000. 00O, 600, out Of the peo
ole by loans. It's paper notes for 800,
O00, 900 were accepted by Bismarck a
par, and No no time did they fall NOR,