Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-08-29

the whisky ring, for which he had already dona
service, and for some Of the land grabs, one Of
which he had voted for when in Congress
Financial Record.
FIRST FOR HARD nosEY.
The bill authorizing the FIRST issue of $50, &c.,
DOC of treasury notes Afterwards called Agceen-
backs" was introduced on the 3Oth of December,
1861, by Mr.. Spaulding, and on February G. 1856,
came up for passage, and passed, Mr.. voorhees,
voting against it-Giobe, page 695-yeas 80,
nays SO. He admits in his siiver-bilI speech, in
January of this year. and in his South Bend
speech. that che doubted the right to issue such
money, and he and his party denounced it and
ridicu3ed without measure till after the Federal
Supreme Court had sustained il as q "wsr meas
ure." Even then he and they gave the decision
no respect; no more, he says, than Republicans
gave the bred Scott decision,r and he used to ex-
piece as "real money" and ten-dollar green
back as abolition money" He and they spoke
foDdly of the good old Democratic money"
WANTED TO CONTRACT PAPER CURRENCY.
In 1865 Mr.. Voorhees, sustained resolution in
the House demanding return to specie pay
ments-but he is terribly alarmed at resuIn,s-
ton now, though it has been practically at
work to some extent for six month";
and contraction Of the legal-tender currency,
and pledged himself Ito vote for laws that
would bring that result to pass as soon as posi-
ble."
PAYING SOLDIERS IN GREKNBAcKs - REPUDxA-
rION.
In his opinion on the National Debt page
293 of his volume of speeches, edited by G. W.
Voorhees,, he says:
THE party to which I belong has alw.ye eiersed
in, tie f1ox fkxx<<z
tracts" But 1t broke the Missouri contract breks
the contract for the interest Of Indianas debt and
has tried to break the contract government
bonds. He was not In favor Of regulating
halt OF the pay of the soldier and sailor when Il
done during the war by compelling them TO Jake de-
preoated paper instead Of the contract price for their
perilous services"
Now this deprecated paper" which wa
'half Republication" once, is the best of money,
and he demands that it shall never be replaced
by anything else!
CUSTOMARY coNs,sTENCY-TRADE DOLLARS ps-
MoNETIzRD BIZ DEMOCRACY.
It would take a volume to contain all that
Mr.. Voorhees, has said In the last five
backs and the imitation of paper cur
rency. 1t is enough to say, and he admits
himself, and everybody knows, that bo
has turned squarely upon his former opinions
and the traditional faith of his party. He voted
that greenbacks should not be received for Gus
toms or paid as interest on the governments
bonds-SS to % was the vote on concurring IN
this amendment of the Senate, Mr.. VOORHEES,
voting to ooncur-and now he demands that
both interest and principal shall be paid an
greenbacks. lSee fourth demand of slver-bu
speech, page % He voted for specie pay
ments In 1865, and now he declares that the
resumption act, reduced currency, and the mers
fear of specie payments, have left 1900, 900 Of
working people out of employment to tramp
and beg. (S1ver-bill speech, page i6.)
He den0unces contraction as the canse Of pcv-
erty and suffering. though there has really been
an expansion OF currency in enhanced value and
purchasing power, in the last i've years, Of
about $50, oo0, 900, and though be voted for con-
traction about the close of the war. He do
nounces the decentralization of silver "a "ths
most awful crime in all its consequences, against
human society,"" because it is "a destruction Il
money! tSpeech Of January 18th, in sensse
lence and famine all Cow from the act of gov
eminent violently tearing from the hands Of the
'laboring masses the money they so much need"
Same paper.)
"The Secretary Of the Treasury also informs ~
that since tho trade dollar authorized It has be
coined TO the larg0amount of $50, ITO. 400 mainly
to meet this and other foreign demands for silver
money 1t Is true, however that he further stnSos
that the export demand for the trade dollar has now
almost il not quite ceased tits not strange tha. this
should be So when this government has done sll h
its power to dishonor it at home; first limiting -
legal tender to the insignificant sum Of five dcarg
and Fastening soon afterward to strip it of this
small badge of responsibility"
THIS CUTS HIS OWN THROAT NEATLY AND DREPLY
-GOvERNMENT BONDS.
As elsewhere noted, he voted on the 10th If
July, 1861, extra session, for the first issue Of
$3.50, 600, 600 of bonds, 500. 100000 to be nego-
tiated abroad, if deemed best, and but one man
voted against it. These bonds were not to 10
taxed, nor the interest paid in anything but
coin. This was the contract Yet the man whs
says "his party is the party of good faith %
laws and contracts" now demands that cur
rency circulated in the authority of govern
ment shall be made legal tender in the pay
ment OF all debts, public and private, inolad-
ing dues to the government" (Silver-biu
speech, p. ~ By way OF climax to this
whimsical twisting, it may be noted that this
hees's demand for the payment of govern
ment dues in currency" They did not mean to
let currency got equal to gold by the natural
operations of trade if they could help it, and -
they declined to yield to Mr.. Voorhses's piaintive
appeal for 1.-The people. who have at last turned
upon their oppressors" They would Jake Cur.
rency for customs, but not for per cont
bonds
The following extract from the sisver-bH
speech is rs thoroughly coipmunistic and Molly
Maguirish in spirit and purpose as anything
that Kearney or Schwab ever said here, a
Proudhon or Eufantn in France 1t is only IN
expanded form of Proudhons doctrine, prop
erty is robbery 1t makes the capitalist .
mere plunderng drone, and the laboring uaa
his victim. This is mean and mslicicus ~ 6
is a conspicuous lie, but it shows the mans pur-
poses:
Two classes have existed in every ago Of history
on the question money All such ~ pillow. SOW aud
reap; who spin, weave. and make merchandi.s Gag
SALE who construct railroads build ships and fru19
cities; ali such as are In any way pushing on The
of progress and material development and who
desire to keep their capital whatever it may be- sud
IL of a fhr hora a1n1