Year: 1868

aad the requirements of duty.


1t men say they are to be simply parti-
sans, nothing more, arc to disregard the
action Of this congress, there is no use in
talking to them, whatever. But if men
wish to act according to duty, to right,
with proper regard to their own interests
and those who are to come after them
there is but one course for US to pursue,
and that is to change the American con-
gress aud give to us an entirely different
class of men. Il. seems to have become Il
question at the present time Of one OF two
things a man to be loyal, must be either
a bondholder or the advocate of the negro.


[ want TO talk to you little about the
bOndholding question. | am no financier.
/ have never had much finances Of MY
own, and the little have had ! have not
been able TO manage very well. But still
have few simple notions upon the
question know that it is said that The
a love of money is the root of all evil"
l know it is the strongest passion of human
nature. know chat when God Almighty
issued his commandments to Moses on
the mount lie said, ''thou shalt not covet
thy neighbOr's house thou shalt not covet
thy neighbor's wife" he put the property
in advance Of the wife | know a great
many of my neigh5crs whose houses [
would laundering sight rather have
than their wives. ii my age, you know,
men are more inclined to look after prop
erty than women. When the devil tempt
cd Christ Tic last thing he offered him,
the greatest iuducement. was the possess
ions of the earth. It was God that aus
weyed II it had been Il boudholder
Christ would have dropped on his knees
SO quick that the devil would have thought
that the lightning had struck him.


These arc the men You have to contend
with. Read the advertisement thet Jay
Cooke s, Co. put out and see whether that
talka as much about risking to save the
country as it does about the profitable in
it viii pay. Suppose the country had
gone down in the thrles 81 that terrible
revolution what would any property have
been worth, Of any sort Nothing at all.
Then these men could risk their money by
investment in bonds, because tue bonds
would be redeemed if anything we're re-
! deemed IT the bonds were worthless,
everything cl>c would be yalue.cSs. They
invested because it wa, good operation
They t'lk 10 You .bont your washwomen,
and your ahorcrs end Your mechanics all
going into this work so earnestly and put
ting in their $50 and 800 The way to
test this matter i to find ont what is in
the cocoanut by bursting the she'll. Where
is the lahorcr in this town hat has bond?
Where Is the waslwoman that has bond?
No; tell YOU that our bonds are held BY
the moncyed men OF the country. the rich
men your bankers, your operators and
capitalists, aud they have done well BY
their investment Their bonds are good
things.


What do you men here in Sandusky pay
as tax every year-how much on hun
dred dollars /? \ voice" So 40"
Now suppose one of you men lent hund-
red dollars to somebody, according to the
lawful interest oi the state Of Ohio he gets
six per cent That wou,! be six dollars.
Now subtract you@ So 10 from that aud
You get 81 50 for your money. How
much does the fellow that owns the bonds
get? lie gets ten dollars at least for it
not less than ten per cent. Now why
ought not you to make a. much money as
he makes What is sauce for the goose
ought TO be sauce for the gander. Laugh
ter.


General Guyger then entered upon
discussion of the practical workings of the
national bank system. Suppose a man
went TO one OF these banks to get accom-
mediation" Accommodation, he said wa,
by passing very sharp knife down through


him and letting out his entrals. TIL,


banks generally had shaving shop clos,


at hand where they send zen to get mon
ey on their paper, and where they woult
buy the raper at about FIVE per cent. OF
what they had already paid six per cent.
What is the difference between a ma
tional bank note aud your note !? I have
put out my note sometimes on demand. an,
[ found it came travelling home devilsl
: quick. You pay interest on your not
and pay them interest on their notes.
lie said you could rot buy nationa
bank stock in Columbus for less than 3
t per cent which showed that it was a prof
D table investment. He secuted the ide