Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1879-08-21
The Honest Truth We. the Dema-
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| Ii Is an old and stale trick alike of the
highway robber and the political dems
| gogue to throw dust la the eyes OF his In.
| tended victim. IL the one case IL ..slIenc.s
| opposition" and ln the other II sometimes
| proeures convert" BY binding him "a
the truth. The Democrats Who have be
| come Greenbaek "leaders' are PLAYING thi.
game favorite way Is to ask foolish
sEd irrelevant questions. and. because 10
oine cases out OF ten they are not worthy
! an answer. to assume that they cannot bs
| answered. We give here as . sample
Ten Questions for Hard Money Speaker.
To An.Ner. appearing Ia Grrenhack
organ. with grand flourish. We append
TO each the answer OF Honest Truth:
/. Ifby the original eoutr act the tjye-,wepty
bonds we've to be paid In coin. what need Of
| changing the contract in ista J
Answer. The contract va. not changed.
and all the Legislation that WAS hal was
simply tn enforce the original contract aud
10 protect the public credit. But this Is a
dead Issue. since the Republican party has
made greenbscks and bank notes so good
that creditors prefer them to gold
?. IL they wore not To have been paid in coin
what rtgh, BY the constitution had the, To
change the eoHIseti
Ans. This conumdrum I. tender to
M. /. and u answered above.
}. Does not the Constitution say th,t no OK.
fO-i facio law changing a oontrae,l shall be
psssedf
Ans No man could more COMPLETELY
display his ignorance than By mixing up
ex-posf tIofo laws (r-ls' ing to crime-l with
laws prohibiting change in contracts. Bot
We can assure our iuterrogstor that there
Is no danger of law such a. he describes
being passed. unless the communists and
regulators get hold OF the government
machinery.
Z. II the Greenhsck when IL WAS worth n
10 10 cents on the dollar was dishonest and II
i not honest to pay bond. bought si that prsc.
In them. has not the soldier who wa. raiI In
the dishonest dollar good claim in law and
equity q. the bondholder. and should be no,
receive the balance due him. aud the bond.
holder b taxed TO pay II!
Ans. The greenback never was q shon-
est. IL vas the use which the dcmagos ues
tired TO make of tt that WAS dishonest
The Rroenbsck never pretended 20 be
worth more than IL. market value. As to
the remainder OF this muddy conuudrum
every Government creditor has been and
i entitled TO the moBcy which The law gave
him, and the present efiori Of The rcpgdis-
tors TO work up sympathy for the soldier
alter years OF effort to depreciate the mon
ey his pension is paid In. Is to" thin even
Tor gudgcon bait.
). II the Grrenhack /. d,.haDe., money.
what can you ssy Of the National Bank no.e
which il Tcdcemsble In the 0rcenbark'
Aus. The grsenbsck NOW. thanks 10 the
Republican party. Is the beat money IN the
world and the aailOnAl bank note Is equality
good because the grccnbacA Is good
6. How much bari moncT' cyain have lhc
National Banks 10 their vaults
Ans. sufficient amount 10 guarantee
the tovctnnent. the bill holders. and
every body against such losses as used to
make The old banking sysicm a byxord and
disgrace Every dollar OF National Ban.
currency has dollar and quarter OF gold
'siur behind Sc Tor IL redemption
:. II the hout backrsi By the word of ,hr
Government {. good. why Is not the grrsuts.-.
not '~arng !n,srrsi, Eso-I. bsckci b. the ,amr
word 81 the soyrfnmeuts
Aps. Thanks To resumpsl ION, ia and
u viii cnntinae io De So long a. another
State Rights rebellion does no, maze
another Suspension necessary.
: I.i, no, IN the nature Of oh, part,c. to D..
conn corrupt alter they have t-ra In power
iSegty yeaTs'
Ans ~ inu. A. the combined npposi-
tl"h Inc am many r. el-ficup &C rAt-SAf re-
pUdi4lors not allowed to grow Old IL
power. no danger need be apprrhcn,lc,i on
thi. score.
= 10 reforms ever .srin< from The uprrr
elAs.e. Of .ociriy. The so-cAilrd aEi.iocracyt
Ans Respectfully referred - Mr
joseph J. Smith. capitalist. boudholder
coupon clipper. aud ncgoilaior Of notes a.
high rates OF Interest. bc.b,irs general deal.
81 ia political truck -auj-jicl"ry~
10. Wha, b AZ the Republican party done f,r
ID" working man since the chssc u tho war
Aad ~hAi h,s il not dose lot the boadhollrrl
Ans Il has firmly established The h.
dus'rics Of this couniry against the uH-
wholesome competition of foreign paup.r
lsbor. Il has preserved the scale OF labor.
ere wages above that Of any other Country
Ia the world l. IA. v,s,isfuoider'.; aud n
has protected the busine.. Interests Of The
country against the anarchists. 80 tina,
uo~ every branch OF trade Ia rcviviny and
lhe working man !, the master OF his own
services
We take go much notice OF lhls priunarv
caiechisn because no public speaker can
AhoTd 10 wasie his lime on IT, let us hope
'hAA somc Ingenious Grccubacser will pro-
poand more difficult eonuudrum..