The advocate., 1891-06-17

mend0uS BRAIN force during tine
whole Of the past year TO prove this
proposition. During the campaign
last fall it quoted largely from south
ern papers and wrote windy editori-
ais in its support. Now by single
stroke OF the Fsber it dashes it's
whole years work to atoms by show
ing that the Democratic and the Peo-
ple's parties have nothing in common.
Verify time works wOndrous changes.
The Capital as usual, however,
misquotes the Cincinnati platform on
the pension question. It has been SO
long giving publicity to Meredith's
forgery that il cannot be expected to
correctly quote q pension resolution
that has been published in every 9TH
or paper in the land. Observe the
following:
AS to pensions, the only remark made by the
Peoples platform Is that the old soldier should
be recOmpensed by good money for the bad
money queer that the new party should admit
that money can be bad-recelved during the
war.
When and where did the Peoples
party say anything about bad money! I!
What it does say is that the Repub-
licsn party in Congress in the enact
ment of the provision for the issue Of
a paper currency, specially provided
for it's depreciation by law. Concern
ing this act Thaddeus Stevens said:
1t makes two classes OF mOney-One for the
banks and brokers and one for the people. 1t
dScrlmlnates between the rights Of different
classes Of creditors, allowing the rich capitalist
to demand gOld and compelling the ordinary
lender Of money on individual security to receive
notes which the government had purpOsely de-
preclated.
Mr.. Stevens at that time made a
powerful effort to have the soldier
placed on an equality with the banker
and bondholder, but failed. Hear
him:
Ihave proposed an amendment to the Senate
amendment upon the principle OF legitimate par
llamentary rules, that you may make as palata-
bic as you can-an amendment which you do
not like-beiOre the vote ls taken upon 1t. My
amendment Is offered for the purpose OF curing
little the evils and hardshipS OF the original
amendment Of the Senate. And though 1t may
be adopted, shall vote against the whole as
amended. My amendment Is TO except from the
operation ofthe legal tender clause the officers
and soldiers Of the army and navy, and those
who supply them with provisions, and thus put
them on the same footing with the government
creditors who hold their bonds. hope they
will not be thought less meritOriouS than the
money changers. trust 1t will be adopted as an
amendment to the Senate amendment, so that II
this pernicious system Is TO be adopted, II the
beauty Of the original bill Is to be impaired those
who are lighting our battles, and the widows
and children Of those who are lying in their
graves In every part OF the country, killed In de-
fenSe Of the government, may be placed upon no
worse footing than those who hold the bonds Of
the government and the coin Of the country.
This amendment was rejected, and
the soldier was compelled to accept
his pay in this currency purposely
but not necessarily deprecated by
law. What the Peoples party de-
mands, and what it will insist upon,
is that the injustice resulting from
this infamy, imposed by q Republican
Congress, shall be compensated BY