The Morning herald., 1878-10-30
ONE CENT:
BOTH CANDIDATES SPEAK.

BOTH CANDIDATES SPEAK.
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THE eREENBAcK MEETING LAST nIaHT-
SPEECHES BY DIR. STEWART AND JOHN
g. JACKSON. sd4gaG1 soa
Last evening the National Labor,partyof
Wilmington held public meeting in the
City Hall, and owing in q great measure to
the announcement that DR., Kenzey Johns
Stewart, of Lewes, the candidate for Gov
ernor, was to speak, there were perhaps $50
persons present. 4 ir4OL
The meeting was called to order by B. B
Cooper,who without any preliminaries con-
cern'ng Chairman, Vice Presidents, or
Secretaries, introduced rs n38
DIR. KRNzEY J. sTRwART.iW Il 81
Those who were in the room, then saw q
man advance who might have been rs, but
was probably not 80 old, to the edge of the
stand. He had his great coat butsoned
close about him, his face looked grave and
thoughtful behind his glasses, and hts bair
and beard were gray. w ig &&t&L inalAh6
The doctor commenced by remsrking that
he was expected, he supposed, to make
few remarks concerning the Greenbsck
party's platform. However, as the plat
form was closely connected with, the causes
which called It into existence, he would re.
view them first. The first Of these was ring
rule, the second was unequal and unjust
taxation, and the third might be covered by
the word "Labor." Workingmen have
been OPPRESSED so long that this oppression
has become ,unbearable, and from this cause
laoor is making great and effective effort
to free itselff4@ The advantage Of the
capitalist is very great over that Of labor,
and the former has every conceivable adj
vantage over the latter. The speaker then
related an allegory In which this oppression,
was aptly illustrated. This, he said, as, he
concluded; Is another cause of the calling
into existence of this party. ~
DR.. Stewart then went into the question
of corruption In legislative halls, and des-
cribed how great corporations lobbyed their
bills through with money, and sald that
Congress was even worse. This corruption
had existed ong, and Its effect was begin
II ing to be felt most sharply. 'isA-@a @]h
The taxation of church property was next
discussed, and the speaker said that the
principle was unjust, that the laboring
classes should be heavily taxed In order
that other denominations from which he
dissepted should be supported. If churches
are to be exempttrom xatien,their pulpits
should be free for any one to speak his sen
timents from. @3 .,'s ,T-1'-f- ~ Il l4"+
The doctor then touched upon the extent.
Of prostration In the land, and said that
the chief cause was thu scarcity, of money.
The remedy was plenty of greenbacks.
| Give me lots of greenbacks,s said he and I'll
make many people busy In Delaware. ps5 .Gf
| He then talked about Mr.. Lingo who
once in his (the speaker's) palmy political
days had been nominated for State Senator.
He was very good man, and laborer.
However, as he did not own 200 acres of
land he could not act. This is one of the
greatest of wrongs In Delaware, and some
day the people will rise in their wrath and
| expupge 1t from the statute bookc.
| Unjust and heavy taxation was then
spoken of, and in concluding on this point
be said that the day was coming when the
poor man would not have to pay heavy
tax and besides keeping himself, support
others in idleness. .r.-
The currency now received the attention
of the speaker. The Greenbacks are said
by Mr.. Bayard to be irredeemable, but we
| propose to base It upon the credit of the
| country, and 1t will last just so long as that
lasts. We will make 1t legal-tender, and
do away with the six per cent. paid to the
National Banks. Gold is not stable
70: currency, itfuctuates, 1t When gold 10
down the gold ring buys it up, and " hen
the price rises they make so much The
laborlng man has TO bear 1t all. Again
when gold is up and about to fall the gold
bugs sell it aud Immediately It goes down.
! rhe poor man has to bear that loss also.
1t is high time that this ring and similar
ones we're broken up. a IL 'ef.8'
| The national debt should be in New York
instead OF Lepdon, ip greenbacks instead
Of gold. Then the London banker will
have to consider the greenback as good In
London as the Bapk Of England note is
here. Now talk about the breaking of
contracrs by the reputation of the national
debt. Now that is all fudge. How many
contracts have been broken before j3Sst ~
The Doctor closed by alluding TO the
down-trodden condition of people, ard
quoted a verse from Wordsworth, com
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Full many gem of purest ray serene."
He retired amid applause, and i s.9,t1.
| JOHN G. JACKSON, .ft oet Il, q
the Greenback candidate for Congress, was
introduced He alluded briefly 10 the de.
preston in the land, and spoke at some
length upon the currency question. After
this be compared the two parties. There
was not much difference between them,
and they we're as nearly alike as the Hicks
ite and Orthodox Qua kers, according to a
member of that church. The difference
between them he said was that the Hicks
ties said the Devil had horns, and the
Orthodox said he was a "muley." Mr..
Jackson closed with strong plea for
greenbacks. ...........-.-, .o1
The meeting adjourned after Mr.. Jackson
had concluded his speech. y. '.'''s
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