The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-10-10
The Republican Cure for Hard Times.

They (the Democracy stand ready to
abandon all the teachings of their great
fathers of Jefferson, Wright, and Jack
son-if it will only give them success.
That, however, is only history repeating
itself. Twenty years ago they bit the
dust to the slave lords, and the RepubG-
can party sprung into power, an organ
lied protest against human bondage
and tonight it is repeating the work OF
1860 in an organized protest against
financial and social ruin AS in classic
story Minerva sprung forth armed from
the brain of Jove, SO in this great ma
tonal emergency the Republican party
comes forth to meet this great national
issue, armed with honor and equipped
with wisdom, to lead its host to victory.
The Republican party is the true in
fation party. They propose to initiate
the currency by an addition to it of
$3.50, 100000 of gold and silver thus Civ
ing the country $900,000,000 of gold,
silver, and paper of the same value, and
restoring us once more to those great
international currents which we parted
from in 1862, and which, again restored
to US, will bring us, according to our
needs, our share of the $4,000,000, of
precious metals in the vaults of the
worlds bank.
The moment we resume specie pay
ments, open flies the door of Sherman's
big vault at Washington, and from it
pours out a golden stream of $200,000,-
900, fertilizing every field, setting in
motion every factory in this great land.
OF this the banks will use $25,000,000
as reserves, and send out $25, 100000 of
greenbacks now held as reserves. The
long agony will end, and the people
again be free. Our balance of trade is
bringing and will continue to bring in
to our shores $250000,OOO per annum
of coin from the Old World. The pre-
tense that we have not coin enough to re-
deem our greenbacks is nonsense.
Money acts as measure of value-a
medium of exchange and a tender for
debts. AS matter of fact, Government
has not even the power to interfere with
either of the first-named qualities. No
Government other than despotism can
compel farmer to exchange his mule
for or to value it in fiat, or any other
kind of money. Why should the Gov
eminent tamper with the third quality
of money when it cannot with the first
and second? Why compel laborer to
receive for his wages what he
cannot compel his grocer and tailor to
receive for his wares except at enhanced
prices. Such interference is direct
tampering with the vital interests of
laborers-to say nothing of the rights of
creditors. The only pretense on which
this can be justified is to feed fat the
ancient grudge of the Democrats against
the creditor classes. ..
We may lose the State of Indiana this
fall Wemay lose Ohio and half dozen
other States, but the cause of honest
money cannot and will not be lost. An
honest dollar is as sacred as a soldiers
grave, The clouds may obscure the
sun, but the sun, in the end, will ap-
pear. The magnificent drama OF the
seasons will not be interrupted by fogs
OF mists. Our antagonists in the pres
ent are sure to fail, and fail because they
are in the wrong. Their plea is essen
TALLY the old slavery plea. It is the
plea of dishonesty. 1t is the plea of
Communism. [ have no fear of it. Let
us, then, go forward. Let us deal out
the bread of truth and the lead of facts.
Let us make ourselves all strong. Our
success can no more be delayed when
the proper hour and moment arrives
than the tides of the morning sunrise
Hon d. P. BaldaUi1o, at Newcastle, Ind.