Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1882-01-28

ala bArtlaliy IL ny u
overwhelming majority, that the bill
rsmonetixing IL was "a Swtndle q
immense that it made the achieve
lneut illustrious." Gen. Graut, wht
comes forward hero rs the advocate
of silver, " ho says that it has . stand
ard value all over the world, wrot'
from Smyrna, when he was making
his celebrated tour, to Q friend Of his
Judge Long, Of The city OF st. Louis
II see that congress 10 about to re
monetize the silver dollar. If l pos
sessed the power which l held for th'
last eight years as president Of thu
business man throughout the coun
try to make all his contracts payable
in gold alone" In other words, he,
the great leader Of the republican
party, the most illustrious soldier o
the age, SO great was his hatred Il
silver and the silver dollar that hi
himself declared that he would ad.
wise the business men aud merchautt
Of the Quilted States to make theil
contracts in future payable in gole
aloue-tO defeat the will of the peO'
pie as expressed IN congress and make
this silver money as the mad beneath
our feet, instead oil making 1t what
he was willing to makeit in October
1876, the basis and criterion OF al
business. on this continent.
Mr.. President the whole republican,
party today is banded together t.
-trikr downt the value OF the silver Of
he country. We are told now by
the secretary OF the treasury that the
silver certificates lnust be discon.
liaued. He admits in his report tina
$66 0O0.00O of. silver certificates arr
now upon the country paid for il
gold, as Mr. Benton used 10 say
'.in hard, red gold" The people are
willing 10 come forward with gold,
the most precious of all preciOu.
metals, aud pay tor silver certlf1catei
aud put them IN circulation ; but,sayi
the secretary of the treasury, silver
. certificates must be discontinued. Hat
there been any refueal. to take them
fias there been any complaint abou!
i.enf Is not the country
Listen to his own language. / have
not the strength to read from his re-
port. but he says that he has SO much
money on hand now that he does not
know what to do with it and he calls
apon congress to stop the taxes. lie
there Is a surfeit of money, Z
nrplus of money, and he proposes
10 take away SlS5. O00, 900 of internal
duties, ali Of which, except
$1,000, 900, r taxes upon whisky,
Deer auu tobacco.
For one l am opposed to taking Of
any suoh.tax. 1t there 10 anything IN
this countay that Can stand an excise
lax 1t is whisky, beer and tobacco. ]
am opposed to putting q tax upon
the neo~sssaries of life. l am opposed
to sn excise tax upon what the poor
ineu of the country need to sustain
iiie, but l am opposed to taking the
tax from whisky, beer and tobacco. ]
say let these articles pay aud pay
literally.
repeat, and l cannot say it too of.
that l do not sitack the national
banks because they represent the cap.
ltal OF the country. know the abuse
which 10 hurled at the senator from
Indiana aud those of ~ who believe
him In regard to the
national banks. W. are called
greenbackers. Mr.. President, l Am
2 greenbacker. have never
seen the time since / underwood
what tho greenback currency was,
/ was not in favor of lis
continuance. l have never seen the
lime that l was willing 10 put III the
hands of the national banks the pow
.r to expand or contract the curren-
" of this country. l am not, nor Is
senator from Indiana, if he will
permit me to speak for him, q nation.
II labor reform greenbacker, az they
,erm themselves now in their plai.
'orm adopted at Chicago upon which
hey nominated for the presidency
Weaver, of Iowa, Is
l remember very we'll when two
ears ago abuse was heaped without
tint on the democratic party because
hey had formed q coalition in the
OF Maine with what Was called,
he gresnback party of that state.
ecollect how the republican papers.
# the country came out with double.
eaded articles containing Hancock,s
dispatches Of c0ngratulatiOn to Mr..
upon his election as COVER
or OF that state. We were told then
hat tho greenback party had entered
hto q coalition with the democratic
srty, aud that the party Of hard
honey had contaminated itself BY
oiitical amliation with the fat.money
arty in the state Of Maine. Mr..
resident, III the last CANVASS | fought
ny and night sgsinat the coalition
f the republican party aud the fat
money party in the state of Missouri.
was au open aud notorious afilla-
ion, every republican paper In the
advocating the cause of the
candidates. Four mem.
ers were sent to the lower house |
the state of Missouri who were
fe-lOng republicans. Que of them, |
ltely the candidate for speaker of
ie so.called greeDback party, upon |
is first appearance in the house of
representatives., paired with a demo-
Mi. Bland, from the state Of
lissouri, upon all questions except
hose In regard to tine finances. He |
J a republican TO all intents aud pur-
oses In regard to the theory Of this |
the construction of the
o~nstitutiou, and the cardinal poiuts1
1 Issue between the two great par.
les. -Four OF these gentlemen were
emf 10 the house Of representatives
Y all open coalition between the
r~eenbackers, %sO-called, aud the re.
party, and to-day in Mis-.
ouri we are threatened with an At.
ack similar to that which succeeded
few weeks ago III the state OF Vir-
inia.
To-day the democratic party stands
Or silver, geld and paper money pay.
Die III coin. To-day that 10 the policy |
I our party, declared In its platform
t Cincinnati; but in Missouri and all
western states the greenbackers,
o-called, and the republicans stand
lpou u platform having but one
'lahk, aud that political success with.
ut reference TO principle OF houest
sentiment.
LII 1878, when this national preen.
'ack LABOR reform party met in the
lty OF SedalIa, in the state Of Mis-.
ouri, they adopted q platform in
of absolute fiat money. simpIy |
IS, U. ST." and that should ne a
Jnited States %ive.dolIar bill payable
o NOBODY, at no time, and in no thing,
hd at no place-perpetual financial
notion.
The republican party went into the
anvass aud voted for the fiat. money
Anything to beat the
'our0on democracy and to obtain