The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-06-26
GEN. BENJAMIN +. BUTLER
Accepts the Greenback Nomination
for the Presidency Of the
United States.
lie Will Protect All I'm Their Just
Rights and C0nilne All 70
Their True Duties.

In response to the formal ann ouncement
Of his nomination by the Grecnback Nh
tional Convention Gen. Butler says:
LOWELL, Mass, June IL.
GENTLEMEN OF THE COMMITTEE: have re-
ceived ut your hands tho official announcement
OF the action OF the convention o. Indianapolis
with deep sensibility In the ordinary course OF
political events the choice OF con, ention Of
representative men OF any considerable portion
OF my fellow-citizens according 10 me this tho
grateful acknowledgment. even though It might
be selection TO represent the thought Of such q
convention upon questions which commonly
divide political parties. Views upon such unes-
Of measures merely administration The gr at
questions Won present are higher And .fandeT
than any mere oitical measures. Nearly quar-
ter OF a century ago. when tile very existence OF
the republic and the establishment OF demo-
cratic representative government hung trembling
upon. the issue Of the greatest civil war the
world has ever known or may ever know. by q
wisdom born Of impcr,Ous necessity q financial
system sprung from patriotic impulse 10 save
the nations life. and rcscuc the lolc OF free
institutions for all men from going down for
ever In darkness and death. II WAS devi ca by
the great and good men Of that day, to whose
care the republican government To Dc aimtnis-
tered for the people ani bv tho people had becn
contded That system or finance for 4 free
people in its infancy saved til, | fe Of the ma
ton perishing without It. and broke tho
chains which cnslaycd 100000 men. IT
Q prosperity 1t had never known 1t en-
abled the people to assess upon themselves
and pay taxes of an extent before unknown
to any country. 1t made II possible for the
Government to repay thrcefold all the loans 1t
received from any creditor or rave to him secnr-
ity more profitable and stable than that ever
issued by any power In tho world. aud made the
financial system Of our Government at once the
envy and admiration Of oil men. This was done
by the legal tender currency. while questions AZ
to it's stability were raised by the very form OF
legislation which it enacted. and while still
pravcr doubts prevailed In the minds Of many
wise and patriotic men whether the legal tender
currency, inexpensive In fact, resting not On the
intrinsic value Of the material IN which 1t was
coined, was within the constitution competency
and power Of the legislative branches OF the Gov
ernment That question having been three times ~.
States, the very high st tribunal Of nst.tn-
tional construction, was ut last decided III the
affirmative with such ufan,mity that there
might have been the possibility Of no reason
able doubt against IL. One purpose OF yonr
organization and OF those who thought and
acted with You. although not Of II. was 10 sup
port and sustain this money as tho currency Ut
the people. This peoples currency. you will
remember, was designated BY its friends bs the
pet name Of the -Greenlack." Two Years ago
did myself the honor 10 say that rs
currency so commended by the merit OF It's
great deeds wrought tor the y opcs safety
and prosperity, enacted by the highest legis-
lative power. adjudicate, by such 4 court. and
the decision abont 10 be reaffirmcd, was nh ac-
compli-hed fact never again to b. disturbed or
doubted, SO that its friends might well say
See, the end OF our iabo:s IN this regard has
come, so let us rejoice; let those who aided in
this great work press on. and deal with equally
important. unsettled. and necessary measures
for the welfare Of the whole people.
The legal tender having become the very fOun-
dation Of as we'll as q measure OF value inter-
twined with all the business Of the people, the
engine Of the prosperity of the nation. II seems
to me almost al act OF cruelty again To disturb
causclcssly a financial question which has been
no set at rest with the assent of all good men, as
much SO as was the question, OF the
IN sls 2, MAN r1ere soa ms
glad that that question was no longer part In
political consideration. aud craftsmanship may
now turn from 1t as the country has turned from
questions OF slavery and war. But alasl the
power Of the darkness of error. The rcsurreor
tionists OF false ideas OF the dead past have dug
up the moldering remains of contention from
the peaceful grave where they slept and threat
en- by rehash Of exploded resolutions formu-
lated into platform by a rarity convention TO
reyivify and agitate controversies which will
unsettle commercial values, hinder and
delay the business energies of our .peo-
pie. with apparently but n single object
Ito extend system Of purely PAPER cur
Government, indeed. but for private emolument
and gain to the corporators, which currency it
self l. to be valuable only beeause 1t is made re-
deemable In the very greenback which this
ghoul-like agitation seeks to repudiate, over
throw, and destroy. Such currency Andrew
Jackson. with the prcscience and wisdom OF q
statesman, by the iron hand OF soldier sus-
tanned BY the Democracy OF more than gen.
Grafton ago, had wholly crushed out, and In the
hope Of the wise and good had buried forever
This Is one OF the grieyons errors OF admin
istration which had insidionsy crept into
the Government for the ACKNOWLEDGMENT
CT the few to the destruction Of the peo-
pie. A q Democrat, taught in the Jackson
school In my early youth, with my jndgmen,
matured by many years OF converse In public
affairs aided bv an earnest and deep study. with
an intensity Of purpose which q topic OF such
magnitude affecting every interest OF the people
nay it may be the very existence OF free In
afttutions--demands, am constrained. We're II
the last act OF my life in view of this attempt to
undo what jackson had so well done. coming
from whatsoever question 1t may, to say to YOU
gentlemen. that there seems a wisdom, indeed q
necessity, for the further continuance Of youI
organization in this renewed exigency. and
therefore upon this CONDENSATION am with You
And IL there were but two of MS We ought To
stand together against this great wrong, and
call upon all true men to stand with MS, either
inside or outside, as the case may be. of Other
political organizations which may aim to per.
feet other measures tor the good OF the country
! thank you for your suggestions on othel
matters toward which your organization
tuns-the interests of labor, the preserva-
ton OF the lands OF the people for thu
benefit OF the people, the control of ag.n.
cies created by the Government TO he used
for the good Of the people. To regulate and
shall control and cheaper the transportation ol
persons, freight, and intelligence. and TO nrotec
all In their just rights and contne all to thei
true duties, to the end that there may he in Thu
country an equality Of rights, IN equality o
burdens, an equality of privileges. and an equal
ity Of powers to all persons under the law-thi,
has been the political rule Of my life. lhaye tn
honor to be. with personal esteem, very respect
| fully, your friend and servant.
BENJAMIN r. BUTLER.