Year: 1876

The Stark County Democrat is now la
boring to prove that it is Democratic in
its views on the money question, and de-
votes quite a lengthy editorial in last
weeks paper, in answer to charge of
the Gazette that it tried to harmonize the
party on Republican platform. The
difficulty the Democrat labors under is its
old-time ideas that nothing is money but
gold and silver, which ideas were certain
ly not extremely hurtful in those ante
bellum days when McGregor was in his
prime, for we then had no other money
that was worth what it represented
Now we have the greenback, which is
money to all intents and purposes-an
good money at that, and there is nothing
really inconsistent in favoring it, and at
the same time condemning wild cat"
bank notes. From the force of old pre-
judiCes against paper money, MCGregor
now condemns the greenbaCk currency
along with bank notes, and we suppose,
like other Bourbons, can never be learn
ed differently. We have reason forslight
hope in his case, however, as even in the
article mentioned he gives us the follow
ing paragraph, which we consider good
greenback doctrine.


"The Democracy has ever held that
Congress has no power to disturb values
enhance one mans profits at the ex-
pense Of others, to make few rich by
robbing labor and honest business. Con-
gress, therefore has no constitutional
power to make money plenty or scarce,
for if it has, then Congress may disturb
and change values. Governments are
instituted among men to protect citizens
in their rights of person and property,
not to destroy and make them more pre-
carious. Gold and silver cannot be made
plenty or scarce by the direct operations
of the law-making power. 1t is by the
issue of swindling paper money that spe-
Gle is driven off and all values rendered
uncertain"


Our young friend, lin "his prime") of
the Gazette, does endorse the position ta-
ken in the extract from our article and
his advocacy ofirredeemable government
paper money is wholly incompatible with
it.


The difficulty with our young friend is
his new patent Republican ideas, the
fundamental one, being that of totally ig-
noring and disregarding the Constitution,
or fundamental law of the country.


The Gazette says "the greenback is mon
ey to all intents and purposes-and good
money at that" "Good money!" fifteen
per cent, below parl "Good money!"
that the government itself will not re-
ceive for duties on imports. "Good mon
ey," that will not pay interest nor prin-
cipal on the Public Debt! "Good money"
that, by this depreciation in consequence
of its irredeemability doubled, or more
than doubled our monster Public Debt
Good money" that has enabled party
knaves and party imbeciles to bring such
results and infict ruin upon a confding
people. "Good money" forsooth and
this from Democrat Shades of Jeffer-
son and Jackson do pay visit to Steuben-
vile and New Philadelphia We say to
our friend of the Gazette that our ideas of
Democratic justice and constitutional
rights abhor all this, and we probably
"can never be learned differently" es-
pecially by would be teachers who seem
to be noVices in the b of political
knowledge. If this makes us "Bour-
bon." why Bourbon it is. But it all
shows the incongruous notions that some
of our young people have imbibed under
the radical rule of wrong and ruin. Just
LaaUS and all citizens equal before the laaO ex-
presses the Democratic principle. To
this rule of equity we must as people
return as fast as possible. "The right is
always expedient" said Jackson; the
wrong, never. This paper money era in
our land is but history repeating itself;
but how little do mankind profit by its
sad lessons.


Each might his several province will command


Would all but stoop to what they understand


After the st. Louis convention, in June
we doubt not our friend of the Gazette
will be with us, both on platform and
candidates. We then hope to see him
direct his energies against the common
enemy, and cease his foolish course in
following the lead of the Cincinnati En-
guirer, and playing into the hands of the
party in power.


All seems infected that the infected spy.


As all seems yellow to the jaundced eye