Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1878-10-28

that creditor class, the Garner of wages, are 60
ing To trust the debtor class TO them of society,
to make money at their will, and pay them off !
Labor is az the bottom of all exchanges of society.
whether by barter or by INTERPRETATION of money,
whether specie or psncr Now am very wiling
TO trust thee people, l have never seen ANYBODY
that should expect 10 listen TO me Il l taught
the doctrines that are attributed to the HAT apos-
ties, and the iredeemsble unlimited paper promis-
es never to be performed. have never seen any
such distinction between the intelligence, the a.
gacity, the self preserving powers OF the common
people, as they are called, in distinction from the
rich people. think the rich people get into quite
a. many scrapes as the poor people do, and do
not understand that there is any danger of any
portion of our people worshipping any Of these
dreamy tn eorists. Well, supposing that some
body should preach that the moon is really made
of green cheese and that moonbeams would feed
and fatten Just well as any ether form of cheese,
how many of our countrymen do you think you
would see on q moonlight night filling their
stomachs with this unsubstantial food Gould you
count them by millions by hundreds of tho nsands,
by thousands or tens No. there is a pu pose to
beguile or deceive, or misead, and to gain posses
sion of power under some fattering or some care
less acce ptsnce by the people of this that nos
trum. We are ready and willing to maintain the
paper money we have always been accustomed TO
and desire, but we do not intend that it shall be
on the fat Of any man or of any authority of
government. Executive Congressional. We
trust the banks, because their money is good, and
by good we mean convertible; and we withdraw
our trust whenever that confidence is removed.
REPUBLICAN GAINS IN NETWORK.
And now, gentlemen, allow me to say that the
Congress of the United States is entitled to the
best, the worthiest, the most patriotic men, who
ready to carry out to the last point of obliga-
ton every commitment that the Republican party,
financially, in its bonds or in its issue of United
States notes, or in the bank notes that it has
authorized and is protecting by United States
bonds, is committed to and that, with your action
now, rs | understand it, we may well expect this
State to gain at least five members Of Congress
and we may hope to secure the lower branch Of
the Legislature to give us Senator. Applause
We may thus be able to range the great State Of
New York once more in the column Of Republican
States If you do this, if you give the Judge of
the Court of Appeals, who counts for the State
ticket, an able, an eminent lawyer, your votes
and show majority of thirty or forty thousand
for him, II you sddt the numbers of your Con-
gressmen, if You fill the lower house of the Legis-
lature and add its choice to your Republican Sem
ators, man can saw that, however the State was
lost to u.s. it has not been regained honestly and
Rallsntly. And if you do that, let me assure you
for your judgement will concur with me, you need
have no fear but that the next President of the
United States, whoever he may be Ia voice.
Your will be an honest man, q lover of his
country. and Republican. Loud spplause,l