Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1878-07-31

one jeweller and business is dull. The wall Of
hard times is constantly heard, and how to make
them better is the problem of the hour.
! Financial discussion in streets is ncessant,
! and two theories of political economy are there
taught. Economy, honesty aud hard work alone
Will hring back ospelity and reform the languld
condition Of business. little more courage and
energy aid the sonbre vail lift, and hope now din,
/ once more enter the novels of the 70 II. The ma
tonal honor must and shall be m anta med invio-
late. No advantage whatever can come TO the
gover0ment from breaking its plghted word. As
/ the greenbacks are, and were when issued prom
ises legally payable on demand, the suspension of
such payment was itself breach of contract
which made the notes dishOuored. How can il
lrJure the lahOrer whose currency greeubacks
have been for fifteen years for government to re-
deem thorn IN pre-entmeM
the other Ian proposed j., that d-hono ed
notes -hali he The reop es monty aud that gov
ernn"n' -ha break IT, faith with a ITS cred tor,
and r-ic None, who~'- value sha depend uron
tlai broken istih. This pisn i. suppos' to be
partcu .stly for the benefit Of laboting men.
/ But here our laboring men are capitalists and
have become such by laborng. We have two
hundred farmers and they are teligent. Its no
use to tell them that legal tender and irredeema-
HE greenbacks will be worth as much a. gold
For most OF them have lived during the last fifteen
years, when we had Just such u currency. which
was never worth par, nor come near 1t, until the
(robher = resumption act was passed. We think
that If we need any more greenback promises, we
should like TO have the government resume paw
ment before IT issues them, so that we NAV know
whether thu are based on coin or are only empty
promie with no prospect of their ever being kept.
The advocates of d,shouor here are numerous
and active hut not so certaln that they are right
rs they were last year. la other words they are
whiting under then own reflections.
They will give us a hard fight 10 Septemner for
we IN the midst of the gieenback camp and
this is 4 close town with strong democratic vote
| owned and run bv Msrcellus Emery. Cheep
greenback papers filled with misstatcment and
falsehood circulate a. freely as the leaves in an.
tumn after an October gale The victory is in
grasp but apathy is the republican hosts.
With proper energy in the canvass Athens will
pronounce against the bondholder and banker
candidates of imitation. and in favor of an honest
greenback 10 be paid By qorerhment on demand in
coin. We do not wish these bills retired only
that government shall sustain its promises at par
so that the sborers' dol NAV henceforth equal
in value the shining ducsts of The capitalist The
republicans of Athens believe 10 the declaration
of independence and they will never yield the
chy demanding the reinstatement OF the labor
ing man
They too intelligent to he made tools Of bv
the discarded officials who lead the hosts of inha.
ton and they have too much manhood to he al
lies of southern slave divers. Their bread and
butter are not dependent upon making love to
southern rebel, whose banda stained in the
blood of southern lahorers. What shall be the
issue Of this campaign we know not but arc
certain that defeat utter and disastrous is superb
or far to a di-honorabe victory. Then let every
true principle be adhere 10 regardless of conse-
Qucuces. W.