The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-08-21
,hs First Gun Fired In tho Ohio Cam
paiun at S%teubenVlIIe Last
III, Echo Of Which VIII Go Ringing
through the Hills and Valleys
10 tho CONSERVATION Of
the Democrats.
susech That Every Man Ought to
Read Who Wants to be Posted
on The Issues Of the Day.
SrRrnEvylLLR, August 20.

secretary Sherman arrived at halt.past
@clocE. and was escorted to the hotel
Is ,l,rre c%oncourse Of citizens, headed by
,hfa, band. At eight o'clock he pro-
'.sIpJ,o CARROTS Hall, where he was in.
,,oJoced By Col. ]. W. Holiday, and pro-
,saIed to- address the largest assem-
Maze ever gathered within It's
S,II,, The stage was handsomely
5.c,t,,ed with flowers, and the following
,n,,to was prominently displayed: "ohio
T,e,mes tho Next President" The
.ns.cb w., enthusiastically received. The
g.pabicaus here are in high glee, and
,raai.e to give a good account Of them
,,yes next fall. MIR. Sherman, on being
Introduced, said;
FELLOW ClrIlESs: am happy to be
,.in among the people OF Ohio, 10 whom
f,,1 under the highest obligations OF duty
al gratitude, and especially to be here in
M good county OF Jefferson, whose Rep
Ssentatiyes have thrice hOnored me by
Iii yoie when n candidate for the Sen.
.s NJ The United States. l cheeriully
S,ne to sneak on matters in which you,
,.well asthe whole people Of the United
S,,,es. have II common interest; and ] will
te.t meet your wishes by stating in q
ri,in. frank way such facts and reasons as
rOpear to me to justify the support you
baye uniformly given to the Republican
nlfty since It's organization in 1854, and to
pre.ent adequate grounds for supporting
iinOw.
Three parties present candidates 10 the
,e1ple Of Ohio for the highest offices OF
he State. 1t will not be necessary or Just
hr me TO arraign the personal character,
sanding, or services OF either ofthe candi.
A,les on either Of these tickets. They are
al respected citizens, and each would no
doubt, il elected, satisfactorily peform the
du,ies Of the office for which ne is nomi-
mated.
IssrES INVOLVED, AND PARTY POLICIES.
But the issues involved are far more i'm.
M, tant than the candidates. l assure you
ibn upon the election in Ohio depends
gar4. ions Of public policy which touch
anon the framework OF u Government
,5J affect the interests OF every citizen OF
,bs Unil ed States. The SAINT old questions
about VIII ich we disputed before the war,
and during the war, and since the war, are
4, clearly involved in this campaign as
tbey were when Lincoln was elected, or
Nhen Grant was fighting the battles OF his
country in the Wilderness.
There are also financial questions in
yNyed in this contest. The Republican
pArty proposed, maintained, and executed
lie resumption act as the best remedy for
The evils that followed the panic OF 1873.
Under that net it has brought about the
resumption OF specie payments. By its
policy ali forms OF money are equal to aud
releeEable in coin. It has reduced the
Interest on all the public debt that is re-
deemable. 1t has maintained and adj
vanced the public credit. II now declares
is purpose to hold fast to whatit has done,
10 keep and maintain every dollar Of
PAPER money in circulation as OF equal
value to the best coin issued from
tie mint, aud as soon as possible to
romplete the work OF reducing the inter-
et 0 N all the public debt to four per cent
OF less,
The GreenbaCk party not only de-
nOs'uCes all We have done, but proposes
to teverse ii by the issue OF an almost TN.
limitetl amount Of irredeemable paper
money, to destroy the system Of free ma.
tional BAT! \ and to call in and pay of all
the United States bonds with irredSemable
money.
The Democratic party OF Ohio, both in
ia platform and by its candidates, sup
ports more or less all Of these dogmas; but
i,does so not rs a matter Of principle, hut
for political power. It's main object is, by
any sort OF ALLIANCE on any real or pretend.
ed popular issue, to gain strength enough
to unite with tho solid South, so that it
may restore to power, in all departments
Of the National Government, the very
zane doctrines that led to the civil war,
and the very men who waged it against
The Union. To obtain political power, the
Democracy seek, by party discipline, to
compel their members to abandon the old
and cherished principles Of their party OF
having a sound currency redeemable in
coin. Fofthis, they overthrow Governor
Bishop; for his, they propose to reopen all
the wild and visionary schemes ofinnation
that have been twice rejected by the PEG.
pie OF OhiO. Our contest with them is not
only on financial questions, but upon the
old and broad Questio n Of the power and
duty Of the National Government to en-
t9tre the Constitution and laws OF the
United States in every State and Terri
tory, whether in favor Of OF against any
citizen Of the United States.
Let US trst take up these financial ques.
tIgns, and in charity aud kindness, and
Sl;h due Difference to opposing Opinion u.s.
81. deavor to get at the right, II we can.
The great body Of all parties are inter.
tsed III and DESTROYS OF promoting tho
public good. II they could only hear both
sides fairly stated, there would be less heat
Aad bitterness in political. contests, and
more independent voting.
SlSrY DIFFERENCES on FINANCIAL QuEs,
TIoNs,
Now, the frst difference between parties
10 financial matters that it is necessary Ia
nO,ice, is the cause OF the recent period Of
hard times under which our country has
suffered; and the next Is, was the resump,
lion act a wise and proper remedy? Our
Greenbark friends claim that the Repub.
lean party contracted the currency, and,
IN this way, is responsible for the hard
times, The answer to this is, that there
has been no contraction OF the currency
slnce lSGS, and that the amount OF paper
money outstanding on the 3Oth OF June
1913, was more than it was on the seth oil
June, 1865, at the close OF the war. The
alnnunt IN the 30th OF June, 1873, was
$I49,AiO,SG3 u, and on the 3Oth Of June,
1875, i! was Sl47, 923, SIS 70, while on the
Slh Of June, lS14, latter the panic II wa
S'So,9iS,O S! II. Sothatthe amountoutstand
ing when the panic came was greater thar
ever Before, and was increased within the
INST two months after the panic S26,O 900,
NO. Our GreenbaCk friends answer by
saying that, on the 3Oth OF June, 1866
there we're 81, lOO, 100000 OF compound
interest notes and three years Treasury
notes, which were q legal.tender for theI
lace value, and, therefore, were currency
out these notes were no more currenc,
than the bonds which were issued to tax
thenu p. They were debt in its most bur
denspme form, although the principal
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