The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-10-17
Yes TENS of thousands. And chen remem.

Yes, tens Of thousands. And then remem-
Der how the republican candidates and or
ators lodged and prevaricated. Remember
how Mr.. Secretary Sherman announced
that he was IN favor Of keeping in clrcula-
ton 5000. 600 600 OF greenbacks, or at least
as many as could be kept at par with coin
"A declaration that has brought upon MS
head the seyerest denunciation OF the bank
advocates in the east. Look at the speech
of Mr.. Foster, at Springfield. l have no
copv of it: but, if my memory is not at
fspIt he declared himself in favor of keep
inc IN circulation all the greenbacks now
nfstandinR-$S46,0 100000. When I was
At Canton ] was told that the friends of
Mckinley claimed that he was as good
0reenback man as Gen. Wiley, the demo.
cratic candidate. don't know what foun-
dation there was for the assertion; but | am
convinced that that impression was pro-
duced, and that it helped to defeat one OF
the best men and one Of the bravest sol
diers that Ohio has produced. Was NOS
Gen, Warner everywhere met by the rec
ord of Van Worries, in opposition to the
demands Of the capitalists and bankers OF
the east? And have you overlooked that
precious piece of spread-eagle oratory OF
Judge West, extolling the greenback that
stood at the head of the Ohio State Jour.
nal for weeks in italics? Why, sir, tell
you that the republican candidates and or
ators, with some exceptions, did all they
could to dodge the issue. But the national
banks we're not deceived. They knew they
were in a life and death struggle, and they
fought for self-preservation. They and
the hundred thousand federal of6ceholders
supplied the sinews of war to the republi-
can committee, and the consequence was
that never before in Ohio was there so cor
rupt use OF money in an election. Mark
| it. I do not say that the banks in their
corporate capacity furnished money
but their shareholders and de-
pendents did. 1t was not tC
be expected that so tremendous and
ramiGed a combination as that of
the national banks could be assailed by
the democratic party without our Oslng
at the outset some some votes. Remember
the assertions from the democratic party
when jackson vetoed the bill to recharteI
the old national bank, but in the end the
losses were far more than compensated
for by our gains from the ranks of the
deposition. And so it will be again. The
AuLdROulSm OcLW6ou tu0 0SmOOInOJ 9uS
the national bank system was inevitable
1t is what Seward would have called al
Iirrepressible conflict. With its power o
expansion, the national bank system /
perpetuated, may in a cOmparativel.
brief period, treble or quadruple its mum
} Der of banks, and practically WELD by ia
the greater portion of the capital of tn
country. And who, then. would rule. tn
banks or the people? find fault with n
man for being national banker. woul
l not say a word to create prejudice agains
| him as an individual. He is engaged in
business that the law sanctions, but
does not follow that because he is an up
right citizen the unjust and dangerou
system of which he is. q part should b
f perpetuated. 1t will take time for tn
8 people to fully understand and form col
rect judgment upon the question. 1t
true that financial and currency matter
d have been much discussed for sewers
!. years; but until this year the discussio
n was SO much marred and obscured by e1
travagance and wild theories that the rel
point of controversy was almost Host sigh
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