The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-09-04
SHERMAN REVIEWED:

d, NHERMANa4 REVIEWED.
sttiioI & pisAIllll -Qi 21L.sh ssai I
Sam. Carey the eidq dent Greenbac
4 orstbrs delivered speech upon th
d political Z Issues of the csmpsign q
S4eubeuvflie,g = on the sevehihg OF II
t2lst OF August, q large portion .
tlsvoSed to a review OF itha
pars OF thesteech of Secretary '4heI
man irelsfins 70 finance delivered Il
that city the evening previous. iUpol
that subject General Carey said;
:. Mr.. sherman last evening pro
nounced q glowing .eulogy upon. th
Republican party, and especially upol
its finsncial sehievmepts, its resump
ton policy, and the resul lting lspceess
With all bis assnmed fairness in state
mept and plausibility in argument
which were we'll calculated to .mislest
and deceive, those familiar with histo
ry and who have watched the .curren
events of the last fifteen years will b,
able to detect = want Of fairness ani
candor in his statement and OF sound
ness in his arguments.
He alluded with q vein of irony Il
the predictions Of the ,professedly
WISE of the dire calamities which
would befall the country by the con
traction and resumption policy, and
pictured in roseate colors the success
which had followed every step taken
by the Republican party, showing ina,
the prophets had been false. He could
not have alluded to me, as I was one
OF the lesser prophets and overshad.
owed by the greater. Iii my humble
way Inhad some twelve years age
taken a horoscope Of the fdture, and
given AN outline Of the probable re.
suits of the financial policy OF my old
party, foriAt that time I Was dwelling
in the Republican householh IL ex-
pressed then the opinion that this pol
icy, would. bring rnin and. disaster. !
said to the mechanics, lyon are now
receiving - and S. siday for your
work; in.iess thanste years on will
be glad. to get half that You fellows
who are recaiying $2and So per- day
for carrying the. brick and mortar up
these buildings, in less than ten years
win be glad 10 find any thing to do.
In less than ten years our highways
viii be crowded with tramps your
station houses will be filled with lodg-
ers, your jails with crfminals and poor
houses with paupers. Ny. remarks
were printed at the time, and I was
denounced as croaker, blatherskite
and demagogue. 80.
There were among the greater
prophets those whom John Sherman
now denounoes 20 false. 81. ua4 s..
The prophet Benjamin Wade, whose
honesty and integrity are sttested by
the fact that although eighteen years
in the Senate, with abundant opportu-
mites to join 2 syndicate Of thieves,
died poor, said this policy would be as
disastrous 20 2 universal fire. fire. isqs:i
But have time to refer to but one
other ST these BIRDS Of ill.omen, and
that is John Sherman himself, the man
Who now comes before you to rejoice
With you In The snccess Of the resnmp:
tion poticy.f IN : speech made II the
Tinted states Senate 10, January 1859,
Smongf 9othcr Fearful foreb0dings Of
Evil 10 c6ne. predicted that the voyage
6f' 'res sumption would be attended with
sore. idistress. 81 Said ihesg 4 1oa every
person except . capitalists routofdebt,
orthessalaried officer or theaanhftant,
il issfpefiod OF losss danger, lassitude
ofItrade, fall Ofqwages,' suspsnsioni of
snterpfise, bankruptcy or idisaster.s +.
He characterized the attempt ar an
{ act or folly, without example Of evil
In modern times.n .it'~ t''Hil,9 s9b +.
I submit to you, my fellow-citizens,
whether John Sherman Ia 1869 was a
true, or false prophet Has there been
. fall Of wages, ? qlassitude Of trade, q
suspension Of enterprise, bankruptcy
and disaster2 The hundreds Of thou
sands of tramps, the hundreds OF
thousands Of half-employed, half.ted
and half clothed .workingmen aud
their families, the army OF ruined
the idle furnaces and facto.
rlee, the tens of thousands of men
whose homes, were half paid for, who
have been, sold out, BY the ssheriff,
dollar left from the wreck,
the great imultituder of farmers who
are scarcely able, leyena with their
harvests. to pay their taxes
and interest ppon the mortgages on
their Deprecated farma. and who are
looking with painful and anxious So
licitude 10 the future these ars. our
witnesses that John Sherman was no
mean prophet ,saoxaiI lsns 2aisis'i
s. He had read the history. Of thsapeeie
Act 4in, England. and he
knew that like causes would produce
like effects, and he.could say with as
n would be am exhibition
ofefolly without an example inaevil in
modern times. s3yi3 ia7iaRid 9.ii ~
5 latter being the chief agent and tool
of the Money Power in 'effectingl all
this disaster and ruin, he leaves his
place in Washington, comes to Steu-
benviAe. to congratulate YOU ON the
GLORIOUS resultsl. What are some of
these results which he thinks worth
aIr,A'se - fs'ls-.sfise = 50
il s'The poor mans dollar is now worth
q dollar. Instead OF going to market
and receiving only sixty or seventy
cents worth of provisions for II, he
carries home q dollars WORTH a0
AsOut upon such nonsense such an
insult to the son of toll, Mr.. Sherman
The workingman has NO dollar = he Is