Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-12-18
Seven DAYS Later

after the manner of frogs the world
over, in fables and out of fables.
Weaver undertakes to whoop it up
for the country by introducing in the
House bill proposing to pay oil SOL
diers and sailors who served during
the war of the rebellion on the gold
basis. He assumes that the United
States promised gold to soldiers and
sailors as much as to bondholders.
and since the nation has promised TO
pay gold to the latter it ought in jus
tice, to pay gold to the farmer. So
be proposes in the case of each indi
vidual to estimate the difference be
tween the market value aud the par
value 10 gold if greenbacks of the
date Of each payment, and pay such
difference out of $500. 100000 of
greenbacks, to be issued for that pur-
pose.
A pretty 8 heme it is and one well
planned TO make mischief, but a pa
per now before me disposes OF it by
knocking it fairly and squarely in the
head, as follows:
There may be people who can be made TO
believe by this presentation Of the subject
tina, the soldiers aud sailors have been grew
ously wrouged, or else that the bondholders
have been greatly overpaid But intelligent
men will remember that the paw Of soldiers
and sailors was increased during the wsr for
the reason that the currency was deprecated
They will also remember that large bounties
were paid for the same and other reasons
They will also remember that a very large
proportion OF the men we're enlisted after the
passage OF the legal tender act, and with a
full and perfect understanding that they were
TO be paid in greenbscks. Finally, they will
remember that the men received the pay
without protest, thereby acquitting the gov
eminent Of all further liability on account oil
regular pay.
/ The case OF the bondholders was very diff.
| frrent. They bought the bonds, except Ger
tain issues which were made convertible into
| coin bonds, upon the understanding that they
4 were TO be paid 10 coin. and the bonds were
! constantly quoted IN market with reference
/ TO their supposed value in coin. In the case
of the bondholder, the nation has done a.
I much but no more than il agreed to do, anC
/ the consequence is that its credit Is second tC
that Of no other nation iii the world In the
case of the soldier and sailor, the nation ha!
certainly not erred on the side of dishonesty
/ it has been as honest as the circumstance:
would permit, and TO make good the depreci
alioa of its n1tes it has acted more hberall,
than any other nation ever did. 1r. Weaver
attempt 10 excite prejudice against bondhold
era will prove dismal failure.
This is convincing, and will settl,
the miserable matter III the minds o
the majority OF the best people ii
Grant county-that is Of the vas
multitude who regularly read aud ar,
Influenced BY the solid and conserv
alive old HERALD
About the first Of j auuary the Cou
rier OF this city will 90 into perna
nent quarters in the We1zel block
the rooms chosen being those form
er!y occupied by the postoffice A
good location The Courier is prac
ticalIy, the only paper in the city o.
in the county either, for that matter
and is making money. Is is a goot
newspaper being in this communit,
and county what the HERALD is il
its community and county. Every
body reads it, and when any one has
anything of importance to say TO thu
public he ia sure TO say it in the col
umns of the Courier. Of course Mr.
Merrell is the editor in Chief, anc
edits every line and paragraph tina
goes into the paper himself; though
has a faithful, painstaking and wei
qualified assistant.-one who ha
been sin the harness" this many
long year and who knows how to Sc
his literary light TO shine that his de
partment of the paper gives offens,
to nobody. The Courier, in brief, il
solid with everybody and the prob
abilities are that the said solidity vii
continue go long as the present man
agement holds sway. If there ar,
any Democrats in Grant county VIII,
wants q good local Democratic pa
per, tell them to send for the Courier
Last week Prof. Oehlschlager-no
the author of the best German Eng
llsh Dictionary in use, but one of III,
old and faithful Mondell House at
tdches-took possession of the Mon
deli billiard rooms and began doing
business for himself He has give,
the place a thorough overhauling ,auC
II now looks as neat and clean ant
fresh as any place of the kind 20,
ever saw. Maybe Henry couldn'
get up German English dicnonar,
without some assistance, bat be car
set M the seductive sour-mash a
beautifully as anybody, and on occa
sion can sing like lar, somewha
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