The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-01-30
GREENB1CKS IND GOLD.
T From the Ne,o YOrc Herald. I


remarks mado at tho Grecnback
Conference in this city. Tho report
was correct as far as it won't, but
was imperfect.
ALLOW me to state my views lit
tlo moro definitely.
I think the greonback party, or
the new finance party. has been
thus far uniformly victorious and
has gained everything it has asked.
First-The party demanded the
reconciliation Of silver. It is
done, and the step is pot likely to
bo reversed.
Second-Wo claim that the
greenback should not be destroyed,
but be reissued. Tho Secretary of
tho Treasury, who was in his usual
chronic state of perplexity and be-
wildermcnt, gladly submitted to
this compulsion indeed welcome
our victory. Thus tho derided
"rag" the "dishonored rag" is the
national currency to-day and likely
10 IClltlI 80.
Third--We asserted that if tho
greenbacks wero made receivable at
the Custom House and for all debts
duo tho Government, coin and
sreonbaclzs would bo equal in nine
ty days, and that this was the
proper step to be taken.
For This we begged, argued and
petitioned three years ago. Then
we got no attention. Now tho
Secretary, without law or authority,
has ordered this step TO be taken.
and Congress is about to sanction
what he illegally did. Without this
step resumption would be impossi-
bic. OF extremely dangerous if pos
siblc' Without this help rcsump-
ton would be II failure. When, in
March, 1876, I argued for such a
step before tho Boston Board of
trade, the Soicmons of that body
held up their hands in holy
horror, insisting that tho Govern
ment was pledged to tho public
creditor to demand it's customs in
coin. 1t was very convenient
lodge-a plausible cxcuse-but one
easily forgotten tho moment tho
Government needed the help of
such measure as I proposed
That pledge to the national creditor
is as binding to-day rs it was in
March, 1876. But the men who
screamed themselves hoarse in
lying talk about the groenback as a
dishonoleG note now clumor that
the Government shall break it's
pledge to it's creditors by receiving
grecnEacks at the Custom House.
'NNhcn I said I would dio Bacho-
lor," cried Benedict, "I did not
think should live till 1 were
married" When 1 said L would die
a hard money man, cxclaims Sherman,
I did not think I should live to
owe my salvation to greenbacks.
With those three victories behind
us we now advance to the next
outworlS of the enemy. In the
future, as in the past, the truo
policy is to attack ono thing Mt
time-to pledge tho movement to
only one claim at q time. Tho people
can attend to only ono issue at q
time. Every unnecessary word in a
platform robs it of voters by the
thousand. The next point to
attack is bank issues of currency.
Put only one line on our flag, mo
State or National Banks of Issue"
Let the Government issue MI the
currency the nation uses. This
claim-that the nation shall resume
it's sovereignty over the currency,
and not share it as heretofore, with
private corpoyations-is debated
to-day and woll received in England.
All commercial nutions must soon
see it's Importance and all free
nations it's necessity.
Let journals and coventions
discuss all points as freely as they
please bonds or no bonds
demonetization Of gold and of all
coin funding the debt or paying it
in greenbaclls, and al methods Of
regulating tho amount of tho cur
rency; but let the party--the
movement responsible for only
this ono claim, an exclusive national
currency. When that stop is gained
we will rally on the next. Planted
now on this one issue we, shall not
wait long for victory. But tho
moment that point is gained the
Republican party and John Sher.
man will claim it as "their thunder.
Let all good people remember this,