Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-09-27
THE SPEECH.
Not as Brilliant as Expeoted-Synopsis Of
the Points.

one wear ago the Democratic ana
Greenback parties made the chief
point Of their assault upon the Repub-
hcan party that the resumption OF
specie payments on the first day OF
January, 1879, as proposed by the Re
publican party, was an impossl0lllty;
but not only that IL was an lmpoSSiOlll-
", but that those orators and legislators
who preached and contended for its
practiCability knew they were engaged
in a conspiracy 10 deceive the people.
The first day OF January dawned, and
then, without COmmOtiOn or dis
turbance of any kind the vast volume
Of our paper currency was lifted to an
equality with coin. And there, con-
tinued he, will it stand until the last
man of this immense assembly goes
hence to give an account Of the deeds
done in the body
To-day a dollar OF paper money is
good throughout the length and breadth
of our land, as good as a dollar in coin.
Ii is good throughout 3S States and lO
Territories; it is good among ~
OOO,OOO OF people; 1t Is good be-
yond the limits of our country; 1t Is
taken to-day in London, IN Paris, IN
Rome, in Berlin, in St. Petersburg, IN
Vienna, in ConstantinOple, IN Bombay,
in Hong Kong; unto the uttermOst
isles of the seas il is rs good as coin. IL
is limited only as the good old deacon
would have the Gospel limited. He
prayed that the Scriptures might 90 into
all parts of the earth, even 10 those des-
olate isles where the foot Of
man never trod and the eye
of God never saw. Laughter. J
And it ought 10 make the bosom of every
man i'm this broad land swell with pride
TO think that to-day the stamp Of his
country Is accepted all the world over as
the equivalent of the coin of the world:
[ Applause And it never was SO until
we struck actual resumption. Then 1t
became SO. We have actual resumption
in spite Of the fact that you cannot get
gold i'm every town in the country
upon demand And no one
wants gold When you can
get it you will not take - when you
could not get it you did wantit very bad.
The speaker told, in very amusing
way, his experience with gold in Cali
furnia. He presented Il check in bank
there several years ago, and was asked II
he would take it in gold or paper. This
question was a novel one 10 HIM, and
he Immediately replied, ''Of course I'll
take it in gold The three hundred dol
lars was counted out, and he put 1t
in his right pocket, and walked out
iingling IT, Pretty soon the weight be-
gan TO make itself felt, and he changed
it into his leitlpOcket. After while It
became burdensome there, so he dl-
vided it. Still il was not convenient
load, and ne put a portion OF it in one
of his vest pockets. and after a little a
part in another, till he had the money
scattered all through his pockets. Still
il was an inconvenience, and at length
he returned TO the bank, remarking,
"This stuff is confounded nuisance, "
AMI exchanged his coin for paper.
Silver.
"NOw the Democracy are harping as
one man upon some great crime OF Re
publican legislation in connection with
silver coinage. You would imagine, TO
hear the Democrats talking on the
stump, that before the demonetizatiOn
of silver. silver dollars were as plenty as
blackberries in August, or apples in Oc-
tober, and all you had to do to
get them was 10 shake the bush
and hold your hat. Laughter. Yet
venture 10 say that % out OF every 100
persons in this audience now see sill
yer dollar of the ante-bellum coinage for
the first time and the speaker held
one OF the coins up To view.
He said that from the beginning OF
the administration OF President Wash
ington to the beginning of that OF Presi-
dent Hayes, only 100000 silver dol
lars had ever been coined,
and not one-third of these
ever got into circulation.
Oi the present standard silver dollar,
i'm seventeen months under Rcpubl-
can administration there was coined
So, 100000. Surely the Republicans are
entitled TO acquittal upon any charge
brought against them concerning their
of the silver coinage.
National Banks.
Here, after a brief pause for Il look
over the audience, Mr.. Blaine remarked
that he felt AT loss, facing so
large an audience AZ 80 great a dis
tlnce from hOme-a voice interrupted
him. "Gou are at home herel' 81
feel at home here, said he, smiling.
What he started 10 say was that he felt
at loss 10 know what questions to dis
cuSS. In Maine the Republicans had
been charged with great outrage in es-
tabrshing National banks. He would
not detain them long on this head.
Some of his hearers could remember
the old State banks. And precious in
stitutions the old things were. \
bank in his State, having
large deposits and a circu-
lation of S357 900 out among the people,
announced one morning that 1t had
failed. Their circulation is out yet.
That was one OF the things about those
banks. When they failed they made
clean thing of it. Laughter,l This
gave the speaker a chance to get of one
of his little stories, of which he has an
abundant store. In the South a little
negro boy died, and his skin alone was
found. 4 coroner's jury sat upon 1t,
and after due consideration and deliber-
alton, they rendereda a verdict Found
empty That was the way with the
banks; they were always found emp
ty."
Under the State bank system man
from Maine could not buy dinner in
Bellaire with the money of his State. \
man from that section went to Michigan
to buy land, and he made three offers OF
payment: one was to pay so much in
Wild Cat Michigan money!; or an
increase Of 50 much in "Red-dog' (OhiO
money! or $1,000 more II he
would take good counterfeits on one
Of the New England banks. That was
the old system, and the Republican par
(COncl,Ided on Fourth Pdge.)