Daily Republican., 1878-11-05
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Yor the Republican
Mr., Bayap0 Celelc1ses1.


MEssRs. EpiroRs: Being unex pect4d,
" in Wilmington on the "a, formed
one Of the audience of listeners o. the
Opera House, u what will doubtless be
considered ty many, Hon. 7. Y. Bay.
ards great speech.
While agreeing with many Of his
positions aud sentiments could not
from my stand point help regarding
mapy other Gfhis utterances as unfair
ungen-rous and illogical. Having no
spale for o general review Of his posi-
,ions l only ask room in your paper for
comment ON q few points.
In the first place while bs declined to
mpeach ths patriotism and honest In
t-ntions 81 many Of the early leaders OF
the Republican party, he bore unwar-
ran,ably hard npon the unavoidable
mistakes that we're made; and for which
much allowanc. il due considering the
many stupriidous issnrs that wer.
pressing upon the party and the un-
toward and un-xarnpled difficulties
with which the true patriots Of the Ma
tion were b-set. The Republican party
saved the Nations life and unity and
FIR that should forever inherit the Ma
tion's gratitude. With III grace does
censure for unint.ntional mistakes
comes from representative Of that
party in Delaware whose aid and COM
tort as a party we're solely given to the
. e.Dies Of the Union. l4g I'm
With Ill grace does he recommend the
hope Of greater wisdom and political
purity from the accession to power Of
that party Of whose corrupt ring-rule,
the Country over, Boss Tweed is fair
exponent, and of whose political puri-
ty Samuel J. Tilden IL a marked ex.
ample--now being tried in the Courts
for defrauding his Country In her utmost
need. .s-
Recurring to minor points, how need
less was his iabor-d argument for the
.uitableness Of gold and silver for
coinage purposes, on account Of their
comparative destructihili,y. No one
denies them this quality that | am
aware Of, hut many doubt tn. wisdom
Of using them as currency ON the basis
Of CURRENCY.
All his pompous tlk about the i'm
piousness and ahsurdity of legislation
to create values falls dead upon our
ears when we know that the tireenback
party (as | understand it) means moth
ing Of the sort. They propose that the
Government shall In the exercise OF its
sovereign power create for US meas
IRE Of value, currency founded upon
something less fctious and more stable
than gold, and les. liable to become
the sport Of gamblers and money
sharks. II the Honorable gentleman
does not know the difference brtween
creating a measure Of value by legisla.
ton and creating value itself, or II hs
disingenuonsly threw out this false
slur upon a patriotic party for his
hearers to swallow unwillingly !, In
either case he has lowered the standard
Of appreciation in which some Of US
have heretofore held him, and will not
answer, in our estimation, for one Of
those few In whose hands he advises US
to place til. financial destinies of this
nation, rs matter scarce fitting the
discussion OF American citizens at large.
Should h- continue 10 deny the utili-
ty or the right Of government thus To
organize measure Of ualue, We can but
refer him to Tiffany on government
and constitutional law" To John c.
Calhoun, tn the decision Of the Supreme
court-and to many other authorities
amongst whom Benjamin franklin and
Thomas Jefferson have been already
quoted to the public; but whose say
ings ali organ Of lis party declined to
publish, because for sooth the editor
did hot have in possession any of the
writings Of those WORTHLESS, containing
the extracts. The National" party
entirely agree with Mr.Bayard's quota
ton of Webster in regard to paper
money, Gas We have heretofore had it)
being powerful engine to suck the
substance from productive industry;
but they hold that the ''gold basis"
idea afford the foot valve of the pump
that draws from the couDtry's labors a
heavier interest than II Is able to pay.
In conclusion, Mr.. Editor, allow us to
add that II even that stronger govern
msnt to which the Honorable gen nileman
alluded shall b. forced upon or adopted
by the American People it will be after
their spirit has been crushed and their
patriotism destroyed by the poverty,
destitution and suffering which will
have been the legiti nate offspring Of
their enslavrln.nt to the power Of gold,
and false tinanciering. Such destitu-
tion and degradation on one hand and
princely wealth on the other has been
the experience Of nations using only .
metallic currency, and win close by
making the prophecy that should that
day ever come to us of this generation,
(Which God forbid) the Hon T. F. Bay
ard and his fellow followers Of Gold,
and all who regard suffrage as a privi-
lege and not right. will DRIFT readily
on the side of Kingly or Imperial
power. J. g. J.
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