Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-10-09

as Is does cent tape, and you know IL. a
half ushel does not measure value it meas,
ures quantity, and the half-bushel would
measure gold, and diamonds, and pearls pre-
cisely as it does oats and corn. There Is
another trouble about it. The reason il does
not make any difference whether a yardstick
or half bushel, or gold, or silver, o. paper,
is that you do not buy the alf.bushel nor the
yards.ick. The man who owned the half
bushel at the commencement of the trade
keeps 1t after the trade is over. The
gentleman in possession of the yard
stick before the purchase is made keeps
the yardstick after the purchase is done. II
il were so with money. then IL would not
make any difference. Now. then, my friends,
if there is q solitary Greenbacker here, now
in the democratic party, that once belonged
to the Republican party, ask him 70 come
out l ask him TO admit that we are to-day
prosperous nation. | ask him to admit
that today we have got money enough. l
want him 30 admit that an amount of money
does not make prosperity, but prosperity
makes the money. | want every man 90
think, and get that heresy out of his head,
that Government can make money and |
win ask each one this queStion-aud | have
never seen any man who could answer it,
now, honor bright, if the Government can
make money, why should it collect taxes
You cannot make money by resolving; yon
cannot make money by law any more than
you can make oats and corn by a resolution
in political meeting. Lord, Lord, 1 wish
you could | wish this Government could
make money. What rich nation we would
be-
WHAT WE WANT.
We want an honest ballot. We want to
collect a revenue to support our Government,
and we want honest money, honest money.
What else do we want? We want Govern
ment wherein the law is supreme. We want
States that viii pay their debts. Whom can
you trust? The South or North? Had
you rather have a bond of Alabama or lii
nois? VIII you take the promise Of Arlan-
sas or Massachusetts,? Think about it. Will
you invest in the securities of Tennessee or OF
Pennsylvania? Think about it. Who are
you going to trust?
THE DOCTRINE OF HATRED.
But they say to me, "You are preaching
the doctrine of hatred" 1t is not true. /
believe in passing the same laws for the South
that we do for the North. The law that is
good for the North is good for the South, no
matter how it is. A law that is good for the
North is good for the South climate has no
influence upon justice. IF climate affected
law we ought TO have two sets OF laws in this
c0untry-One for the summer and one
for the winter / would give to them
the same lawswe have; | wOuldimprove their
rivers | would build up their commerce;
would improve their harbors /; | would treat
them in every respect precisely as though
every man voted the Republican ticket.
Then, if that is hatred, that is the doctrine
preach. The great difference
to-day between the Democratic and Republi-
can party is, that the Democratic party be-
lisvss this is simple confederation. The
Democratic party believes in what we cal
State sovereignty, and the Republican party
proclainls this country to be
NATION, ONE AND INDIvIsIBLE.
There is the difference. The South believe
this is a mere confederacy, and they are hon
est: they were willing to fight for it they
are willing to fight for it now they are will
ing to commit frauds for it they are willing
to use the shotgun TO uphold it they are
willing to use tissue ballots to substanJiate
it; and they believe it. Now the question
with us is whether we will put a party in
power, knowing. as we do know, that the
principal part of that party absolutely be-
leye IN the doctrine of State sovereignty.
| believe in Government that can
cross a State line when it wishes to do JUS
tice do not believe that the sword turns
to air at State line. | want Government
that will protect me. | am here to-dsy-do
| stand here because the flag of Illinois is
above me? I want no hag OF Illinois, and il
1 were to see it should not know it.
GENERAL HANCOCK.
Now we not only have to choose between
sections, and between parties, but also be-
tween men. The Democratic party has
nominated General Hancock for President,
and Mr.. English for Vice President. For
several years last past the Democratic party
has been doing all in its power, or pretendig,g
60 do all in its power, to destroy the army
and the National Banks, and in order to show
that it is sincere it nomiuates for President a
Maj or General in that very army, and also
dominates for the second place on the ticket
"a President Of National Bank
Hancock is a soldier, know, but few of
his ideas with regard to governmental l
know get from Order No 40; from his
letter # accei t.1cs. VII Oh is N general terms
an approval of the Constitution, and from two
or three letters and kilograms that he has
written and sent since his nomination.
They say that by Order No. 40 General Han
cock showed that he was in favor of exslting
the civil power above the military. That
order did no such thing that order tells the
General that he must not interfere unless for
the purpose Of keeping order. Who under
that order would decide whether there was
order, the General or the civil power! I'm
der that order the General was to decide
whether there was order or disorder. From
his decision there was no appeal. and Order
No. 40 puts the civil power beneath the feet
of the military authorities, and everybody
knows it that has sense to read General
Hancock, toe the other day had the kindness
70 certify that if his party did wrong he
would not. He tells the American people in
substance OF course you cannot trust the
Democracy, but you can rely on me. Ii my
party passes a law to pay the Southern
claims, now give you my honor that viii
defeat the party that exalts me to power"
PAYMENT OF SOUTHERN CLAIBs.
How did he ever come to suspect that his party
would pass such law, General Garfield has
written no letter that he will veto law to
pay Southern claims. Is it not little strange
that the candidate has TO certify to his party?
As rule, in this country, the party has al
ways certified to the candidate If General
Garfield would certify that he would veto a
certain law if it was passed by the Republi-
can party, the whole party would feel IN
suited.
GENERAL HANcooK's IDEAS.
What are the ideas of this soldier? What
are his ideas about money? He was hard
money man they tell me. Mr.. Bayard. the
of hard money, a man who
once in the Senate voted to pay the bonds of
the United States in deprecated money, and
to pay them at the same price at which they
we're originally sold, that man now says
50 AS fast as We redeem q ereenback let US
burn it up; let Us put the greenback out of
the country" when he knows the greenback
bears no interest when he knows it is gold.
What are the opinions, l say, of General
Hancock? say ne is for hard money, and
yet when a Greenbacker carried Maine he
congratulated him. Why should he do that if
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