Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-07-11
GENERAL BuT1rp
as Letter Accepts, the Gr..,
/ inatlon for the Presldency-u'ekS
on tho Currency Question. -ns Vi

as Letter Accep,la, the Gr..,
/ inatlon for the Presldencv-us"ekse
on h Currency Question. VI.
NEW YORK, June 1S.-In resnou
formal announcement of his nomin@
the Greenback National Conven.i"a
eral Butler says:
II COMMITTEE: l received at y vow
official announcement OF the nands
convention at Indianapolis with ta,ol Of
bility. In the ordinary course weep IL
events the choice of a c%onventiovs, oPpolt
sentative men OF any considerable VI r. ri
me this the highest ib%uoe nGai
full Acknowledgements, even 1Gr I'd
might be a selection to renr noush
thought of such convention upon seht
which commonly divide politieai 4p n.s
OF administration. The great one ulgs mel
present are higher and grander st ions
mere political measure. Nearly y ,Aaa
OF a century ago, when the y vo, gaa,
istence Of the Republic a apaS
tive Government hung trembfippnpe Nl
the ISSUE OF the greatest civi. war tnss Vi
had eve known or may ever know ny Sq
wisdom born of an imperious necessi,v,os
cial system sprung from patriotic i"AA
to save the Nations life and rescue tb IRR1
down forever in darkness and denth" 20
devised by h great and good men 81
day to whose care the Republican ~
ment, to be administered for the peonloaMos
the people, had been confided. That swung
finance for a free peoplei in it's infanceyr e y
Fir 1tfa ff %hn NnttNp a. San
broke the chains which enslaved four ny ~
men. 1t gave this country, with war r, Da
prosperity it had never known. II "s
the people to assess upon themselves anu a,I'
taxes OF an extent before unknown in IN
country. 1t made it possible for the ( m
from any creditor, or gave to him
curity. o profitable and stable inn
ever issued by any power in tho Wy
and made the financial system o"So
Government at once the envy and adn
ton of all men. This was lone by the Ie %ui \
bility were raised by the very form Of l ,s
ton by which it was enacted, and VIII ijes
graver doubts prevailed in the minds Of ~
wise, patriotic men whether a lcpa,,@n
currency, inexpensive III fact, resting
on the intrinsic valae of the mate,j,
the Legislative branches p of
been three times s1 lSnnt19a' h, aT
Supreme Court Of the United States, tbe
highest tribunal of the country, was ~,
decided in the affirmative with such nn "u
ity that there might be no reasonuble %a
against it. II purpose of your Orr,n;sal
and of those who thought and acted With \
although not of it, was to support and sn:
this money as a currency Of the people 81,
was designated by its friends by .I tbs
name of h "~Greenback." Two years AZ
did myself the honor to say that the curra
30 commended by the merit of its great d.
wrought for the peoples safety and n
power, adjudicated by such a court, and
decision aboutto be rea%ffirlned, was an ace
plished fact never again to be disturb
doubted, SO that its friends might well |
See. the end of our labors in this reear]
come. SO let us rejoice; let those who add
important unsettled and necessary measi
for the welfare of the whole people" h
legal tender, having become the very four
ton of as well as II measure OF value hi
twined with oil business Of the people, the
CINE oithe prosperity of the Nation,it scein
me almost an act OF cruelty again to dist
been 80 set at rest with the assent
all good men-as much so as was the nd
ton Of the right of man to hold his bro1
man in slavery. Therefore l said /
glad that that question was no longera pad
o turn from it as tho country has ttr
from the questions of slavery and war;
alas! the power Of the darkness of eu
The resurrectionis;s OF false ideas ofthe d
past have dug up the mohering remain
contention from peaceful graves vii
Of eaey exp s.sRsi . aes aa5sste9 for by q 5sl
q platform by party convention,
reVlvlfy n agirate Controversies wi
will unsettle Commercial values, hill
= deiay the business energies of our +
pie, with apparently but a single Object
extend a system OF purely paper currcucd
sued by corporations, established by the
eminent. Indeed, but for private emolum
and gain to the corporators, which currel
itself is to be valuable only because Il is md
ghoul-like agitation seeks to repudiate. o1
throw and destroy. Such a currency, And
jackson, with the prescience and wisdom
a statesman, by the iron hand of a solll
sustained by the Democracy Of more ID
q generation ago, had wholly crushed out, \
IN the nope OF the wise and good had bui
forever, US one Of the grieVous errors Of
Administration which had insidiously cd
Into the Government for the aggrandiAma
OF a lew to the destruction Of people. AL
Democrat. taught in the Jackson schoolin1
early youth, with my Judgment maturel
~ 800 SOAh SACC H. PuOiIC AUitIlo, dEI
by earnest and deep study with an intensity
purpose which a topic Of such magnitude. !
fectlng every interest of the pe%ople-nay
may be, the very existence of free inst
tlons-demands, l am constrained, wcreit
last act OF my life, in view of this attempt
undo what jackson had SO well done. conf
from whatever quarter it may, to say 10Y
gentlemen. that there seems a wisaS
indeed, a necessity, for the futl
continuance of your organization
this renewed exigency, and thti
fore upon this condensation I am with %
And II there were II two of us we ought
stand together against this great wrong q
call upon all true men to stand with us, Gig
INSIDE or outside as h case may be, OF ot1
political organizations which may aim TOP
tect other measures for the good of the cu
try.
l thank you for your suggestion that inc
er matters toward which your organlzaa
OF the lands of h people for the belehi
the people, the contro. of agencies created
the Government to be used for the good
the people, to regulate n control "a Sys9
OF Interstate commerce which shall cohu
ana cheapen the transportation OF pers.M
Irc!ght n intelligence, and to lros
al III their just rights and confinc all 10, LUZ
true duties, to the end that there ma!M
THIS country equality of rights, eqalityG! u1
oens, equality of privileges, and eduaA.m
powers to all persons under the laW-M
been the political rule of my life. | have
honor to be, with personal esteem, veF'
spectfully, your friend and servant,
BENJAMIN +. Bu1LkA