Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-09-19

MR. D. L. LAWSON, the DemOcr. tic Can
didate for Congress in this District addressed
q mixed audience of Democrats and Kepub>
licans at the Court House in st. ClairsyIlle on
Friday night last, upon the financial and
other questions of the day. His speech OF
but little more than half an thour, Was poor
reproduction of the financial and social here
sizes of the time. He spoke OF the financial
| legislation of the Republican party since its
accession to power as wicked and as being
without single exception from first to last,
| in the interest of capital and against LABOR.
| The Resumption Act, whicn has just made
the paper dollar of the laborer as good as the
gold dollar-of the bondholder, ne denounced
| in unmeasured terms. In utter ignorance
of fact, or in total disregard Of truth he as
serted that the currency of the country had
been contracted by the Republican party, in
the interest of capital, from 2200 millions to
less than 700 millions, and that this tremendous
contraction was the direct cause of the panic.
And this in face of the fact that the volume
of currency was at the highest point ever
before known in the history of the country,
when the panic broke upon us. But Mr.
Lawsons especial denunicatiOns were re-
served for bankers and bohdholders. On this
topic he would be welcomed as co.laborer
by Kearney himself. HIS idea seems TO be
that any man who accumulates money by in
dustry and economy, and puts it into Govern
ment securities which bear interest, is shy
lock and bloodsucker, living off the sub
stance of honest people, and who is to be
treated with suspicion, and robbed if possible;
while, if he deposits his bonds for Currency,
and engages in the business of banking, he is
a public enemy, with whom it is a virtue to
break faith. He thinks highly of the ire
deemable greenback, as compared with the
redeemable greenback of the Resumption act.
OEe would think, to hear him talk on that
subject, that he delights in the uncertainties
and huctuation of values which the former
causes, and which are so profitable to the
money sharks, and SO crushing to the labor
ing man. He enlarged with real Democratic
sincerity upon the outrage OF compelling the
Union soldiers and sailors to take it during
the war in payment OF their services to the
Government, but he forgot to add that his |
own party at that time voted against any ap |
propriations for paying them at all Hisspeech
differed little in principle from the COM
munism of Kearney. 1t lacked the bias !
phemous vulgarity of the latter, and it lacked |
also his crude ability. He assured his hear |
ers that if elected, the capitalist, the banker,
and the bondholder, need expect nothing at |
his hands-that his whole effort and time |
would be given to the task of again raising
the PROSTATE business interests of the country |
to the height from which they fell in the ruin |
of the panic. He did not attempt to explain
how lie would do this, but the sudden de.
structon of the National banks, and the |
forced winding up of their affairs, and sup
plying the place of their circulation with
new issue of greenbacks, are the main ele-
ments of his plan. After eulogizing the
great army of tramps, he closed his remarks. i