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sOLGN CHASE ON SPECIE PAY
MENTS.

fiWJfi this sum specie payments can be
resumed at ,nce, and the promise that is
written ON the face of the greenback TO pay
the dollar, made good. This would give
Bill a good dollar for his work, and the
wounded veteran good money for his PEN
sion, which is only justice and fair play to
Bill and the veteran; that is, ill not only
would work for gold wages as he
does now, but would buy his goods
at geld prices, and thereby save
another large item of the $25434 that
is pressed out of him annually
SPECIE PAYMENTS IS THE ONE
THING NEEDFUL In OUR PRESENT
CONDITION, AND WILL CURE Us OF
MANY FINANCIAL ILLS. The m oment
You have got specie payments, PendIeton's
and Buffers theory of paying the bonds in
greenbacks, which means neither more or
less than more and meansr money, be-
comss obsolete. NJ Congress i'm its blum
dsrinas, did not agree TO pay the principal
Of the bonds in gold, il ought to have
agreed to, and specie payments will make
the agreement what il ought to be. The wit
of man cannot devise any sche me that will
bring about specie payments other than
deeming greeubaclks with gold; that is, let
somebody else have some good money be-
sides the bondh hsIders-SOLON CHASE'S
"POOR MANS TRACT" OF 1871.
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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-08-21

"The .rery man OF all others acho has the
deepest interest in a sound currency, and
apho suffers most By mischierous legislation in
money matters, is the man acho earns his dai-
ly bread By his daily TOLL a deprecated cur.
rency, sudden changes of prices, paper money
falling bet,oeen morning and noon, and fal-
ling still lotoer betpeen noon and night, these
things constitute the very harvest time Of spec
ulators, and Of the ,ohole race Of those ,oho are
at once idle and crafty. a disor-
dered currency is one of the greatest political
ecils. Hundernines the rirtues necessary for
the support Of the social system, and encour-
ages propenSities destructive to its hnppiness.
1t aodrs against industry, trugdHty and econ
omy, and it fosters the eril spirits Of e1trdo-
dgance and speculation. Of all the contra-
Udnces for cheating the laboring classes OF
mankind, none has been more efectudl than
thai avhich deludes them NTH paper money.
This is the most efectual Of Intentions to fer
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-08-21
How does Gen. S. J.. Anderson, who had

How does Gen. S. j. Anderson, who had
the GOODNESS to tell the Cumberland Dem.
ocratic Convention that he stood upon the
old Democratic doctrine of Andrew Jackson
(but perhaps he meant he trampled upon it
with that frightful iron laoof) relish the fol-
lowing from that staunch Democratic paper,
the Lewiston Gazette? "One of the speak
ers," says the Gazette, sat the Franklin
County Greenback Convention, said that we
are fighting the same battle fought by Gen.
Jackson. Strictly true, and the innationist
party CT to-day will be as thoroughly beaten
now as they were by the old radical Demo-
cracy who proclaimed war of extermna-
ton against them under the lead of "Old
Hickory" t. II. Benton, Martir, Van Buren,
Sias Wright, Levi Woodbury., and all the
old "mint-drop'' warriors of those times.
No more striking illustration of the impu-
dence of Greenback claims could be fur
nished than their reference to old Andrew
Jackson as an "authority''-the man who
said, among other things of like import, ga
paper currency is great curse TO any peo-
Pile, and particular curse to the laborer of
any country, for its depreciation always falls
upon the laborer."
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-08-21
HOW TO GET GOOD TIMES.

A Pennsylvania paper sets up the folloacing
garade.board as shouting the aoay to good times:
Curse the capitalists; trighten them all you can
DO not let then, go into business. If they shop
ana opposition to do so, call meeting; get up q
set of rules and regulations for managing the
business so as to break them up as soon as posi-
Die, and threaten those aeho ,oal not 90 an under
the rules, until they gather up their money and
teaoe the country, as they haze already begun to
40. Nothing helps times so much as to let men
kaoac that If they get more By aoorking hard than
you do By idleness, you aoM compel tht'aa to d.
eide. They aoiH oork all the harder for sach en-
coaragenesnt. Go right ahead NTH go W COM
nauaistic speeches. AN that is qaecess arg is to
foltoO up, and aoe aoil soon be all on the .qrouud
floor, all e0st0L-dU moor
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-08-21

THE Democratic candidate for Congress in
this District has the nerve to speak Of
enormous frauds' in the Departments OF
the Navy and the Interior perpetra ted under
Republican Administrations. Has he forgot
ten the last Democratic Administr alton, the
Administration of Buchanan under whom he
held an office? Has he forgotten the great
steal by John Floyd, Secretary of War, and
the frauds in the Indian Bureau un,5er Jake
Thompson, Secretary of the Navy? Has
this man, who loudly supported these thieves,
against the better sentiments of his own par
ty even, ally call to denounce the short COM
ings of Republican officials? The follower of
the traitors Thompson and Floyd and the
supporter of the traitor Breckinrid &c has the
assurance to hold up the last Demo cratic Ad-
minstration as model Governmt mt.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-08-21
THE OFFICIAL AUrHORITIEs

FSve gears ago 1851 the bank note circulation
Of the country amounted to not much more than
too hundred million dollars; noao the circulation,
bank and national, exceeds seUen hundred nal
konS.-PREs. JoHNsoN's ANNUAL MESSAGE TO
CONGRESS. DEC. 1865.
Without including seyen and three tenth notes,
many of the small denominations of aohich aoere
IN circulation as money, and all Of aohich tend IN
some measure to s,oeH the initiation, the paper
money Of the country amounted Oct. 31st, 1865,
to the sum of 1874, ,21S ,O3S.-SEo. McCULLooH's
REPORT, DEC. 1865.
interest stbearing notes, Dfrst issue of 73O's] are
an circulation as uTrency.-Cc,MPTRoLLE
CLARK's CURRENCY REPORT, DEC. 1865.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-08-21
In BANKRUPTCY.

TN BANKRUPTCY.-D District Court of the
L United States. District Of Maine. In the matter
of Andrew j. Chase, Bankrupt.
This is to give notice that petition has been pre-
sented to the Court this sixth day of August by An
drew D. Chase, of Portland, Bankrupt, praying that
he may be decreed to have full discharge from all
his debts. provable under the Bankrupt Act, and
upon reading said Petition,
1t is ordered by the Court that hearing be had
upon the same, on the Seventh day of October. A.
D.1S7S before the Court in Portland in said District
at 10 O'Clock a. M, and that the second meeting of
the creditors of said Bankrupt be held before James
D. Fessenden, Register, on the thrtyfrst day Of Au-
gust, 1878, at 10 O'Clock A. M and the third meeting
OF the same on the Third day of October 1873 at 10
o'clock A. NJ, and that notice thereof be published
In the Portland Advertiser and the Portland Press
newspapers printed in said District, week tor
three Successive weeks, and in the weekly Ad-
vertiser and Press the last publication to be thirty
days at least before the day of hearing and shat all
creditors who have proved their debts and othsr
persons in interest, NAV appear at said time and
place, and show cause. v any they have, why the
prayer of said Petition should not be granted
VIM. P. PREBLE,
Clerk Of District Court. for said District.
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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-08-21
A Greenbaek Authority Exposed.

Some one by the name of "Berkey" has
written treatise on the "Money Question:"
1t is possible that not to know "Berkey" is
to argue ones self unknown; but we confess
that we have not been able to find his name
among those of famous political economists
or in the lesser and longer list of well-known
publcists. Perhaps he should be classed with
the semi-mythical "Shuckers." However
that ms.y be we find "Berkey" quoted by the
by the Camden Herald. If the reiterated
quotation be genuine then "Berkey' is an
unmitigated fraud, who misstates history in
order to draw plausible conclusions from un-
warranted and inadmissible premises: "Ber-
key" is speaking of the French assignats,
and says, according to the Leader and the
Herald: "Upon the overthrow of the revo-
lutionary government and the formation OF a
responsible government, under Napoleon, the
church property was restored to its lawful
owners, and the assigraats became worthl, ,ss."
This statement by ''Berkey'' is an absolute
falsehood. The assignats became ,worthL ess
in 1896. long before Napoleon had anythil 'g
to do with the control of the French Govern :
ment, and long before the return of the emil
grants or the reconciliation with the Catholic
Church. AT the time they became worth
less the property of the Church was in
possession of the State or of the holders Of
dssignats, the Cath ollie religion was not rec
ognized in France, and no priest, unless in
disguise, was to be found in the limits of the
Republic. 1t was three years after the
dssigncts became worthless that Napoleon
returned from Egypt, was chosen Consul and
reopeued the churches. 1t was five years
after, that the famous Concordat with the
Pope was effected.
So much for "Berkey." If the decree be
not that his head shall go off it will be because
times and manners have changed and the old
despotic custom of disposing of men vino
mslead the people by false statements and
bad reasoning is no longer in vogue. This
"Berkey' is freely quoted by the Greenback-
ers. II all his statements are as false and
foolish as that in regard to the French
dssignats he may be dismissed as an eau
thority" utterly unworthy of credence, as a
falsifier of history and deliberate miseader
of his fellow men. There is every reason too
to believe that the other writers quoted by
the Greenbackers are as untrustworthy as he.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-08-21

"a return to specie payments ut the earli-
est possible period compatible with due re-
gard 10 all inter ests concerned, shoul ever
be kept in view. Fluctuations i'm the value
OF currency are always injurious, and to
reduce these fluctuations to the lowest pos
sible point will always be a leading pur-
pose in wise legislation. Convertibility,
prompt and certain convertibility into
coin Is acknowledged 10 be the best and
suresl safeguard against them.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-08-21

As n very important source of strength
and security, cherish public credit. One
method of preserving il is to nse il as
sparingly Gs possible; avoiding occasions
of expense by cultivatinx peace, but re-
membering also that timely disbursements
TO prepare for danger frequently prevent
much greater disbursements TO repel il !;
avoiding likewise the accumulation of
debt, not only by stunning occasions of
expense, but by vigorous exertions in time
of peace 10 discharge the debts which un-
avoidabIe wars may have occasioned, NOT
ungenerousiy throwing upon posterity ihe
burden which we ourselves ought to bear.
GEORGE WASHINGTON.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-08-21
STATE QUARTERLY CONVENTION
OF THE
RLFORM CLUBS OF MAINE.

Tie quarterly Convention of the Reform Clubs OF
Maine will be held at
Bangor, Wednesday and Thursday, Sept
4th and 9Th.
The several Conventions holden under the auspices
OF the Reform Clubs Of this State have been exceed
ngly beneficial in theic results and we trust that
this one, which is to convene in the Queen city
OF the East, may not only awaken new interest in
the temperance work in the old county of Penobscot
but may be instrumental in forwarding the grand
mission of reclaiming men throughout the length
and breadth of the Pine Tree State. With this OBJ
Ject In view, we trust the various Reform Clubs in
this State will send full delegations to the Conven-
ton and thus aid in "rescuing the perishing' and
elevating humanity. .lrf .-.s..r
The following arrangements have been made with
the railroads and steamboats, for the round trip:-
One and one-ffth fare on Maine Central and its
branches. One fare on Grand Trunk and branches
to Danville aud Yarmouth functions. One fare on
Portland & Ogdensburg, Portland & Rochester r. r,
and Bangor and Machias Steamboats,.
Delegates on M. G. and G. I. R. r. will enquire for
reture tickets The Secretary will furnish return
checks on the P. &. o. and P. s. R. R.. R.
Per order State Committee.
3. s. KELLY, Winthrop, Pres ident.
q. w. MURCH, Portland, Secretary.
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1t (paper money! tends to aggrauate the
inequality of fortunes; to make the rich richer
and the poor poorer, to multiply nabobs and
poupers, and to deepen ana widen the guilt
Uhdch separated Dives from Lazarus.-Ihom-
as II. Benton.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-08-21

BRICK PoMERoY, one of the bitterest ene-
mics of the Union in the darkest days of the
war is preacher of the Greenback theory
to-day. He believed in reputation then,
He believes in it now. Dan VOORHEES,, the
blue-ribbon blatherskite of the United States,
is another old Copperhead who has taken to
soft money. Gen. S. J. Anderson is yet an
other. It:is bad company for Republicans to
be in. Republicans are not used to striking
hands with the enemies of the Union.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-08-21

"1he loss aohich america has sustained, since
the peace, from the pestilential effects of ire
deenaable paper money, on the necessary conf
dence betaoeen men, on the necessary confidence in
Mepublic councils on the industry and morals of
the people and on the character of republican qov-
ernnaent, constitute an enormous debt against the
States chargeable with this auaadu,sed measure,
whach nau remain ansatisfed, or rather 1t is an
accumulation ofguilt aohich can be erpiated no
other7cise than By voluntary sacrifice on the al
ar ofjustice of the poaoer aohich has been the TO-
Strunaent cf it.-Jdmes Madison.
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TERMS $500 PER ANNUM, IN ADVANCE

tilize the rich mans fields By the saoedt of the
poor mans bro,o. Ordinary tyranny, oppres-
sion, ercessice taration, these bear lightly up
on the mass OF the community, compared ,cith
fraudulent Currencies and the robberies COM
mitted By deprecated paper."-Daniel
Webster.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-08-21

WHAT was that stern patriot, Gen. s. J..
Anderson, doing in the years from 1850 to
1865? Was he fighting for his country?
Was he supporting the Government in its
attempt to put down the Rebellion? Was
he training with the war wing or with the
peace wing of his party? For which side
were his voice and vote givens The people Of
this District would like to know.
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JAMES BUCHANAN.

"Such a medium tirredeemable paper mon
ey.) has always been liable to fuctuaton. Its
value is constantly changing; and these
changes, often great and sudden, expose in
dividuals to great loss, are the source of ruin
GUS specuations, and destroy all confidence
between man and man."-Chief Justice Mar.
Sh0H
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-08-21

1rredeemabie paper money s.converis the
business of society into n mere lottery; and
when the collapse comes, come il must,
il casts laborcrs out of em . Ioyment, crush
es manufacturers and merchants and
ruins thousands of honest, industrious
citizens,
lAMEs xsUrrnAwaN
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-08-21

Paper emissions by the government are
of a nature SO liable to abuse, L may say
SO certain 10 be abused, rhat the wisdo om of
the government will be shown by never
frnstirg itseIf W III SO seducing and dnn-
gerous power.''
ALEXANDER HAMILTON.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-08-21

BEFORE the war the amount of currency
was about six dollars head. To-day 1t is
sixteen dollars. Does that show that con-
traction is responsible for the evils from
which we are suffering? Does it not rather
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-08-21

The Irish World, according to the Neto
Era, predicts that the Greenback vote in
1890 will be 1900, 900. That is the worst
case of initiation yet. Why, bless your soul,
there won't be grease spot left of the Green
back movement by that time
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-08-21

"Capital may be produced by industry and
accumulated by economy, but only jugglers
will propose to create it by legerdemain tricks
with paper. ."-IhOmas Jefferson.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-08-21

FAMOUS remark respectfully handed down
to posterity by that hero of hundred mus
ter fields, Gen. Anderson, after he had led
the hosts of Jacksoniau hard-money Democ-
racy against the absolute money men and fat
fools 81 came. saw, concarred."
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-08-21

Il paper currency is great curse to any
people and a particular curse TO the laborer
Of any country, for its depreciation al,oays
falls upon the laborer.-Andre,o Jackson
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-08-21

We do not read anonymous letters and communI-
cations. The and address Of the writer are in
all cases Indispensable not necessarily for publication
but as guaranty Of good faith.
We cannot undertake to return or preserve COM
munications that are not used.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-08-21

Four years hence the men who advocate
spook- money to-day will be as shamed of
their belief as the men now are no carried
dark-lanterns into Know-Nothing lodges
twenty-four years ago. Make note OF that
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-08-21

GEN. ANDERSON thinks we should legis-
late for the debtor class. The liberal legisla-
tion of the Republican party has been con
ducive to the easy liquidation of private in
debtedness. The statistics of commercial
failures show an aggregate of $500, 900, 900 of
liabilities, great portion of it discharged at
ten cents on dollar. At that rate the debt
or certainly IS not the sufferer, and the appre-
citation of values has not been so rapid that
the ten cents the creditor gets are worth as
much as the dollar he lent.
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THE PRESS
WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 81.
FOR GOVERNOR,
SELDEN CONNOR.

For Senators.
Androscoggin. RUFUS PRINCE, of Turner.
j. L. H. COBB, of Lewiston.
Cumberland. WILLIAM w. THOMAS, JR of PORT
WARREN H. vINToN, of GRAY.
ANDREW HAYES, Of Deerng,
DAVID DURAN, of Casco,
Oxford. So. FRANCIS W. REDLON, of Porter.
VILLA NJ W. WAIT, OF Dixfeld.
Waldo. ....ELISHA CAREY, of Winterport.
Washington. AUSTIN HARRIS. of East Machias.
ALDEN BRADFORD, of Eastport.
York. WILLIAM F. MOODY, Of Kenne-
JOHN F. FERGUSON. of shaplegh.
JAMES M. ANDREWS, of BiGdefOrd
For Sheriff.
Cumberland WILLIAM H. DRESSER, Portland.
o&ford. WILLIAM DOUGLASS, of Water
Washington. ISAAC WILDER, of Cutler.
Waldo. .......FRED SWAN, of Belfast.
York. ....,..JOHN HALL, of North Berwick.
For Treasurer.
Androscoggin. ALEXANDER F. MERRILL,
Cumberland. LEWIS MCCLELLAN. of Gorham.
Vx,Dfd' Wa5dd d'..'.GE0RGE GEo H Watkins, of Paris.
Washington p. SARGENT, of Machas
York. k..........RICHARD H. GODING, of Alfred.
For Commissioner.
Androscoggin. E. M. SHAW, of Lisbon.
Cumberland. .LEANDER E. CRAM, of Baldwin
Oxford. ."....G GEORGE 7. HAMMOND, of Paris.
Waldo. ....... .ORRIN LEARNED, of Burnham. .
Washington "A. B. GETCHELL, of Barring.
York. ..,.JAMES F. BRACKET, of Limington
For Clerk of Courts.
Androscoggin j. W. HANSON, of Poland.
Cumberland. .ALVAN A. DENNETT, of Portland
Oxford. .......JAMESS S. WRIGHT, of Paris.
For County Attorney.
Androscoggin WALLACE H, WHITE.
York. .....- HORACE H. BURBANK, Of Saco.
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Pullen, Editor. All railway, steamboat and hotel
managers will confer favor upon US by demanding
credentials of every person claiming to represent our
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