Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-10-09
TIRE CA MPAIGN.
SPEECH OF
HON. ANDREW \. Dill.
DELIVERED AT GREENsBuRG, PENN'A.
SEPTEMBER 25Tn. 1878.

the honest payment of private debts
and the honest maintenance of the
National faith-platitudcs which could
be as plausibly interpreted alike to the
hard money, soft money, and even
communistic voters. The solvent citi-
zen, or Government, he said, that does
rot pay debts, according to the terms
must be dishonest, and no technical
pleading, no cunning sophistry, can
even excuse, much less justify it. The
credit of the Government Is its very
| life and he would destroy il by repudi.
alton, however indirect, is as much its
foe as be who levies war against il ;
and the private citizen who has the
ability to pay, can in no way within
the lines of integrity, repudiate his
debts or any part Of them, even if 1t
were possible TO do it under colorof law.
THE CONSTITUTIONAL STANDARD MONEY.
Ours is Government Of law, and
justice and equity are tho leading at
tributes of our laws. The Constitu-
ton, to which the Democracy has ever
bowed with reverence, has fixed gold
and silver as the standard money OF
the Union, and it is IN accordwith the
accepted theory OF the civilized Govern.
pments of the world. From that stan
dard there can be no departure with
out violence TO law and destruction TO
public faith and public and private
prosperity but the standard money is
not now, never has been and never
will be the chief circulating medium
Of a country so varied in its pursuits
as is ours. Paper currency is indis.
pensable in all countries, and more in
/ dispensable here than IN any other
Nation, because OF the greater individ-
ual energy and thrift of people, In
no other nationality do the people
so generally possess and so freely
use money IN their ordinary ways OF
life as in the United States, and IN no
other nationality is wealth so widely
ditlused and so tickle in its smiles as
mere, where lhteillgehce Is llmi'eu 10
lio o'as', anu nUnoi , ""I I ~ sS"o .a'. "'e
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unsei AMY "pon oul n""ns'a, DnOa"i. Poaty
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VI iii'iliois . u oaileu' l VIZ 49,. . n" a.nr
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so Without 1ccounlao''l'y, VIM. i',
noV lu.ulo ios'uen. ~ n'''''Iso. 49, ~
tnc treasury w ~ Pro,noso Vi n'nuo, ''Ii,
lno ProsPeri'y VI '1o Wo,oa ,,as'9" . 40 '"P'U'''
Ut "'noi''on may u'0'"'o
MONEY TO BE EQUAL IN VALUE TO COIN
In my Judgment there is but one
sound rule by winch TO regulate th'
currency OF the country ltls 10 man
'a'n IL US cqu"i ~ Naiuo "''u svlu ,'n.
sliVer, 'no Oonse''u.'o',ai ,. 'I 'a. e."nua.u - y
lloney W 1' n'a''"'' @ wv ~" IJ' ,'.iiaS ~, !,
oneaPest on'nnels .nIouSn "n'In
e"n rIaoh iVs''in,a.G '..1. ',auoi wv ,I'D, -
~ sV.o'y " w o,.'"na'S s ,Lo na',., y
1no business ,s, i"so,osss M VI 'po ooun''y n /, }
lrreucellnpio c'n PaP'r 10 +" i'o uPo, u. ~
,aoo' iol an ','onoy 0on'","s oli 10 ;"o'
.n1 PEl PiE'i9e ~ pay, "uu ~, ~ a. Po'IJ' nlI
" noai'ny .',sty 'nuust.y wv aI leu'"I'' ."Ia'
ouiiono9 n,"in..''',0u ,..,, a. eIua' .s,a' c,,
wltn tno Consl''u''onii s'apu'iu ,,i u VI u, tn'
Natoh' shoulu oe access'oie III suo'
volume as m 1no vary ,hg ""nts u 'rau'
Iequr9; ino so,unio ~ VI ou. io"s.
snou'u ,I, oo ooy onu . lno oont'o' " s"h, W.
olers anu spoou'".ols, SUN l,'. a. law uo w.
presses al Naiues III d u"y " 'oon,ns "
money, anu wy onu 'no po"or ~ pai =
sail oinG'ais W enip'oy ~ us " i"o,ol y
ponticai campaigns ~ 'no oost Vi III
s'apll'ty anu trust oi ous'nesS'
mREDEEMADLE PAPER AT TIMES NE
cEssITY.
There arc times in the history of al
Nations which sorely try the peopl
and severely test the fixed laws of pub
lie safety. and such caIamitous tides ar,
readily seized upon by the reckless ant
corrupt to inaugurate a reign of licens
in place of the reign of law but, how
ever exhaustively the extreme power
Of Governments must be employed t.
preserve government as the foundation
of order and prosperity, the sanctit,
of ordained authority cannot be sur
rendered without teaching universe
contempt of law. The suspension @
specie pavments has become a suprem
necessity at one period or another il
the history of every Nation. but tn
laws and the peonle have adiuste,
themselves to il until the restoratio,
of prosperous industry and health,
, trade restored resumption Just as
body prostrated by disease is restores
by patiently aiding nature to effect
= cure. England suspended specie pay
ments for nearly quarter ofa ccntur
10 recover from the exhaustion of he
b. war for the overthrow of Napoleon
There were Secretary Shormans il
those days also. who believed tina
tbey could. by a Resumption law, haste
and enforce resumption but they ha
TO recede from their own folly, repea
their own statutes and finally, whe
they did enforce resumption but A littl
in advance of its attainment by th
natural laws of trade. thew pave Ems