The daily gazette., 1878-04-22
The M assachuscits Radicals
BUTLER RIDIcULEsAHE GOLD swINDLE
AND BANKS DECLARES THE coNFED-
CRATES WHO WHIPPED HIM ENE-
MIEs OF THE COUNTRY.

NILES OF THE COUNTRY.
A Republican club held meeting in
Boston, on Friday night, which was ad-
dressed by Generals Butler and Banks
Butler ridculed the anti-silver swindlers
and censured John Sherman, while
Banks declared the only enemies the
country has are the men "that have been
discharged from the rebel army" Banks
evidently has not forgotten the chastise-
ment he got before recrossing the Poto-
mac. However these people have made
some progressively no longer scream
rebel and traitor at a Democratic peace
loving union man; the only class that
showed any real wisdom in 1861. Butler
said.
"In regard to the silver bill I might
say, with good deal of confidence, al
told you So" but i won't. l want to look
TO the future, and not to the past !
would like to put TO every business man
this question :-"You come to me to
borrow 800, and ! say know you are
perfectly good and want to loan you
the money on long tune. ] will loan
You Sl00 at four per cent on your note for
| five years. You say i like that very
well; but / want to get mere money
| Well, / say to you l will give you S101. .33
and you will give me your note for five
years at four and a half per cent for S10O.
Now calculate what you are paying me
for that Sl.33. That IL ust what this
suffering country has had inflicted on it
for the past fourteen days.
MIR. sHERMAN's LAST SYNDICATE.
The people had been buying at the
rate of $4,000 a month of four cent
bonds at par, and the Secretary of the
Treasury went to New York and made
arrangements with a syndicate TO give
them four and half per cent. on thirty
years. just look at the difference 4: Just
figure one half per cent for thirty years
on any large amount. Now the leading
journals of the land have heralded this
as the greatest financial achievement OF
the age. We are saddled for thirty years
with "A bond for four and half per cent.
For what purpose? To secure the plac-
ing of the loan. But the syndicate only
bound themselves to take ten Millions
This sum the people would have taken
up at four per cent In two months. This
is productive of high taxes for thirty
years and nothing else. The government,
said General Butler, should issue its own
money, and until it does there can be nc
prosperity.
Banks spoke rs follows:-
| UNITE FOR THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
And | believe that that will be done
| don't come here to suggest a doubt OF
its possibility. | believe that there vii
be n more united and determined actor
OF these rights and interests than there
was even in the defence of the Interests
of the country in 1861, and if that shal
be the result of these struggles will have
passed away. Who are our enemses
Those that have been discharged from
the rebel army, the Confederate arm
that within tenyea were striking al th'
gates of the capital to dVstroyit They
they alone are the enemies of thi'
country. (Applause.) They alone threater
its existence and perili it's great principles
and great future. And shall we yielt
this hour and this opportunity to mer
whose hands are stained with the blooC
of million men? Exclamation, mo !"
That is the question, which the people o
: the country will ask themselves, ant
that is the victory they will win. Wher
it is settled we have won and no other
enemy shall dare assail it.
, Mr.. Chairman and gentlemen, all par
ties have made mistakes and all parties
have committed errors, bat all partie
have had virtues and have performed
, some good and great acts. But thi
party that is opposed to us, what virtue
has it and what good has 1t done?