The Hartford herald., 1880-09-08
ADvERrIsrNG RLA1Es

proper standard !; that il had been the
standard, and he didn't intend to nav
out silver dollars except i'm so far AS he
could without disturbing the gold
standard And to-day you have fifty
million standard silver dollars locked
up iu the treasury vaults that ought To
be paid ont in the redemption of these
bonds. rEf ...t-fl f.-.rf
But, oh we hear il said again ssfhe
Democracy have done nothing" Have
they not? Who made ID possible under
the law as it now stands 10 pay this
debt in silver dollars? ask you that
question, my friends, who was it restOr-
ed the silver dollar to the coinage of
this country and declared i'm the restOr-
alton act that every debt, public and
private, could be paid in it? Who did
1t? Ii was Democratic measure re-
ported by Democrats, passed in Dem
oeratic hou-e, ansi passed over the veto
Of Hayes, himself, and against the vote
of Garfield. Applause.
Weaver, your candidate, wants To lie
elected president tO pay oil this debt in
standard silver dollars.
t--wHAT HADIIE oK HIS PATTY
To do with restoring silver He an
nounces himself iD favor Of silver aud
paying the governn.ent debt in silver
dollars. That IL tO h. the issue, I sup
pose. He wants to oo what - Demo
crat house has already done made this
debt payable in silver dollars. u there
amy Necessity Of eleetiiig a man la ne
eomplish something Iliat has l'een ae-
complishe,l: ID il very true that the
Republican, party has So Ear refused To
pay nut tins money. rla-.
Now, my friensis, want to remark
this right here, and especially te you
men who have bs-en Democrats aud now
belong to- the Greenhs,sk party, you
know very well that the Democrats Of
the South and the Democrats Of the
West, AMI the great bulk Of the leinO-
cratic party hIve-stoosi by you from the
beginning on this currency question
they have stead by your rigid aud you
must know another thing, thai when
you organize new parties having in
view, so far as this silver questions il
concerned, the identical objects Of the
Democratic party, that you simply di-
vide forces like divided army, Ia he
defeated in detail On account oi those
divisions, part voting the Democratic
/
ticket, and thereby electing q Republi-
can. ..is-it aislr. 4llH .t ila- ii.
had desired 10 90 more fully iato
the discussion OFT I,ss currency question.
IL was my intention to dwell somewhat
at length upon this idea of greenlaeks
or fiat money, but | would he tr,=pass-
ing too far upon your time and patience
to do ~. But do want is call your
..r ONE QUEsTIoS -,-f.f
With reference To what l consider the
Democratic money or greeBbaek treas
ury notes. whatever name or denODsi-
nation you may give 10, and What you
may consider fiat money. The Demo
cratic party from the beginning, frDn
the days of jefferson and Jackson to the
present time, has always been and is to-
day opposed to national banks. IL was
the party that fought those national
hanks in the days of Jefferson and
finally put them down. The Democrats
were then in favor AMI are now in favor
Of substituting treasury notes fDr Da-
tiOnal hank notes and the full rest0rsi-
tion of the silver dollar. Now what il
treasury note? will take a green
hack Of to-day n am illustration. On
every one you read words in Substance
that the United States promises to pay
the bearer one dollar, and il is made
legal tender fordebts, public and private,
except duties On imports and iatrrsst on
the public debt. There is the promise
OF the government thai IL Will
pay you one dollar What dnes
that promise mean We will SER
a little further On. remember Ina n dis
eussi0n here Two years ago thai prom
ise tO pay was denounced ~ frauI
lou want no promise; you want TO isspe
absolute money f0 lake the place Of the
metal; no promise Vi redemption. loV
say the faith 0f lbe nation is behind il,
aud Il simple deelaraflDn is u legal fep-
der for deht, and there il an end OF ID;
that is absolute money, and yon call "a
promise Of REDEMPTION a fraud. Tbs
next proposition IS that 10 - law thai
makes money. We will uImif 10; and
that when the law declares IL ~ he legal
tender il goes out as money. Now, ~
AN ILLUSTRATION I will say, suppose con-
gress issuss 4 million dollars Of fiat
money, aud my friend BsllsnnOn and
my frieilsl Scott make "A trasle- Mr-Bo-
harmon sells Mr.. Scott his very line
farm here tor Sl5,OOO and il j. paid in
legal money. My friend Bohannon
takes his Sl5sO ia that money and
places ID away; il is g,od money; the
faith or the nation is behind it, Finally
some party gets into power few years.
Say for Instance. the Republiean party,
and il repeals the arf declaring tllaf a
legal tensler-why, my friend BohaD-
non would say "that is wrong; thai
will never do 4 am owing here 4 large
amount oi money, and j want to pay
my debts with my money, but noboly
will take it for A debfp You cannot
compel any one Ia take ID; you cannot
pass il; il is no longer money; what are
YOU going to do with it, But when We
have said that the law makes money
We must remembef that the Law san
unnnke nancy; and thai The same
power that declares il f0 be legal ten
der, and this million OF dollars Is wiped
out of existence, and H. merely rags,- IL
! is mot 80 with Your present greenhaeks
not at all Why Because there -
the solemn promise Of this government
that il will pay you dollar fbr that
piece of paper aud you can gs, te the
treasury and demand your dollar ia
whatever money il may be-gold, silver
or otherwise. That has the pledge of
the nation behind it and the pronise of
tine nation upon ID; but your fiat dollar
has no promise at redemption -n0ne
whatever. An act of congress made il
and another act Of congress can destroy
it, and bankrupt you and every man
that takes it. Will you say that il will
not he dones Can you be assured that
"a party which is opposed To you, and
| which don't helieye i'm this money
would not, when il got into power, de
clare il to be no money at all, and
Of punish you for having enacted such
"A foolish statutess -
y Democratic treasury note means