, 1879-01-03
His Speech on Resumption
at Farwell Hall.
inheritance Of Public Faith
The Mistake Of 1865.
The Era of Speculation and the
Crash Of 1873.
Process Of Gradual Reoovery-Passage
Of the Resumption ACT.
The Success OF the Measure, and
Its Ultimate Effects.
He Opposes the Abolition Of the National.
Bank Systa1n.

He Opposes the Abolition Of the National
Bank systan.
fhs Ueetlng ADOPTS Resolutions ef Rejaeisg 1t the
Accomplishment II Resumption.
The comparative greatness Of the attendance
las. night At Fsrwell Hsll-at tho speech Of
lien. Jamea A. Garfield, OF Ohto-must have
been ss pleasing to those Of the Honcst-soney
League, under whose auspices the meeting was
held, ~ Il was Indicative Of tho strength Of tho
popular Opposition TO the money lnnacy. With
The mercury laboriDg under the cold aud calm
1elus.on that Ms duty to suffering humanity wan
10 contract Itself as much II possible, when
ou1y feY weather proRnoaticator1 aud specu.
lators we7e therein Interested, II was not 10 10
expected that people would turn out as in tho
bulmy sorine or mild September, even though
the Interest at hand was greater and the att1zc-
tions more tempting. :, 1t "a sufficient to
say that the main floor was nlled-tha
gallery almost empty. The character Of the
aullenca Was beyond reproach. The men
looked sensible and in oarnest. They were not
of the common order. They bad not come out
Of curiosity. They came because they were
intcrcated In the honesty Of tho national cur
rrncy, aud pleased at the restoration OF that
s".,s,ssos
I1ao1 ~. n,,4so,rn v.,a ss.t.d scrstor r.. q,
rts,sa =, tyt.on,.tn. Mai aw.,n ~ ,hr frrttsd
@ c,.tns a nv. IN. 1I,n Wt,l,om Nro,s the pon.
1,,,,,..r. 49, ar,,,,,. - " NtohnI "a AZ,
se,,ade- ] rcnrs,cnt,nc - tbr scerotarr md cba,r-
,n.r ~ IL. Er.c,,tiv. Comro,,tco NJ tho uon-
lns' y. sn e W. n"n = q a,nror o 1u" sna
<,,,..s IL ~ sh,.ncu ~ H. n ", A,iro- ~
stnsar,,aa tnn Prs.,dent of th, Hon..t. Mdnev
% in.r1,e Who m was detained At homo by tbs ssvsri.
" Of Tho weather. hlr. saoreS prtstded aod
introduced Gen. Gnsfeid, prcfacinR the intro
,lrctton with ths rcmarks that the only rerret
be fclt was that the weather W. 10 tnelemsnt
as 10 Keep at nome many people VINO aesleo 10
attend tho meeting. The meeting had been
.al,cd by tho uonestAfonoy League, because
In their belief and IN tho public belief, he
thought, 30 eTeat an eyeos ~ tns fesamp-
fion OF spccte-payment 1sef lapse OK
seventeen years was worthy OF note and
hs,,ot tss. -. cr,.rsncv ~ .hon,d ~ ~ -.
teFe"' ~ Iuo 'ene. ~. soa' ~ .sa sa,,ss
kept 10 eooo laat ue "ho eatnea uno To4.f
an m . wos
that n d,,or,lcred aud dcrauccl currency was
49, ,ar.a - rnra tro,,ht, mi ..ufrrrinv than
INC Cause u mo'o Ho"os0 ,,., a"u WN...
any other ons thing. Dah'ei Meostef mao
given voice to such Views. The speak,
rr took rreat pleasure. he said,
In ,ntrfd,,ctnr 10 those urescnt one than whom
no NJ m ,,ne % was morv W lit to speak UPON tho In,
portaut suhloet--Geu. Gafhe1d,; one o. the
f,smesr fr!cntls Of honest money; 1ouE Nho had
,,wova ma,n,a,ned a conservatives: aafc. lind
49," ..,.,en
urn pos,.'on ~,
ten. unrlleld stamped TO tho iEont Oh tho PLAT
form amid great applause, and spoke Al follows
,Nn. CHAIRMAN AND DFkLLow-C C1r1xrNB: tn.
respn,ptiou OF specie. payments ctoscs the mos
memorablc epoch of. cur history elnce the birtt
Vi Tic Union. Eighteen hundred and slxty-out
and ls7V arc the opposite shores Of that turbu
.lent aea whose s,orms SO seriously tlsrcatonot
the lie of thc nation, But the horrors ant dan
GERS oi the middle ppssagc hare at latt been mas
tered aud, out OF tho night and tempest, til,
Rrnullltc has IauEed on the shore OF this nov
and peace.
We have met tonight to celebrate the close o
tho War. Mattlcs arc never tho end Of war, to
The dead must bo buried and tho cost Ut tho con
The Union inen Of 1901 enlisted for tho scho'
War. They served on the fiuEl Of batt1e Until
the last Rebel flag vent down IN surrender
unt sst sIays wns ree al
last OF the seeding Statca re-tntered the circ!
of the Union; they served ID tho public council
until the pcrtls OF our foreign rclatious wcr
ended by honorable arbitration; they hay
aerved during tho fierce trials Of tho publt
faith; mud Ihey will not be mustered out unit
the egual rights of Ill cttikens Arc acknowledge
and secured; until the pension Of the last liSs
tiled soldier Of the Union IL faithfully paid, an
the last War OBLIGATION Of the Government
honornby redeemed.
II tho resumption now declared hv Law b
maintained agatnst Ill assaults, then. indeed, :
Tar a. our finances are concerned, tue War fo
this Union 10 ended; the victory 10 complete.
WIN our great sovereign, tue peoptc Of a
these Etntes. niake the dccree irtcvor1tblut vi
resumption be uatntatncdf
Relieving that, In thu long run, tho mature
and dr1lhrrnfn Judgment rf thfa n1tJnn "a hna,
unl Intelligent, / answer, Yes,"lt viii I
rnaint aiued; aud for two reasons: Flrat, bccsna
national honesty, good government, and tt
prosperity Of all our ycoplc demand It; ant
second, Gccausc we arc able to tnslutaln Il. Ii
delcnse Of these positions will be The theme