The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-09-12

mn. LORENZO DANFORD.

poN. LORENZO DAHFoRD.
.. sDeech at Bridgeport Last
o. Night.
Az. DISCUSSION Of the Great Question
,,,cnzo paniorI, member Of Con
Iio'. .',n.Jth campaign last evening in
o." G, .ti"dns town OF bridgeport Hol'
yai '', II,lI "a, iairly filled with an audi
~! l ',,.,.,d almost entirely OF citizens
' t' G .ag,,. Of Bridgeport and .Etnaville.
d'N'"",b the uniayorahlc weather 1t had
o"a! !, " ont thai probably Mr.. Danfori
'NI ,.,,, come. and Of course there was
90" ,rn.oi,ountcractins his impression
D'-n we have said, the hall was
H' ...ily all,d. The meeting was or
'a ...1 b. ,aIlios Alexander Uranium
5a' ",hc chair. Aitcra few introduc-
81 lis the Chairman, Mr.. Dan.
W . .' the sand and briefly referring to
M .,,, horne by Ohio in the great poIitl-
" s,l' N, last forty years, in which
a. 't i.,siIisnt and patriotic people had
b .,iILto sustain the right, he came
~ pa. ,sl 70 the present issue before the
ssntr and said ,. .,...,, J., ., 49,
u hiatt, chief in the minds OF the
' y. !. the question Of the currency.
p rr v.npDliran State Convention declared
w 'N.t.i, nI,,icnn that this question is vir-
I N, ,.tlel. The Democratic State plat
a,].i,p. hi, declaration and demands
,,s alsoIrtc repeal Of the resumption
~ f also demands 'the gradual
ulstaior Of United States legal tender
~, br National Bank notes, and its
,,r.nent cstabli.!'mentas the sole paper
r,.tvoi tlccountry, made receiVaDle LOT
,Ddse, to the Government ana oil equal
spl,r with coin. Judge thurman au'
sAlr arcmp;sto make the chez issue ne
ntn The parties on this question oil cur
rscy, an i,sNc between Tue sreenpacN
mi The National Bank notes IN DONG
As, hoVcvcr, he i'compcI'ed 10 stand, as
h expresses it, sluarcIy upon inc pat
tnoibis par,y, and with themtO demand
%g,,,;,a,ion NJ United States legal
'As 'a'''''"''I' Viii panL no,os
tttsf Roic' 'ot ',''''''" '"'N -o
ukkA HeccsSlriIy lnvotvs III increase OF
N.nl,me Of grccnharks by the amount
[a, y,,ioua, Rank currency. Judge
VIZ '",'''"' ..'',,,,.-,,,,,. ~ oo,,ar 70
lh1Ian HIu' II ''c''SS'" " S''S :"
Srt extent the many tracks nc mas maze
lhe,as, in the direction OF hard mon
II Tfa nr,,ior,r mokcrs Of his marty are
q luz P'''',''' ,;,, Will. hit
Esit no >icil Necessity " ms. '''''
TkOstensibly upon the national banks
,3b hyor Of the grccnbacks, their fight
;,@i,i..sdt in favor oichcap money.
4V4V s%"-' - w. .,,. .,.,;,,,t -
iHr'tsiaaOc money " "s"' "s","st ~
SUMPTION, an attempt to have u iirlher
isgfoi ycenlacks without regard to the
a...i,,ai, ro,,owr,ior ar witl,o,, re-
'4T W NV" ',"'"i''' ,.',;" T., ~
sallO any purpose o' Fruc'l'i''o' !" ''ie
future.
Fellow citihens-lt i TO me a strange
thIsD find d great body OF the people OF
tbwuNtry armycd directly in favor OF
an LSue OF irrcdcCmabIe paper currency
glhe government OF the United States.
UI hIheh, III lhcIcElsIatlOH AIlu policy
" WIS sVNNlUlllVll lul HlulC hlhh my
Elr, hal established beyond question q
l1ihe ioymation Of The constitution of
be United States thew had in view the
FINN money Of tllc neoplG md in that
snto money ,nS 'T He fir iiTst in the eighth
st,a Of article l. declares @Congrcss
IN have poNcr ia roin money rce1late
4nlae thereof, and Of foreign coin. and
tIlhr s,sndarl Of weights and measures. !"
The Other, in section Ten of The first
Ese. pmyilr. lin, no Stnie shall have
ptft 10 emit biIls oi credit or make anv.
aagbut roIl and silver coin n tender In
jayarnt Of debts This policv wos adopt-
III. "'t