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ton. said: The Questi = to the cur.
rency IN which CUR bonds shall b paid.
which has been SO much discussed In this
hall and throughout the country during
the last two or three years. can be Is well
settled now as At any other Tina I pre-
sumo that no wise man In the country
believes at the present day that the poll
icy Of the government viii be TO discharge
its Indebtedness by the issue Of new obli-
cations Sir, IL appears to me
IL - nonsense for u to Discus this Ques-
ton any longer. II Is nonsense for Us TO
= 40. go OF sreenSacks- 800 II 10
highly betting that we should proclaim
10 the world that we intend to pay our OBJ
legations in the currency Of the world:
that We do not intend that hereafter the
bonds OF our government shall be worth
in London but 20 cents on the dollar while
the bonds Of the state Of Massachusetts
are worth los. There 10 no reason for this
depreciation Of our bonds In the markets
OF the world except that the discussions
we have had on the question have raised
doubt a. TO the currency in which we
intend to discharge our national cbiiga-
lions" 60.
Again. in 1877, after passing the credit
Strengthening act. Grant and the Repub-
lican party, upon their record. asked to I've
continued In power. And the voters Of the
nation, by q majority OF over 75o.op-the
largest ever received by any president
reelected Grant. and put the stamp OF
their approval upon the acts u the party.
II the credit strengthening act was one
OF the most damnable acts Of political
corruption and most viilai1ous be-
trayal OF public trust II by II the people
were robbed OF hundreds OF millions OF
dollars. why was II that the voters OF the
country. in numbers absolutely over
whelming, approved and ratified the viii
hx-l a. a
1872, administer a singing and effective
rebuke 10 the president and the party that
had thus betrayed the people?
II cannot be successfully contradicted
that IL. as Populists say, Grant and the
leaders OF the Republican party We're
guilty of a great crime. the greater part
OF the intelligent voters OF the country
were aiders ard abettors of the crime.
Was Grant nominated at the dictation
OF capitalists? From the intelligence Of
the country comes the answer. No.
Could he have been bribed either with
Office or with money to enter into any con-
spiracy to rob his countrymen and betray
their interests? From the loyalty of The
nation that he leo to victory: from those
who went down in defeat before him. comes
the answer. No. AID the men who seek,
by utilization Of such men as Grant, to
build up political party will never build
1t UP.
Il
lists desired the nomination of Grant
and this Ia to Grants credit 1t was felt
that with him at the head Of the govern
ment property interests would be safe. IL
VIII be long, long time before men who
have investments that may be ruined by
. wild Legislation. and property that may be
destroyed by lawlessaess. will be In favor
of intrusting the great business interests
OF this country into the keeping Of men
like those who now lead the Populist par
ty. At the Chicago convention OF 1sSS.
and for many months before. among Re-
publicans, no name but Grants was men
toned in connection with the presidency.
No other name was presented to the con-
vention. He was not SO much the choice
of Eastern capitalists as he was Of the
million farmers on the Western prairies.
He was unanimously nominated by accla-
nation amidst the greatest enthusiasm.
Far away to the East, in the great me-
tropolis Of the nation he preserved, in
Riverside Park, his name and fame for
ever secure from the venomous attacks VI
SANDER. his memory and the grateful APP
probation Of his services as sure and as
constant in the hearts Of the people as
the tides that ebb and dow at his feet.
let the dead hero sleep.
l. Labor and Finance Revolution" PIP.
go, 295. 2. THE Silver Question" PIP. Z,
s. g. Seven Financial Conspiracies." PIP.
43, 49, l. Congressional Record. Fifty
third Congress. first session. part 3. APP
pendix. p. s65. g. Sherman's Forty Years
in the House, Senate and Cabinet" Vol l..
p. 49, Blaine's Twenty Years Of Con-
gress." Vol. IL. p. 3S7. 6. Congressional
Globe, February a. 1859. p. 1855.
HERMON W. CRAVEN.