The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-09-23
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d me sovereign power OF the State under thu
y Federal Constitution. Where do they
!, stand now? They repudiate that yery
|. idea as a pernicious heresy. They stand
9 as the party of Capitalization.
8 You can't give larger power to the head
!. LOT the Government without taking II away
!, from the people, and soon you will have q
= centralized form Of Government, mon.
: Rrchy In fact, and your liberties will be
!. taken from you! I heard Mr.. sturgiss say
: the other day
.'THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE Is THE VOICE OF
COL"
! that's, that whatever the great body Of the
j people say, Is right. What did this voice
say in 1s742 The sovereign people OF the
land put their seal of condemnation on
/ the course Of action Of the Republicans,
j and elected a Democratic House; and they
elected another in 1875, and another in
1873, and l judge by the signs Of the times
, that in 1880 they will not only elect an
other, but they will also, as they did In
1876, electa Democratic President. No
lEolid South did that, butall sections OF the
country set the seal of their condemnation
on the policy Of the Republicans, and
I turned the Republican Governors out OF
, Office, and elected q majority Of Governors
Of the States Democratic. And five times
in the past six years they have said to the
Republican party, ave can't trust you"
There has been no popular election IN
those years at which the people have not
endorsed the Democracy and condemned
the Republicans. Why have they done
this? There are some good reasons for It.
First, the Republican party Is the party
OF centrallzation.
GEs. oARYIElp, ONE OF THE BRArNIEsr NES
j IN CONGRESS.
Said of jefferson, the author Of the Dec
laration Of Independence: "The fame Of
Jefferson is waning" meaning thereby
that the cause OF popular liberty was Ian
gushing, land the fame Of Hamilton Is
waxing, and 1, for one, am glad Of it"
That Is 10 say we are tending toward the
fulflment Of the monarchical theories OF
Alexander Hamilton, that we are coming
nearer the adoption Of strong govern
ment. WHAT Is strong goyernmet?
Not one in which any more
strength is given to the laborer, but to the
head Of the administration; and Just as
you bestow added power there you must
take the vested power from the people.
Senator Sharon, a prominent Republican
standing high in the party synagogue said:
ave need stronger government The
wealth OF the country demands 1t. With.
out capital and capitalists our government
would not be worth fig. The capital OF
the country demands protection; Its rights |
are assacred as the rights Of the paupers
who are continually prating about the en-
croechments oil capital and sgainst central |
izaiion."
Not the welfare of the people, not the
protection Of your homes, not the inter-
ests OF the masses, but the capital OF the
country, demands strong government.
The money kings demand Il. And Sena-
tor Sharon decIares-and can point to
numerous instances OF similar remarks by
representative Republicans: without
bloodshed, and rivers Of IL, there will be
no political change Of administration"
need not comment on such declaration
as that It's meaning Is so plain that the
wayiaring man, though fool, cannot mis-
understand.
The people complain Of the
ExrRAyAeAST EXPENDITURES
Of the Republican administrations. Since
the Democracy came into power they
have saved s25, 00O, 900 year on their an.
nual appropriations.
Last night in Wheeling was asked
what caused the panic Of 1873. ] will tell
YOU what caused It. In the spring OF 1873
we had good times. There was plenty Of
money in circulation, business was active,
the people were prosperous, well-fed and
happy. But in six months after this
came the panic that depressed every
branch Of business aud caused more woe,
sorrow and suffering, than this country
ever had. The cause was
REPUBLICAN EIsAScIAL LEGISLATION,
and the speaker could say this without
fear Of contradiction and in all kindness
and eandor. In the early legislation, after
the war, three series OF bonds were Issued:
the 5.2Os, 1905 aud 10 4Os. The first named
the government had the right to pay in
greenbacks. But the Republican party
made them payable in coin. Senator
Thurman declared that this robbed the
people Of Ave hundred millions Of dollars
Iby making the bonds worth that much
more than when they were Issued. He
solemnly protested against the passage OF
the act, butthe Republicans were in power
and passed the act. This was the first act
OF the crisis.
The public credit act declared the bonds
TO be payable in coin and here was silver
with which II might be done. But no!
Ink DaRukltaRn In nNHRana aUafn
stepped in and passed an act demone-
fixing silver. They declared it to be not
the coin that was wanted. At this time
the times were good, but then the con.
traction began and with 1t the distress.
In 1875 the resumption act was passed.
It provided for the payment in gold, on
January LIST, 1870, Of all debts contracted
prior TO that time. II contained the won.
derlul and unheard Of provision that sll
the greenback dollars taken into the treas.
my for gold should be cancelled and de-
stroyed! Thus the currency was con.
tinually shortened. In 1875
THE PEoPLE, SITTING IN JuDaNEST,
: came to the conclusion that this legislation
was unwise snd injudicious. The onesu.
preme power Is the people, and that power
Is exercised through the ballot box. The
people removed the Republicans from
power, changing the House from Re
!. publican majority oisixty to Democratic
majority Of seventy.
$ Now, why have we better times to-day
!. The legislation Of the Democratic party,
u under Providence, has brought them
g about. In the first place. they declared
} that the Secretary Of the Treasury should
l. not destroy another greenback dollar.
o They found that greater volume Of cur
e rency was required lorfthe wants Of the
Is country. Then they forced aud coerced
:. the Republican party into the measure OIL
. the remonetiZation Of silver, and made 1t 4
y legal tender for all debts, private and
d public. An effort was made by New