The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1879-02-14

Letter h.M Wendell rhtiiips What th~
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Nav nssunasts.

Letter f.,sm W~s,.s.lt rhti,ips What th~
ssrvvut,ark Party tsa~ ssatn~st ami What n
Nav Demands.
Wendell Phillips las written the fol
lowing letter to the New York Herald
4 few lays ago ynn published some
remarks male at The tircenhack Con.
ference In this city. Thu report ~as
correct m far IN II went. Int imperfect
Allow me IL stat. my views little
NOR. definitely.
think the Grccnhaek party. ar the
new finance party. has hesn thus far
uniformly victorious and has gaincd
everything il has asked
|. That party demanded the remon.
citation III silver. II II done. and tho
step IL not likely to he reversed.
!. We claimed that the grccnback
shonld not hc destroyed, but d. re-
issued. Tho Secretary of the Treasury.
who was In his usual chronic state III
Irrplcxity and brwil,lcrmrnt. gla,ll,
submitted 10 this con,pnl~ion, indeed.
welcomed our victory. Thus the dc.
ridcd "rug" the "dishonorcd rag".=is
the national currency to-day, anl likely
tn remain NJ.
4. We asserted that, II the grccnhacks
were made receivable ut the custom
house and for NIL debts due III. Govern
ment coin and grcenhacks would b.
equal III ninety days, and Tint this war
the proper stcp 10 hc taken
For this wc begged, argued aud pe.
titionsd three years ago, Then W se'
ne attention. Now the Secretary. with
out law or authority. Inns ordered this
step to lie taken. an,l Congress IL about
IL sanction whit he illegally did. With.
ont this step resumption would ln i'm.
possible, or extremely dangerous II pos.
sihl.. Without this help resumption
would b. /. failure. When. in March.
1916, argued for such step before
the Boston Board of Trade, the Solo
mons II tlas hody held MP their hands
In holy horror. insisting that the Govern.
ment WAS pledged to thr public creditor
to demand its customs In coin. II villa
very convenient dodge Il plausible
cxense--bnt one easily forgotten tho
moment the Government needed the
help of sucn n measure IA proposed.
That pledge IL the national creditor IL
IN binding to-day ~ il VIM in March,
1876. hut the men who screamed
themselves huarse In lying talk abons
the grccnhnck m Il tlishOnorcd note now
clamor slnt the Government shall break
its pledge to its creditors by receiving
grecnbacks IL the custom house. when
said / would die 4 bachelor. cried
Benedict. Il ,lia not think should live
until Iwere married When ] snid
wonld die n hard money man, csclaims
Sherman, / did not think | should live
IN owe my salvation H. grcenbacks.
With these three victories behind IN
VIZ now advance to the next ontwork ~
the enemy. In the future, m IN tho
past, tho true policy il ~ attack one
thing nj time--ple.lgc the movement
IL only one claim At time. The peo-
ple can attend 10 only one issue III
time. Every unnecessary word in :
platform robs II ~ voters by the thou.
sand. The next point 70 attack II bank
iss,,cs III currency. fnt only one line
on our flag. No State Or national hanks
of issne." Let the Government issue
MI the currency TINT the natioI uses.
/ This claim that the nation shall r..
sumc its sovereignty over the c,,rrcncv.
and not share II. ~ heretofore, with
private con,orationH II debated to-day
and well received In England. All
commercial nations must noon scc itx
| Importance and all frec nations its IL.
i eessity.
Let Journals and conventions discuss
al points ~ freely ~ they please
bonds or no nu,ls: decentralization 81
gold and IL all coin: funding the debt
or paying il in grrenhacks, snd NJ
methods II regulating the amonnt oi
the currency; Int lcs tho party the
movement bc responsible for only this
one claim; nm exclusively national
currency. When that step il gnincd wc
will rally on tho next Planted now On
this one issnc W. shall not Wnit long for
victory i,ut the moment TINT point u
gained tho Republican party aud John
sherman will claim IL ~ their thunder.
let MI good people remember this my
prophecy, and when. few years hence.
they hear the loud party boasts of what
wonders they have done and how much
u. owe them. II viii be seen ] prophc..
sled truly m to their .elf.conceit and
alroit uretensc ~ being themselves vic.
toriors. while they have only been sl,l,
stealing the measures and principles
they have all along denounced.
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