The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1878-09-17
AN OPEN LETTER.
First Fruits OF d. NJ. Barnes's
Skillful Balancing,
A VIGOROUS CRITICISM By ONE
OF THE MrN WHO NOMIN-
AGED HIN.


OF THE Mf:N WHO NOMIN-
" ATED HlM.
HON q. NJ BARNES Democratic candida
n Tor Governor Of Michigan:
ld My DEAR Sm-I have read your le
" ,er TO Hon. Foster Pratt, President {
"a democratic State Conyention, as pnl
Q. iished In the Free Press OF the 22d.
" looked forward to the publication q
a. your letter OF acceptance with soliei
l. tude. The one you have written fTl
J. me with pain and regret. /. is anotbe
rt added TO the list of lost opportunities
y am surprised at what il says and
= what 1t fails to say. As an exposition
: OF opinion 1t is failure-as an attemp
!. AZ straddiing IL is not a success Iva,
one OF the convention which Nominated
yon--many gentlsmon who think the
platform adopted is too hard" Law its
e HARDNESS" at my door. This is too
much honor. Ii cosld claim 10 INV.
self the merit OF it / would be yery
? proud indeed. It was not nv work.
4 it was the werk of the majority of the
5 conventions men who had opinions aud
r expressed them.
As tho nominee OF that convention
are you not bound to teach in the spirit
OF rs platform, the spirit OF the con.
veutionp III so. do you SO teachp We
sought TO remove alarm from the pub-
iic mind. Do your No! You ada
iuel to the flame. You say Won ara
compelled to admit We have lost as a
nation five or six hundred million
dollars at least by reason of the error,
committed in the management O. onr
national finances" Does this STATE.
ment tend to quiet alarm? Just the re-
I verse. Is the statement true? saw
no. You say yes, but where are your
proofs-when, where and how was tbis
iostY Ii you know ID, aud the public
do not, 1t is your duty as a citizen 10
poiat 1T out. To fail in this is to fail
In the duty the good citizen owes 10
the State. From the moment Won
knew 1t, IT was your duty as q citizen
To show 1t up so that the leak might he !
stopped. III you have not done SO be. |
Iore, yon are wanting in public spirit !
Al you do so now without facts, proofs. |
you are furnishing weapons to DESTROY
the party that nominated Won. giving
strength to the party OF infiationists
and repudiators.
Again. you say 1.-The policy of retir.
ing the United States interest bearing
NoN-TAxABLE bonds has always been
maintained and steadily pursued by
the Republican party, and was incor-
porated into the very law which Great
cd the greenback currency" Why do
you say this funding policy has been
steadily pursueds" Do You not know
that yont assertion is not founded on !
fact? Ii you do not know r. Won car
easily discover your error by readino
the act of March 8, 1863, on page 200
OF the twelfth volume Of the United
states Statutes at Large. That law
reads thus: And the holders ~ J
United States notes issued under and
Uy virtue OF said (greenback) acts shall ,
present the same for bonds on or be.
lore the first day day of July, 1868. and
thereafter the right SO 20 exchange the
same same shall cease aud Determine {" :
therefore the funding of notes into
hoh-tahabie bonds, or into any kind of
bonds has not "been maintained and a
steadily pursued" by any party. No =
such innding has been done under the
aw ycu quote since July, 1863. Such Il
DeiEg the facts, why do you hinge Ma. v
'ional tongues by asserting Itp Don't 9
Iou know IT Is Just the kind of fodder 81
hey waut for their ficckp Your fol. !, ,'
nlnatlou against funding is rs valns. a'
Die to the political literature of tAI. Ct
Inc as II would be il aimed AZ tbe ! =
.lssouri compromise. No more tl
" do you haste 10 or che pr.oo;'S al
he boy beat the dead dog. ";;nst - "a "
am know there is { punIsbment ~ ~ b.
.eathg' u' aItef II
Another qSestiJn. When 90, -, Y,
gu, tonds--issued to preserve the %
,-oH eA-stence-as usefal for that u ~
"PoSe rs the muskets that drove reb. Is Is
= - ION Atlanta, Shy do you use the tn
l 80 non' '"asDie bonds? Do you IA. ~ ~
:. tuAiuB tho bonds nov outstanding W
oOhIs issued under laws declarino OF
,,ey sheeia be exempt from taxationS nc
ia, Noeid oe repndiation. Have Won VI
az a1fsnt N our platform for that? Do uc
J, "a iaVor law taxing the bonds here. th
yer 70 De lssued? Have you warrant tn
our platform for that? Aud do yon MT
~ known that the Government bor. sh
'Ws money at 4 per cent. becsase the en-
mas are not subject 20 taxation o"
liefeas II would havc 10 pay &. = or SUI
per cent ~ the bonds were subject AZ
taNhtion. Knowing this as Won uo
ast know u, will you point ont how zen
e people would gain anything by tox. hol
8 the bond? IL ID wonld be on no tail
neht to the people 10 tax the bond gre
II they' the people, would lose in. u
'ad OF gain by it-why do You adyo. Ia
Ie ltF l am for cheapening interest retI
you ior making it dear? III Won do the
Vocate such taxation you are OF the we
nsing platform. That platform does ed
iaVor such folly. III You do mot IA. Is u
taxing the bonds why DO Won refer II
IL as policy to be condufnned3 7, say,
: wise pclicy--if IL g a oolicv tbat NOR
es money 70 The :,sJple. il is a nol;' opp
NOV 70 Dc condemned, no matter 'rle'
. q" Is responsible for IL IN IL part
i. wise - issue non-taxable bonds. II PIu'
WISE TO attack them, and thus fat gar
the morbid fancies OF demagooues iavo
e spectacle that, the candidate Of a .erS,
a money convention quoted and an 6oB'
we'd ey agitator kearney. I have give
ghed your words respecting these W Xo.n
lbs with care. You do not saw in SO iou
ny words that Government bonds uop'
nld be taxed, but you leave IL 10 be i nloi'
'rred from the connection in which &u ~
place them, that such is your opin- III,
Is that your opinion2 or is il 80
Il design 10 have one class OF voters - 80,
eve You favor such taxation, and yD.i yDsn
ther class 10 believe you are oppos- oo.a o'a.
20 such taxation7 II such is your h"nn
lgn, It will fail Of its object unless g., Co.
take the temper Of this time, Peo. rSas
now ask candidates what they think ~.
how they propose to work out 49,.
Z thinking. Soft solder" won't s,ats .
this year. The hard money Dem. o,bo,
ICY raised their standard. Will -
z leader aght, desert, or run? He ar
er accepting command fails n = pres
Is true, you do say .N Ter q
yo-S follow;ns poose rp date
'e you do not. Yon h.J;a,'e vords strik
e, but do not believe in r,odm,hne 20 tne mum
nA' " amounts TO odd approyai Was
O'Hi' Point
gam you refer 10 the r-s,,, the e
You say, The adrain;strs,;ppu.'o p.'on Poin,
treasury vas all me t;,aa.;., a.iUn s.iV OF from
", Ti'n This francial plan;r and von or this a
Is n bcst in the nraso,, 80, you the Ia
e na'ionl' Are, the people. 10 in II the
nat you, the Democratic cand;ds,a menta
GOVERNOR are opposed 20 resumn. laws.
III You are not opposed 10 n no en-
DO YOU arraiQn H. -p AID th