The Columbus journal., 1880-10-13

States could not resume specie-pay-
ments. Well, we did. Applause
and laughter. A voice: They
lied."l. We did. Laughter. Thes
resolved that the War was failure,
aud Immediately thereafter we sue
ceeded, and the old flag was carried
in glory over every inch of the Uni
ted States. Applause. They have
never made q prophecy that was
fulfilled. [Lsughter.) Their proph-
ecies and their promises are exactly
alike. daughter and applause.)
Whom can we trust to pay this debt!
Whom can we trust to give US good
money? A greenback to-day is as
good as gold. Who made it so!
The democrats In their conventions
solemnly resolved that 1t would
never be good. Well, they helped
q little, | have no doubt, because
everybody knew that what they re-
solved would not be true. Great
lsughter.) All you have TO do is TO
copper a Democratic resolution.
(Applsuse and laughter) Now, in
order to pay this debt,-snd / will
come to the money question, after
which we have got to have revenue,
1T has got to be collected. Will
you trust to collect the North or
South, the Republican or the DEM
ocratic party? Recol.ect, the DEM
ocratic party has been fasting for
twenty years. (Lsughter.) 1t has
suffered all the sgonies of official
famine. (Lsughter) Not a bite
for twenty years. (Great Laughier.)
The democratic party to-day is
vast aggregate official appetite.
(Laughter.) Who are you going to
trust? Will we trust the Southern
States to collect the revenues of the
Union? In four years, with the In
ternal Revenue Department, we
have collected of internal tax, $780,
100000 at cost of about per cent
This in four years. During four
yesrs we have captured, destroyed,
and libeled 3,S74 illicit distileries in
Southern States. Laughter.) Re-
member it; we have captured and
indicted 1904 Democrats in South
ern States, charged with defrauding
the revenue of the country. LaUgh-
ter.) The Southern people, resisting
the Collectors of Federal tax in the
last four years, have shot and killed
twenty five revenue officials, and
have wounded fifty-five; and now
in the Southern Ststes-thst is, in
many Of them-every Revenue Col
lector, every officer connected with
that branch of the Government, is
provided by the Internal Revenue
Department
WITH A BRHECH-LOADING RIFLE
and q pair of reyolyers. Laughter.
Are they the gentlemen to collect
our revenues2 Will you depend
upon them to pay the interest on
81, 400,0O0,000 and the current ex-
penses of this Government? Ii
won't do. Laughter. l heard II
story of a couple of Methodist min
listers who had been holding a camp
meeting, and after they had preached
q week one said to the other; "Let's
take up q subscription" Good
said he. SO he passed his hat, gave
il to a brother, and he passed it
around, and finally came back and
handed it to the preacher, and he
turned IL over on the pulpit, and
there was lot of old nails, matches,
toothpicks, buttons, and not one
solitary cent laughterl; and the
other preacher said, looking at it;
"Let us thank God" Qaughter). and
the owner of the hat said, "What
for?" and the other replied, "Be-
cause you got your hat back"
(Grest laughter.) Ii We depend
upon the Southern States to collect
the revenues of this country we
won't get our bat back. Laughter.)
Now then, my friends, if you want
an honest ballo., if you want the
revenues of the country collected.
vote the Republican ticket.
Then there is another thing we
want; we want good money; we
want honest money. know there
have been q great many theories on
money, and never knew a man
that had not q dollar himself who
had not a scheme to make somebody
else rich. CLaughter.) These theo-
ries were produced, of course, by
the circumstances we went through
the war. We had, as they say,
plenty Of money that is to say, We
had no money; plenty of promises,
bot no money; plenty of notes, but
no cash and while we were sailing
on a credit we sailed well, and as
long as | can buy all | want on a
credit my family shall not suffer.
(Lsughter.) We were going into
debt, and as q rule it is an exceed
ingly prosperous time iu a mans
life when he is getting into debt.
(Laughter.) As rule il Is an ex-
ceedingly hard time when he is