The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-09-13

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70 address the people OF Dubois count
at this place.
Mr.. I. being unable to an hi. appoIn,
mrnt. Rev. W. l.. Green, OF Washington
appeared IL hi stead. and addresse
about fifty or sixty Of our citizens ~ III
Court-housc.
Mr.. G. is.a fluent. speaker, and wa
listened 10 with considerable interest b.
those present. After some PREDATORY re
marks he tackled the leaders Of the Re
publican party, who held the power il
the government for long series Of years
aud who so shaped the Legislation of III,
country as 10 enrich the bondholder a
the expense Of the business and laborins
interests lie proved from the ofIicia
records that the currency had been con
ltrscted more than one-lialt since the war
notwithstanding our population has
been steadily on the,increasc. This sor,
|"f legislation he contended was The
cause Of our hard times and the scarcity
|of money He pictured the rich bond.
holder receiving his interest in the glit.
sering gold, and then exchanging il for
greenbacks at a premium Of ten, twenty,
thirty, or even fifty per cent. thus IL
two or three years doubling his pile--
and all this, OF course, at the expense OF
the laboring and business interests.
This argument was very well timed,
and we doubt whether any Of his hearers
felt inclined to take Mr.. Green to task
tor producing proof so conclusive Of the
effect offhe bad deeds OF the leaders Of
the Republican party
After getting through with the Repub.
lican leaders, Mr.. G. turned his battery
against certain leaders OF the Democratic
party, and showed that some OF them.
hough in q decided minority in the
government, did wrong. This has long
'ince been conceded BY the great mass
y the Democratic party, and they have
lot waited for Republicans or Inde-
'endents to assist them in condemninc
hose Of their own party who have acted
n bad faith as against the people.
Mr.. Green cited as one act against
ertain Democratic leaders In Congress
hat they united with the Republicans
that body 10 increase their own salar.
co; but he was very careful to keen
hat other great fact from his bearers
hat l., that about every one Of those
Democratic members who voted for that
MEASURE, were condemned By their own
arty, and left out in the cold to atone
Or their sin against the people.
Taking Mr.. Greens own charges as
gainst the action Of the leaders Of tho
'emocraiic party in the lower house oil
Congress, where alone in the govern.
lent i has had Tie power since the war,
ie proof Is abundant and conclusive
'at that body has done all II could forl
le benefit Of the industry Of the whole !,
'untry. The measures Of relief passed, Y.
that body in less than two years
fought the greenback 10 nearly a par
it'll gold, where before or from aboutlt
g year 1852 gold was worth Ten. I
'enty. fifty and even more per cent, to
e great detrinent Of the people. y
II would have been an act or fairness =
the part Of Mr.. Green 10 have told
hearers on Thursday OF last week - n
E day ne delivered his speech that Y
"a was worth only one-half per cent. y
that day more than greenbacks, and o.
'od just where il did from 1858 70 81
~ just prior to the war. ca
such . declaration would not have %
swered the purpose OF the speaker +
wever, for il would have taken ever, =
'a'L OF air out Of his sails; and old o.
mocrats might have been sufficient, 10
pertinent 70 ask him how It happened 90
I gold had dropped to about a bar All
- greenbacks, and he would have co
- compelled 10 admit that Democratic Of
islation did II.
rom all we could gather in listening
ne speech Of Mr.. Green, We saw no ri
q reason why he should not vote the "a
light Democratic ticket, provided he a ! !
onest IN wanting the Y, eenback dol II,
Just az goo y the gold dollar, with Isl
NY of currency TO transact the busi- iii
OF the nation-to all which the ~,
nocratic marty n comu;s,oJ p"'