Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-10-29


ming-up of business Results.
John Sherman, Secretary Of the Treasury.
addressed the businessmen Of Chicago, on
the evening Of the 14th, substantially as fol-
lows:
FELLOW CITIZENS, LADIES AND GENrLEMFy,
The important Presidential contest OF 1880 is
now being transferred to the whole pcople Of
the United States. The October Stntes have
had a kind of preliminary sltirmlsh in the
state Of Ohio, Of which have the honor of be-
ing citizen. We have elected fifteen mem.
bers of Congress out of twenty. We have
elected the Republican State ticket by n ma.
lQrity Of over 20 600, and on the second day Of
November we will elect the National Rcpub.
hcan ticket, General Garfield mt the head, by
amaiqrity of 10000 to $4,000. The gnllant State
OF Indiana, after one of the most brilliant
political contests I'm our history, has closed IL
by the election of Albert G.. Porter rs Govern.
or, by a majority OF from 5000 to 10000. We
even in the State OF West Virginia, electing
but three members OF Congress, we have
gained one member of Congress; so that nj.
together, in the preliminary sldrmishes of
this great canvass, we have gained nine mem.
bers ot Congress and one Senator in the
revolution in the Senate and House OF Repre-.
Bentatyes OF the United states of America.
SO much for the October contest.
Now comes on the sweepstakes Of Novem-
Der, ana you have to perform your part of the
duty, and let me say TO you that this can not
De accomplished by idling and by cheering
or even by purades. IL must he done by sober
work and reasoning, by hard work and close
attention, ana you people of Chicago who
are ahead in everything else, must not not be
laggard in this great cause, The hard times
have gone up the spout.
But speaking of some matters of more i'm
mediate interest, wish to state, If can, in
few distinct sentences, the cause of the differ.
ence between the Republican and Democratic
parties. What is the governing issue that di-
yldes this great country of fifty millions Of
treemen into two distinct parties? why is It
that on the one side we see a million voters
claiming to be Republicans, and on the other
million claiming to be Democrats? What Is
the vital governing issue that divides themY
You may be sure IL will not be any small
trivial question; IL will not be on account OF
some passing question of the day, but be.
cause there is deep, underlying difference
between them. The difference between these
two parties 1 take it Is an honest difference of
opinion as to the nature and function of the
National Government. We Republicans be.
heNe that this is Il Nation, not u cOniederacy
OF States. We believe, in the language of
Chief Justice Marshall, that the people oil the
United States made this country, and have
power to protect the humbest and the lofti.
est to make the richest and the lowliestobey
the law. In the Language of Abraham Lin
this is Government of the people, by the
people, and for the people. We believe in
making, National laws by act of Congress;
constituting laws by the decision of courts, and
enforcing laws by theeXecutives, and on these
questions the Democratic party differs from
us as widely as heaven from hell. The whole
policy of the Democratic party is to cripple
and degrade the National Government They
seek TO make this Government of ours subor.
ulnate to the states under the doctrine of
southern rights. They claim that the state
may control and nullify the laws of the Unit
ed states. Their policy is just the opposite of
ours. Ours is TO elevate the country; theirs to
degrade and belittle 1t.
the speaker touched on the Virginia reso.
lunons OF li9S, and the similar Kentucky
maxim. At first this declaration was regard
ed as nothing better than a modern political
platiorm-lust a tub thrown to the waves to
catch votes; but Calhoun and others put the
paper statements into practice, Orwouid have
done done Il but Tor that great Democratic patriot,
President Jackson, who told the South Caro-.
nman that, continue in his course and, by
the eternal, he would hang him. The doc
trine OF state Rights was subsequently car
red out to its Legitimate conclusion, and had
to be crushed as we thought it was by the
loss of six thousand millions of dollars and
100000 lives; Some may say that the doctrine
of state Rights is settled. 1 tell you it is not
This doctrine now enters into every campaign
In the south. What question is presented by
the Democratic party that is not affected by
this doctrineg The amendments to the Con.
stitution were adopted when il was found
that these sovereign States would not protect
eN-sluNes. In many OF the Southern States
there is now a condition of quasi slavery al.
most as brutal and barbarous as the old sys-
TEN that existed before the war. Resides that
the rights of whites as well as cOlored, are ut.
terly disregarded. The kukluN Klan, fraud
and violence have thwarted the rights of citi,
Eenshtp. We passed the Election laws, and
the first thing a Confederate Congress did was
10 pass law to repeal the election laws but
President Hayes vetoed it; and a second bill
Of the same kind tackled on to the army APP
preparation bill was also passed, and Presi-
dent Hayes vetoed IL again. For five months
the soldiers had to depend on private sources
10 get their living. The Democratic party,a al
though now in power, has never done any
other act than that. Although they have been
lntrusted by you with power, they are utterly
broken and helpless, and win do nothing to
advance the interests of this country.
Let us go to another matter. Here we have
long history of nearly one hundred wears
Why is it, my countrymen, that until the Re.
publican party came in power you never had
any National money! There was a contro-
yersy about the old Bank of the United States
It's charter and recharter, and there were
many objections TO IL. Why, after the second
charter had expired did the Democrats never
propose National money? Because they said
that Congress had no power to d1it; butwhen
the Republican party came in they gave you
National money. The greenback had been
issued at the beginning of the war i'm order
that the soldiers might be paid and the war
carried on. Some may say, as Democrats
tell you that in those times we were deter.
mined to maintain our cause and support the
your back. But the Supreme Court decided
that twas constitutional. The Democrats de.
nounced ID as unconstitutional. Your own
Democrats denounced it. They said they
could be bought up by the cord, so illegal and
worthless were they. Well, L would like to
buy them up by. a fraction of cord. Laugh,
ter. We had before that red dog, squirrel
Jumps, and every thing else. What kind of
money was that any way. In the old Demo.
was matter of State rights, that the National
Government had no power to issue National
notes, but their State bank money was worth.
less.
After making an amusing exposition of this
worthlessness of State currency the Secretary
continued; Such was the condition of affairs
when the Government came under the con.
troll OF the Republican party. We then, as
substitute for greenbacks, gave you National
banks. We made the system SO secure that
by no possibility could man lose a dollar of
his money. If there was a man in this great
city OF Chicago who ever lost a dollar of mon.
ey by National bank let him come forward
and will repay him, for / have twenty dol.
lars in money with me. That circulation is
secured by bonds of the United States
The Secretary, in reference to the loud noise
of the passing procession, said he hadlearned
two things-neVer to run against "A brass band
and a locomotive. Presently he continued
showing there was no possibility of counter
teiting National bank currency. Should Il
counterfeit plate come into existence the kin.
dred genuine plate Is destroyed. The money
Is good All over the country. Now, one OF the
things that the Democrats hoped TO wipe out
is this system. / don't know about it in Illi-
nois but in Ohio they did try it; but the peO-
pie beat them on that issue so badly that they
have kept duiet ever since, The Southern
people are still openly I'm favor of wiping the
banks out. How do they proposet to do itI Not
by direct legislation, It is proposed in Con-
gress TO repeal the law taxing State banks 10
per cent. ON the amount of their issues, and
they would then be revived again and so the
national bank system would be annihilated.
It Is law OF gravitation that the inferior
money Will always push Oft the better. Have
this tax OF 10 per cent. repealed, and 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 that
has been devised by man. You know how all
the civilized nations of Europe and America
have regarded IL as the best in the world
Egypt and China have already adopted sub
stantially our paper money system. Ger
many, Italy, and France are extending our
general principles 20 their banking system.
Why do the Democrats want to get rid Of
our National money? on what broad argu.
ment? That It Is not in fact the magnificent
system that Il isg No; But "agin the resolu-