Year: 1876

The chairman then said he had great pleasure in
introducing as a speaker q gentleman well known
to all present and throughout the country also, Ex-
Gov Salomon, whose name was received with much
applause. Mr.. Solomon then said


MR. PRESIDENT AND FELLow-cIIIzENs: was asked
yesterday whether 1 would tonight address you upon
this occasion OF the proposed Ratification OF the Donh


Ons Of the Republican Convention At Cnclnbat, ana
hesated in accepting the invitation at the time because
knew that would have no time TO prepare any lengthy
address to you But was told that Gov. WO0df0rd was
70 make address and had long since been invited for
that purpose, and that 1t would be- therefore;
only expected OF me to speak very briefly. !
will tell you, therefore, that shall detain you but
briefly But in obedience to my promise nave come
here 10 state to you some that induce TO sup


port the nominations Of Hayes and Wheeler and the Gin


There are as we AT know, some prominent questions
which they desire to solve. There is throughout
the country, 1t seems, some dispute among
what called the sottnOncy men and the hardnohcy
On & q hand are men who are opposed 20 tue
Government redeeming its pegde ~ least wlihh snort
time of rcdeeng its promise of paying dollar for dollar
that tho pie carry IN their pockets; ana as conse
Quenos they probably also opposed IN the end ana
a. 10 e n9' roe 70 1he "t m


Tag i sacred debt that it contracted during the war Tor
the suppression OF the rebellion ana there are r on
the other hand aud believe thsy are very large
majority of the people Of the United states VINO
insist as the Republican party mas a"ays DsStea iTo


Gle very comm sneement OF tne contraction Oi th deD
and reiterated 1t in its platform upon every occasion
where was proper TO say anything upon te subject
that the debt which was contracted because portion 0i
the DemocIatc party in the United states made the
beion upon the Government OF the United states, ana
thereby necesstaed the war-that that deet which was
created for the suppression OF that war was


0n;a sacred O6gatiOP Of the S peSG le OF tlT
And they have also reiterated IN their platforms repeat
edy-and large portion, and believe the majority 0i
the people o THIS countrythat The other debt OF the
GOyeTnm mt which floats about which is III every mans
pocket in the shape OF its promises to 81 or S5or $40
that shall rot stand before the civilized world and the
country as having discarded aud refused to pay own
promises and 10 pay our own Indebtedness. lAppausc


Now that Is Que OF tho living issues Of the day. We
are told by gieat many people and especially very
frequently by tbe Democrats, because they nave occd
sion TO hide from view the past possible when
they address the pubc-we told that wo should con
nhe ourselves TO the living 'les oi the day propose
IN the lew words that shall address to yOu 20 cOnne
myself and this is one Of the most living issues aud
one OF the most important issues Of the
present hour lApplause Shall We be honest
shan we Keep our "orai - Shall We become a
pledges topay indebtedness 1e brokcul or shall


we follow the course Of the inhatiOnss and ask for
mort paper money Or perhaps II is more subtle way
though substantially the cry to proclaim against
any speedy enoreed resumption Of specie payments and
thereby become dishonest The Republican party met
a. Cincinnati in convention recently and concluied
that, as ii was stated by It's past promises
and by the views Of the prominent men OF the
Republican, party always expressed, IL would take
n p9sspe SPEEDY steps Tor & the redemption OF here
payments should be resumed as rs possible (AI-
pausel And the candidate for the Presidency that was
dominated thore TO supplement u you ease, that plat
Form, 70 make IL 80 that there should be no doubt
Whatever about II, recently III MS letter OF accept
snce, stated, in language t-at cannot he miscou-
ceiyed or msoonstrued by any man OF any party


ete EAu thAt all ne promises lhat hau Oten made by
the Government Of the United States in the shape Of
laws concerning the Indebtedness OF the Government and


~ currency were sacred promises binding the honor OF
ne government and which must be fulfilled Applause
And he appealed TO his record his own national
record well known which showed that six months ago
OF over ne entered on political campaign in Ohio upon
that very Issue as the Republican
stanaardeareT of honest moneyagaiDst the Democratic
tandarlbcaref-be standardbcarCr OF the inhatosts
ana rep1dlalion-and won most gloriousy in that cam
palgn Appiause. he referred TO that record OF his
wnlch known TO tho entire people OF this country and
.s' nc fOud stand w that record and he was IN
favor OF taking no step backward. Applausej Hence
we have the Republican party through
Its platform, aud through its candidate even in
more explicit aud particular language, pledged 70