The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1878-01-23
1IEE TALE SYCAMORE OF THE
WABASEG
EEIa Speech on the 18Th inst. Ono
OF the SrBntCai Ever Heard In
tlse SENATE.

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speech in the Senate, on the 18th inst. |
Something grand was expected, hut he
far sclil'sed anything expected by his
wsrmcst admirers. His theme was
1.-The fusncisl questions now sgitaiing
the people all over the land" We,
have not space N give even = brief
synopsis OF his speech, but clip the
following, which was the conclusion al
his speech aud embodies the senti-
ment thereof:
Pirst--Those for whom I speak de-
maud the restoration Of the silver dol
lar ss il stood before il was touched by
the act of February, 1873. They de-
sire that it shall havs unlimited COIN
age, not fearing that il will become too
plenty for their wants and that it be
made q full legal tender, believing
that it is ~ good now With which to
pay all debts, public and private, IS it
vas during eighty-one years of Amer
lean history.
Second-They demand the repeal,
Internationally, of the act of Janua-
~ IA. 1875, compelling q resumption
Of specie payments in January, 1879,
holding that the question Of return
10 specie basis for our currency
should be controlled entirely BY the
business interests Of the country.
They do not believe that the country
should b0 dragged through the depths
Of ruin, wrstchsdneSs and degradation
in order to reach gold standard for
the benefit alone Of the income classes.
Third-They demand that the ma
tionsl banking system be removed and
circulating medium provided by the
Government for the people, without
taxing them .or the privilege of OBJ
tuining it. And they ask that the
amount thus placed in circulation shall
bear Il reasonable aud judicious pro-
portion to the business transactions
and the population of the United
States.
Fourth-They demand that the cur
rency circulated on the authority Of
the Government, shall he made legal
tender in payment of all. debts, public
and private, including all dues TO the
Government, well knowing that it will
then be at par with gold, or more
likely at premium over it.
And fifth, they demand that here
after the financial policy of the coun.
try be framed permanently in their
interest that they shall not he dis
eliminated against in future legislation
as in the past, and that their prosperi-
ty,and not the mere growth of incomes
TO retire capitalists. shall be the prima-
ry duty of the Government.
In my judgment. these demands
are just and moderate. / implore
Senators not to suppose that they can
be disregarded with safety. If they
are rejected now, they will be renewed
hereafter with still greater determina-
ton, and, perhaps, with others added.
| plead for the financial credit of the
Government. 1t rests on the popular
will alone, and that will can no longer
be defied or menaced with impunity.
The people are sovereign, and they
can bind and they can loosen. If the
money power is advised with wisdom
it will stop and retrace its steps. 1t
confrOnts power now mightier than
itself-a free people at the ballOt-box,
inhamed by sense of injustice and
oppression. If, however, it is joined
to its golden idol; if its heart is
hardened and its neck is stifleped by
its vast possessions; if the burning
lust of avarice has made it deaf to the
voice of reason and blind to all human
experience, it will push on in its career
until it works its own destruction; for,
sooner or later, the people, prospect
i've of party names, will unite in their
own defence and establish Justice.
They have been slow to believe that
there was a deliberate purpose to de-
grade and impoverish the great pro-
ducing classes, bat they are being
rapidly educated now. The condition
of the country is teacher whose
awful lesson is engraved on their
hearts. They have also recently read
the prOclamations of the great organs
of the money power, removing all dis
guise as to the meaning of our finan-
cial legislation and the misery it has
created. In the columns of one they
have read that
"The American laborer must make
up his mind hencefOrth not TO be SO
much better of than the European Ia
borer. Men must be content to work
for low wages. x = In this way
the workingman will be nearer to that
station in life to which it has pleased
God to call him."
In the columns of another organ OF
consolidated capital they have read
the following revolving sentiments:
There seems to be but one remedy.
1t is change of the ownership of the
soil, and the creation of class of land
owners on the one hand and of tenant
farmers on the other something SINH
lar in both cases to what has long ex-
isted and now exists in the older
countries of Europe"
And in every form in which the
English language can be used the
American people, and especially the
people of the West. have been notified,
not that their consent will be asked,
but that they will be compelled to
submit to the legislation which results
in this system of barOnial landed es-
tates, dependent tenantry and pau
per wages for the workingmen. Sir,
/ have no word of menace to utter on
this floor, but, in behalf of every Ia
borer and owner of the soil whom L
represent, warn all such as value
their investments that when these doc
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