Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-04-25

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MARSHALL County Greenbackers and the
Currency.
On Saturday last we attended the
Greenback meeting at Balcony Hall.
There were q number Of speeches,
and the speakers,-like all other per-
sons who hold opinions different from
ninety-nine one-hundredths of the
thinking men Of the country-seemed
terribly In earnest. We have no dis
position to call in question the hon.
esty Of the speakers, and il we should
say that they are monomaniacs on
the currency question they would no
doubt feel offended, so we shall say
only this, that the most profound
reasoners and thinkers of the world
have their weak points, in regard to
which they display an Ignorance that
would disgrace school boy ten years
old. Brick Pomeroy, who now that
BOSS Tweed" is dead, has a reputa-
ton for dishonesty second to no man
In America, furnishes the arguments
for the Plymouth club, but the speak
ers Saturday even enlarged on Bricks
Notwithstanding that has
never before been done in America
Brick will have to look well to his
laurels. One of the speakers, who
said that he knew more about this
financial question than any Demo-
crat or Republican on the face OF this
green earth, made the statement that
within less than three years the cir
culating medium OF the country was
reduced more than one billion nine
hundred millions OF dollars. and that
there were about seven hundred and
fifty millions Of dollars left in circu-
lation. Now "Brick" says that the
largest amount of money that this
country ever had was in 1866, which
according to his figures was 81 ,803,
100, 726, or hundred millions Of dol
lars less than the great Plymouth
flnancier says was withdrawn from
circulation, and "Brick" says that
"the different kinds Of paper money
that went to make up the volume OF
currency were: Demand notes, one
and two year Treasury notes, facts oil
Dec. 81, 1857, Dec. II, 1860, and March
2. 1861 temporary ten-day loans, and
one year certificates OF indebtedness
Treasury notes payable In two years
and sixty days; Seven-thirty-thre
year notes, compound interest notes,
3 per cent certificates, non-interest
bearing demand and legal-tender
notes, (acts Of July, II, 1861, Feb. 25
1862, July II, 1862. and March 3, 1862
fractional currency, State bank notes
and national bank notes." but little
over half (which as every intelligent
man knows, was ever In circulation
This same speaker said: we will
wipe the bonds out Of existence, and
pay the national debt with green
backs. When the government wanted
money to Suppress the rebellion gold
and silver lurked in the rear, and ]
ask the question what would we have
done II Congress could not have
issued greenbacks?" Fifteen min
utes previous to that a speaker had
said, I'VE are going to issue green
backs that are irredeemable." We
felt then like asking the question
how much clothing, arms, and ammu-
milton would all the greenbacks
issued by the government have pur-
chased il they had been stamped
'sirredeemable% There is not a
thinking man belonging to the club
that met in Balcony Hall last Satur-
day, but can understand that the
Pomeroy system Of finance once
adopted would place this govern
ment at the mercy OF other nations
without the ability to purchase mate
rial enough to equip a single regi.
ment Of soldiers. SO insane or dis
honest has Pomeroy been considered
on this finance question. that 80 fan
as we know, no Convention, National
State, County, or To wnship has ever
Endorsed his extreme views. We
have the greatest respect for many oil
the members of the Plymouth Green
back Club, they are our friends, and
we believe them to be honest and
to have the good o. their country al
heart, and we believe too, that within
less than q year most Of them will
feel that to adopt such a system oil
finance as was advocated last Satur.
day would be worse calamity than
war, pestilence and famine combined
Cur ideas Of the power Of govern
ment to create money are well ex-