Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-08-14

what would Mr.. Thomas Ewing uId uo u
h., some misfortune be should Oe
Governor of ONO IF 1879 Mr..
E1tviDC made many speecnes III niS s't;r,, Svs;co'
+ one of them he said ne eASolIIlOn S ~
1.t .e tJ,e Resumption law involves nagranL
u ,io-- ~ y Therefore If Mr.. Ewing is an
honest and sincere man, as we DeleYe /
him to be, if he should become Governor
nf ohio. he would use all his personal in /
9nenee of his high Office to put stop to
the execution of the Resumption law
This stoppage would effect suspension
of specie payments and the restoration of
the paper dollar standard.
Mr.. Ewing further said: can admin
istration representing the interests of the
people viii issue greeHbacks in place of
the national bank notes, pay of at par
such of the bonds as can justly be paid
with greenbacks, and buy such as cannot
be so paid with the new greenbacks in
the open market Governor Ewing
therefore would use all his influence to
| abolish the national banks; to issue sever
/ al hundreds of millions ofdollarsin green
backs to take the place of the bank notes;
to issue further number of millions equal
to the whole amount of the national debt;
to use these to pay off bonds which are
due and to buy the remainder.
Mr.. Ewing further said; illegal ten
der notes may be issued in peace as well
1 as IN WAR. NTONEfEOE EWlfI2 therefore
would use all his influence to commit the
government to the doctrine of perma-
nent paper currency, to make the green
back the lawful money of the country and
the measure of value, and to put the vol
ume of the eurreneY and the prices of all
articles of commerce at the mercy OF
knaves or lunaCics who might secure a
majority in Congress.
Mr.. Ewing further said: although
, an early return to specie payments was
in the platforms of both parties in 1872,
: never made a speech in that canvass in
l which did not spit upon that plank ot
{ the platform" Governor Ewing, there
q fore, would use all his influence to pre-
u vent the introduction in the natiOna
, platform of his party in 1880 of such al
e object of expeetOration, to keep out re
sumption plank and to put in plank EN-
IS bodYing his own views ofspecie payment
and the currency.
We have used no words of our own Il
If describe the financial principles of Mr.
n Ewing. We have simply allowed him t.
N speak for himself. What we have pre-
a dieted that Governor Ewing would do i
, not only a fair but an unavoidable con
le elnsiOn as to the action of man VIII
e holds his opinions and who is an homes
and sincere man. TO say that he WOul'
n' not do these things is to say that he isnO
1T honest in his profession of principles or
o not sincere in his efforts to make hi
,e principles effectual. But it may be ask
r ed, What can the Governor of Ohio do t
n further these financial notions? Itis yer
of true that the currency and kindred queS
m tions are settled at Washington that tn
to laws relating to them are passed by Cor
n gress and not by state Legislatures. BIT
D. a great state may exert some influence
III Washington upon Congress In the settle
Is. ment of these questions. The GOvernC
n of state may be influential to that en-
10 A victorious party in a state may be pov
Mt erful In the same direction. The mel
he election of Mr.. Ewing wOuld strengthe
r. and encourage the paperinfiationists al
the repudiatOrs everywhere.
In view of these facts, tits hard enOug
,s. for an eastern hard-mOney Democrat
aequiesce with patient silence in the su
cess of Mr.. Ewing. To ask him to co
tribute to it is to ask too much on Il
strongest party ground. 70 suppose tn
he will form an alliance with Mr.. EWil
and expect to retain the confidence of /
Il hard-money associates in the East is pr
- posterOus.-Ne York Post.