The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1879-07-31
Secretary Sherman al Lewiston. Me-

LEWISTON, Me-, July 24.-This evening
Secretary Sherman addressed an audience Of
5000 people, from all parts of Androscogg in
county. C. j. Baker presided. 1t was one
of the largest meetings ever held here, hum
dreds being turned away. Mr.. Sherman
first directed his remarks to q reply to cues
lions propounded by Portland democratic
paper. The first twelve of these questions
related to dispute which had occurred in
Congress during the past ten years, as to
whether the bonds of the United States
should be printed by private bank-note
company or the bureau of printing. This
matter, he said, was not decided by the
Treasury Department, but by Congress.
The remaining sixteen questions related to
what is called the Glover committee. APP
pointed by democratic House to explore
the Treasury Department to see if anybody
had stolen any money. Every facility was
afforded Mr.. Glover, and after all his work
was over he did not find that anybody had
taken any money belonging to the United
States, and he (Mr. Sherman) was glad to
say that for the past three years not dollar
of the public money has been lost or wasted
in the department. Mr.. Glover made re-
port. He did not find that anybody had
stolen any money, but he found there has
been some Irregularities from time to time
committed in the department several years
ago. They found one honest, fairminded
man, DR.. Linderman, and he democrat,
and they bounded him into his grave upon
what honestly believe was false and un-
founded charge. The report was made to
democratic House, and. though some demo-
Gratis were drawn into the meshes, the house
decided that it was not wosth the cost of
printing.
Mr. Sherman then discussed the currency
question and criticised the greenback doc
trines of fat money and its necessary result,
irredeemable millions of paper promises.
He asked members Of the democratic party,
which he said, if it was anything, was always
a hard money party, an honest debt-payng
party, if they would follow after such blind
gods as these to get into power? Why not
leave sucha camp and join the republican
party? Jackson boosted that he paid off the
national debt in 1885. He believed in hard
money. The republican party stand on that
platform now, but where are the Jackson
democrats They are following after the |
blind leaders OF the blind. To his greenback |
friends he would say i've have done what
You desired us to dog we have got these |
notes up TO par with coin. We use these |
notes in paying the bOndholders as well as |
the laborers. You now have plenty of green |
backs, all you ever had. You have plenty |
of money, more than ever before, and be- |
sides you have gold and silver. What more
do you want? All your propheses have
been proved false, and the time has come |
when men should detach themselves from |
their party organizations and pursue the path |
Of duty, honor and right" Mr.. Sherman
then briefly summed up the good results of
and closed as follows;
"There are battles OF the future which eff
faoEr n hOr,
all the money questions that [ could discuss. |
There are questions of the immediate future
that rise above money and bonds, above-pro-
perty and profit. There is the safety and
supremacy of the national government, |
which is again called into dispute by che We
~ men who managed the war against us
four years; for doctrines which preceded |
civil war, the very doctrine OF State rights
which led to war and caused the loss OF blood
md treasure to an extent for which there is
10 parallel. They are again coming up for
discussion and decision. You cannot avoid
hem. An honest grcenbacker to-day told
ne that, while he had some doubts on the
yreenback question, be had become alarmed
1t the danger of the Southern question. |
ell you it is upon us. The solid South is
made solid by terror and violence. cannot
describe or depict the condition of the four
'r five millions ofhuman beings we eman-
, ated, who are now held in such terror and
ii olence that they are practically deprived of
he elective franchise. All that the
old South wants is a few more people in
he North on any kind of an issue to act
With them, and then, through their caucus,
hey can rule and govern this country as
hey tried to through civil war. The impor-
ant question OF the future was the question
# Southern domination.