The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1880-09-11
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and ascribing the large crops ind
the provision ola market for them
solely to tho benefcence ofthe Al
mighty. Prosperity had come
since the Democracy had rcguined
control Of Congress. Tho decline
Of American commerce, he said,
. was one 10 require legislation and
administration. He saw no diiIer-
ence between the claims Of the two
/ parties OH the tariff question. A
tariff for revenue must always work
incidental protection. No tariff
will ever be devised in this country,
hereafter, for any other purpose
than for raising revenue. There
can be no fear ofany diminution Of
revenue raised by the tariff. Incl
dental protection Of our products
will be . necessity if the Democrat
ic party have the power. The in
terest on the public debt and the
expenses Of the government must
be paid from the revenue, either in
tcrnal or tariff; and if the Demo
cratic party should cut down the
revenue from the tariff it would re-
Quire more'rcyenue from internal
sourccs-to-wit, whisky and tobac-
co, to which their several States
would never assent
On the question of.the currency,
the general rcallirmcd his belief in
the grcenback as the best and most
economical currency for the people.
lie had no objection TO making i'll
redeemablo in gold or silver. but
thoughtitbetter TO let the bullion
remain in the mines than to pile it
up in the treasury. The govern.
mcnt should issue its own money,
however. lie thought the war
question should DO settled before
the financial issue was taken up.
General Butler warmly defended
his deceased friend, Cakes Ames,
from The attacks Of Republican pa
pcrs, saying:
I do not think there was any
harm. ] never did think there was
any harm in anybody's receiving
the stock from Mr.. Ames under the
circumstances. Itook that ground
before the House in 1873. / have
seen no occasion to alter my opin-
ion. All the members who frankly
testified before the committee TINT
they had received the stock re-
ceiyed no censures from the COM
:nittee or the country. But that is
not tho point Of my objection
which | am trying TO make plain,
having taken tho money as n diyi-
dcnd, (for, says the proyerb, 1T is
not worse TO cut Tie devil than to
drink his broth,") myidcal of a
Pfesidcntwould not have denied
it. The case is not without paral-
lei in the history Of men not able
to withstand the pressure ofpublic
opinion. Peter, when he got
anlongst.the servants and retainers
zoftheliigh priests,d denied his Master
three times over, and cursedEand
zsworc to5itz until llezcock crew
shame on:him; =tllen=he=wcnt
out and=wopt bitterly
then 1 should not have voted for
Peter for President. To stand up
in a,crisis I should have preferred
one Of the other disciples, even the
doubling Thomas, who stood by
his Master after he was convinced.
The thing I most regret about
this matter, partly because it has
caused me all this trouble, is that
the nominee should have delayed
his defense, which be issued in
pamphlet form, and in which Mr..
Ames is accused Of untruthfulncss
in his testimony, until after Cakes
Ames' eyes were closed in death
and the honest tongue which
would have repealed tho SANDER
was silent forever.
Touching the salary grab Gcncr-
al Butler condemned Gcnoral Gar
field for willing under the storm
Of newspnpcr critics and not stand
ing by what he thought WIS right,
and this weakness of spine was one
characteristic Of the Republican
nominee which led him 10 oppose
his election. On the contrary,
General Hancock had never shrunk
from any duty, had never done
anything TO be criticised. When
ever he had been called on to act
he had determined for himself
wisely and acted under deterlnin-
alton, and has 10 step 10 rctracc,
no act to apologize for, no shadow
Of turning.