Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1879-06-12
Ewing aRd Rice.

to construct platform for Gen. Ewing
TO stand upon. He is the living moving
declaration of all that is unsOund, un-
wise, and dangerous in finances. In this
respect he is the equal of Gen. Cary. In
point of ability he is his superior. Gen.
Rice, the candidate for the second place
on the ticket, is also an inhatiOnist, but
less radical, perhaps, than Gen. Ewing,
his conservatism, whatever it may, be-
ing attributable to the fact that he has
something to lose, while his unsound-
ness may be traced to desire for polit-
ical preferment rather than to loss of
common business sense.
The nominations antagonize all the
sound money Democrats of the country,
East and West, North and South, rs they
do also the aneieut record of the Demo-
cratic party, and as they do also the
greatest financial success in the history
of nations.
In 1864 the Democratic party met in
national convention at Chicago and pro-
nOunced the war a failure. That hap
pened when our armies were marching
to final victory. The war soon thereafter
proved success, and the party that ar
rayed itself against the success suffered
as all parties suffer under like circum-
stances. 1t was Overwhelmingly defeat
ed and at the same time disgraced.
Learning nothing from experience, the
Democrats Of Ohio fifteen years later
pronounce our financial achievements
failure, and array themselves against a
success. 1t is not question now wheth
er the finances of the country shall be
placed upon specie basis. This point
has already been reached. That which
the st. Louis Democratic Convention of
1876, in spite of Gen. Ewing's eloquent
appeals. demanded-viZ. +: the resumption
of specie payments-has been accom-
plished the best currency system in the
world has been maintained and perfect
ed; every paper dollar in existence is
equal to coin; the credit of the govern
ment is fully as good as that of the most
favored nations Of the world. All this
is an accomplished fact. Yet tits against
this success the Democratic party of
Ohio, in the nomination of Ewing. ar
rays itself, and this, too, within less than
six months of the time when specie pay
ments were resumed without ripple.
The blunder of 1864 was not modified,
although that was their intention, by
nominating military failure as the
candidate for the Presidency; but even
this much is not attempted now. In this
case Ewing is the platform, and the
written declaration of principles could
not change the issue if it would. 1t is
worthy of note, too, that the candidate
chosen to instruct the people in this re-
gard is himself financial wreck, and it
is this skeleton in the closet that put into
his head that concentration of foolish
ness known by the name of the Ohio
Idea. Gen. Ewing would turn back the
hands of the clock. He would force the
country back to 1865, at the close of the
Democratic rebellion, when the paper
dollar was largely deprecated, because
the government was not able to redeem
its promise, and because there were
doubts whether it would, within the life
of generation, be able to redeem that
promise; when values were inflated and
unsettled; when spectators like Gen
Ewing rushed headlong to that ruin
which has since overwhelmed them
when the paper dollar was worth sixty
cents of its face; when the workingman
paid inflated and travagant prices fol
everything he consumed; when prudent
business men looked forward with feal
and trembling; when enterprises of al
kinds were rocked on the pillows of that
distrust which necessarily results from
an unsettled, unsound, and unsatisfac
tory financial basis. All this Gen. Ew
ing would have over again. He could
not, even if he had his way, recover the
wrecks that resulted from return tt
sound financial principles, but he would
surely lay the foundation for a new anC
equally abundant crop of wrecks in tht
immediate future. His policy, if adopt
ed, would set the country back in all it
industrial interests as far as he proposes
to turn back the hands Of the clock.
But, fortunately, the people are wisel
than their leaders. The latter have
learned much in practical way, while
the former have been constructing, o.
trying to construct. an issue upon whicl
to carry, an election. The leaders seen
to forget that resumption in prospec
was very different question from re
sumption accomplished. The great mas
of the people are now satisfied, and thos'
who think they can be persuaded to turl
back-to give up convertible pape
money of fixed value for an incOnverti
BILE paper money of fluctuating and uu
, certain value-are very much mistaken
1t will require the October election t.
bring Gen. Ewing to realize fully tn
magnitude of his blunders. and to appre
ciate fairly the vast amount of common
, sense to be found among the people.
The ticket and the platform, as it j
brought in contact with the great ma
, tional financial success, will be dashe'
, to pieces.-[Cin. Gaz.
In France one-half the people or full
nineteen million LIVELY agriculture. Tha
country has 1,s15,O00 farms under te1
acres in extent, and 100000 acres ar
owned by $4,000 people. There are hun
l dreds of thousands of so-called Ian
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