The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1879-06-13
JUDGE BOONE.
The Late Member of Com
greSs from first District
UnhObbIes the GTeenbackC Can
dIdate G0r governor.
Democracy and the Financial Qucs
tiOn.

The Princeton Banner, makes an article
giving an account Of the opening OF the
Greenback canvass by Judge Cooki nomi-
nee for Governor, at Marion, Crittenien
county. before a vast cOne0urse OF people
and how Judge Boone "hspPened in and
captured the crowd. We make the fol-
lowing extracts:
A glance at him will convice any man
that he is q gentleman HIS face and
countensnce indicate Kindness OF heart
and purest benevolenee. His general ap-
pearance show that be is man of fair
culture, and his demealer on the stand
eviac The fact that be is lot dems
xOgue or a political bushwhAeker. He Is
conscientious in his belief. he piously
believes what be breaches, aud ne earn
estly pleads for converts 10 his doctrine.
He is a man Of low stature, round 0nd
plump physique, thin light hair, with q
decided leaning toward badness, aud IL
long, flowing. sandy beard.
Csndor requires US TO say that Judge
Cooks speech, which occupied nearly two
hours in delivery, was we'll received sa4
I was a strong presentation Of his party
cause. He was handsomely applauded as
he bowed himself from the stand
Judge Boone's appearance on the stand
was greeted with a round Of applause. He
1
| don to render an account Of his steward
ship while in the late Congress, ami be
was rejOiced at the opportunity 10 defend
the record of the Democrats party
party which for fifteen long and weary
years of struggle had block sded the
way that leads to centrsn9aetoa and
the destruction of the peoples party
whose record Was made and known of all
men who would read IT. party that had
proved itself friend Of the people; .
party whose leaders had gathered around
them popular majority OF more than 8
quarter Of q million OF voters Of this coun
try. He likened the Democratic party to q
grand old snip that had been out on e
tempestuous voyage for long years, whose
cargo was the dearest ship ever bore. and
just as she was in sight of land, with
flags flying and the hearts of the crew
hopeful Of successful landing, notwith-
standing the powerful efforts Of her enc
mics to keep her out at sea, It was as
founding TO him that any man should sp-
pear and call upon her officers and ere"
to get out into a-canoe.
He welcomed On examination OF the re-
cord of the Democratic party on the h
nancial question. he was resdy 20 sho"
by the record that his party had opposed
all this financial legislation Of which the
well denounced. He was ready to show
that the Democratic party all through the
period intervening between 1900 anu 1879,
had been on the side of the people The
first greenback act Of Congress IS dated
in 1861 The Democrats opposed 1t, be-
cause il was unconstitutionsl. The act
made greenbacks legel tender IN pay
ment for all debts, private as well
as public. The Constitution says
that nothing but gold and silver shall be
a legal tender, that is between man and
man. The Democrats have never opposed
the idea that greenback should De made
receivable by the Government In pay
ment of its own dues.
The first bonds issued were the l0-l0s.
They we're payable in coin, snd all had
been redeemed. The next were the 5-20s,
/ of which there were sixteen millions.
They were payable in lawful currency i,
e. greenbacks. A proposition 10 tax all
was made by Samuel J. Randall, Demo-
crat. On this the vote was as follows:
For il: sixty-th Democrats and eight
Republicans; against it; not single
Democrat, but seventy seven Republicans
all in the House. 1t never got to the
Senate. This was in 1862. In this vote
were the Democrats on The side Of the
people? On the bill to set up the nation
Al banks the vote was as follows, in both
houses combined
For it. five Democrats and ninety-six
Republicans; against IL, fifty four Demo-
Gratis and thirty one Republicans show
ing that the Democratic party as party
opposed the national bank system. On
the act of 1859, converting the gree back
bonds into coin bonds, aud thereby in
Teasing the debt about $500, 600, 600, the
CON bIned vote of the two houses was as
follows: For il, one Democrat and l2e
Republicans; against it, every Democrat
save one, end nineteen Republicans. In
this matter was the Democratic marty for
or gaiust tho people2 In 1853 another
proposition to tax the bonds was made
in the House by Democrat. and on il
the vote was: For it, thirty-niue Demo
Gratis aud not a single Republican; against
1t, not single Democrat and l34 Reauo
iicans. In 1870 the act to fund to ,ut
standing bonds was passed, the pu1p5se
for which was to fasten forever on the
the people the debt of the Goyernment as
q coin debt, and on il the vote in the
House was: For it, not one Democrat,
but lS9 Republicans; against il, fifty
four Democrats aud only two Repubii-
cans. In June, 1879. Randall a Demo-
crat, offered in the House q bill 20 issue
$500, 100000 additional Greepbaeks and
retire same amount of national hank paper
and on this bill the vote stood. For il.
forty one Democrats and ten Republicans;
against il, two Democrats and los Re-
publicans. In the same mouth. Morgan,
a Democrat, offered q bill to the House 10
issue S40O, 100000 greenbacks. and make
them all legal tender, and retire same
amount of National bank paper. On this
the vote stood: For it, thirty.four Demo-
Gratis and one Republican; against il,
three Democrats and ll9 RennbIicans.
On the resumption law bill the vote in
both houses combined stood: For IL. not
one Democrat, but los Peuublicans;
against il, every single Democrat in Con-
gress, and only twenty four Repu blicans.
just as soon as the Democrats got con-
troll Of the House (ls76) they repealed
The resumption law by vote Of: For it,