Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1880-06-24

tests against II. In my cool moments yol
may talk, but II felt always lust as | d,
now, you had better not stand up In from
Of Of me and talk that way. lApplanse;l Now
this was passed in justice to the soldiers o
the Revolution. Here is another book, tn,
third one borrowed. Laughter.l Here Il
the petition of the soldiers of the Reyolu
ton to the congress of the United States
signed by General Knox and his fellow
soldiers of the Revolutionary war, and
wish to show you how he felt about tn,
Spectators of that day, (Reads.) ave com
plain that the speculatOrs have all tn,
wheat, while we have been paid only tn,
chah. The labor has been ours. the sub
stance OF the harvest has been CLEANED By
Others" Then he speaks OF the gratitude o
the nation-that they had been paid largely
In the gratitude OF their fellow-citzens
Now Is not that your case eXactly9 Eve
since the close of the war they have beer
paying you for. your services in behalf o.
the flag In 'undying gratitude" They hav,
q large supply OF that for you. Laughter.
When Kossuth was In this country he cam,
here for money to help his struggling Po
landers and Hungarlans; and on one Occa
sion he said: Since arrived in America
have drawn large supplies OF sympathy, bu
nat want Is the ready aid" .
They have paid you In undying gratitude
and then they abuse you when you wan
your rights. | was travelling on yesterday
Wllu u very gen
tleman and Christian man--one OF the Blsh
ops OF the Methodist Episcopal church, and
talking with him about this bill. well
said he, you have introduced q bill there
that IS not right In my Judgment; II will
cost too much" well, )" said /, ITO be sure
II will cost something, but | never nave
been in the habit of deciding questions OF
right and wrong by how much 10 will cost
That Is no criterion" How much will II
cost to pay the soldier what is due him ?
Enlr hnnHrnI mill ..9 I,Ii.
How much will II cost? II cost two billions
to pay the bOndhOlder, IfyOu count up the
difference between what has been paid the
soldier already and what the government
agreed TO pay him, you will find that it only
takes about one. fourth as much as II takes
to pay the oondhOlder. Then they raise the
cry OF reputation against us. We are not
In favor of repudiating anything. We once
had right to pay this debt in greenbacks /;
you took that right from us is II rObber in
the night, and said we should have to pay 10
IN coin; and we had an abundance OF silver
TO pay II with, but You repealed the law by
which silver was made money and said :
Now we've got you! iou shall pay us in
gUlu!' lOn want IL in coin and you shall
nave II. Back up your cart and we Will
load IL for you! Cheers. God is still for
us, though mep and the devil may be
against us. We will pay II in coin-every
dollar. They have had back in interest two
dollars for every one that they invested: (:
but will pay II nevertheless. every dollar OF
II. You shall have your pound of flesh AS
Shylock had his in Antonio, but If you take
one more drop of American blood your
goods shal be conflscated. Cheers
II would give me pleasure to stand here
all night and talk to you for this subject is
the very bedrock of our civilization. Let
me say to the men in this town who may b
lOanlng money, dealing in securities, IL Is
safer Tor you to be just than 10 take any
other course you can possibly take. II will
never hurt you to let the principles of
American liberty be carried out fully. An
other course may seem to be to your advan-
tage now, but in the end you will Ind that
you have sOwn to the wind and will r5ap
the whirlwind. Applause. And my fei-
low.citizens and soldiers, If there Is II line
or harmony and accord, running between
your heart and mine tonight upon thlssub-
ject, let me say to you this You have no
chance to vote for me In the race for con-
gress this year, but You have an opportuni
w. to vote for "A man who Is my peer; "a man
who stands right by my side. and who cries
out as loud and long and persistently for
Justice to be done to you as any other man.
Applause.l stand by him and never let his
head go down covered with defeat. | wish
he were absent, then ! should say what in
his presence VIII not say. However, lwIll
say this TO you tonight, that Indiana new
or sent man into the congress of the Uni
ted states with purer heart and clearer
head than his. loud applause. care not
what your politics may be, you cannot af-
ford to dispense with the services of that
man at the time when this gigantic strug-
gle Is coming on, which Is To decide the
question whether republican liberty shall
live in this country, or perish. l wish /
could take you one and all by the hand to-
night. When party leaders try to get
around you and deceive you, or shake the
party lash over your heads, you should send
them to their homes and tell them to STAY
there. Tell them you are free men and in-
tend TO act the part of freemen. | have no
confidence whatever in party leaders any
longer than they are under the direct eye OF
The men who sent them Into power for spa-
ciic purposes. When you sent men to con-
siess to sustain the cause oftthe Union and
declare in your name that slavery should
not set Its bllghtning foot on American soil,
they We're true; for you had your eye ON
them. But did not have your eyes on imam
cial affairs and hence all this infamous leg.
Islation that enslaved the people. Now,
you have party that does look at the great
interests OF the country, and which bends
every energy to the maintenance OF the
rights oithe common people, as well as the
great. IL Is mighty issue that is presented
TO us,-this question as TO what the perma-
nent hnanclal system OF great nation like
THIS, now numbering nearly fifty millions
Of people, shall be. What financial system
shall we adopt, to run parellel with the life
Of this nation, Is the greatest question ever
presented TO the American mind. Shall.w
commit for all time to come the volume Of
into the hands of few men.-men
not chosen by the people at all, and let them
control the price of all the property OF all
the people In this country, as well as the
price OF labor for all time to come? [Cries,
"No. no; neverl"l VIII you not rather com.
init the control OF this great matter TO the
hands Of men who will manage the trust in
the interest of all and for the good of all?
.Applause.l
My friends, l may never see you again,
and charge YOU as my last words TO. night,
l.
and inaugnrate grand moral revolution
that shall put tho right kind of men in the
halls OF legislation, and purify your govern
ment, until Justice TO all, and purity of
principle shall govern in our national legis-
lation. lGreat cheering
Says the Indianapolis Sun! As the cheers
Of applause greeting the Generals closingre-
marks Were subsiding, two beautiful girls
appeared upon the stage from II box. One,
Miss MOllie Purcell, daughter OF the late
Captain Charles Purcell, killed at the battle
OF Pilot Knob, presented Gen. Weaver "
large, elegant boquet, accompanied with the
touching remark-"In behalf OF the soldiers
orphans of Indianapolis, General, present
you this slight stimonial of our regard
Hearty, earnest cheers of applause again
hurst forth, amid which the other lady, Miss
Bessie Gallagher, turned and presented the
other basket Of ilowerst to Dr. DE. La Matyr,
saying: sand this to you, Doctor as Gen.
eral Weayer's able. faithful assistant"
General Weaver, In response, held up the
basket, and with a voice trenu lous with
'From the soldiers. What can | say? From
the soldiers orphans-God bless them
And 80 IT was, my friends, that these
bankers, these bondholders and capitalists
try the English system of finance, We VIII
get together and get congress TO pass q law
to strengthen the public credit. What does
that meang Does u mean TO pay, the sol.
would strengthen the public credlt,I' am
sure. That. would give the government
such credit with the soldiers that whenever
the storm Of civil strife swept over this
country and the life eoftherepubllc Of demand-
ed defenders, they would fly to the rescue In
hundreds of thousands, as they did In 1861.
What do YOU mean by that9 But what is It
that. these capitalists propose to do? Get
congress TO pass law providing that these
bonds shall MI be paid In coin then they
cannot be paid Mt all; because the govern.
ment has got no coin. But says one; "Wiil
the people stand that ~ well, guess
they win they are loyal, Cheers. They
arc very busily engaged Just now In the
the Rebs in hand we Will Just slip In and
arrange this all our own way" so, In 1869,
they passed this act: BE II enacted &c..
that the faith of the United States Is solemn
ly pledged for the payment OF all govern,
ment obligations In coin, or Its equivalent
Grant signed II. Then when they passed
what was called the soldiers equalization
blllhe vetoed that. IA voice from the gal
iery: ',Yesl we'll veto him now ZAP.
these bankers and capitalists chueEed eaoh
other in the side and said 10 each other
"We've got good thing new [I.aughter,
The truth Is, I'VE inveated our gold when "
Ess SSr IKE SHa nst tbs y bss gsssnGseaGns H.
field by depreoiatIng that currency, Now
the American people, God bless them, aren't