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r yp II (y-" i v v" 7 y v . V V VkAJ Viz (dill u,. VOL XX.THIBD SERIES SALISBURY1; H. C, AUGUST 22,xi07D, - 3. . ; mi. J.l? H0:44$rr . ! I. yElXOW FEVEU ASP ITS SYM- 1UMS. m day or- two of langor autl bad feel TBrt' generally prof-ede an attack of ye 1-fovi-r Tleu cobes a chill umclf Wee that of common ague, but accompanied by pain in tie head and spine. The chill Jt from a few minutes to a few hours, ud constitutes the first stage, or that Herein the morbific causes are invading u - .vsieia. The next is the febrile stage, luv-v . , . .... bicb follow the cum. ueueraiiy n V i .j vprv hizh grade, the pulse be- . I Luminal. lllg uuc - '4 distinctive symptom aWf chnracter- . .. .-,nw fever is suppression of urine. Another symptom which can b readily wcoguixed by any physician, nurse or other person who haar ever beeo with a ... jir fver patient.- W J? pWufctr od-or or wusty mell from off, thtf- patieufy $M which can even be perceive in the streets during an epidemic. It is indescribable, .ml belongs to no otWf'r fever, mid with victors familiar with yolW fever is it- m-lfu sufficient diagnosis. The patieut shows that the potato has also struck hi-- nervous system j her rV tremulous, easily xiited, and startled by the least r&'&eV the fever rages genelly from twenty four hours to forty-eight hours, the suffer er being delirious tv& rrrvrug in a large portion of cases. If rfsKTr'tf tt lly he screams he can give no adequate reason. Usually on the third day the fever abates, and there is a calm the third stage w hich lasts from a few hours to a day, and is the turning point of the disease. This calm ends either in convalescence or else in the fourth or fatal stager that of collapse or Mack vomit, from which not oiie in fifty ever movers. The vomit, which seems to tome up without effort, -looks like cof fee grounds,- and is the death warrant of the patient. Altoiit the fourth or fifth day the eyes tun; yellow.. The skiu, also, assumes a Yellowness like that of a bruise, or bright jaundice yellow. However, the patient uViThot turn yellow in more than one eaue .in six. As to the cause of the scourge, the old atmospheric theory has gone by the lHKird, and the best writers steem to have settled down to the belfrf Mat the poison is of animalciilur origiNv -these an imalcules generating aud spending over surfaces like the grasshoppers or cater--pilliirs, and leiug introduced fto the hu maii blood. If they exist, the most pow erful microscope has hitHerto been una hled to discover them. One fact that seems to point to their existence isihat the same extremes of heat amLcold that kill other insects also kills yellow' fever, whose con tagion cun not exist and becomes in uh-lions at IH degrees and Hi degrees? Yel low fever is always killed out after 41 gmnl freeze. Yellow fever never spreads above mx huudred feet alMve the sea level. Ac climatization does not prevent, and no jmi-hou has a second attac.- The pciitnl of iucubation is generally fftttr to" nine ilars, though jn-rsons have' Ifcc-tr" kmwn to 'carry it in their system tejity-tTilec if-.tys and then take it. Without? treatment sev fiity-ttve out of every hutfftfed,w ill die. U'ith'trejitment and ?otJ AHtrsing, how- ever, aooiic one in tnree is tlie avemge -mortality. lu the great epidemic of l$H7, iu some Texas town one halt died who toflk ihe fever. As ftf fp rrr rro reme ily haA yet btn found, and all treatment so far, even by the best physicians, is as empirical as the causes of yellow fever are unknown and bcytnr Conjecture." Intermarriage of jetft tfiik Christiana., The Jewish Advance of Chicago de plores the tendency to ,marriag' between Jews and Christians, which it declares to lie. alarmingly, on the iucrease, IVtfr in Europe and the. ..United States. In the I'rdssiaii province of l'osen, official sta tistics show 2(52 such marriages to have taken place in a single year, and similar n-ports are received from England, France and elsewhere. Tift fetrlt of these mar riages is usually that tife' 6ftprrng fall off into the faith of the Christ ti paitmt. Such has lieen the c'.s trrth the (!tfcnd Mts of Meyerbeer; Jfff f?bach, and others. Mid with the grand childreu of Adolph Cremieux, the fattttfns French lawyer and Jrtesiuan, who H now President of the Alliauce Israelite VtffterSiil, bnt whose tliildren have married" oW of the Jewish faith. Such will be the case with the ihildreu of Hannah de Rothschild, the of Lord KoseU-rry. "And thus," ays the Advance, "is the old fable veii fiwl once more. I n ihe rays of the sun of freedoin, the waudcrliig Jerr iHosens the ywisii ciosik into wlflt-h He' had wrappelJ """lso closly while the storm of for orageV nrging around him, and 'th,in,concern throws it aside." Homi-Made Apple Vfnynrt Kvery fam- should have their tlfifrgar barrel re- 'wusneu wiUi the HUlibest vinegau If no cider is made on tile far m, the vinegar fitful can be tilled by the proper use of apple peelings. AliiiHSt every family ,D e State use apples cilutigh if they ulu save the jieeliugs rind t'ores, to con "jantly keep pure and henlthy vinegar. jve a jar, throw all the peelings in, with ft water ; and as soon ns they thorough, r ferment, squeeze out . the juice and put 11 m the vinegar barrel. Then as apples useo, mi up the jar again. This will K've you a good vinegar withont any cost b"t the iabor. " ' ji -ic ioitctmc mam rue captain of a Gernrarr De'aner recently arrived At Hong Kong relates that he was a witness of a singular phenomenon m the Island of Nr-Britain, in the SdifH Pacific (long. 5: E.r and lat. 4-.SY) He found all the northeastern cdtfsts covered with a thick smoke, and1 Experienced the greatest diffi culties ia jsing the strait which sepa rates it from' Xew-Irelnud on account of the fields of pumiceV toltie which coveted the sea to the deptt of several feet. On the 9th of February he reached Maknda one of the DuVe of York Islands and fbWrf that three' (ttMtt hd opened in ci ptWtf sula fotiHtii ity the Island of New-Brr-tiaut at the foot of the so-called Mother and Daughter mountains, from which coif-' tinuous streams of lava issued. ' The pas sage betwe-TT ine"f ?cfl fim3 lihai WhffcV Bay was completely Interceiitcd by H fayer of pom ice stone five feet in thick ness. An enormous rise took place in the water of White B', and, almost sudden ly, a new isWrrif jrppeared, about three quarters of ri mile in length. That land is sl&Wecrt to' the South of Xatopi, or Hen derson's' island, and where it now exists the water was formerly seventeen fathoms deep. The probability is that other trans formations have taken dace which could not be observed on account of the im mense masses of floating pumice stone. The captain mentions also that the water iu White Hay was, during some day?? at; an exceedingly high temeratuileV and that immense quantities of turtle and fish were thrown on shore, and eagerly de voured by the natives, whw ttrr ctrt'vi'iii in consequence of the unusuaf lA''irsM' of the season. J'Jx-f- The Mexicau1 dollar n le'il1 tender. It weighs -WtoSt? grains and is 100 tine, while tihtf United States silver dollar weighiCfte grtwaud isiHX) tine, making the Mexican trchfr worth considerable more' t tain Otirs. Uriirhtlev'M l)i?e.t. Vol. y - - try ' - -e 7 llVjttige 155, gives "Laws of the United Sfacs, act of '20th of June, 1834," as ol lowvrf The following silver coins shall 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, F" ru. Chili, and Central America, of not less weight that 415 graius cat-It. and those restamiH'd in llruzil of the like weight, of not less than 10 minces, 15 penny-wciirhts of pure silver, in the Troy )Muud of 12 oiluces of staintanl silver. A cvresiKinleiit of the New YoV'tc fcfen- i vj I'oxt says: 'The afiesjiil act of C.on g -ess has never been repealed, and the Mexican' rTnffar of 415 grains is s legal ten der iu the United States. The Mexican dollar; weighs from one to two grains more than is required by the law. They should he at a prciniuur instead of a discount. It is a swindling tf&ffsiictum to discount them. It is art tyteasfoii of the weak by the strong wh:?cli should not bo tolera ted." fittit So. While thousands of men are out of em ployment in uearly all parte fcf the coun try, it is odd ro read that ft' formers in some. parts' of rrrhrois ait IirffWrtt are un abled to get th'e' number of hands they want, although they are paying from $2 to $2.50 a day. - Passing by these ffms day by (hiy are feirs of tram pay wW go about U'ggingaml stealing, crlattttrg of hard times and want of employment, but always refusing to work when they have a ehrfrft.' In some instances they have even gone tt titf to bnrn farm machin ery because it threw itfe'tf tttiiftl employ ment, and yet they will uot labor, no mat ter what the compensation. Every mau 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 denfoa!bt?uy prefering to steal and beg rather than earn Mi honest jK'nny. It is probable these eople 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 tltent or some portions of our country wiliitff't iy Wat their mercy. Lancaster (S. C.) Ledger. -. Ikinyetoue Spider Bite. Uecenty, Mr.. Miiry JifnK 1'ope, wife of Mr. John Pope of the vicinity of Cedar Grove in this county, was bitten on the right hand by a small spider. She pick ed up a piece . of bark while walking iu the yard, in which the veuonions insect rlayjeoncealc'df rtti(l she bltte'fl titi the back of the hand and almost immediately suffered ther most excruciating arouie: As is usual in such cases there was mark ed mental derangement and violent spas modic action of the limbs. Drs. Hughes and Hay lies were called in and applied such rHhedieS ilflr their skill suggested. But for twenty-four hours the coudition of Mrs. Pope was one Of intense suffering and danger. She has since recovered. Naturalists will still persist in the as sertion that snfders are hartilleMi We give, them as wide a berth as tile: rattle snake. llUhbtito Heeorder. Don't lMrrow any thing but, if you do, don't tell lies to avoid paying it How many amusing and ridiculous scenes should we witness if each pair of men that secretly laugh ateach other were to do it openly. - J SHOOf HIGH. . "Ish ter Schetrfft-al around T asked tW excited clothing' merchant as the United States troops passed tlirough Siatka last week fnF pursuit of the fleeing Bia- WeliiBflr raotrsirftf HWard1, reig ingin his IfeVsey AVLUt is it! Speak quick." "I am a ruin' rifttn, Scheneral. Dem cursed redskiutfdky murder my boy Sha coVabWlt fifi'mflcs from here un' shteal a? dxfe piffr of pants he vos peddlin. New pants, so hellep me kraclous right &&i of my store." ; ASorry for your loss, my man, but havent time to talk-about it now. If we catch up with these demons well stt.p their deviltries for good aid aU. . "Yes, I know Scheneral, I know.", eag erly whispered the bereaved ready-made merchant, hanging desperately (he officer's stirrup. Dot's all right, but Vef you come up mit dose Iudiaus vot got dose new pants on, for kracious sake, Scheneral, tole de soldiers to shoot hteh San Franeistit P&gf.- We have been told1 a good story of fkt war by a ve&rjrn of ffttt army of North ern Virginia. While thfc army was in Pennsylvania a lean, lank Specimen of a st!dne'elM!eeier a house by the roadside, where wa ge'ated a mftfnW rocking her babe in its CVwiMe. Having asketl for al most every aVticle of food, and being told that there'was not a mouthful iu the house, he sorrowfully inquired if she had any salt. With this article he was bountiful ly supplied, which he proceeded to sprinkle nicely over the baby's arms and iirek. Theinother asked why he acted so stnrtWe ly. The soldier replied lie wiwr starving and must have somethnig Ut eat, and as there was nothing in tins house but the baby, he would- bve c eat that. That soldier got a first class nicttl'&'vei'y vitek time. Wehlon Xcics. Watering Garden. 'f& fiffify all inch of water to a garden ( JVpM oii'a?! mi extent, would reqjuire over 25,000' gaAotttf &f WIp W barrel of 40 gallons each. This would weigh about 100 tons and make 100 loads such as a pair of horses could draw comfortably over moderately soft cultivated ground. An inch of water will moisten the ground to the depth of from three to six inches, jj HH.-ordMsj irr dryness am the texture or fife' hur.- Sonfc clay rinffrf ttlteii thor oughly air dried, will absorb forty per c'tVtv 6f water before bekig saturated. From these flgnres tt wtlt tf seen that common baud watering, where only a sprinkling is given to soil that is deeply dried, can do very little good, as the roots are seldom reached by the water. Deep enltivaf fcrtf tte ttoikltifotg wH accomplish the result letter aud cheaper. Xeic Fug land Farmer. Btfftef raft ion. B$ Telegrapli to the Xet Uiddeford, Me.,'Atg.-10. E-. H. Gove, the Green bak- CrfdfWtlstf'e Itrr nWgress io this district, presfdVc! over netiug. hist night, ef the citizens' cf fork County. In a short speech he introduced Gen. Butler, ttho spoke for two Ifotrrs. He said he came not to make a pt&ltf bnt com mune with the people on tli9 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 Republican party till it deserted its founders, the la boring men. Capitalists now hold the llvpiibiieMi ttn txtttthX him and foot. Hayes has violated every pledge and le t rayed the negro of tlie South. The effort of Giant's administration to strengthen public credit was a swiudle. He reviewed the ei story of Greenback currency aud clained ' it should be morfe legal tender fot all debts pttWeRtid prfvafo D g Day. The Days of lot of a dogs was ended on yesterday. Somebody threw pois oned leef into, the streets. . The dog ate it and died. It is a cruel thing' to do un less there is some dtid reason for it. Why kill the dogs f Every dog however use less is somebody s dog, that somebody is attached to that rtWfr We woubl lie tery glad to see two-tlf iids of tlie hybrid race of dogs led to execution, but dogs like men ought to bo formally, and with due sanction of law, put oat of the way. It is, We say again, a reckless sort of cruelty to kill dogs by leaving poioued meat in the streetsi It Would irtrflie reiflt;tlH'e 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 been his pet since boyhood. The more worth less the dog the stronger the feeling fur it. Its a sorry business. Rql. Ob. PartUcr and Meckaule ! We ledf tl fa fatal accident near Jackson, Northamp ton county, oil Tuesday night. Two daughters of Y Hs llaej and Miss Wood ruff, attempted to ignite tt fire with kero sene from the can, w hich exploded Mis Woodruff was burned to death, and the other young ladies were at the point d death at Inst accounts J Three dray loads of silver dollars Were lately drawn to the United States treasury in San Francisco. The entire value was $300,000, The Killing on &&attwVU l&bQttd. oTWierAitabder, who went up the Statesville road yesterday to-hold an in quest over th body of lhe negtt man killed on the roilreadnear laTiday tfol lege, did not return yesterday, and the result of the examifctfbtf 3? not known. Since the report pyertfawnriiiug it has been discovered! fhat the .rematofs are those of Allison WhfCSijf formerly a sec tion hand on the roadV The theory of his havi'tVg fallen off the endive where he war stealing a ride, advanced4y the en gitief,'does not hold good for the reason that he was seen a short titafcfy&itSv train passed at a point About A mile below that at which his botfly was found, and the train did iBx make a stop between the points. There is sometMiT'-mystetlons abonl tlie manner of his death (fti$ the 4 a result of the coroner's examination is looked forward to with no little interest. -7Aar. Obserrer. Scandal. The story is told of a 6min who freely nseil her tongue to the scan dal of others, and made confession to the !)knst of what she had done. He gave i! her 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! drid told her confessor. T 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 diftHeWi't to gather up and destroy all tine' evil reports she had circulated- abmrJ others. Any thought less, careless" child can scatter a handful orli istle-seed ocfore the wind iu a mo ment; but the strongest and wisest man caunot gather them again. Terrible Situution. From the Cherokee Georgian. A- voting nHvn' riiftned Peimv, while out 1 hViVflVig his steers barefooted the other day, stepped on the head of a largo rat tle snake. He had his heel on the snake's head, and lcing afraid to move did not know what to do for some time while the hideous thing was wirthiug and squrim- jj in-fit and vigorously lashing th youth's leg. IVnwy w InwHy frightened, but recovejvd presence of mind sufficient to take out his knife and reach dowu and cut oft the snake's head. Mule Drowned. Mr. T. C. Sloan of No. 3 Township was in town tins week with a wagon losd of watermelons. Returning hointo' A had to cross Coddle Creel? at the ford near Mr. Johnston's ft'otise. The Waters were very high, but he drove his team in aud came out without them. He was driving two mulcs---one his own aud the other belonging to a neighbor of his aud both of them were drowned. Mr. Sloan is a p&ofttkttt tfndthe loss fa lis heavily upon uim. (,'oMcorrf Suu. It is published that more miles of rail road are being constructeT? hi Texas now than iu all the balance of the United States Col. Danna, of the York 5mm, ad vocates toe w!iipping-of. .some years ago he wept tears of btaotl over the t rongs of the negtfov The time a boy begins to think his mother doesn't know enough to select his clothing for him is a dangerous eriod iu his history. The Petroleum oil business is distress ingly unprofitable fVrr ften&rttivtf especial ly for the rf ado oil. The price has fallen to below Wne dollar er barrel. The' London World remarks that more cople eat themselves to death than drink themselves to death. Shall we not have total abstinence in this matter ? He that does good to another man also does it to himself, not only iii the conse quence, but iu the very act of doing it, fot the eernsefousncss of well doing is an am ple reward. The Lonisianua sugar crop of 1877 isset dowrtftt 127,743 hogsheads, agftinst Kil',331 bogheads tor lt?76. The largest crop ever raised before the War: in letfil the yield was 459,410 hogsheads. Becoming Virilized, The Chinese are capable of lieing civ ilized. A couple of them had a ' lawsuit in Salinas, Cal., not long ngof The de fendant was convicted, but dec-hired he would hire more witnesses and try it again. OX GOING TO CHURCH. Some go to church to laugh and talk, Some go there for a walk ; Some go there to learu the parsons name, Some go there to wound his fame ; Some go there their time to spend Some go there to see ft friend Some go there to dose and nod, Btlt few 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 teaman, h p .f Wade Hampton. A stranger to the arts and trickery which ordiuarily form the stock in trade of the successful American politi cian, he has won the confidence of the State, and of good men the country over, by the simplicity and perfect honesty of his course and utterances as a public tpan, haflCtoft Xetet nnd Courier. Spee ch of Hon, A. Q. Thniffian. Onions OKEAT A3? f tfE STUMP. A. Forcifdo Anniyb of the IirlnoiilM of tJUo Demo, cratle JPntrty. Mr. President ?m4t!7iic Citizen: I have seen several statements Iu the public press to the effect that the object of my appointment to address you to-day was that 1 should " sound tlie key note of the campaign." I wish, iu the very out set of my remarks, to disclaim any such pretension. " Under free hwirtwtjiomvit is tbfliiTjtefcple to give thte key rroterj' m& so far as the Democracy of Ohio are con cerned, they have discharged that duty in the platform. I have advocated its prin ciples heretofore and I shall continue to advocate , J4iein. Perliap - this is k jOl 1 should aay about myself :, but inasmuch as, in certain quarters, I am denounced- as a man who has surrendered his convic tions to appease. a popular clamor, it may be pardouable to me to occupy a few mo ments iu rcielling this charge. The ac cusation has reference to inv siiptiort of the fiuaucial plank in The platform. Now, what is the financial ytauk ? H condemns contraction of the eUricncy demands the repeal of the vesuinptiou act advocates " the removal of all restrictions to the coinage of silver, and the re-establish - ineut of silver n nnKiey metal, the same as com the samfe ns it was uetore its fraudulent demoralisation ; the gradual substitution of United Suites legal tender j paer ror uaiiouai uaiiK noies, anu irs pei lmitient establishment as the sole pa per money ot the country, made receiva ble for all dues to the government, aud of equal teuder with coiu the aniouiH of such issues, to be so regomted by legisla tion or organic law a-to 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, aud no further stile of the bonds for the, purchase of com for resump tion purposes, but the gradual extinction of the public debt rkjiil ecouomy, the reduction o expenditures in all branches of public service,' a a tariff for revenue only." These ave She tinaucial doctrines of the platform, and now, I confidently defy niy critics, one and all, to name' any vote that I have iriven, during the nine years that I have sat in the Senate, that was inconsistent with these principles. 1 have steadily opmised contraction ever since it was inaugurated. I have spoken and voted against the Kesnmption Act vkn k. passed, and at the last session of CMge- voted for its reieal 1 worked hard to restore silver to tlie place, it held U-fore its demonetization. Several years ago I drew a resolution for our State con 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 ll trst to propose iu rue neuaie inai ureeifbate s1h44 be receivable for cus- toi fki ts HiV h4 the hist session I voted for the bill inakrog-. fchen- 1-hw receivable. I have been tlte advocate of a fable cur rency, and your platform demands stabil ity. 1 have coutcnUeU that tne precious metals ought not t be d monetized ami the olatfoi in asserts the same dis triO. I have spoken aud voted against an in crease: of our boiuWii debt. I have ad vocated, to the lest of rwy ability, strict economy, reduction of expenditures, aud i reveuue larin. my course, uu-humc, m Ueii perfectly .'consistent with -tin? piattnrm ot our coiiveiitKin, as me joui , ecurrtrv, lietorc that pi-ounce is oiwucu uals ai4 tlebtes of tbe Sente will show, j i0tween lalor and capital. The general And 1 beg leave to into that 1 have never j ruie that the product of human indus given a vote in the nine years I have sat ' iry ja ultimately divided between labor in the Senate, to which exception was ta- ! nud capital : but w hen a bank note circu ken by the Democracy of Ohio, so far as I ' lotion is used the banks tirst step in, and, know, or have ever Ueardr ! bv virtue of their special privilege, take Felkrw-citizensy I ffust that I have not ;t'arge slice iu the shape of interest upon offended propriety or good taate by ma- j their own indebtedness. Iu the case 06 king these few remarks about myself. ' .,v national banks, the slice, as we have You are a portion of my constituents and j s,.oll amounts to twenty-nine wrtlions have a right to know whether I have rep- t.Very year. Now, if tUrrr crpi be no resented you correctly or otherwise. If I ' sound paper enrrcwr? wit bank nwrtes, have a reputatiou worth preserving, it i ' wu there is wBftg left tor us birt w for your interest as well as mine that it bear tb wrfhen or try to reduce the' shall not be unjustly tarnished. .Hot ' araoTJWfrtf thv exaction. Itut if the g.teeii- I enouch uiiou this theme. Wlien the curreucy part ot the platform ..nvfnltv u-riitiiii-fl. it will lie found that its principal feature is the promised substitution of greenbaicks for national bauknotes. 1 think that I do them no injustice whew 1 say that the leader of the Hepublicau f1y are in favor of di- e ty- the opimsiteCoufWe that is tffsay. thev'woubl retire all the greenbacks in order that their places might be lined with national banknotes. Leteither course the people, ot an amount epiii to ine in bxj takeu and the metalie money of the . terest upi the outstanding greenback .. IT -.1 .. 1 . . .. I 1 .1 . ,. - ...,t ....nnlrr Iwinnlllil tll Millie. I p SO eillKT kiud of paper and the amount ot com u ; actual circulatwH. aiwrt rom tne small coins used for change, will be compara tively small, so long us one, two and hve dollar notes are freely issued, for such notes always drive coiu out of circulation. Ami 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 ttr paper money be national banknotes or green backs f For several reasons, that I wjll briefly state, I think the latter are pre e - al,-'' . , , , 1. In the first place, a national bank currency means the indefinite perpetua tion of the national debt. The national i.nL- w.. r tw thfdr fin iilation is con- U4llffr coif MWWM - aa cerned, are founded on that debt. It is the security for tlieir notes; ana wnen ever the debt We paid the banks must re tire their circulation aud cease to issue notes. In order, therefore, to perpetuate their privilege of issuing notes, they must strive to jeri)etuate 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 tlie country, will be very power ful indeed. Now, 1 am not one of thse who believe that such a debt is a national blessiug. 1 believe that the if verse of this is true, and that such a debt is a national curse. To say nothing of its corrupting influ ences, its drain of the resources of the people to lny interest is fearful by oppres sive, especially wh;a a large portiou of Ihe debt is held abroad. In a coiufKira tivelv brief period the amouut of iu terest paid exceeds the principal of the debt, while the draiu coutiuues iu undiminished force. Heavy taxation is the necessary result, and every one who has studied the subject knows that oppressive taxation s one of the worst fies to the indnstry and prosperity 4 a country. It is true that the naticUttf debt cannot lie speedilv paid, but wfrtffght not to put nuuecessarv ob stacles in the way of its payment. The national banknotes are such im oltsUicle aud for that reason are objectiou-ibli. i our platform wisely advocates "the grad-nn ictbi of the public debr.'' If nhRf Pvors its honest pavmeut, amf opposes its indefinite perpet nation. And in strict harmony with this principle, it condemns a banknote system that feuds to perpetuate it. 2. A second objection to the national bank system is, that it tends to combine, concentrate, mid inteusfyfl i4HMiey pow er, Ishall indulge ii nodeclamation against of file" money power. 1 seek to excite no passion, no prejudice. I w ish to reason fairly when I say that, io view of the un- tlounted fact that during the whole iK'i iod leople: that the purchasing power of ..i .... ..wp ............... . 1 .. . 1 I I ttiftuci li ' t iii tut....;. .1 i i..wA.i...l ...LSI.. ! ...w.l.j .II.O A1II1IVI4V1J 1111 i viinii mie the exchangeable or. purchasing power of everything else has remained stationary or has diminished ; and in view of the further fact that the national bank sys tem confers special , privileges upon the banks that no other institutions- mv individuals enjoy ; that it comAi? more than two thousand instkutii'nn?rnoW, ;id if perpetuated, may rwtA;Aie thontRHids mure, in a common puriMse and- with a common interest to-maifaiu thei power ami prolong tiei- privilege; t-ltiit - these institutions are scattefed uM over the Re public and, acting openly r h secret, are able to hittaencc h:;is"iit,nv-s. Congresses, aui? thousand' of voters v it is not injus tice, but, on the eomn-ary, it is the expres sion of a wise inwriMy to sugg-st that such a system hr fraught with uanger to the prosperity of the people and to the purity of tlir government. If, in the time of A u drew Jackson, the existence of a national bank w ith a capital of only thirty-five millions of dollars, and a few branches here and there, was considered dangerous to the welfare aud the institu tions of the country, what shall we say of a wide-spread combination of two thou sand national batiks, now wielding: neai' ly five h und rod millions of capital aud destined, if NM'iH-tuated, to vastly multi ply iu number, and- to control thousands of millions ? U. A third objection to the National Hank circulate iwf that it is a special privilege tha i?ts iwsMiy millions ot M lars ann;4 fato ttte ilrtfckets of the stockholders and1 tiikfts many millions an-Iiual1- HkU jf the pockets f the people. 'he" general rule is that a person pays interest upon what he owes ; but iu 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, ami take interest unoii the loan. It thus I enjoys a privilege that no one else enjoys. ; n (rawH interest upon its own luiienien- ness, and this privilege of the Nationak Ifciuks brings them an annual income of probably tw enty millions of dollars. Their airirreirate circulation is, in round num bers, three hundred and -twenty two mil lions. I think'it mav reasonably as- ' suiued that three hundred millions i these notes are loaned at an average rtrtV xF ;nt..ii f sit. loast seven icr cent. If ro, the annual int rest they receive foln the loan, not of money, not of capital, but of their own indebtedness, is twenty- one million dollars. And this sain is taken wit f the annual product of the back is sis gHw! the bavk iwte; and no- body denies that ft rf wy snoum u noi 1. Jntwtitnteil for the bank note, and an 0U( jMt to the exaction ! I nd, consider further, that for every I greenback it has issued the governmeni has received value. The greenback has j paid for services rendered, or materials furnished, or it has discharged a portion 0f the. interest bearing public debt. There. A thus a saving to tne government oi io ' fllflllilTUtll : lor. lilll Ul evil Urtt. fv ikm been issued, the 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, ha ve to pay interest upon the loan. If it raised it by taxation, the tax payers lose the interest their money would have ranaii .ii.iu ine not been compelled to give it to the gov- eminent. The greenbacks now outstanding amount to $:il(i,(idlfl)ll). Ctmputing interest upon this sum at the lowest rate at which the J; !5Wr,t",i)ll,e uWinni-ihniHl, a fiigl.tfal cmtracfW, would re- party, the legislation of I'ougress steadily wilt. In brief. f ('ongisnofitd have r'"4 favored the moneyed interests and the.e- neither sense nor honestv, it iniht for ' bygrlafly ilrtWi? fo tile burthens of the the time mmi. ,: tlT i.,, ' "overnuietit can borrow money. 4 j er j millions, anu nowc i r evaggerareti. im pcent and we have ati annual saving to I estimate may We. the extent of the evil the people, resulting from the use i f the ! has no parallel iu the .history of this if. greenback,' of $11.H7.24,0. Hut if g een- j indeed, it ha iu the history of anyieo U.,nhm mibst-if llted for the . .! KM),- I pie. Startling is the fact, and y.t first 000 of national bauk notes now outstand- ine there would be a further savi.ig to I - T 1 1 ff . t'lejpeop'e-of 4 per cent annua ly on that sum, namely, 8 l'2,80(H-niaking a to tal annti.il saving iy tne use oi u e reeu back of !?2C,747,210. From this, howev er, deduct the taxes on their circulation p lid by the banks, amounting to about three millions aunually. and the net sav ing would be alMiut twenty-t nee and three-quarter millions, l'erhaps, iu strict ness, this deduction for taxes ought not to be made, for it is probable that the hanks throw the burthen of taxat ion upon their customers, who iu turn shift it to the shonldcrs of those with whom they deal, until, like all other taxation, itfina-f-ly falls upon the great lody of consumers, the people. I have thus given you, fellow-citizens, fome reasons in favor of substituting greenbacks for bank notes. I 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 pajM-r currency, its volume would depend umu the action of Congress, and not npon the natural laws of trade; and that as Congress is liable to Winfiuncirdliy pftpular feeling on onV hand, or the arts niidjippliaiices of sieciat ! interests on the other, theenrrency would lie subject to iufhitiou or cniitnictinii, j " either iurlnence might prevail, to'a' degree , that would he ruinous to business and' " prosjerity. - v 1 1 "" In nmnrert tht? objection, and admit , fHig that it is not without force, I have t? s!iy, in the first place,That it -is equally 4i pocnt whether our pater currency Im"'" gi-enbacks exclusively or bank notes ev- ' clnsively; for, let it lie the one or the otLci, v Congress would have the jpoirer to expand ' it or contract it at will. For instanrV, w en- Cougress to repeal Hie tax on State bauk chcnlation, a multitude of bank tPIW Wtttg tft uwdei- State laws, aixf great infiation of the currency wonld.tate place. On the other hand, should Con gress retain that tax and retire the green- . .... - - tv I'liuiM till IMlliUl Ivl H UIT itcnuuiican luiancieis u U4sume that it ; wouM h) - would be to . .. " condemn our fivm f 'ffovenniieiifc lint our ptatform unnMlv iihM fTdW difficulty It condemns cotrtvact ion on t!ia one IumhI or "kiting' on- Hj other. It de-' nmiulV tlmt "tlw aimmiit of surh issues fcei14'M'rks7le so regulated by legislation or organic law as to jive the jteoplo utt aKsuraucc of stability in tiihtmtrof curren cy and consequent stability of value," and ' in unmistakable terms, it opposes the do-, moneti.ation. or disuse, of the precious inetalsr-Could anything 1 appeal to ynu Ik' more couscivative than this, i I conser vatism means tu conserve the interests of the eole at large uuuVjiot those uf a par- -ticiilar class f Can ajfyV intelligent mm , reasonably object ton policy t-lmt pre serves gold -itnl silver frowf desinttioa aud demands a stability iu tle volume and valmrof the currency greater Jflnm- has evei yet lieen attained ? Fellow-citizens, our platform has been denounced .by men who never read it, and by others whose interests or prejudices in--cline them to misrepresent it: and now tho" nnswer 1 make to them is to ask you to rend and to study it. It is vain for its enemies tony Mmt rtH-a wWixt H drtcsr mr! expressr. Its language is too plain to..., be misunderstood by candid man and the character of the committee that re-" parted, and the convention that adopted it, is sutrie'eut to shield it from the charge of deception. It is an honest platform and means just what it says. It lueaus opHsitiou to monopoly, opposition t special privileges, opposition, to contrac tion of the currency, opposition to the de monetization of the metals, cpyosition t wasteful expenditure aud opposffkn fe a pevcr ending public debt. Ami it mean e pial lights and privileges,, an honest and stable cnrreiH-y, a strict economy and lighter taxes, and n faithful payment ef fie public debt. It gives no saut4ust) to irreligion aud eoiiuimnisui:. ltt ft ftilly reeognizes the dignity 4 kibor, au? sin ri'')y svnjathizi'switli the laboiiisgmaii iu his toil and privation. It asserts the principles upon which the government was founded, aud which are essential to its usefulness ami perpetuity. It pro motes fraternal-feeling throughout the hnirth and breadth 'of the lli-public and condemns sectionalism as the voit foe of. tlie I'nioii. Iu a word, it is an honest plat form of honest men, a patriotic platforur for patriots to stand upon. Fellow -cwitt'iis, if 1 am not in error in what I have sail?, I have given you a suf ficient reason why there should be a clianire iu our Federal adiiiiuistrativu 1 our financial policy is correct, tlwit of Ihe Republican party, or at least of thn.w wh shajie its legislation, is wrong. It this bo so, then, as soon as the forms of the con stitution will permit, that part' should cease to title. I.ut there are other wiihmis why there should 1m; a changer u.nl to some of theui 1 wish htVriy fo call voiir attention. The claim of a party iu power to a pnr long at ion of. its rule necessarily involves an inquiry into its policy and government' iu the past. If its past rule has le n vicioit or unwise, prudence obviously dictates f!s-f an end, for the time being, at least should be put to its dMHvmon. Now, has the iuleof the Hepublicau party since the clo-e of the civil war, thirteen years ago, been wise and benefi cent! Tthink that this question must be. answered in the negative. It is not ne ccsviry to go into a detailed cviininatjoy of all its jitcusnrcs, nor con'd that Im done iu the, limit of a speech, or indeed many specche.-. Nor is it- necessary to assert that all its measures have been bad and iojnrions, It is sufficient to look at the general result, aiiiLscewbt-lhcr llnvt i good governmeut and propt-i ity or tltf r verse. Now, certainly no one will de n. that this country has for the last five years suffered, as erhaps no other coun ty ever did sutler, from depression in eve ry branch of business, iu every industri ous occupation. The entire liody of the producing closes employers, employees aud middlemen- hae Wen affected.- IVankiuptcics are nuruher-tajjiy tens it not hy hundred ot thousands, ami tne aggre l . , i i.i gate oi losses iiiuiosi iienes com jiiiwn ion. The nnmbev of laborers thrown out of enrploynient or reduced to half time and j diminished wages has been estimated by view alnnM incomprehensible, thnf IM a emntry whose population averages but. eleven jk-isoiis to. the square mile there h ive been, and there are yet, thousands destitute of brea I. A -single int-rent iIik moneyed interest has H-airiM-d and yet flourishes, and that, it is to be n -membercd, is precisely that interest that h is received the fostering care of Kepnl. 1 can bgislatior. Now, my f.iends,sofar u this deplorable state of things is the result xf vicious legislation or of this omission of wise legislation, the Kepubli can party, r at least those who have con trolled it,-are responsible. From the 4th ' day of March, 1 .'!., to the lirst -Monday iu Decern b;i-4 Ir'J.'i, moiiMlt.in fourteen years, that party had uiico.it rolhl Yiower power in every department of the Federal government, and since then it has con tinued to hold the Senate and the I'rcsi, dency, and to hjyre the consequent power to negative any measure of rejief a Deiu ocratic House of lhprcssntitt,ivcs mig'it priose. Is there, then, any inpistf e in csijling that jKirty to a'ccoimt lr t ie evils Thu country hTi" suffered and yet suffers I Caii4 it with' truth ln.-i.aid that the o jvils could