The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-10-31
A SLAND Err EXPOSED.


The writer is credibly informed
hat false statement has been given
currency throughout the County by
Col. E. Daniels and other greenback
,rators. That these gentlemen, nota-
)ly the one whose name is above men
Toned, have at sundry places in their
speeches said that the undersigned has
attempted in his arguments, to mis-
cad in regard to the greenback decis-
ions in the Supreme Court of the Uni
ted States ;athat he has read extracts
from the dissenting opinions, and has
misstated the law. No
notice would have been taken of this,
and these statements would have been
passed as a campaign falsehood,-a
fact knowingly misrepresented for pur-
poses of the canvass. But it reflects up
on professional honor and on this &C
count cannot be passed, unnoticed.
A misrepresentation which affects the
candidacy only, can be passed, but
when campaign orators go so far as to
attack professional honor by SANDER,
an answer ought to be given.
Now / propose to give all the facts
in the matter at some length, because
the SANDER is such an one as might be
readily received by anyone outside of
the legal profession; and this explana-
,ti9lsszaeor such. Since a lawyer could
at once destroy any impression receiv-
ed in such manner, by simply turn
ing to his library. But to all outside of
the profession, the means of verifying
or disproving the assertion must be
more or less obscure.
Now the fact is that I have given, in
my speeches just three extracts from
these opinions and no more, They are
given below in full as they appear in
my notes,
The first one read is a part Of the
opinion of Chief Justice Chase, in
the case of
Bank VS. Supervisors.
and is reported in the seventh volume
Of Williams Reports. commencing on
page 26 and the extract itself is
found on page 80, and is as follows:
"These notes are obligations of the
" United States. Their name imports
" Obligation Every one of them ex-
"presses on it's face an engagement of
" the Nation to pay the bearer a GER
"tain sum. The dollar note is all en-
"gagement to pay a dollar and the
dollar intended is the coined dollar
" of the .. S.; a certain quantity in
" weight and fneness OF gold or silver,
" authenticated as such by the stamp
"of the government"
Now in this case the Chief Justice
delivered the opinion of the Court and
no Judge dissented. Therefore the
assertion cannot be true in regard to
this extract.
The next extract from any Of these
opinions, was from the opinion of
Chief Justice Chase in the case of
Hepburn vs.. Grlswold.
which is reported in the eighth vol
ume Of Wallace's Reports and COM
mences on page 6O3, the extract being
found on page COS, and being as fol-
lows:
''There is a well known law of cur
" rency, that notes or promises to pay
F." unless made conveniently and
promptly convertible coin at the will
"of the holder, can never, except I'M
oder unusual and abnormal conditions
"be atpar in circulation with coin. 1t
is an equally we'll known law that de-
probation of notes must increase
with the increase of the quantity put
in circulation, and the diminution of
confidence in the ability or DISPOSE
ton to redeem"