Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1878-10-05

upon it, and after the war had ended
they added
TWO OTHER PLANKS,
after they had destroyed the institu-
ton of African slavery-just as sec
tional Just as much in the interest of
New England and New York and
jus; as much opposed to the people
of the south and west. One is the
high protective tariff system, aud the
other is the financial system OF john
Sherman and Carl Scurz and the lead
ers of the republican party to-day:
The high protective system is based
simply upon the rights and interests
of the people Of New England, and
opposed to the consumers of the west
and snuth. If to-day you could put
the Chinese wall around the CITY OF
St. Louis, and could force every con-
sumer in this city to pay fifty cents
more upon every bushel of wheat
that crosses the Mississippi river, and
there was no other access to tins clty
what would be the mathematical
and legimate result: Every consum-
er of the City of st. Louis would pay |
the tariff duty; aud to-day the repnb-
| lican party, i'll the interest OF Pehn-
sylvania aud New England, propose
that the people of the west and
south shall pay this high protective
tariff in order to solidify, to crystal
ize the strength of the republican,
party in the east aud i'll the north
The high protective tariff system L.
A SECTIONAL MEASURE.
The republican party is fond Of tell
ing us about the twin relics of bar
| 1 nI G St1u
high protective tariff is another relic
of barbarism. England long ago did
away with it. In l776. when we are
proud of quoting the birth OF Amer
icau Independence, Adam Smith pub
lished in that same year his "Wealth
of Nations" and it rcvolutiopiZcd
the public sentiment of Great Britain
which Immediately adopted the free
trade system, under which to-day the
commerce of Great Britain whitens
every sea and enriches every merchant
Z; in her wide domain; but the rcpubll-
3 can party of the United States ignores
g the teachings of the past, and. passing
: over the history of civilization, says
t to their followers: We propose now
C to build up party upon this Old
Il footing and worn-out system sys-
t TEN which is to-day trampllng under
d foot the best interests of the Amerl'
J. can people i'll the interest OF thelI
Il own party.
e THE NEXT PLANK
1t in their financial PLATFORM, | assert
u here tonight, has been built up alone
y in the interests of the bondhoiders o
l. the east, aud against the debtor cias
of the entire people of the United
States. AT the close OF the war, ah'
| do not propose to weary YOU o
;, myself by quoting exactly tr"m IN
II tables which have here with me, bu
~ at the close of the war the aggrcgai
j. debt of the United States amounte
- to $2.3Sl 100000. As a matter o
"a course there were some hundreds q
~ thousands over, but that Is Mr.. Shel
II. mans repnrt, 81 2,3s1 ,UOo.pvu.
IT, OF thi. amount ahnutS 500 million
/ q represented the money or the circu
at ialiug medium of the country. In
a. republican party, immediately upo
, , the close of the war, commence
,, what | assert tonight to be an Ill
to necessary, useless and causeiess
at SYSTEM OF CONTRACTION.
rs Il. su,s;sS 1 ,shS ,}h}S IhSey had managed by II
he "f Inuy inf.rest-hcks and q
lot tn reduce the money OF count
his tn OiO millions of dollars. II h
ca been charged against me, and dI
nd like to Introduce these personai mS
err ter.. but | am compelled 10 do 80
red selt-defeuse, and justice to mys'
ak and the party to winch l belong
Of has been charged that am inconsi'
the eut on the money question, becau
oh nf
fe -? on platform and resolutions III
eat democratic state convention Ill Jt
on, erson City, l reported pla'tol
no which was unanimously adopted
of the democratic party OF Missouri
J to that time and upon which Charles
Hardin was triumphantly elect
governor of the state. report
nlatform which declared that p
,nor termitting any expression of opinl
,GU' as 10 the constitutionality OF
'ona creation of the greenback mon
.smd which the republican party
"u nv created, the democratic party OF \
,aJ souri, asserted that the only th
of necessary 10 give s,,ii''S at a,s, !, t.a 20
'ries 10 .haI n,onet, az" w. - ,ho ma
cling WIN soiu' .n, was w as walI .s
t.i"d nnd money of the people. [Applause
ubli- salu 'hH' Al am
nkee iorih' vi ~ w., ,,;,rtt II t.te +
put sponeioi' ~ ,hat r. tho ra,
lited nothlhS' aEu l n 1r',oa S,o,os
west llcal' parry Vi w. t;n,a,.s ri
outh ioi4oWcu .le ira'n uson,I hon
terly lltica, econon!, ,un .a,p;n" p Of tho ;
and anu L aul ho' '",n =,
look Vluuai noness9 on, SaIInu, ~,
the party-out IL tnc. 80" i''
cared plainest principles of
f the POLITICAL ECONOMY AND COM
They HONESTY,
and made this money the none
POOR the government as we'll rs the IN
of the people, it would have
ple of equivalent to gold, aud Sl,U4O,Ou
allant were in circulation III 1868.
Nv be nv fellow citizens, l am attacked
their correspondeuts of the st. Loul
t ever publican have made the attack
ausei: me, that | did not say that greer
ought circulation of the country was
|: and stltutional money. Well, ha'
" would more opinion to express upon
uthern subject than upon the United :
les the bonds, or the distribution of th'
COM cecds of the public lands. 1t
The created bv the republican part,
power, it is in circulation, aud 1t Is e!
were like the friend that met auothe
he life dav during the war, when OF
ms, iu- them unfortunately was fonl
irit of Gratiot street prison. His
nd hu- came up to him and said: W hi
family YOU doing Nothing. Wha
federal they put you in there for! No
pster- Why, he says, they couldn't d,
care But they could, says he, and
,courge have done ii. l am here and l
to-day get out. Here is this gree
e of,he money created, and five judges
hands supreme court of the United
e civil. out of nine, have decided III ia
so upon its conslitu,louality and lis lee
der qualities. Is there any ncce'
BILE anv sense i'll Il man golug bac
idiscussing the
on INC QUESTION OF ITS CoNSTiT
:. They w .,ITy2
nd the ,o
-, down It's in existence, we have
- white and arraign the republican
Scr;hed tonight, and | say that II til
q which mana sct this money OF thei
? an inng creation, as they ought to hav
hn dom, if they had been true TO the Oh
and nm of their own loius, the country
'uan to never have been called upon
hat de. through the crucltiXlon, the
e