The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-08-11
BUTLER ON THE CREENBACK DOLLAR
he E1pounds His Theories and De-
nounces Both Parties.
WESTERN DEMAND FOR HONEST MONEY.
General Benjamin Harison's Speech at
Richmond, Ind.
[BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.1

By TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD
PORTLAND Me-, August 10, 1878.
The greenback campaign was opened In York county
last night by meeting at the City Hall in Bid
deford when General Butler delivered an address on
"rhe Financial aud Commercial Interests OF the
Country" He began by calling attention 10 the fact
that we have country large enough, fertile enough
to sustain l. 600 600 900 Of people, aud we have only
$4,000 600 IL, and yet with store houses bursting
with clothing and shoes in the East, with granaries
overlooking with grain in the est thcre shoelcss
women and children there and there are starving
women aud children here. Why is this so and what
Is the remedys
WHAT Is TO DoNE9
There are two remedies now suggested. Tho one
remedy Is proposed by both political parties. who
agree upon It that nothing but what they call admin
istration upon hare money basis will 90 any good.
Or the other hand there are men going out of both
political parties who say that must change his
1t least try 10 change IT, and have this comfort
that II We TAIL cannot DO any Off than we are
now Now, thsn why have VIC come out OF both the
po!iticai parties aud left our party aflationsy Let
me sketch 70 you moment what moved me, and
trust that II Will move every thinking man here
HIS POLITICAL BioGkAPHY.
was once democrat oi the strctes. sect. l could
answer 10 every Snibboisth Of tue doctrine stood
with that party until II concluded to the
non aad lett It. lput up with slavery AS long AS It
Kept within constitutional limits When 1t laid suiei-
dai hands upon the government wax found there
my longer. Without change IN single democratic
people found myself lighting on The sas Of The ma
tion. When the over attempted to reap the
results OF me war. put men who wanted place and
power on tue enc sde men who feared the
other and. above ALL men who wanted conciliation,
lest business SHOULD be stopped concluded give up
Mr. hayes and counted out Mr.. Tiiden, rightly or
wrongly twas fear that business would stop,
II notY Has business gone on any botter SINGER We
toto, aud over again, II you Will count ia
M Hayes We will have hearty saiutatiOn and a
ness would 90 on ana the county would take new
OF the men oil capilai II was Wall street that
elected tho Electoral Commission.
COMPLIMENTS FOR Mr.. HAYES.
They meant 10 cheat somebody by n-either
Tildsn or Hayes, and lilden got cheated and
Hayes cheated US, because we elected him, and
l made speeches all over Massachusetts upon
the grounu that he would protect tue black man
~ The South against the men VINO attemp ping,
as thought aud believed, to take away his rights,
anu II Hayes HAD not agreed do that ne would not
have any to election than some Of ths
Candidates OF the oid parties OF State by the
Dn he 8th OF November that the eicclion hai gone
against Mr.. hayes he came out TO his friends aud
made speech and SAID he did not care any thing Tor
himself mat hs had not been elected President,
But, OH the poor negro, he would he deiv-
srsc over to mis- oppressors, and then.
bargain TO give over the negro 10 his oppressor for
The cake OF bong counted in ana still business aoes
party when II stariedY IL started to eisvats labor,
and IL began ut the bottom.
II said there should be more owned laoor In the
country, that Inc should Dc freed ut
democratic party said "that Is all very ", H. but ny
ths CONSTRUCTION VIC have agreed Tree
We cannot" Tue Republican parry SAID VIC will have
shen freed anyhow. fuat The substantially,
ana the republican party won Ia that issue IN
1870, ana everybody bound bow to the
1ecslon OF Tue people, but portion OF Tue
tountry rebellsd and undertook to break down
The government; that brought on the war. When the
republican party elected Pre-. In 1860
very lew men or very ntts wealth or capital IN It.
hat lO eel
made receivable Tor duties l brought II up In
Congress and was beaten W ssvsn or eigat
votes. Sky odd bank presidents and directors
voted II uowb. Now, then, capital gol pos
Sssson of tnes governments. but IN the mean
II had Old fashioned nouous (whcn knew back ia
lS4y when we voted IN Massachusetts tor the ten
Tor the workingmen used TO work fourteen
hours before thep.) l say the democratic
ano, except that ~ was bound hand and foot
10 the slave power, wvuid have been q labor party.
But who was chairman OF the National Executive
COMMITTEE OF the democratic purty IN 1882 Mr..
August Belmont, the agent OF Tie RothschiGs, VINO
own some 5000 Ooo0O0 $500 ST. 100 oOo 900,
more or less Of our bonus. Which DO you thinK he
cared most aoout, his people Tor whom he agent
Tor the democratic parry Oh course no cared more
about those BONDS ana the men who employed HIM.
The question In 1865 was wbether the bonds should
be pad IA grccnoacks aud the democratic party started
en tnAt issue with August Belmont ~ the mead of me
National Executive Commttee. The democratic
party, under the lead OF Belmont w&niod the bcbds
paid IN greenbacKs, and the rspuocs party wanted
would winf Why, vi course, tue republican party.
THE eREESBAcK PARTY.
some gentlemen THINK, perhaps, that there 10 not
much IN me grseubacK party. There may not be very
many men IN It nsrs pVt there 10 princip,e Of right
BtrouE, powerful eterna-whca snail BRING the gov
efh msui hands Of the people jusi us surely
there u God above ana inteilge nj, thinking
below. ln lsdl We wanted TO borrow moaey. aud we
borrowed all the gUid IN the country-a lit,le moro
than 5,O00Oon hey say there were s25O, 0UU 900
iu gold IN Inc country ~ that time 1he country
wanted u ana offered seven and threstsnths per cent
Interest Tor H. lest the people snou out OF
the banks and loan II to the government the banks
SUSPENDED specie payments. AIN l not speaking the
truth Of nstoryr have neare much since This CAM
paigu In Name began about The patriotism Of inc
bankers VINO loaned NIL their money TO the govern
menL Now, "a there ID sny thing ON earth get sick
OF II 10 n sham. 4 can stand knave and a looI, but
the hypocr,,-God help him ana the Hts, man you
hear taking avout the bankers vino loaned their
money 10 the government al me beginning OF the
war ask nim II. alter ssoooo,ooo were loaueo, the
DID not nave, Ne carry as July, 1884, 70 Issue s Treas
ury notes.
scoLDISa HIS HEARERS
favor OF capital wbcn these tnnrs possible and
you, poor FOOLISH work,nsmsu, voted Tor me men VINO
maas tIs lave. uLaughtsr.) Yoa are somewhat TO
blame Tor u. You seud mon, the Representatives, vi
capital 70 vote In the interest OF capital, aud ,hcn
wonaer a. the result You, poor workiugmsn, have
got un dsa tDai, because your iaibor was democrat
when democracy meant sotnotuny-iive ana vital 10.
sues-tnat you must vote as ne uiu fbsre Is no an
ference between the democratic anu republican
pafiss They mean QUE anu the same thing. lhey
absut time they love tue isborcr (Lsurhier)
Now tn. u, u they agree touching tning, what
these iva great pafiiesi They asree upon all dues
lions any practical use and they oitsr manor
questions.
NO LONGER GREAT PARTIES.
When two parties come together upon great Ques-
ZION they are longer Two great parties; they are
Two factions OF one party protesting the creditors AMI
hoIuing a mortgage ana sfinuing the pour mAu.
Squeezing properly uown anu uebts up, uutii deot
eats up al The property and leaves me man ana DIS
another Is fofceu down. want you 10 ubdcrstand