The advocate., 1890-04-30

coin." IL WAS submitted on January 30,
1850, aud ON March 3, 1859, AZ finally
agreed upon by conference committees Of
both houses Of congress, Il passed the
house by vote Of, yeas 1885, nays 81. In
the senate the vote upon was, yeas 81,
nays a.
In the language Of Mr. Schenck, made
at tho extra session OF congress at the be-
ginning OF the Grant administration, as ho
introduced the bill on March ~, 1859,
Srhis Is the bill as II passed both houses
last session and was pocketed by Andrew
Johnson"
RUSHED THROUGH THE HOUSE ON THE
'PREWoUs QUESTION"
II passed the house on a vote OF 0S TO
AZ on March u, 1860, and In tho senate
on March 10, 1869, by vote Of, yeas AZ,
nays l3, and was approved by President
Grant on March ls, 1862 A representa-
tive from Illinois and Indiana, each Of
which states furnished eleven votes
against tho bill, remarked
Last fall, when the presidential election was
pending, the supporters Of Nenerhl Grant Tor
president talked uf their Chicago platform,
which said the public bonds Of The government
should bC paid according ~ the "lettor and anir.
lt' oi the contract; but the necessity for dccep-
tlOn has gone by, success has been achieved on
Grant has been elected, and now the cloak has
been thrown on, and labor must pay about eight
hundred millions Of dollars
A member of the senate from Rhode
Island thus spoke:
tell the senate, and tell the people OF this
country, that the policy VI contraction has made
that which WAS scarce stl sCarCor; ruined your
commerce, your manufacturing and your farm
Ing, and even the bankers themselves are now
constantly NJ your bar begging for some h0lp,
and they are giving M their business by force tO
such lnterOpOrs as Fisk and Gould, and they are
tied hand ana foot na surely and M certainly na
they have tied this senate and THIS cOuntryj Tor
who ever heard OF u policy that would drive q
public debt or private debt Into the hnnds Ol
the people " Otller oOuntrcs2
THE LATTER DAY CALAMITIRs VISITED UP-
ON OUR PEOPLE.
Andrew Johnson, as representative 10
congress-, governor and United States
senator, was a civilian Of no inferior or
der, and his battles for the homestead
law and his devotion TO tho union Of the
American states while in the senate and
while military governor Of Tennessee,
might well cause him TO say: "My right
arm shall be stricken from its socket ere
/ sign this bill TO entail incalculable woes
upon my countrymen."
But the military chieftaln who, twenty
one years ago, succeeded him as prosl-
dent, had 30 little knowledge OF civil Of
fairs as TO be led like a lamb 10 the
slaughter to obey the behests Of the de-
stroyers Of the financial prosperity Of the
American people; gave, as his FIRST official
signature TO an act Of congress, the ap-
provnl Of the bill which changed the
method Of liquidating the public debt;
then followed In due time his signature
to acts largely increasing the salaries Of
public servants at Washington, ID. G., and
and elsewhere; the demonstration Of
silver, and tho veto Of the bill TO give the
people more Of circulating medium Ia
their period Of sore distress and impend
ing financial decay,
II Is most respectfully submitted that
"the money power" Of the great metropo-
lis Of this new world, and Of the CONNER
clal centers OF the old world, In their sys-
tematic, unhallowed combination, have
blasted and shrivelled the foundation Of
peace and prosperity in our once so-called
"free and happy America" and have