Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-08-14
Stand by the Right.

tion of Maine:
All along the path that we have
come since 1861. there is wreck and
cost and suffering We .have saved
the nation and striven to be honest at
terrible cost, and will only reach firm
ground by an endurance which will
test the courage eff the nation, as it
has been tested in the past. Knowing
the privations Of the poor, | cannot
pass the question over with smooth
words. This nation needs cure, and [
have not come to plead for quackery
When Vice President Hamlin--I love
to call him by the good old name
great applause spoke for honesty
he spoke for old principles and the
birthright of the Republican party
Wien that party shall be false to
honesty it will have outlived its use
fulness and will die. So long as there
are questions which touch the vital
interests of the laboriug man, this party
must be upon the right side. To-day
when a new question comes, the party
Which made the nation free says that
labor shall have its honest reward by
making a dollar an honest dollar. The
Government may be badly admins
tered and still the machinery of life
goes on regularly, but if you attempt
by law to make something out Of moth
you break up the foundations of socie-
ty Imitation follows. The bubble
breaks, and paralysis comes over the
land.
But it is said: Did you not create
the greenback? Yes, but it was in a
moment of extreme necessity; it was
in order that the soldier might have
food in the field, and for his wife md
little ones at home Had the Govern
ment the power to utter that money?
Frankly, [ answer instime of peace, no,
but when treason ciutched at the Ma
tons throat, self preservation gave
that ght to save the Republic. But
[ would not attack it. That old green,
back has done such good service that |
would not put bas ard greenback by
its side in time Of peace.
The Government has pledged is
faith to pay the greenbacks in Jan
uary, 1879. To-day the world knows
the ability Of the Government to pay
its debts. The legislation Of this last
year has made it more difficult. /
do not believe the Government should
make itself bank Of issue; but |
pray that we may successfully resume
specie payments. Now, the question
comes: Are we for honest or ire
deemable money? Compromise on
this point is impossible We must
redeem the greenback, or some day ii
will inevitably be repudiated. Pre-
cisely this condition of things was pass
ed through years ago. New York fix
ed the minimum price of labor nine.
ty eight years ago. 1t fixed the maxi
mum price of food. Other States
took similar action, and made it pen
atty to refuse paper money. That is
the exact theory Of the National party
But the Greenback Democrats of those
days said "issue more paper" and it
was done and repudiated, and the SOL
dier, trudging home with bare and
bloody feet from Trenton, was cheated
of his pay. Men of Maine, will you
keep the national honor? We know
that with resumption trade will revive
and prosperity again return. The
resolute purpose OF the Republican
party has brought greenbacks to the
door of resumption, and its resolute
purpose shall entirely restore it. ]Great
cheering.] Have faith in Republi.
can principles, be honest, pay this
debt, and the sun Of prosperity will
again shine upon the just and the:un-
just. H..
POPULATION OF THE EARTH-The
fifth publication of Bohm and Wag-
ner's we'll known "Bevolkerund der
Erde," which may be termed the cen.
sus of the Earth, has just been issued.
Since the last publication of its statis-
tics the earth shows an increase of
15O,OOO,OOO people. The whole pop
| | ulation is now set down at l,439 l45,-
800. divided as follows: Europe,
3l2, 39S,480; Asia, S3l,000,O0O;
Africa, 205, 5,2l9,50O; America, S6,ll6
600; from which it will be seen shat
Asia contains more than one-half the
population of the world. The popula-
ton of some of the principal countries
is set down as follows: Prussian, 49,.
$3.50 ena - 90 Rossia soS noa in
Great Britain, 34,242.966; Italy, H.
769,475; Turkey in Europe (before
division) 9, $4,000; Russia in Asia,
4,505,876; Turkey in Asia, $780,
900; China proper, 4O5, 100000; Chi
nese proper lands, 29,5SO,OO0; Brit
ish India. 1SS.421, ,264; Japan, 49,
623,378; Egypt, 100000; Equa-
torial Africa, $4,000, 900; Brazil, H.