The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1880-10-28
THE SECRETARY OF THE TREAS.

THE SECRETARY OF THE TREAS.
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John sherman's Speech Before the Bus,.
ness-men OF ChicaGo-Solvency and Un
paralleled Prosperity the Fruits Of R.pnh.
hcan Administration-AM Masterly sum.
ming-up Of Bpsiness Results.
John Sherman, Secretary of the Treasury.
addressed the businessmen Of Chicago. on
lows:
FELLOW CITIZENS, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
Inc important Fresidential contest of 1850 is
the United Seates. The October States have
s,. aad = Ind % Of prehninary skirmish in the
ing citizen We have elected ffteen mcm-
oers OF Congress out of twenty. We have
5orty Of over and on the seeo1S 1S d.T Wa q,
Nove:loer We win elect the National Repub-
apsorty cf 1000 to sceoc Tue eaiians % saS ssass
OF indiana, after one OF the most brilliant
political contests in our history. has closed IL
or. By . majority Of from 5.ooo to 10000 We
have aRined two members of Congress- and
but ree % @emSers " OF conRrssn we s,efSsa1s Sa1ss
gained one member of Congress; so that al
this great Canvass. we naSe gained nns %eo OF
be-s of Congress and one Senator in the
State Of Indiana, making an almost political
sentastves Of the. United States Of America.
So much lbr the Ocsober contest
and have T aas Uf s5
say Sy 70 that this n Ssn mot
or even By psrsdes. Il must Se done by sobss.
work and reasoning. by hard work and close
sssention and you people of Chicago. who
lasgsrd In this great cause. The hard tin times es
have gone up the spout.
mediate interess, I wish to state, II can, in a
few distinct sentences, the cause of the differ
parties. What Is the soverninE T issue that di d.
freemen into two distinct psrtiesa Why & Il Il
claiming TO be Republicans, and on the other
million clGiming to be Democrsts7 What is
You may De sure is viii mot mot 1s be any small small,
trivial question; it win not be ON account OF
between them The diserenes ss besween nssese sSeSe
opinion as to the nature and function Of the
National Government. We Republicans be.
heve that this is Nation. not q confederacy
Chief Justice Marshall, that the people q the
United States made this country, and have
est; to make the richest and the iowliess S obey obey
the law. In the Language of Abraham Lin
this Is . Government of the people, BY the
people. and for the people We believe in
ia1s By sSs e aSo E!
question: the Democratic party differs from
policy Of the Democrats party Is to cripple
and degrade the National Government. They
dinase TO the States, under the doctrine OF
southern rights: They claim that the State
ed stasss- Their policy is just the Opposite Of
ours. Ours 10 60 elevate the country; theirs to
fne speaker touched ON the Virginia reso.
maxim. At irs. this declaration % vas % regard.
tub thru thrown 01 to shs RSNes RSsSs @
catch votes; but Calhoun and others put the
n
frestdent Jackson, who told the South Caro-
the ma: he %on hans In his n%
trine of State Rights was subsequently car
rted out to its legitimate conclusion, and had
loss Of 81 thousand millions Of donsrs and
500 900 hyss; Some may say that the doctrine
Tbs noH enasx into se y9c II is not
in the South what question Is presented BY
shs th;. 1s%SE.asie R..:y that I: not Effected BY
that these soyereign States would not prosecs
most as brutal and barbarous as the old sys-
the rights Of whites as wen as coiored, arc ut,
teriy disregarded. The Kuktux Khan, fraud,
and S0lenSS have snT,5ssd ,r the light: Of ci
70 pass Law 10 repeal the election lawn, but
81 the in 20 sea
preparation BIN was also passed, and Presi.
the soldiers had to depend on pGivase ate sources sources
70 get their living. The Democratic party. AL
nas
SrOfsn and helpless. and 1in nnss % not nothing % y
advance the interests OF this country.
Let us 10 10 another matter. Here We have
Why is II, my countrymen, that until the Re-
n nsc
vefsy about the old Bank of the United states
s to e. :aa sSs
charter had expired did the Democrats never
mad a%Snsy mo- gessI:e they said
National money. The greenbacf had beer
sSss shs q soldiers @shs Be paid aid ana q the ~s,
carried on Some may say, as Democrats
ten you that In those times We were deter
minedto maintain our cause and support the
your bscT ' But But the supreme prem 1s Court s decdee cd
that II va: constitutional. The Democrats de-
nouncod IL IS unconstitutional- Your owr
could be bought up by the cord. 90 Illegal and
h.9 bsors sn.s rsd Soe.
Jumps. and every thing else. What dnd o
cratic dsys the the Dsmoc1sis claimed % al that td hi,
was . matter of State rights. that the Nationa
GOSsrpne9%s ns % h,a no P0nssr 70 issue S.siS9s
After making an amusing exposition of thi,
continued such was the condition Of affair;
whom the Government came under the con
troll . q the Re iRspuoiicssn party: We Yet then; ; as
banks. We made the system so secure tha
n mn ~ 4 m N N cra
ey6y . National bank let him come forwart
lars IN money With me. That circulation
secured by bonds Of the United States.
of the passing procession, x, said he had iearnes
and : locomotive. Presently he continued
fessins Ssssonsi Sanf an fsa1Gy c1lTency. " should % %.
counteEfsss plate come into e.issenss the hin
tsss ts.s & sSs @ SopsS q ~ps .. e1s
nois. but IN Ohio they aid tn It: but the M pso go
pie beat them ON that issue 70 badly that they
nscss nsss sS d 1s II a 81
sa .hik st
Per cent. n on the M smouns Of their issues. % .ne 4
they would then be revived again and 50 ths
Il Is . Law of gravitafion that the inferiol
money win always push on the better. Havs
tn1S t2x OF ~ por cont repeaioos ana every ma
tional bank would be driven from the coun
try, and then would be accomplished the over
throw of the best system of paper money tha
has been devised by man. You know how Il
the civilized nations of Europe and Americs
have regarded ft as the best In the world
Egypt and China have already adopted sub
stanfially our paper money system: Ger
many. itaiy. and France me- are eHtendins ou
Why do tho Democrats want to get nd o
our National money? On what broad argu
systeui that if is7 No. But "aRin the resolu
t{on Of "a" Who Il that Kentuck1an who 4
Siacfburn'1 yes. Blsckburn. He Il going x
Wipe out tho taffH laws and the Nariona
banksL
The Democrats were I'm favor of Q tariff fol
revenue only. They would put as big q tai
on tea and coffee rs ON cotton and woolens
Whv9 Recauna AZ IN uncouafftutfOnal eXcep