The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1879-06-13
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In the course Of the debate in the House
upon the coinage bill last Friday, Mr.. o.
Turner, of Kentueky-wh il will he re-
membered, lately protested that he was
not Mr.. I. Turner OF Kentucky, aud who
should not, consequently, be COMPOUNDED
with I. Turner, though they do seem to
be 'as like "a two peas called attention
to another Republican outrage, perpetra
ted also with hayoaets, which is really
more shocking than the manner in which
they have used bayOnets At the polls. ..
Turner, who, by the way, is in favor of
unlimited greenbaoks aud calling 81 cents
dollar, made the following blood curd-
ling revelation: "Why, Mr.. Speaker,
said he, ''whO first created the greenback
currency and declared it q legal tender,
with unjust exceptions in favor of the
bondholders aud the Government 1t
was the Republican party They not only
did that, but forced Democrats 20 take II
40 the point Of the bayonet and under
threats of guard houses in kentucky, and
| suppose elsewhere Unless o. Turner
is fooling with cur finer feelings with an
empty figure of speech, this is 81 state Of
things that demands immediate attention
and redress.
The spectacle Of n brutal aud tyranui-
cal republican Government forcing green
backs upon Kentucky Democrats at the
shocking than the picture Mr.. Thurman
drew the other day Of the swelteTing New
York repeater, or The other picture made
so familiar by Democratic orators aud
newspapers, Of United States troops
standing guard over the ballot box and
blowing from the muzzles Of cannons
Democrats who Rad undertaken TO ex-
ercise the rights Of citizens. .. Turner
gives us but few bold strokes, but he
makes picture that hangs over them all.
We take II upon ourselves TO say that he
- wrong IN assuming that green backs
we're forced upon Democrats else here
than il Kentucky at the point of the
oayonet We are confident that this ex-
erciso Of tyranny was confined 10 Ken
lucky. And we venture to say further
that If it had ever been known elsewhere
that Kentucky Democrats we're suffering
this crowniug outrage Of a despolic gov
eminent, there are thousands of lion
hearted Democrats all over the country
who would have rushed 10 their assistance
and molly shared their hardships, even
though they were unable to rePej the as
sault II must have been from motives
oF pride that the Kentuckiaus kept this
terrible state of affairs so long concealed.
Rather than call up their fellow Demo
Gratis for aid. they have submitted to this
usurpation and allowed greenbacks TO be
forced upon them at the point of the
bayonet.
And this no doubt accounts for the fact
that when Henry Wattcrson called for
100 600 Keutuckians to come to Washing
ton and rescue the Government, not more
than niuety-fve to ninety -ht thousand
responded. The rest were writhing IN
der the hayonet of the oppressor which
was being used to stick greenbacks Of
various denominations into them. And
yet o. Turner wants more greenbacks.
We confess we do not quite understand o.
Turner. 1t may be that he likes green
backs in themselves well enough, but
does not like TO have them forced on him
al the point of the hayonet. Perhaps he
is like The man into whose bosom an over
jealous waiter fired a dish of soup; he
did not object so much to the soup as to
the way they served it II the Kentucky
Democrats don't want their greenb back
at the point of the bayonet-and there
do seem TO be objections to that method
of distributiou-O. Turner ought to tell
the country how they would like to have
them served n. Y. Tribune.