Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-08-09
A Grand Republican Rally at
Chcrryfield.
A M>sTERIY SPEECH III SENATOR CH,Np-
LER OF Michigan.

On the evening of the 9th inst, we were
favored at Cherryfeld with II visit from the
venerable Senator Chandler of Michigan. \
very large and enthusiastic audience greeted
him and listened to a most telling speech by
the Senator who explained the term Fellow
citizen''-claimng to be az much of a fellow
citizen in Maine. as in Michigan. He sail ::
Thatthe republicanpartywh wastwcnty five
years old, had its birth under God for the sal
Walton OF our country. 1t has accomplished
more in that time than any other party had
done in thousand years. 1t has prevented
slavery from entering the territories, liberated
the slaves in the States preservedth the Union.
and redeemed every pledge il has made to the
nation, and yet some say il has lived long
enough and ought to die. If ever party
was prepared TO die, it is the republican par
ty, but we don't propose to die and are not
going to die either, until it is safe for North
ern | MON men to 90 South, into Georgia,
Louisiana, and Mississippi, and talk black re-
publicanism and vote the black republican
ticket, rs it is for Southern rebels to come
North and talk secession.
4 party has sprung up within two or three
years calling itself the greenback party but
they have not the honor of being parent of
that party, for il was born long before, and
said the venerable Senator, when it was
born | was there, and for four long
years acted as wet and dry nurse to the
child, and it was not bern until
our last dollar was drawn from the
treasury. until our credit was gone, and
in that fearful emergency the inquiry was.
what can we do? The people were asked if
al. ia al, tIa, Ia, "a
and the answer came back, anything and
everything, and then the first greenback was
issued, credit was established, the war went
on and the Union was saved.
The bonds. 1t is demanded that we call
them in and stop the interest, and pay in
greenbacks, payable IN nothing and at no flu
ture time. But our bonds are held in Eng
land. France. Germany, Italy and among all
civilized nations. Break our agreement with
them and along the coast of Maine would
come laundering the navies of England. fol-
lowed by the navics of France, Germany,
Italy and other nations, demanding the fulfill
ment of our agreement. But the greenback-
er proposes to step forward and say to these
nations your money is ready for you, and
present them with greenbacks, payable in
nothing at no future time; and the English
bondholder asks what is this? and is answered
money But the bondholdcr examines it and
says, this does not look like money. and it
isn't money, this is not the way we do bust
ness, pay us according to agreement, or we
will lay your cities in ashes, and SO say all the
rest.
The demand is, wind up your National
Banks, but when you do this you deprive the
government of sixteen millions of dollars an
nually for this is the amount paid by the Ma
tional Banks annually into the United States
Treasury.
The party calling itself greenback is com
munistic, and its head is Brick Pomeroy, who
advocated the assassination of President
Lincoln long before that act was committed.