the carolina watchman vol ix third series salisbury v c august 22 1878 no 44 v,.ll.ii\v ki-.v1-k and its sym toms .. \ da or two of langoi and bad feel *, uerally proeede an attack of yel u . mi then corrres a chill mnclf hke ll u ' • . thai of common ague but accompanied by ■ in the head md bp"»c the chill 111.111 a lew miiintes to a few hours ltti , gtitutea the first stage or that therein the inorhiflc causes arc invading tl,e g stem i'h '""*' is t,,c *«•'" mr 8tak n-hicii f"l'«»'vs tl,e cuu1 ik',a,,.v il is 1 ofa very high grade the pulse he jug one hundred i lutiiirtive bymptom awf character i,tic of lo,v fever '" s,1l'l"^si of mi another symptom which can be readily reco|ral-_d by any physician nurse r other person who haw ever been with a vellow fever patient v t pt-iitt-r inhn or nlu8ty nidi from off the paticn mnt w|iicli can even be perceive in the streets daring an epidemic lt is indescribable i„l belongs to no otrre'i fever nnd with l!(.|„is familiar iith yclrw fever is it k a sufficient diagnosis the patient shou-g that the porswh has also struck his i voiis system ; he h tremulous easily , min i and starlled by the least swft&'t rhe fever rages gcnet*illy from twenty four lioura to fortj eight hours the suffer i being delirious nti ritvhig iu a large portion nf cases if ii-slfc'd v by he screams lie can give uo adequate reason usually on tla third day thc fever abates and there is a calm the third stage which hut from ii few hours to a day and is thc lurniog poiul of the disease this calm clul either in convalescence or else in the fourth ut fatal stage that of collapse oi l-lack vomit from which not one in fifty ever recovers the vomit which seems to nine up without effort looks like cof fee grounds and is the death warrant of tin patient about the fourth or tilth day the eyes turn yellow the skin also assumes a yellowness like thai ofa bruise or bright " jaundice yellow however the patient ilm - imt turn yellow in more than one iii-.c in nix a in the cause of the scourge : the old atmospheric theory has gone by the board and thc best writers wi r*£eui to have settled down to the biuvr1 1'l'iat the mii-nii is of auimalcular origlrv these an imal nles generating aud spiralling over kiufaces like the grasshoppe or eater i liars and beiug introduced vito the hu iiian iiiihmi if they exist the most pow erful microscope has hitr-vrto been una bled to discover them one fad that seems to point in their existence is that the same extremes of heal and cold that kill other insects alsu kill yellow fever whose con tagiou annul exist ami becomes iiiuocu mis nt 1 degrees and tl*i degrees yel lm lever i always killed out after a good in ■(•/.(-. yellow lever never spreads above ix huuilred feel above the sea level ac iliinati/.atiou dues not prevent and no crsoii litis a second attacv the period nf incubation is generally trvnv to nine iliiys though persons have been known to any it in their system e"nty-threc days ind then take it without1 routine lit sev nity-tive out of every hirfrrffed will die with treatment and p.tr*i rvtrrsing how ever about one iu three is the average mortality in the great epidemic of iso iu some texas town one halt died who toak the fever as f tf tf ttre no reme dy has yet been found and all treatment bo far even by the best physicians is as empirical as the causes of yellow fever ire unknown and beyof conjecture intermarriage ofjeiff flrh christians the jewish advance of chicago de plores the tendency to marriage between jews and christ ians which it dem*»res to ■'(• alarmingly ou the increase prfh in kumpe and the united states in the i'nissiaii province of posen oliicial sta tistics show 9$2 such marriages to have ilan place in a single year and similar teports are receivr'd from england france 1 1 , where i wa fe_trh of these inar fwges is usually fhai tf/fe l^prritg fall off ""» the faith of the christitfri parent iicli iia been the c'jf v»th the rie'«tend aut uf meyerbeer mrt(*f*bach and utlif'rs ad with the gr.-tml children of adolph 1 rcinieiix the famous french lawyer ami tate*umn who h now president of the alliance israelitt riiftfets-il but whose audren have married out of the lew ish until si win iu t|m as vvit t|ie llil,'"'ii of hannah de rothschild the v"'c of lord kosebcrry and ihus v-s the advance is lhe old fable veii ed once more lu the rays ofthe sun of turn the wamlctiii-r levr itloseiis the '' wivi cloak into wltltlt he iiad wrap|ied himself so closely while the storm of tbr s were raging around him and li unconcern throws it aside home-made apple vinranr eveij fani l ould have their tltii-gar barrel re i i nishe«l with the clihircst vincgan if m,|,,'i is made on tile farm the vinegar a"'l an be tilled by the proper use of ' '« apple peelings alhlhim every family estate use npples bilbtigh if ihey onkl gave the peelings and cores to con stantly keep ,,„,,. am ik.„|t|lv vinegar av jar throw all the peelings in with j0 ate and as soon as they t borough - • '' ii(i*t sipieeze out the juice and put 1 "• tl vine-ar barrel then as apples •'" d till up the jar again tliis will fu vou a good vinegar without anv cost 1,ut lhe labor * i a new volcdnic isietild thc captain of a german steamer recently arrived at hong kong relates that he wasa witness of a singular phenomenon hi the island of nc britain iu the sooth pacific long for k and hit 4 sy he found all the northeastern coh'sts covered with a thick smoke and experienced the greatest diffi culties rir rfefsing the strait which sepa rates it from new-ireland on account of the fields of pumice to"ne which coveted the sea to the dej**rtr of several feet ou the 9th of february he reached makada one of the du-lce of york islands and fctvtttrf that three ' tttt*ettt yntd opened in vt peviwn sula foftfrerc % the island of xew-bri tian at the foot of the so-called mother and daughter mountains from which con tinuous streams of lava issued the pus sage between dtrke of toyfr mhnd and whfc bay was completely intercepted by h layer of pumice stone rive feet in thick ness an enormous rise took place in the water of white b*v and almost sudden ly anew igmnr appeared about three quarters of ri mile iu length that land is sifrts-n'rt fo tiie south of natopi or hen derson s island ami where it now exists thc water was formerly seventeen fathoms seep the probability is that other trans formations have taken place which could not he observed on account of the im mense masses of hunting pumice stone the captain mentions also that the water in white bay was during some day sj m an exceedingly high temperature and that immense quantities of turtle and fish were thrown ou shore and eagerly de voured by the natives whw rav htawf^g iu consequence of the unusual irr f avisr of the season ex _ v _ the mexican ndlurtis a u'gai tender it weighs k*y.i*l grains and is 109 line while fife united states silver dollar weightf-#fegrt*waud is 000 line making the mexican dorhtr worth considerable more than ours brightley's digest vol j !*,• bilge 155 gives laws of the united stages act otolith of june 18*1 as fol lowsfr the following silver coins sliall be of legal value and shall pass current as mon ey within the united states by tale for the payment of all debts and demands of the rate of one hundred cents the dollar that is to say the dollars of mexico fe rn chili and central america of not less wcighl that 415 grains each and those rcstainpeil in brazil ofthe like weight of not less than 10 ounces 15 penny weights of pure sil ver in the troy pound of 1 ounces of standard silver ! a coi respondent ofthe new york fjt'en i ('/ post says the aforesaid act of con \ g ess has ue-ver been repealed and the , mexican ftvitvar ot"4l grains is a legal ten der in the united states the mexican dollar weighs from one to two grains more than is required by the law they should lie at a premium instead ofa discount it is a swindliu tfifitfjitetiim to discount them it is ntt pressiou of the weak hy the strong ivlffch should not be tolera ted ■ itsl so i while thousands id men sre out of em ployment in nearly all pai fe ttf the coun try it is odd ro read that rv farmers ill some parts of rrrrmvis and unhitihi are un aided to get tire number of hands they want although they are paying from 2 to 2.50 a day passing by these ftrfms day by tray are rvyeits of tramps tfrftf go aliout beggihgutld steal ing cf.wpla ?■**'?*£ of \ hard times and want of employment but always refusing to work when they have a crr-rtfce'r rn some instances they have even goue'&tf ferf if to bum farm machin ery because it threw ivrei'i w if employ ment hnd yet they will not labor no mat ter what the compensation every man who takes to the road because he has no thing else to do may not be altogether bad but if he travels long enough he is certain to find work or to drop into utter and criminal dcni'of'abz-rffvii metering to steal and beg rather than earn ah honest penny it is probable these people would not have any sense of punishment if they were lodged in jail but it is evident that something will have to be done with h*em or some portions of our country will sfibft iy be at their mercy — lancaster 8 o.j ledger dangerous spider bite recently mr mary sshb cope wife of mr john pope oftho vicinity of cedar irove in this county was bitten on the riglit hand by a small spider she pick ed up a piece of bark while walking in tin yard in which the venomous inftect lay concealed itlid «■*?<<• us bitter ow the back of the hand and almost immediate sulvered the most excruciating agonies as is usual iu sueh cases there was mark ed mental derangement and violent spas modic action of the limits dis hughes and haynes were called in and applied such re-medies iis their skill suggested but fer twenty-four hours the condition of mrs pope was one of intense suffering and danger she has since recovered naturalists will still persist in the as sertion that spiders are harhllemi we give them as wide a berth as tile rattle snake hillsboro recorder don't borrow anything but if you do don't tell lies to avoid paying it how many amusing and ridiculous scenes should we witness if eilch phir of men that set'tefly laugh at eacji other weie to do it openly shoo high ish ter schetfeyal around t nuked sw excited clothi-tig merchant as the united states trotrps passed through siatka last week iri pursuit of thc fleeing bau noclt ftweli,-_lry man rtt-ttr1 frward reig ing in his li'ovse rt\vlut is it ? speak quick i am a ruin irftiir schcneral dem cursed redskin's dey murder my boy shu cob i*4*t>l!t fife nii ies from here uu sh teal a otoifcir pa*rr of pants he vos peddlin new pauts so hcllep me kracious right o*ttt of my store sorry for your loss my man but haven't time lo talk aliout it now if we catch up with these demons we'll sti.p their deviltries for good and all yes i know schenenil i know eag erly whispered the bereaved ready-made merchant hanging desperately to the officer's stirrup hot's all right bud yen you come up mit dose indians vot got dose new pauts on for kracious sake schenenil tole de soldiers to shoot high !" — san franeiscu i'ttxi i we have n*en old a good story <*•<■*?&•* war by a vettvhtn of tfl-rev army of north ern virginia while thte army was in pennsylvania a lean lank specimen of a hihev elvwvci a house by the roadside where was ffcsted a inivtfivy rocking her babe in it-rcvathe having asked for al most every a-rticlc of food and being told tlmt tin was not a mouthful in the house he sorrowfully inquired if she had any salt with this article he was bountiful ly supplied which he proceeded to sprinkle j nicely over the baby's arms and nr«*k the mother asked why he acted so stramge ly the soldier replied he w stwvitig and must have something to eat attd as there was nothing in the house but the baby he would hwve i*y eat tlmt that soldier got a lirst class iiit'li-l'sv ve^y hi'ick time — weldon neivs watering c aniens fiviwjt^v all inch of water to a garden e*e f*ehi one acre in extent would require over 25,00 gaflotttf 6v vtef ww barrel if j 40 gallons each this would weigh about km tons and make 100 loads such as a p'air of horses could draw comfortably over moderately soft cultivated ground au ineli of waler will moisten the ground to the depth of from three to six inches aoeoriliivs t<r »**• dryness awr ure text lire of fli muff soiii-c clay stew wh-eii thor oughly air dried will absorb forty per tfrrf eif water before being saturated from these figures i xvffi l**r seen that ' common hand watering where only a sprinkling i.s given to soil that is deeply dried can do very little good as the roots are seldom reached by the water deep cnltivaftotf ov n*¥u*fcmir witt accomplish the result better aud cheaper — new eng land farmer htf*ht's petition 1 telegraph to the nev biddeford me airg to — ev h gove ' the greenback ea-thwrfctfe for cfi-wgress in this district pre---mre.tr over fitfeetiiig last niglit ef the citizens tt ork county in a short speech he introduced gen butler vmio spoke for two lrotrrs he said he came not to make al ffpt't^ttt but com inune with the people on the public in terests of the day he had left old par ties had belonged to the democra tic party until it attempted to destroy the union he was with the bepublican party till it deserted its founders the la boring men capitalists now hold the lu-\,nblkilii ftdfiy htttittd hfffrd and foot hayes has violated every pledge and lie trayed the negro of the south the effort of crant's administration to strengthen public credit wa.s a swindle he reviewed the eistory of greenback currency and claiued it should be wa-th legal tender for all debts pdblk tiiid private i ij days — the days of lot ofa dogs was ended ou yesterday somebody threw pois tjned beef into the streets the dogs ate it and died it is a cruel thing to do un less there is some grhttl reason for it why kill the d^ogs b+ery dog however use less is soincltody s dog that somebody is attached to that dtv-j we would l*e tery glad to see two-thirds erf fife hybrid race of dogs led to execution but dogs like men ought to be formally and with due sanction of law put ont ofthe way it is we say again a reckless sort of cruelty to kill dogs by leaving poisoned meat in the streets it would uf.-tke repe"rjt;tilc bit ter in any true man's heart to see a little boy crying over his dead dog the dog that had played with him and had lieen his pet since boyhood the more worth less the dog the stronger the feeling for it its a sorry business — ral ob -_•».< fariller and mechanic • wf lt«.1ftl ofa fatal accident near jackson northamp ton county on tuesday night two daughters of w hi hue and miss wood ruff attempted to ignite a tire with kero sene from the can which exploded miss woodruff was burned to death and the other young ladies were at the point 0 death itt lust accounts three dray loads of silver dollars were lately drawn tothe united states treasury in san francisco the entire value was 300,000 j the killing on fkf statesville ra'dyoad vforo'nev am'eiand'er who went ap the statesville road yesterday to hold an in quest over the body of the negro man killed ou the railroad near davidscft col lege did not return yesterdky aud the result of the exuinim-ib.i 3f uot known since the report of y-£sferd;ry morning it has been discovered that the ren*f«h?s are those of allison whrijiey formerly k sec tion hand ou the road the theory of his hav;tt fallen off the ei*gine wheie he waa stealing a ride advanced by the eu gittttsf )• does not hold good for the reason that he was seen a short time behttt'c ile train passed at a point about a mile below thut at wliich his bony was fouud and the train did irm make a stop between the points there is something mysterhrns about the manner of his death &\\$ the result of the coroner's examination is looked forward to with no little interest - 7char observer scandal — the story is told of a naiii who freely used her tongue to the scan dal of others and made confession to the rk*st of what she had done he gave nci a ripe thistle-top and told her to go out iu various directions and scatter the seed one by one wondering at the pen ance she obeyed and then returned ivrid told her confessor to her amazement he bade her go back and gather the scat tered seeds and when she objected that it would be impossible he replied that it would be still more ditrkllct fo gather up and destroy all tlic evil reports she had circulated ab**m5 others any thought less careless child can scatter a haihciul of rhistle-seed ocfore the wind in a mo ment ; hat the strongest and wisest man cannot gather them again terrible situation from the cherokee ueorifhan ayodiig n-hro ittftned penny while out lioiiiliig his steers barefooted the other day stepped on the head of a large rat tle snake he had his heel on the snake's head and being afraid to move did not know what to do for some time while the hideous thing was wirthing and squriin in-sfand vigorously lashing it youth's leg penny war lnowy frightened but recovered presence of mind sufficient to take out his knife and reach down and cut off the snake's head mules drowned mr t c sloan of no i township was in town 8n*krweek with a wagon load of watermelons returning home he had to cross coddle creel at the ford near mr johnston's ny-lise the waters were very high but he drove his team in and came out without them he was driving two mules oue his own and the other belonging to a neighbor of his aud both of them were drowned mr sloan is a ptow i-wrf iwrd'the loss falls heavily upon him concord sun it is published that more miles of rail road are being coiistrucfet in texas now than in all the balance of the united states col danna ofthe york sun ad vocates the whipping-post some years ago he wept tears of hta-od over the w rongs of the negfcy tlie time a boy begins to think his mother doesn't know enough to select his clothing for him is a dangerous period iu his history the petroleum oil business is distress ingly unprofitable for rndw.vt ewpecial ly for the ffrltde oil the price has fallen to below viie dollar per barrel the london world remarks that more people eat themselves to death than drink themselves to death shall we not have total abstinence iu this matter he that docs good to another man also does it to himself not only iii the conse quence but in the very act of doing it tot tiie ee****fleiou8uess of well doing is an tttu de reward the lonisianua sugar crop of ih77 is set down at 127,74.1 hogsheads against 169,331 bogheads lor lfi7b the largest crop ever raised before the war in 1861 the yield was 459,411 hogsheads beeo ing civilized « tht chinese are capable of being civ ilized a couple of them had a lawsuit in salinas cal not long ago the de fendant was convicted but declared he would hire more witnesses and try it again on goint to church some go to church to laugh and talk some go there for a wulk ; some go there to learn flic parsons name some go there to wound his fame ; some go there tlieir time to spend some go there to see rt friend some go there to dose and nod • hilt ft«w go there to worshp god the attitude of the democracy of south carolina to-day is a splendid and deserv ed triumph for the t teunan.-h p if wade hampton a stranger to the arts and trickery which ordinarily form the stock iu trade of the successful american politi cian he has woll the confidence of tl.e state and of good meu thc cou u try over by the simplicity and perfect honesty of his course and utterances as a public hum — hatlcston netrs nnd courier speech of hon a g thnrmau onio's cheat st.vpe3mav «.>* till sti up a svnreible annlysit o^tlnt ' principle1 of the x>«»mt cratio party j mr presideu f fi#4 t'fltdw citizens : i have seen several statements iu the j public press to the effect that the object i of my appointment to address you to-ilay was that i should '• sound the key note of the campaign i wish iu the very out set of my remarks to disclaim any 6uch pretension under free st-i*-4fon8 it is v)irt1i people to give the kt'.v note ■■ l ' so far as the democracy of ohio are cou j eerued they have discharged that duty in j the platform 1 have advocated its prin ciples heretofore and i shall continue to i advocate them perhap this is ull 1 ; should say about myself but inasmuch ! as in certain quarters 1 am denounced as a man who has surrendered his convic tions to appease a popular clamor it may i be pardonable to ine to occupy a few mo ments in repelling this charge the ac ; ensatiou has reference to my support of the financial plank in the platform now i what is the financial plank **• k condemns contract ion ofthe currency ;• deim'uds the \ repeal of the resumption act :• advocates \ " the removal of all restrictions to the ! coinage of silver and the re-establish ment of silver as money metal the same as gold — the same as it was before its fraudulent demoralization ; the gradual substitution of united states legal tender paper tor national bank notes and its permuneut establishment as the sole pa : per money of the country made receiva ble for all dues to the government and rt equal tender with coin — the amount of such issues to he so regulated by legisla | tion or organic law a*?rto give the people ; assurance of stability in the volume of currency and the consequent stability of the value no further increase in the bonded debt and no further sale of the bonds for the purchase id coin for reenmp ; tion purposes but the gradual extinction of the public debt rigid economy the reduction of expenditures iu all branches i j**"f l'o-hlic service and a tariff for revenue ' only these ace fhe financial doctrines of the plat toi in and now 1 confidently defy my critics one and all to name any i vote that 1 have given during the nine years that i have sat iu the senate that ' was inconsistent with these principles 1 | have steadily opposed contraction ever j since it was inaugurated i have spoken i and voted against the resumption act [ ; whet-tri passed and at the last session of i i hi^»*erw voted for its repeal i worked hard to restore silver to the place it hehj j before its demonetization several years ; ago i drew a resolution for our state con j vention favoring the gradual substitution ■ of greenbacks for national banknotes and that resolution injudiciously amended as i believe every one now admits was passed by the convention 1 was one of :«-!«♦ lirst to propose in the senate that greenback's should be receivable for cus i : tony dirtiesy im-d at the last session i voted for the bill luu-k-mg then thus receivable . i have been the advocate of a stable cur | rency and your platform demands stabil j ity 1 have contended that the precious metals ought noi to be d monetized and ' the platform asserts the same docti irfr i | have spoken and voted against au in crease of our bonded debt 1 have ad voeated to the best of n**y ability strict economy reduction of expenditures and a revenue tariff ily course therefore ; hi*s been perfectly consistent with tl platform ot our convention as the jour ! uals and ileb-n-tes of the scn*t will show ' and 1 beg leave to ad-d that i have never \ given a vote iu the nine years 1 have sat in the senate to which exception was ta ' ken by the democracy of ohio so far as i know or have ever beard fell-tew citizens i i*irst that 1 have m>t offended propriety or good taate by ma king these few remarks about myself vou arc a portion of iny constituents and : have a right to know whether 1 have rep resented you correctly or otherwise if i have a reputation worth preserving it is for your interest as well as mine that it shall not be unjustly tarnished bu | enough upon this theme when the currency part of the platform is carefully scrutinized it will be found that its principal teature is the proposed substitution of greenbacks for national i banknotes 1 think that 1 do them no | injustice whew 1 s»v that the leader of the republican ffftfty are hi favor of di : e t y the opposite eoufai — that is l say ' they would retire all the greenbacks in ! order that their places might be tilled with national banknotes let either course be taken and the metalic money of the country remains the same use either ! kind of paper and the amount of coin hi actual circulation apart from the small coins used for change will be com para j lively small so long as one two and live ■ dollar notes are freely issued for such j notes always drive coin outof circulation i and whenever conversion into coin is | practicable and desirable it will be just as easy to convert greenbacks as to con vert banknotes the question then is narrowed down to this shall out paper money he national banknotes or green backs for several reasons that i will briefly state i think the latter are pre e - able 1 in the first place a national bank currency means the indefinite perpetua tion of the national debt thc national banks so fm as their circulation is con | corned are founded on that debt it is the security fit their notes and when ever the debt ue paid the banks must re tire their circulation and cease to issue notes lu order therefore to perpetunte their privilege of issuing notes they must strive to perpetuate the national debt and you may rest assured that they will do so and the influence of more than two thousand such institutions spread all over the country will be very power ful indeed now 1 am not one of those who believe that such a debt is a national blessing i believe that the reverse of this is true mid that such a debt is a national curse to say nothing of its corrupting intlu ences its drain of the resources of the people to pay interest is fearful by oppres sive especially when a large portion of the debt is held abroad in a compara tively brief period the amount of interest paid exceeds the principal of the debt while the drain continues in undiminished force heavy taxation is the necessary result aud every one who has studied thc subject knows that oppressive taxation s one of the worst foes to the industry and prosperity of acountrv it is true that the natwmtfdebt cannot itesiteedily paid bnt wc,v,vght not to put nunecessarv ob stacles iu the way of it payment ' the national banknotes are snch an obstacle aud for that reason are objectionable lour platform wisely advocates tin gradnnf nrtm-f^i of the public deb*-'1 if fn ..* tftvovs its honest pay in m and opposes its indefinite perpetuation and in strict harmony with this priuciple it condemns a banknote system that tends to perj.tetuate it 2 a second objection to the national bank system is that it tends to combine concentrate and intcusjfj whg"ib*oiiey pow er i shall indulge in nodcclamation against of fl'.e money power 1 seek to excite no passion no prejndice i wish to reason fairly when i say that in view ofthe un doubted tact thai daring the whole period of the unlimited •_«••,> f the tpuldiriui party the legislation ofuougress steadily favored the moneyed interests and the.e bygicaily smftalf ro rlie burthens of the people that the purchasing power of money has immensely increased while the exchangeable or purchasing power ol everything else has remained stationary or has diminished : and in view of the further facf that the national bank sys tem confers special privileges upon the banks that no other institutions s-h-4 n individuals enjoy : that it combftn more than two thousand insmiit-i»mis-in-*w mk1 . if perpetnnted may ewebsie hhitmnntls more in a common purpose and with a common interest to maki&iin the;i pow el and prolong thek pwvilegi*«r frlmt these institutions are scattt"-m*d m over lln he public and acting opeiriy or iii secix*t arc able to hi__.ienci legisai-fmnrs cougn-sses kud^-ftousandk-of voters > ii i uot injus tice but on the eohfrary it is the expres sion of a wise hixi*ty to suggest that such a system nr fraught with danger to the prosperity of the people and to the purity of tl-efr government if in the time of andrew jackson the existeuce of a national bank with a capital of only thirty-dive millions of dollars and a few branches here and there was considered dangerous to the welfare and the institu tions ofthe country what shall we say of a wide-spread combination of two thou sand national banks now wielding neat ly five lihiidrod millions of capital and destined if perpetuated to vastly multi ply iu number and to control thousands of millions ? 3 a third objection to the national bank circnlatioa i that it is a spi cial privilege thai puts tmmy millions ot m lars auistt iw her packets of the stw-kholdei's ami takes ntauy millions an nually iwrt at the pockets of the people tttie general rule is that a person pays interest upon what he owes but in the case of a bank note this rule is reversed the note is a debt due by the bank but instead of paying interest upon it the bank is authorized to loan it as money and take interest upon the loan lt thus enjoys a privilege that no one else enjoys it draws interest upon its own indebted ness and this privilege of the natioual p-anks brings them an annual income of probably twenty millions of dollars their aggregate circulation is in round num bers three hundred and twenty two mil lions i think it iii w reasonably a suraed that three hundred millions "->.' these notes arc loaned at an average we of interest of at least seven per cent if so the annual inti rest they receive f om the loan not of money not of capital but of their own indebtedness is twenty one million dollars and this sain is taken owl of the annual product of the conr.-lry before that product is divided between labor and capital the general rule is that the product of human indus try is ultimately divided between labor aud capital : but when a bank note circu lation is used the banks tirst step in and by virtue of iheir special privilege lake a large slice in the shape ofiuterest upon their own indebtedness iu the case oi onr national banks the slice as we have seen amounts to twenty-nine iwjilions everv year now if t-b-r t-.-n be uo sound paper enrrenr hut bank mrics then there is u*»tl*fffg left for us irf uf bear thfc w'fheii or try to reduce the tthkitttfi eif ther exaction lint tf the green back is as gonr the bauk note and no body denies that ft t*t wl.'.v should it uut be substituted for the bank note and an end put to the exaction ? and consider furtlier that for every greenback it has issued the government has received value the greenback has paid for service rendered or materials furnished or it has discharged a portion of the interest hearing public debt there is thus a saving to tin government or to the people of an a nut i-ipial to the in terest upon the outstanding greenback circulation : for had the greenback not been issued lhe government would have had to raise the money by loan or taxa tion to meet its expenditures if it raised it by loan it would of course have to pay interest upon the loan if it raised it by taxation the tax payers lose the interest their money would have earned bad they not been compelled to give it to the gov ernment the greenbacks now outstanding amount to s.*ll<i,li-*'l.l>li ripiiting interest upou this sum at the lowest rate at which the government can inn-row money 1 per cent and we have an annual saving to the people resulting from the use nf the greenback of sl."i.*(i7._jo lint if g een backs were substituted for the j_t,tm 090 of national bank notes now outstand ing there would he a further savi ig to the"peop'.e of 4 per ci nr annually on that sum namely 12,83i,000 making a to tal annii.il saving by the use of t e rein back of 826,747,210 from this howev er deduct the taxes on their circulation p iid by the banks amounting to about three millions annually and the net sav ing would be about twenty t nee and three-quarter million perhaps in miict ness this deduction for taxes ought not to be made for it i probable that the banks throw the burthen of taxation upon their customer who in turn shift it to the shoulders of those with whom they deal until like all other taxation ii fiua*k ly falls npon the great body of consumers the people i have thus given you fellow-citizens some reasons in favor of substituting greenbacks for bank notes 1 now pro ceed to consider the only objection to the substitution that seems to have much weight it is said that if greenbacks were to constitute our only paper currency its volume would depend upon the action of congress and not upon the natural laws ol trade and that aa congress i liable to [ j»e influenced by papular feeling on one hand or the ail and appliances of peeial interest ou the oiher the eorrency would be subject to iuflatiou or contraction as either iuflnencc might prevail to'-fdrgn thai would in ruiuuns to business-aud pros|»errry j in aiiswct fn *•?:■;. objection aud admit ' * - hat it is not without force 1 have to say in the first place t ir j . t potent whether our paper cum greenltacks exclusively m tank i ■•- . elusive y for lef ;. bethcooi i i th • ' congress would i ■ e tbcpoircr to expand it or contract it at will for instance were congress to n ti tax on state iwuk circulation a miiltitnch of hank tmwh tnlhg r*li d..i state laws and r great iuflatiou oi the currency would take place ou the other liau i should con gress retain that tax and :. lire the green backs as tl ,- uepnbhcan p inciei-s de mand a liiginful puntrat ,, would re sult liilni.f i congress ' xlionhl have neither sens noi honesty it might for the time being ruin the counti -,: hut t assume that it would do - . wonld be t condemn our form t*f govennin ut bnt our platform tqn-m-ly iin -'- fids difficulty it ci n ulenili xi :•«->■>• ei • >• i t'i one hand or kiting on lie other li i!e man that the aimnml nf snch issm - • fif»«ee*a4j*-»cks?liesor»-gnlated hv legislation or organic law as to give the peopl an , assurance of stability in volume of curren cy ami co ku nt stability of value and in iinmistakabh *• rms it opposes the de iuoiieii.-:i!i..,i oi li-11-.t . i the precious metals could anything lap i ito you be mure con i vative than this ,; coiis i : > iitism means to conserve the iuu rests of the people at large ami noi those of a pai [ ticular class : can any iutelligeui nwu reasonably object io a m»licy tsimt pn serves gtdd aud silver from destrisrtioa and demands a lability in tire volume and value of the enrrency greater r*m uis ever y i lieeu attained .' fellow-citizens uur plalform lias been denounced by men who uevei read it and hy others whose interests ot prejudices in cline them to misrepresent it and now the answer 1 make to them i to ask you to i read and to study it lt is v,,in y.u its enemies to sny '■•'•* i uh*an wv.-at :, due tmf rtprtsss its language is too plain to ! be niisiiuderstood by a candid man and the character uf the committee that re ported and the convention that adopted it is sufficient to shield it from the charge ■■ of deception lt is au linin t platform and means just whal it say it means ■ opposition to monopoly opposition t ! special privileges opposition to cou trac tion ofthe currency oppositkm to thede ; monetizatiou of tin metals opposition la ! wa>'efitl expenditure and opposit«tn to j never eliding public debt ami it means | e ual rights and pi ivilcges an honest ai.d stable currency a strict economy and j lighter taxes ami a faithful payment ••*? t'ie public debt it-giyesno sauetiuch to irreligion and communism uif h folly j recognizes the digu it • .*. utbor aud in e.ii ly sviopat liti^s with the laboring man | tu his toil aud privation it asserts the i principles upon which the goverumeiit aas founded aud which are essential to i its usefulness ami perpetuity it pro motes fraternal feeliug throughout the ; length and breadth of the lit public and roudemns sectionalism as the v.m>t foe nf the union in n word it is an honest phtt loi ut of honest men a patriotic platform for patriots to stand upon fellow cfekseus if 1 am not iu error iu what i have m i have given you a suf ficient reason why there should be <. change in oui federal admmistrmtiou l.f our linaiu-i.il policy is collect tlmt of tin kepublicau party oral least of tho**»wh_i shajte its legislation is wrong if this be so then as soon as the forms ofthe c«»n stitntion will permit that party should cease to i uie uut there are otliei veaamrs win there should be a change and tn some of theui i w i-u l.'-s v to call your atteutiou i he claim ofa pai i \ in lower to a pr imigatioiiofitsrulc m cestui ily involves m impiiry into its policy and governim in iu thc past if its pasl rule has lieen vh-hhh ol unwise prudence obviously dictates ffca-t an end for the iiim being ut least should be put to it ('■ uiioioii now has the rule of the republican party since the close of the ciwl war thirteen years ago been wise and benefi cent 1 think that this question must he answered in the negative it is not ne ccs-iry io go into a d tailed examinntjui of all it measures nor could that ij done in i in limit ol a speech or indeed many speeches noi i ii necessary to assri i that nil its measures have been bad and injurious ii is sufheicul to look ai the general result aud sei ivh thei thaj fi nod goveriuueut and prosperity ( . thf r verse now certainly no one will de li that this country ha ior tin lasi live years suffered as perhaus uo other coun ly ever did suffer from depression iu eve ry branch of business iu every indiistri ous occupation the entile body of tht producing classes employers cinployei i and iniddieiueii have been affected i lhinkruptcies an mil red by tens if nol by hundred i : thousands nud the nggre • gate of losses almost defies roiii utatioii i in number of lalmrers thrown mil ol employment or reduced to half time and i diminished wages inv been i timaf**d by millions ami however exaggei ited tin iest i mate may be the extent of the evil has no parallel in the history ol iiii i indeed it ia in the history of any peo i pie startling i.s the fact am jt fir-sl | view alniosl incomprehensible thai •_ n c.mntry whose population averages imi eleven persons fn the square mile there li ive in i ii and there aie yet thousands desl lute of hrra i a single inl ■;••-? ! ill ino in veil illtcli lul hill id illld yet flourishes and that it is to be r - i m inhered i precisely that inti icsl that i b is received the fostei in rare of lb-pal » i can hgislatior now my f lends mi far a this deplorable state of things i the ' result of vicious legislation or uf thu | omission uf wise legist ition the uepul.li i can pijrty , or at least those « ho li ive con j trollyd it are responsible prom the 1th day ol march 1 - til to the first monday iu december 7 mon than fourteen year that party luul unco.it rolled powei power in every department t the federal government aii iiiii then i has run tinned to hold the senate and the l'n*-i demy and to h-aje fchc conseipient p«»wer to negative auy measure of rejief a l>em ocratic house of hepres**utat,ives mig'it propose 1 there theu any iaju-ti e iu calling that | tarty to account in t i evils iin country has suffered and yet suffers .' can it with truth i >.*.-. i id that rhe p iiis coulg