The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-08-05
DAN VOORHEES,.
The Senator Makes Ringing Speech
Something for the Republicans to
Smoke in Their Pipes.
A Defense of the Much Abused
Greenback Currency.
Harrison Turned Over to the
Queens Taste by the Sycamore.
He Quotes the Republican Leader as
Saying that "Blaine Couldl Not
Receive Justice in Any Court in
Indiana"--The Tariff.

TERRE HAuTE, Ind, Aug 4.-The De-
mocracy OF this city and vicinity held a
mass meeting tonight, and Senator Voor.
hees made the opening speech Of the
- Democratic campaign in Indiana, this be-
ing the senator's home. The street pro-
cession, a large and creditabe display, and
the wigwam where the meeting was held
was crowded. Senator Voorhees, was ten
dered an ovation on his appearance, the
audience rising and cheering several min.
utes. On the platform were many Demo
Gratis OF State and local prominence.
Senator Voorhees, address was listened
to with marked attention, and he was fire..
quently interrupted by rounds OF applause.
The most noticeable feature OF the sena.
tors speech was his revival Of the green.
back issue.
Following is a synopsis Of the senator's
speech:
propose TO show that the history of the
Republican party on the subject OF taxa
ton is the history Of premeditated crime
against the laboring people Of the United
States. Every movement in the machin-
cry OF government set in motion by the
Republican leaders and managers has been
TO swell and bloat the gains OF the rich
and TO increase the burdens OF the poor:
20 deprive labor of its honest reward and
10 reduce the industrial classes ON the
FARMS in the workshop and in the mines
10 the estate and conditions Of seris paying
tribute TO their rapacous masters The
Republican conspiracy to iasten the fangs
OF the money power in the struggling
body OF American labor, and TO enable
gigantic usury and legalized robbery
TO suck the blood Of every American
industry, took its first great step when, in
authorizing legal tender currency in 1862,
the greenback, the immortal and glorious
greenback, WIS Disseminated against and
degraded in the money markets Of the
world by being made non-receivable for
duties on imports and for interest on the
-bonded debt Of the United States. In all
the annals OF nations no financial measure
was ever more willfully wicked in concep.
ton and design, nor more iar.reachngly
oppressive and destructive 10 the rights OF
labor in It's results than this. The senator
declared this act enabled the "bullionists"
Of Wall street TO realize profit in naked
speculation" with the bonds and currency
OF the nation Of nearly 81, 900, 10000.
The laboring people have been too
patient, too forbearing do not believe
any other people on the globe would have
submitted, unless restrained by force, 10
the monstrous act Of Congress OF March,
1869 BY one dishonest stroke OF dis.
honest pen, guided and held by the dis.
honest leaders Of great party, the debt
which labor has 10 pay was swollen % per
cent The great bulk OF our bonds, the
fye-twenties, were payable In greenbacks
and the authors Of the act Of March 1869
knew Il was false when they declared that
they were payable in coin.
The speaker then quoted at length from
the speech Of Senator Beck on this sub.
iect March ~ last Also quoted the letter
written by John Sherman in 1868 and re-
surrccted by Beck wherein Sherman said:
81 think the bondholdcr violates his
promise when he refused TO take the same
kind Of money he paid for his bonds"
"Why," asked the speaker, should not
the greenback, with its glorious history
and with all the crimes committed and at
tempted against II by the leaders Of the
Republican party. come 10 the front at
this time and at all times, when the inter.
esis OF the laboring classes are under con.
sideniion2
branded al liz birth with the bar sinis.
ter as a bastard In the field Of currency.
pcrsistently stigmatiLed aud caricatured a.
q rag baby. born In founding hospital,
without known parcntage; for years de.
noenced IN dishonest money, a fraud upon
--the business and commercial world, yet II
stands today In every State In the Union
with liz head as high and ia purchasing
mower ~ great as the brightest gold that
ever flashed from the depths Of the earth
II il true the Republican candidate for
President suggested in 1873 that an idiot
asylum ought TO be erected for believers
In the grcenback; for you, my old
Grcenback friends, and for me. |
believed In the gTccnback then,
and do now, and | take my place
alongside Of yon under Gen. llarrison's
sweeping, iniolerant, brutal criticism and
denunciation. | did 20 ten years ago,
when lac poured out his scornful wrath
upon us, and was well content with the
result. lie canyassed the State In 1878 "a
the candidate Of his party for the Senate,
as did ~ the candidate OF mine, and the
people Of Indiana decided by more than
10000 majority on the popular vote for
members OF tho Legislature that he was
nearer financial IDIOT than was. aud
that should 70 back TO Washington aud
leave him nj home.
Senator Voorhees, then entered upon the
tartii ISSUE anu fecOuutcd Tue history OF
modern tarif legislation.
No relief, the speaker declared, was AZ.
forded 10 labor by resort 10 domestic
excise system. On the contrary, this sys.
ten was made the prcteSt Tor still further
bold and nagitous cncroachnents on the
part Of monopoly and greed against the
rights Of those who toll.
The two acts Of Congress Of 1862 and
1884, by which protective duties were
made 10 ascend 10 Fixes Peak altitude,
were demanded on the express ground
that the manufacturer should be compen.
sated for the amount OF his internal tax.
ON this point the speaker quoted oxten.
tivcly from Senators Morrill,, Allison and
others.
--' Treating Of the internal factory tan,
which was repealed In 1859, the speaker
declared that the extreme duties on i'm
ports laid In 1862 and 1864, expressly Il
compensate for the payment OF that yery
tax. still remain In full force and effect
For nineteen years the Republican party
has caused tho people 20 pay the manu-
iaclurer at leas, tl06, 600, 600 a year in con
tidersiion Of tar paid by the manuiae