The Hartford herald., 1880-09-08

Telling TaIn of nn ohio County Hoy
speech at Hon. K. y. Biau.I. Of Mis-
souri,. ou thc Financial Issues.
Al "A Democratic mass convention in
Lebanon, Ilacletle county, Mo-, the 2lsi
inst, Hon. II. L. Bland spoke as fol-
lows: .ra
FEILow-CTTIZENs:- deem this fit
ting occasion 10 address you upon the
political ISSUES of the day. In doing so
I shall cOnfinc myself principally Ia
what at this time seems Ia bc the is
sues raised in this congressional dis
trict
Our Grcenback friends have pomi-
mated a candidate who is II very worthy
gentlemen, and they propose Ia make
the issue with the Democracy upon the
currency question. Two years ago II
similar campaign was made in this dis
trict, the result of which was nm over
whclming defeat of the NGreenback
party.
| am glad to see in this presence gem
tlemen whom | have long known as
worthy men, as staunch Democrats,
who, two years ago, uIIder the promises
and Inducements held out by the Green
back party, broke loose from their faith
and went into the ranks of that party
If | can show to you, my former
Democratic friends-and il is To you
that | intend to address my remarks
more particularly--that you We're thus
severed from the Democratic party by
false promises, by promises that were
made and known To be false and I'M
possible at the time 10y the leaders of
that party; in other words, that you
were deceived and misled, trust that
in all candor you will return To the
Democratic party, To your old home, the
house of your fathers.
! want to PROFOUND Il question to you
right now, and upon its answer hinges
the question us to whether or not you
were deceived. ask you if you Were
not promised two years ago that if this
Greenb;,ck party obtained power in this
government that it was not the inten-
ton of that party to issue absolute money,
fiat money, and pay of the government
debt and set the money into circulation:
see my friend Mr.. Bohannon here, and
| appeal to him il that was not their
platform and their promises.
MIR. Bohannon: Oh, 1 am short of
recollection.
Mr.. Bland: Now, my friends, you all
know that that was the promise made
at that time, and | intend To show, he
fore get through, by the record, that
such was the platform and such were
the promises made.
a week ago last Saturday ! was en-
gagged in II joint discussion upon these
questions with gentleman who is IA
very able eXpounder of Greenbick doe
trine (Mr. Ii. Martin Williamsl, and he
started by arraigning the Democratic
party for having abandoned the plat
ior,n adopted i'm 1865, which, you will
remember, declared the doctrine to be
that the bonds of the gOvernment-the
five-twenties Were payable in lawful
money, and should be 81 paid; that the
money for
THE rIOw-HOIDER, THE WIDOW AND
PENSIONER
Was good enough for the bOndhOlder,
and he declared that because the Dem
ocratic party had abandoned that plat
form he had abandoned the Democratic
party. ! knew the moment the gentle
man made that declaration he had Civ
vi hhhHe' """St ".'" ""' " 49,
that this same gentleman, IN joint dis
cussiOn here two years ago, took the
same position-as many of you will re-
hieillDer-the losiiioii thei occ"pieu ny
the Greenback party, and he seemed To
have forgotten at our joint discussion
a week ago, that two years had elapsed,
that times had changed, and men had
changed, and parties had changed, and
party platforms had changed also.
l have here II circular that was put
forth Two years ago III THIS county 10y
the Greenback party.
THE GREENBAcK PLATFORM IN 1873
Ero, ,h;s ,.;r.,,,..I r.d u,., N,,;o..l
croamh,c r ,iar n,,tsarn, adn",aI .,
Taiedo Eah 81 Isis ,hn sa,."nJ reSa,n
tion "f which j.. WV - '''' 'o'"
.arGaro .hai, H.. no nr;,,;,.o1 ,.I.s., .,
.r.j;tors Ot,icioi iai,r;es nsns;nns
Londs and all other debts md ohI;".,
tions. nubIic and nriyote. shall he lii.
charged by legal tender money of TN,
l United States"
mat was the National Greenback
4 Labor party platform TWO Years ago