The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-01-26
DAN vORHEEs's GREAT SPEECH.

tbe l.. $ Senate on the 18Th inst. OF course
| its length precludcs its insertion in our col
umns. But there are in il many PASSAGES OF
,>o,,,,i,r f,ro,, th,, ,o,, ~, ,y,,,c,ad r,;,hou,
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serious uerllhch' Oh account oi "lscohhcc'iol
with the context Such Is his answer in part
10 the charge that the advocates of silver re.
roro,i,ot,o,, .r, .. ,,.,,,,.Ii,,ors A. coso Of
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pacing ule pnot OF 'h' "''l'I IeS INC i"NH"S'
equals in ncatncs, anything in polcmic liter
anrc
,co,,,.,.;... .,,,, .,,., ,,r r,,,,rror,. 1860 nm
-A''.' t"'.."e WV "'
DER when all the 1-2O bonus were lSHUed' 'lch
quoting the interpretations of that law, rs en-
pbaticollv riven in the Uousc by Thaddeus
g.. . .,,l ,,. NJ.
S'o'cns VI d" O'' "",'o' VI ~ ''''' ~ AZ
opauldln@ OF New York. announcer hcihoer Oh
the committee that prepared it, both agreeing
that il mcort tho : Oh honds ycrc novablc in
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sIocno"'h'' thcH qu"'"a 0'H"'''' US, ''''' ~
Morton and others to the same effect IN the
other branch of Congress- and adding Sccreta-
ry Sboc,,or,. c,,,,,,,, lo,,o- Of 1899 j., which
o -.
0o'ulH '''' o't-q"o'C" 'NliVH'I'"' II ''i'' '"''
is to be tested by the law | am rlght-lt 1t is
to be tested by JAY Cookies advertisements |
an, ,.ron,,r W. ,Ioor,,oos ,,rooooI,.
Nhch ~ Is rGiHchioereu 'lla' inc ooil'''lolocl
never paiu a uoIlar IN com lor nohe Oh any
put PulGi''Sc.i tliciii al wiz. uoS
rrHiiieh! currency "hlch inc uoFGriiihcnl i''cIl
iiau uePrecla.cu by refusing 10 take II io[ Gus
,olh uueS ana interest," inc iull liieahihgoi tl'S
,e'ter becomes very piain ana very lofclDic'
III Is not inc OFFSPRING OF impulse OF lltApC-
I Renee. us au'iior was thGh CHAIRMAN Oh inc
l,iace ooiiiihl''ee Vi ,iliS pouy, anu nc Mlotc'
as nc says ailcf careful examination by
.he iiShl winch ne mere throws upon inc SUD
Jcct VIC may SIC tiic cAuCt pcSluhiiS vi lcPu-
oiatioi anu pcnoiu 'ilc lurIl'c anu la'ciiouS
movements " INC actuai rcPuul,'ors as tiiey
hurry up ana Gown inc preclnctS Oh lcglslt-
tioh curing lhe last nine years OF our history
by us ilSnt 100 we Dehoid inc present occreta-
ry Oh thG treasury judged by MS own words,
as thc chlei OF repudlators foremost among
the violalorS OF contracts, ana Leader among
nose VINO nave III no instance Kept the S0od
laltll oil the Government WIN IT'S own people, a
moment after they FOUND that bad laith would
Dring them rlcher gains In less than ten
months after this letter was written, and after
the enumeration OF the ONO platlorm, non,
Johh oherihah' 'leh d senator, auVocateu anu
procured inc passage Oh inc act OF March ioo9,
LOT the payment Oh all inc DonuS III com winch
ne haa declared payable IN currency, thereDy
establishing an open reputation OF solemn
ana binding contract anu fastening an eNtor-
WI. vi nv, w.: .'a, E'o0,ooo'ooo vi Wv ''s
ScIihS INDUSTRIES ol lic country aS INC sl,ecu'
latlVc prohtS OF inc operation In lhe Whoic
financial history OF the civilized world no par
allel can be found to this audaCiOus deed OF
broken faith, deliberate treachery to the peo.
nile and national dishonesty II Stands out hv
;tcoIf toYorinr birb obovn oil common fraud,
a,I d,vori, - 1hn,I7 In co,,,nar;so with Ire own
vast nronortions II will hear the names of
those who enacted it to distant generations
amidst the proans the curses the lamentations
of those who toll on the land and on the sea
and more deeply engraven than any other
name will be forever found that of the Secre-
tary of the Treasury as the author of what he
himself SAID constituted the twoiold crime OF
reputation and cXtortion. Do state the case
too strongly? Does any Senator think that |
am no, Justified i'm the lanruare | Use or in
thn concIusion | statey If 81 | nrav him IN
rncaI ,hn uttor,ncos of mn, Iarnntnd' and do
t;,'; 'i'o ,,a'Iaooo,I,r j.; - III, w
uislleu Picuo.oosoi III ,iis pouy MN ~.
lhis INDUSTRIOUS act oi repuulatloh was oh l's
passage here in March 1869, Senator Morton
pointed out in the plainest and most explicit
manner four distinct acts of Congress under
which the people had ncuuirpd n vested ripht
IN nav tho x Oh honds in ler,I tordor notes
and which were to be broken and set aside by
the measure then under discussion. Among
other things he said:
And now 7 rro,ound thc ouostion II is either
intended by tits bill to make a new contract or
it is not if it is intended to make a new con
tract, protest against it. We should do foul in
justice to the Government and the people of the
United States after we have sold these bonds on
an average Tor not more lhan siAty cents on lie
uoitar nov " i'l'Nc hc" 'o' 'io oei'c"'
Vi Wv
Again nc says;
1t gives to those laws a construction that do
not believe IN ana that i nave shown Is contra
ulcted by at least iour acts oi Congress
And again Senator Morton exclaimed, with
that power OF statement which always so
greatly characterized him:
Sir, it is understood, believe, that the passage
of bill of this kind would have the effect in Eu-
rope, where our financial questions are not well
understood, to increase the demand, ana that will