People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-08-17
OLD SOLDIER SMASHED.
A Brilliant letter from Mr..
Fitzgerald, who Insists
that Nation Should BE
Spelled with Il Big N

MI llLSeTdlu takes Time Oy Tie
fOretOp this week and haStenS to ex-
pose and explode the deluSions Of W.
j. Bebb. He claims to have written
this himself, and if such be the case
he is certainly fine specimen OF the
Josh Billings school of humorist in
politics. His letter is quite as mean.
ingless as the republican silver plank.
He will probably find out who struck
Billy Patterson.
Editor Voice In an article headed
Another "Old Soldier & c & C etc with
a dozen reasons & c of Constable W
) Beoo the why 'he bids Good Bye
x C & to the Republican party.
l-Sir Mr. Editor herein propose to
examine and expose the Said Bebbs
misstatements in regard to facts and
men of renOwn whOOm he undertakes
at the first to honor and eulOgise as
grand and glorious etc and whoom
he would not rob. ttheese last ms
own wOrdsl-H even is very efrusive
in praise to 'Once grandest and mos,
noble Republican pOlictial party"
Now Mr. Bebb:-the men whoom
you named Lincoln Seward Thadeus
Stevens Cameron & Sumner as i'm
mortal and glorious do not need praise
from such lips 4 pen as yours.-The
general estimate given you and your
praise and eulOge smells badly before
the intelligence of our common com.
munity also your comment-where
your "EulOgy ends" your word of
praise dies with you at least.
Begening with your reasons from
Number one ~ to 6 exclusive in
which you assert are contained the
Sum Of Your Greifs
In your md Reas-iS found this
BANKERS Capitalists to Speculate
the blood and tears of the nation IA
small NJ GreenBackS must be dishOn-
orede II and they the Bankers & c OBJ
talned the qualifying clauses Tex.
cept duties on imposts & interest
on the public debt"
When you Mr. Beb1 wrote what
Some one told you to, as the above
reads-yOu either ignorantly or will
lully and maliciouSly slandered Abra-
ham Lincoln old Thad-Stevens.. Sew
ard, Sumner, with more than one
hundred Others Of the foremost and
stauncheSt Of the then Republican,
for each one Of theeSe men were
staunch supporters and helpers to get
this Legal tender 4 exception
clauses" both included in the Bill in
troduced in the H-of Repres-by E.
G- Spaulding Of the Ways & Means
Co of the house on 22-Jan 1862
The grand question then with all
theese men was how to get money
and means to prosecute the war. IT.
was well known fact our National Ia
capital NJ Bonds would not sell or be
accepted In Europe. Confederate
bonds in London found a ready sale
though. Congress must out Of the
dlerest necessity make and provide
money and means at home hence
this grand and afterwards proved)
glorious measure was adopted with
the famous exception as one of its
grandest features. In this excep-
tlonal clause was contained the prom
lse OF a Redeemer to make good our
National cridet. Let all praise be
given to those grand men-Spaulding
"old Thad Stevens Hooper, Bingham,
Pike and all the 93-members of the
house of Representatives who said
aye to this Bill on 9Th Feb lS62-The
Vote was SO ayes-59 nos and anon
the nos is found John Sherman, Owen
LovejOy & Others but most of the 50
were Dem Of Vallandigham stripe &
COpperheads with all Rebels.
The Republicans who voted no-did
So on the legal points in the Legal
Tender clause alone having no scru-
ples-abOut the exceptional Words.
The Vote on this Bill 10 the Senate
Stood on 18th Feb 1920 ayes 81
no.
The Redeeming Clause Except for
Reyenu or impOsts & interest on
Bonds Stands Sir today as a monu-
ment to gloryfy the then Republican
party who gave this promised Re
deemer to be made good after Ser
pents head had been ground TO dust
and ashes l. E the Rebellion should
have been made to surrender.
Sumner in the . S Senate exclaimed
is this Legal tend & exceptional a ne
cessity for or a War measure? which
was, answered by Sect O! Treasur
Chase Yes with emphases TO and
this answer Sumner accepted and
acted on with earnesness knowp to
him & his zeal
Wan there any good ground 10 the