The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-10-29
JOHN SHERMAN BxooR1ArBp.

Mrs. s. e. V. Emery is the author of
q pamphlet, which has had a large sale,
entitled the Seven Financial Conspir-
acies." John Sherman was very prop
erly handled as chief conspirator. This
pamphlet seems to have penetrat cd
Johns epidermis, and he replied TO Mrs
Emery at great length, in the Cincin-
natl Enquirer.
And now Mrs. Emery comes back at
John in great shape. Her reply is
written at Foetoria, o., under date of
October II, 1891, and Is addressed to
John, personally. 1t is quite personal,
aB well as political There are so many
other good things to print in our linn
| tied space that we must f0rego the
pleasure of reproducing the entire let
ter. Mrs. Emery insinuaJes that John
Sherman got rich out of the civil war,
but she does it in such a mild, sweet,
womanly way that John, certainly, will
take no offense. Here is an extract:
"You soy the civil war was organized by
slave holders. II is true they were charged
with the crime; but what of Wall street
and the notorious Zach Chandler, who
openly asserted that "a country was not
worth a dam without blood-letting," and
who through the gency of the Civil War
was elevated from a man of moderate
means" 20 a position of millionaire; and,
Senator, IL am correctly informed Zach
ariah was not the only LOYAL Northern
man whose wealth was increased TO phe-
nominal proportions through this Internal
agency. You say il was the men whom /
denounce as "Shylocks' who furnished
the means for carrying on the war. Ah,
did they2 You know IL was because they
demanded such extortionate rates of inter.
est that the government resorted to the
issutpce OF its own money; and you know
twas this government money-the Green.
backs-that saved the country in its hour
of peril"
sherman, in his reply to Mrs. Emery
said The greenbacks were purposely de-
preclated to make market for our
bonds. Ms. Emery wants TO know
why the solGlers who fought the war to
successful issue, and who were paid
In this money (purposely depreciated)
nave never been paid their Just dues j.,
honest money, while the bond holders
who bought bonds with those same de-
preeiated greenbacks have since been
paid in gold, with gold interest. Here
again we quote from Mrs. Emery:
"You insult every old veteran when You
compare the patriotism of the Gold King
OF Wall street with that of the soldier who |
taosn death at the cannon's mouth and
was purposely deprecated to create a
marktt for bonds, the interest upon which |
was paid in gold, at a time when ii re-
quired more than two dollars of the SOL |
dier's money to purchase one dollar of the |
bond holders money"
John Sherman was largely RESPONSE |
BILE for the demonetiZation of silver in |
1873. Here is just what Mrs. Emery |
has to say about that:
q e al ks.NgV, -
Silver you again resort TO your "hones st |
dollarn argument, and attempt to terror |
i2e the farmer aud laborer by the fear
that they are going v be paid of "in |
cheap money" Senavor this apprehen- |
sion seems quite out of character on your |
part when we reflect that while our |
country WAS in the throes of civil war il |
was through such legislation as you pre-
scribed that the soldier was paid in cur |
rency which you say was deprecated in |
order to make q market for gold interest |
gearing bonds. This dishonest silver dol |
lar over which, you have so long and
loudly lamented has no exception clause |
upon it. 1t will buy as much as u gold |
dollar, national bank note or a green |
back; then why call il dishonest? |
Nancy can only be dishonest when |
its pnSshasiDg power is impaired, |
Will you make an affidavit that Ernst |
Seyd of London did not manipulate the |
ator Ingalls, excuses this infamous act on
the ground that both Houses of Congress,
the Cabinet and President of the United
States must have been hypnotized. SEN
ator were you hypnotzed on that memor-
able occasion?
British gold and Washington whiskey
have been such important factors in
American legislation during the past thir-
ty years, that one is hardly able to deter
mine whether this was or was not a genu-
inc case of fhypnotization. Under the head
of Resumption you claim this crowning
act to he the glory and pride of the people
of the United States. You extol our credit,
our productive interests, the development
of our material resources, but not one
word have you TO say of the general ad-
vancement and prosperity of the masses.
The truth Is, under your "beneficent finan.
cial policy,n the masses are being reduced
to condition of wage slavery. With
5000, COO of mortgaged homes, $50, ,000, 900 600
of indebtedness, and one half the wealth
of the country in the hands of 81, 900 peo.
pie, the boast of prosperity is q mockery
and an insult to common intelligence.