New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1878-11-10


and those who deal with them are rad,
to feel that there is 6 control But Whaa
you come TO value, the measure is By IL
interchangeability. You may not can j
redeeming. II is the interchaneeabisit
of value for value, and no people. esDt-
cially no people possessing direct poFgsv
over their government as our peupla
possess-no people made up Is chr per
pie are, by the laboring men from Oao
end of the social scheme TO the other, via
out privileges, without exemptions, viii
entire equality, except SO far as the VIE
issitndes Of opinion and the arrangement
Of Providence produce orpermit Unequal
ities-no such people will ever expos
their liberty to be measured by an aSbit,
rary system that is not measured itself b.
labor. The laborer takes the gold coin
or the paper that is interchangeable With
it, simply knowing that there Is 80 mnch
gold, SO much paper that is the equiya-
lent of gold, and that it is valuable,
Why, have seen it stated by cOmpe
tent authority that in this whole country
there are at all times due one hundred and
twenty million dollars in wages. Do you
suppose that that creditor class, the eaaa.
ers of wages, are going to trust the debt0l
NAsAon1 " bAOAh Vi SnSlCty " l4hAc A20AEI
at their will and pay them off? [Ap
plause. Labor for labor is at the bottpo
of all exchanges of society, whether b
barter or by the intermediation of monsy
whether specie or paper. Now, am vss
willing to trust this people. 1 have neH
seen anybody that should expect to hf
ten to me if talked the doctrines thai
are attributed to the fat apostles and de
irredeenlable unlimited paper promises
never to be performed I have never seea
any such distinction between the intelB-
gence or sagacity, or self-preserYing poB-
ers Of the common people, as they at
called, in distinction from rich peOple
] think the rich people get into quite Is
many scrapes as the poor people, and
don't understand that there is any dangEE
of any portion of our people worshipping
any Of these dreamy theorists Well, sup
posing somebody should preach that Tie
moon is really made Of green cheese, a1G
that nnoonbeams would feed and fatter
just the same as any other form of chesse
How many Of your countrymen do ye'u
think you would see out moonA9h
| nights filling their stomachs with this al
substantial food? Would you count thea.
by millions, hundreds Of thousands, tho
sands, or tens? Now, there is. purpo q
to beguile or deceive or mislead, and 10
gain possession of power under some FAT,
tering or some careless acceptance by the
people Of this or that nostrum. We are
ready and willing to maintain the paper
money that we have always been aecus.
toned to and desire, but we do not intend
that it shall be on the fiat of any NAV o.
any authority Of government, execufiEs Or
congressional. We trust the banks Be
cause their money is good, and by ''gQoiS
we mean incontrovertible, and We
draw trust whenever that confd
removed. 80
And now, gentlemen, allow me
that the Congress of the United Sl
entitled to the best, the worthi1
most patriotic men, who are able
out TO the last point every 81
promised by the Republican party
cially in its bonds or in its
United States notes, or in the bi
that it has authorized and has
by United States bonds. With
ton now, as / understand il We
expect this State to gain, rs
members of Congress, [Ap1a
may hope to secure The lowe
the Legislature to give us Senate
| plause We may be able 10
| great State of New York once ra.a
column of Republican S tsles.
If you do this, if you give tho
the Court OF Appeals, an abla
nent lawyer, your votes, nad
majority of thirty thousand
thousand; if you add to zoe
your Congressman; if you Gu
house Of the Legislature, and
your Republican Senators, nd
say that, however the State SsS ~
it has not been regained to HS
and gAllantly. And, if you DO thai lat
me assure you, for your Judgment aill
concur with me, you need have no 9eEt
that the next President of the IN q
States, whoever he may be, will be St
honest man, lover of his country, al a o
Republican. IApplause.l