Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1884-06-19
Gen. Benjamin F. Buffers Letter Of
Acceptance.

Gen. Benjamin F. Buffers Letter of
Acceptance.
New York, June l7.-In response to
the formal announcement Of his nomi-
nation by the committee of the green
back national convention, Gen. Butler
says:
LOWELL, Mass, June l2. Gentle
men of the committee: received at
your hands the official announcement
of the action Of the convention at In
dianapois with deep srnsibilty. In
the ordinary course Of political events
the choice Of Il convention of reprGscn-
tativc men of any considerable portion
of my fcllow-citiacns, according to me
this, the highest honor they can confer.
would call for grateful acknowledge
mcnt, even though the right selection
10 represent such convention upon the
questions which commonly divide po-
litical parties views upon such questions
may have been inherited. or an out
growth of measures, merely of admin
iStratiOn. The great questions YOU
present are higher and grandcr than
any mere political treasure. Nearly Il
quarter of a century ago when the very
existence of the republic and the rslah-
liSlnnrnt of Il democratic representative
government hung trembling upon an
issue OF the greatest civil war the world
ever knew, or'may ever know, by wis
dom born of impCrious necessity, Il
final system springing from
PATRONlC IMPULSE
to save the nations life and rescue
hope of free institutions for all men
from going down forever in darkness
AMI death, was devised by the great
and good men Of that day, to whose
care the republican government to be-
administered for the people aud by the
people had been contidcd. That system
of finance for free people in its infancy
saved the life of the nation pcriShinr
without it and broke the chains which
enslayed four million men. 1t gave the
country, while war was raging, pros
pcrity it had never known. 1t cna-
bled the pcopleto assess upon them
selves and pay taxes to IN extent before
unknown in any country. 1t made it
possible for the government to repay
thrcc-fold of all il received in loans
from any creditor, or gave to him ST.
curity more profitable and stable than
ever issued by any power in the world,
| and made
TIE FINANCIAL SYSTEM
oi our government, mt once the envy
and admiration OF all men. This wa.
done by Il legal tender currency, while
questions rs to its ability were raised in
every form by the Legislature by which
II was enacted, and while still graycr
doubts prevailed in the minds of many
wise men whether legal tender cur
roncy, inexpensive, in fact, resting not
on the intrinsic value of material in
which it was coined, was without the
constitutional competency and power
OF the Legislative branch of the govern
ment. That question having been three
times submitted to the Supreme Court
of the United States, the highest tribu-
nal Of constitutional construction. II
was at last decided in the affirmative,
with such unanimity as to show there
might have been possible doubt against
II. Dne OF the purposes your OrganiAa-
tion and of those who Thought and
acted with you, although not of il, was
to support and sustain this money and
the currency OF the people. This peo-
pies currency you will say was dGsg-
mated by its friends, by the pet name Of
the greenback. Two hours ago did
myself the honor to say the currency su
commended by the merit of its great
deeds wrought for
THE PEOPLES SAFETY
and posterity, enacted by the highest
Legislative power adiudicatcl by such
court and the decision about to be re-
affirmed, was an unaccompliShed fact
never again to be disturbed or doubted,
so that its friends might well say, "Sec.
the end of our labors in this regard has
come; let us rejoice; let those who aided
in the great work press on TO deal with
equally important and unsettled meas
ures for the welfare of the whole peo-
pie" The legal tender having become
the very foundation of, as well as II
measure of value entertained with all
the business of the pcople---thc engine
of prosperity of the nation, it seems to
me almost an act of cruelty again to
disturb causelessly, financial question
which has been 50 set at rest with the
assent of all good men, us much so rs
| was the question of the right of man tO