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SANFORD, NORTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY. AUGUST 2.1830.
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TW„ “ft
ANDSPOILS. .
«.* £ |' - ;—U.'- -
M*I*. Always Hunted Them Attid
^i| «»ouely, and Put Them Where They
' - Would Do Hit Faihlly the Most
®**<k'■ V ■■. fy “ ‘ * ?
iCfnreopondeuee Ntte York Bum'
i&sV'-1; General Harrison has Veeh one of
the m»st persisteht office seeker* the
- State has ever known, having been
* candidate at almost every general
election that has occurred * within
the past forty years, when he did
not already hold an office; and he
has not been satisfied with holding
office himself, he has been most per
; ;«Mteutin securing offices for his
t»wh and his . wifeV relatives* " He
■was one of those pure minded patri
■iiofc that criticised General Grant be
cause.he appointed relatives to office
accepted presents; but no sooner
did he acquire political power than he
jhdopted, all the methods of the hift
ehine, and let nothiagescapo that he
HStould capture for himself or a rela
,„'tive. He permitted his wife,'to
•• cept a cottage, jit . Cape' May from
persons he had bestowed favors
upon and who will doubtless contin
ue to receive them dnrjng his official
>' term. - - , . *■ • • ti
? . In I860 he become a candidate for
reporter of the decision? of the Su
preme Court of Inciana end * was
- elected. , _ ■ ■ *
'■ In 1862he became colonel of the
Seventieth Indiana Volunteers, and
retained his office, which was filled
by proxy, for two years, while draw
ing his salary as colonel.
' After the close of the. war h« was
again elected reporter, and served
until 1868. .
Ini872 he was a candidate for the
Republican nomination for Gover
_nor pf. Indiana, but was defeated by
r General T. M. Browne.- t
lii.. . In 1876 he was Repnbiicim 'can
didate for Governor of Indiana, but
was defeated by Blue Jeans Wil
liams, while his Republican associ
ates on the ticket were elected, and
Grant carried the State by a hand
some majority. -
' 1' After his defeat for Governor be
teas an applicant for a place. in
Hayes's Cabinet,
He was appointed by Efayes one
of the Mississippi. River'-Commis
sioners, and received $3,00(7 per an
num for four years, but did uot de
vote one week per year to the du
ties. J '• ' ' ■' " '
In 1880 he was elected to the
United States Senate, and served
six years.
. In 1884 be was a candidate tor
tlie nomination for President, and
resigned his place as delegate-at-large
from Indiana in the National Con
vention while the convention was
in session at Chicago, and returned
to Indianapolis, excepting to be
nominated, but his natne never was
mentioned in the convention,
•’ In 1886 he was a candidate for re
election to the Senate, but was de
feated; whereupon be immediately
went into training for the nomina
tion for the presidency in 1888, He:
received the same and was elected;
By the end of hia term he will .have
held office 84out of his40 years in
public life. •:"t,
In addition to the offices he has
held himself, he obtained places in
the government service for the fol
lowing relatives: :
.Carter Harrison, his brother, who
was a revenue supervisor under the
Carfleld-Arlhur Administration, apd
is now United States marshal for
••'feimessee. ■ ,-V ',
Russell Harflson. his son, was ap
pointed assayar at. the mint at
Hplenaj Mont, a* soon' as he left
college. '..'-'vi.
Clem Morris, who married his sis
ter, was appointed to an important
place in the revenjie service at
Indianapolis so soon as Harrison be
came Senator, and remained in said
plane until retired by a Democrat
after Cleveland became President
Since Harrison became President he
luw been appointed.to a hie office in
the pay Department «f tho United
States Army, and is . now stationed
at St. Paul, Minn - • £. ■
Df. I. W, Scslt^ES fatho^in-few-,
*<» appointed ft clerk In the Pension
Office in 1880, aa^ooh as he became
Senator, and remained in office until
after Mr. Harrises became Presi
dent.
Henry Scott, his brother-in-law
was in the revenue service on the
Pacific coast and died in that ser
vice,’..
Mrs. Scott Lord, his sister in-law,
was for years a clerk in the office of
the Fifth Auditor of the Treasury.
She was specially favored by being
permitted to do her work at her
home.
Major Sebtt, another brother-in
•»W, was a paymaster in the Army,
and is now a superintendent of a
public Funding Unit k erectingsome
where, on the Pacific coast. Ho is a
smairiawyer, aud nf> one ever pre
tended that he possesses qualifica
tions for the post.
lie appointed Frank McKee, Ba
by McKee’s uncle, to, aif importaif t
plaee in the customs Service in the
West. He was scarcely of age and
wholly unfitted for the place.
During the early days of the Ad
ministration he detailed Lieutenant
Parker," who is the husband - of Mrs,
Harrison's niece, to a nice berth with
.the Samoan Commission that, went
to Berlin to sett le the Samoan diffi
culty.
: This list embraces every known
relative of Harrison or his wife, ex
cept John Scott Harrison, of Kan
sas City, who is a Democrat. -He
has for some-reason never been on
very good terms with the President
or his family, or he would, doubtless
have been in the • enjoyment ,of a
lucrative office.
A Banquet Without Wine.
. Globe.
iqf giving a banquet without,
champagne to so distinguishes- a
body of gentlemen as the North
Carolina Press Association, the Com
mon whealth Club of this city made
a decided innovation upon long es
tablished usage. It is true that the
use of wine at public," and , private :
dinners, as well, has been condemn
ed by many leaders' of social reform,
but nothing short of genuine cour
age was required to cut loose from
the custom. The Commonwealth
Club decided to come out on the
side of virtue, and take the risk of
offending public opinion. The re*
-suit wasSll that -Could- be. -desired
and more than could be expected.
The Press Association not only ap
proved the club, but attested its-ap
proval by adopting the* following
resolutions without a dissenting
voice or vote: ” _ f,? i.
“Whereas the city of Durham
through its committee of arrange
ments has established the precedent
of a Banquet without liquors in its
entertainment of the N. C. Press
Association, it is resolved by the
Press Association that its thafiks
are due and are hereby tendered for
this mark of Durham’s regard for
for the cause of temperance and for
the testimony such action bears to
the sobriety of North Carolina edi
lors.” :’'7
%% ■'.-W. Gregory5* • • -
iitffh Point BnlorpHto.
We were pleased to ^raeet Dr.
Gregory,‘of Greensboro, on our
streets last Tuesday. He is intro
ducing his wonderful invention to
the medical profession everywhere.
It is known as the “Safety Bandage
iwitb Hoemostatic Anti, septic and
Anesthetic fluid.” The Doctor has
been years in perfecting it and as
the Surgeon General or*the XJ. S.
Army says “it is the gratest inven
tion of the 10th century.” It is to
expedite the dressing and healing
of wounds. The bandage is made,
similar to a plaster and so shaped
that in case of a cut or amputation
it can W manipulated so that it will
be unnecessary to use a stitch in the
dressing; The fluid which accom
panies the bandages stops the
flow of blood, brings the tissues to
gether and prevents blood poisoning
Dr. Gregory is recognized as one of
the best surgeons in the South anU
this product of bis long, experience
1Uid brilliant intellect will ha hailed
with delight % all Surgeons. The
United States ArWandNavy will
order 100,000 of'the bandages amt
the? .will be : used regularly in
the-service.-- .+v_—
. V; rk'<'
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'OYS AND SORROWS OF THE COUM
, TUT EDITOR. /
By J. P. Caldwell Before the N> C.
Press Association at Durham.
You know the lecturer who,; had
for his. subject, “Suakcs in Ireland,’'
exhausted it in the sis tfords:
•'Theref are no snake*’"! n Ireland.”
It is not given to me to escape so
lightly, for though there be si a
snakes in Ireland there be.jnys and
sorrows tn the cup editorial in Ire
dell. ,'j ' „■ - - • ' “ ; , ; V
Tile assignment to me of the sub
ject in band, I take to be a compli
ment to my capacity for condensa
tion, for to he sura, the oil in the
cruse would run out with the pa
tience of roy hearers should I under
take to tell all that I and my fel
low bondsmen know of the “Joys
and Sorrows of the Country. Edi
tor,’’ especially the latter; and more
over, what is now comedy, wight
become tragedy, aa in the case of
the Roman Emperor who dwelt
with such power npou the sorrows
-oi life that many of his hearera
went out and destroyed them
selves.:,; • ‘
With reference to the joys which
brighten the life of the rural jour
nalist, there .are certain popular
misapprehensions which f am glad
to have this opportunity to correct.
To be able to- ^jeft” the printers
Saturday evening out of a week’s
wages, i9 one peculiarly his own,
but in the main his joys are different
from those of other men. To open
a letter which he feels in his bo30m
contains a dun, and to Cud a postal
note from a subscriber who is three
years in arears, awakens a sinsatiou
-which can be compared to nothing
except the stern joy with which he
hails the appearance of a load of f u
el brought in by a wood subscriber
when the snow is. falling and the
printers are setting type by a fire
madeof bound volumes of tbe’jCoih
grcssional Record. Yet other men
have found agreeable surprises in the
mail and others 'hate been cold
(though not this summer) and have
been warmed again.
•As the strong man rejoices in his
strength, so does the country editor
in his influence. I, even I, have the
power of control over * men. No
longer than last Saturday- afternoon
I attended a primary. There were
four men in it who waited to see
kow*I voted and then they went
and voted the other way. I have
in time taken my- public opinion
moulder from behind my ear and ad
vocated the claims of a certain man
to office and carried every township
in the county against him. In all
the range of ray acquaintance I do
not know of but one other man
who, I believe, could beat this .rec
ord. -He is a country editor, too.
In ancient Greece an Athenian gen
eral said the victories of Sis rival
would net pCvihit him- to sleep. I
leave this branch of my subject lest
I should arouse the jealousy of my.
brethren. .■, r “
And T mnst condensn. There nr
joy In the heartjjf the country edi
tor when, after the church festival
the ladies come around and ask for:
his bill; when the commencea
is over; when he is told of the deam
of the man who comes up aud reads:
his exchanges to him.
But as suggested by my subject,
and admitted at the outset, he has:
his sorrows, too. . There are times
when the grasshopper is "a burden.
The first cotton bloom and the first
cotton boll*, the egg with the crook
ed neck and the man with the first
strawberry of ths seasan, demand
elabprato notiee; the chickens with
four legs and a double back, and
the calf with three legs and an eye
ill tie top of its head, clamor for
recognition. . The advertising agent
who wauts lop of column on the
local Hfge, with reading matter on
both sides and followed by reading,,
and wants it ut half-price less 25 per
CCfit. bars the editors’s way to’ a
strictly religious, life, The subscri
ber sometimes Waits Oh him -with a
biekory-stiek and the sheriff, ia not
always gracious.
■ *
■ - •
Now gravely my country brcth.
reu, I admonish you to magnify
vour joys and minimize milt sor-!
rows, and to realize the dignify of
; your calling. ; You have a- uifanot*
j peculiarly yont own and minister to
: a people who weigh your wolds,
| There was never, a time whet; vour
responsibilities to society were great
er or when it was necessary for us
j to be steadfast^ immovable; At
| this period when, it would seem a
| social revolution is upon us, when
j prejudice M ,about being enthroned
j in the seat of reason, 1 commend to
'you the words of Seneeals pilot:, ”0r
Neptvne! yon may save if you will;
you may sinking if yoU will; but
whatever happen, I shall keep! My
rudder true.”
Living Issues.
j Sinta Chronicle. .. ■ ■ w-•' * ,
Every few days wo hear some one
talking earnestly against parties on
the ground that they ' <lo not con
cern themselves with 'l‘livl«g issues,”
and that it konccesHary for it man
|jto be independent of party to advo
cate “liviug issues.-’ The €kfo,»ete
has no patience with, such; talk.;
There is no fouudatioa for ’ it, in
fact. The truth is that the only
opportunity that is open to a citi
zen to lend the weight of bis influ
ence to advance “Hying issues” it to
ally himself with one of (lie great
parties. The line of battle has been
drawn dp and two parties confront \
each other. All other fightiug; this
year is mere bushwhacking and
skirmishing, and will amount to
nothing, ho matter how honest the
bushwhackers!',---and skirmishers
dre. , V:‘o, ■
if the Democratic leaders (and
they are in the main,, as honest and
as faithful and as able an any men
who ever represented a constituen
cy) do not fight. for ‘‘living issues,” j
tjien what does their opposition to
the Force bill meant? Tine is a vital
issue—one that invades the jdioines |
and firesides of every citizen of the
South, and one that threatens Ilouie
Rule.. As one man, the Democrat
ic party is united against it, and will
stand there to the death. Above ev
ery other question at this crisis, the*
Force bill is the “living issue.’’
The Democrats hre cOB^Hently
figlifing against the protective tar
iff and the enormous piling up of i
tariff taxation which ihe.'McKinley |
bill imposes upon an already over-j
burdened people, discriminating, as
it does, , against the agricultural
classes. Is not this a “living issue?’’
The life blood of the people is be
ing sapped by the excessive tariff
taxation, aud it any issue .con be a
“living” one, it’s this. The Demo
cratic party is struggling and has
ever struggled against extravagant
expenditures and appropriations. Is
is uot a “living issue’’ to fight
against tne large increase or expen
ditures which the Republicans ad
vocate in order to continue the pro
tective tariff?' The people pay £01
all these things for which money is
appropriated* and it is tlieir “living"
-that us steadily - taken, from ’ them
for the extravagant appropriations.
The majority of the Democracy
has consistently fought for the
remonetization of silver and its Tree
coinage. • In 1878 they passed a bill
■inthe House for free - coinage
which the Republican Senators de
feated, anfiin this Congress ihoy |
stood almost solidly for it. Is mu
that a “living issue?” There must
be more money; the stringency in
the money market relieved. Is not
that a “living issue ?"
’ "The Chronicle hopes that all-.the
people will think about these things.
The Democratic party doubtless
makes mistakes. tf so let’ us rigid
them. But let us not impair its
Usefulness byearing that it does
hot deal with “living .issues,” It
does, and what it advocates, if
adopted, would make our people
more prosperous. Let all of us con
tinue to tight, for the above “living
issues" aha all other wise “living is
sues” which will benefit the’people,
inot forgetting in North. Carolina
that, without unity we can neither
got these or any other reforms.
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PATRICK HENRY'S GREAT SPEECH.
A Vivid Account of Its Delivery by an
Eye-Witness —Prof. TylerV Byog
i raphy of Hcmy.
t 3". tt'l'tfitfpH. in a»d
i'XlVrililTY OF XOBTH CAUOLIXA,
C’HAPfcL 111!!,, -July SO, ’*JO.
A recent article in -the News and
| OfrwTFr givw ourrebey fo dib *ug
'gestion tint Patrick Henry's grey
'spceeh—“Give me liberty, Or give iuc
death,” was never Jn fact" delivered
hy tlm great ofoUrr in The shape Uml
we. sees l/ut wiis afterward* compo*-:
«ii by, William Wi: t; .t.i<f inserted ns |
a sort of pious fraud ill h is “Life of
Put l ink Henry .
•A-c®cbM< Wdfng-<»f Tgp&VMog-'!
rayl.y fails n* suggest any evidenceI
to my mind that he essentially
changed the language c,£ Patrick
ILnry. The iutrii:sic improbability
of such a thing is very , great, fo.
what evidence have *-•> that' Wirt;
could produce in the silence of kg;
closet one of the roost huparsioaecl
bursts of grey eloquence that ever'
fell from human lips?
Such a speech required an andi-1
euee. aa occasion and an oratior, and
these were all to hand ia the Virgin
ia .Convention on March"23, 177(5.
No man can study the well ;;uihen
ticaied specimens of Patrick Henry’s
eloquence and doubt the genuineness
of this, his supremo and most char
acteristic oration. To be sure the
whole speech is not reported by
Wirt, hot vvliftt in reported ia Patrick
Henry’s. .
Resides1 the Recount given’ in
WirtV biography, which lie obtained
from at.-George,-Tucker ami ethers,
eye-witnesses of the scene, there are
two traditional descriptions of the
speechv Onq is given' in iKamlali’s
Life of Jefferson,- voj, Lipp i<-i and
102; and it adds the testimony of :i
hearer to tlie tremendous eloquence
aud power of the speech. “His voice
rose louder ami louder, untilllhe
walls of tile building, and ail within
them, seemed to shake and rock in
jts tremendous vibrations. Finally*
his pale face1 and glaring eye became
terrible to look upon. Men leaned
forward in their seals, with their
heads strained forward, their faces
pale and their eyes glaring like tl.o j
Speaker's. _. ;Hia. last" exclaiuation,
“(Sive me liberty, or give me death!’
was, like the shout of the leader
v; iiicli’t urn suae k the route of; bat
tle. ^ The narrator says- that/when 1
the speech was finished he himself!
“felt sick with excitement; and that
men looked beside themselves.’’
A very interesting detailed de
scription of' the scene is given in
Prof. Moses Coifc Tyler's “Patrick
Henry,” which was published two
years ago by Houghton, Mi fit in &
Cb„ in the excellent “American
Sfdfesmm” senes. Tite aocouui,
above is also quoted from that book.
Prof. Tyler's authority is a manu
script of Edward Fontaine, who ob
tained the description -from John
lioano. who heard the’ speech. . Ti>o
account furnishes strong testimony,
apd shows that .Roane .well under
stood Patrick Henry's" constlmiunie
powers of acting as well as of speak
ing. -- v
.‘‘You remember sir the conclu
sion of the speech so often declaim
ed in various ways by school boys,
Hs life so dear, or peace so sjveet, as
to bn purchased at the price of
chains.;: and...slavery!. . Forbid it-,
Almighty God! I know not wliaf
course others may take, luit as for
me give me liberty, or give-urn.
death 1' : He gave each of these
words, a meaning which is not con
veyed by the reading or delivery pf
them in the ordinary way. i\Vhen
he ssiit ‘Is lifts so, dear, or - peace so
sweet as to be puivhased at the
price of chains and slavery?’ hd
Stood.fn thy attitude of a condemn
ed galley-slave, loaded with fetters
awaiting" his doom. His form was
bowed, his wrists Were crossed; his
manacles Crore almost visible as lie
stood up an embodiment of helpless
ness and agony. After a .solemn
pause, ho raised hi* eyes and chain
edvhaiids towards heaven, and pray
. i.. . V'. >■ "> ■< ’ ■■
c. If;.
(*■!. in words and unies whiJr tT•, iT',1
every heart, ‘Forbid’ HT,:, 'Untighty
;WT He than turned in.vu;vU the
timid loyalist*- <jf the house, who
wen- quaking v/itU jenor at the idea
of tile cojmeqiienera of ptvtk'lpalir.g
in proceedings which would bn visit
ed with penalties of treason by the
British Crown, and ho slowly bent
hi$ form nearer to the earth, and
said ‘I know not whjtt course others
may take,’ arid he accompanied tho
words with his hands still crossed,
while ho fleettted to lie weighed down
with additional chains,' • The uiarj
appeared transformed; into an. op
pn-ssed, heart-broken urld hopeless
ft-lonj.; Afterrernainingiuthispost
hiie of humiliation; long eholjglit to
impress the itnaginstion” with 'the
condition of the colony' under the
iron heel of military despotism, he
arose proudly and.exclaimed, ‘hut as
for me1'—and tho words hissed
through liis clenched teeth, while
his btaly , yvas llirbwm. naek,: - add
evnr^'iisnscle and tendon was stDiiiy
«if agicinsl the fetters which hound
him, and, wuh his .countenance dis
torted. by agony ap3 rage, he looked
for u moment like IihOcooii iu a
death struggle with coil ,»g serpents;
then the loud, Clear, triumphant
notes ‘give me liberty,’elect rifled tile
assembly. It Was not: a prayer but
a stern demand, which would sub
mit to no refusal or delay. The
Sound of his voice, asr he spoke these
faviuvi w Uj us, WH5 11 be UtHb (4
a Spartan paean oa the-fluid .of
Plateft; nnd jis each syllable of tho
word ‘liberty’ echoed through the
building, his fetters were shivered;
his arms were hurled apart: and the
links of his chains were reaKered to
the winds. When -he spoke the
word 'liberty’ with an emphasis nev
S,-r given it before, his Lands were
open and h:$ arms elevated tini cx
.tended; bis coarrenanee was radiant
kestood erect and dtfl .nt, while the
sound of his voice and the sublimity
of his altitude made LIuj- appear a
magniSeent inearnatiou of .freedouij
and expressed ail that can he acqurled
or enjoyed by nations and •individu
als invincible and free. After a
tnomentary pause, only long enough
to permit the echo of the.,word
‘libery’ to cease, he let his left hand
foil powerless to his side, and . cleu
vfu-d his righTlisjid' lirmtyr as if
holding » dagger with the point
aimed at his.breast., ilc-Stond like
a liom.tn Senator'iieft'lag .fagsar
while the1 mu auquerah.'.j spirit of
Cato of lit ion flashed from every
feature; and he closed the grand ap
peal with Uie solemn words, ‘or give
itic luath l —jvh&h soundi'd wifcli the
itwitil Cadence oi ; n jicroe's dirge*
fearless of death and vh/.tory in
death; mid tie suited the action- lo
the word by a blow upon -the left
breist witli the right h.uidt! which
see died to drive the, dagger to the
patriot's heart." ; ”
Prof. ’fylor's life of Patrick Hen
ry is one of the most charming and
iutruetive biographies I ever read.
He shows beyt-nnd a doubt that. Jef
ferson whs jealous of Pafriuk Henry
and endeavored to belittle his great
ness: that Henry was a mail of ex*
traoniinary jukeitectual power and
Versatility; that his character wm
lofty and almost heroic; that patri
otism whs the controlling principle;
of his life; that from the moment of
iiis entering the legal profession lie
was overwhelmed wrtli legal busi
ness; that Wirt had -done him. very
great injustice, liy representing jinn
us unmethodical anil unsystem/ttie,'
reiving upon- hi.i., genilia 'and elo
quence for eirieigencids; that he'cyts;
a most painstalJBg, /thorough laud
exhaiisUve worker-bn .til the ftringi-i
pat committees in the legislative,
todies of which be-was - a -iremher;
that he was guided by an uncom
monly deep and strong reverence
and dependence upon - tins Idviue
will; that his genius and eloquence
find coiiiiige kindled the fires of. the'
Revolution when men were Mum!
and coiise: vaiive, ami finally that
his wisdom, patriotism^ and forti
tude secured the amendments to the;
Constitution that gnanurteo the
right of States and of private citi
re us. *
After reading .T\ levs -biograpy 1
rise with the feeling Hint-' Patrick
Henry was the most ccdlosal7 figur.
of t!ie Revolution after Washing
ton,"and he is easily Hi* greatest or
ator born on this continent. ,r
r., UsOi Tr Wimstos.
: ■* . THS 8£W SlVERUW. V
so Into Effect in
" 'WASHi«tTosrr'Joiy 25 —The new ?
eitver law will go into effect on *he
taof August, nud MinWWtof
LeecL i*;busi!y kngagoil in, fiarauig
the regulation* f.*r"putting it in tm-, ?
oration. -»■; ■ »" '■iy'? i
*13 p«licy.«f tit* Treaeuryy
unde* ifc» present - admiurstration,'’ - ■
jcrtir ('.(in^spoDflent; asked him this
rttopiing, “to take 4ify iiut-ige of il«y M
board ol d isuroli.in vested in the gjeci.
refarjyapil against'which many of v
the snivel- party in Congressdeclflitn- f
ed so loudly?* • , * t
“It n not. The hijv will be ear
ned out in Icftei and spirit, just
as Congress intended • it should l,c.
Wo shall buy •( IKHi.imfi ounces
every month, without reser cation,
and We shall pay full market price
for it whatever that may he, provid
e»l only that it it fails withitj the
limit sat by the terms of the law.”
“'flier.'; is some question as to i hj -
eiTl'i t of the lie .v jaw upon the vili- ■
ame of currency—whether - it will
be an itiikilion: or not.”
oong'.-css certanly intended to ex
pand the volume of money in cir
culation, and. it stems to am that- -
that end is accomplished by the
new Silver law, As wo interpret
the art here in the Treasury, the
currency in circulation—or perhaps
I had better say the money in circu
lation, for the Treasury notiw • wilt ',
not he mere premia* to jay, but
dull legal tender money- will he in
creased by the entire amount of the
government’s outlay in its jmiehas
ea every mouth. Thoec who bold a f.
contrary view proceed upon the as- i
smmptiou that-we shall use money
.now in the Treasury to- purchase .
‘his silver. That is a mistake.
Undei the act of 187B wo pore has*
ed silver bullion with the money in.
i-*»e Tr easury, and im mediately: re
placed it witii tlio silver dollars coin
ed from the silver so purchased, hut
although, under, the new act, Jwn
could, if the law so provided, pur
chase silver bullion with the surplus
money in the Treasury, we should -
thereby reduce'the atnouuf Of mon
ey which could be put into circular ■'
tion by the purchase of bonds Atir
the sinking fund and the retirement
of the public debt. As it is, we ' ’
eh all add to the currency of the ■
country'by the whole amount cf the
purchases required by this act a »©
new form of foil legal tender money
leaving the money now ii# the
Treasury for the purpose already
mentioned.. By wav of illustration
is the same as’if the Government
were committed to the purchase of
say, one ship every month, of the
value of §4,fi'*0,000, -or ;!j>i»,itO<M)00.
The currency jiaid for each of those
shins, if uot drawn from the stock
on baud, but issued directly and ex-*
pressly for three pay ments, would
go into eirenlation, and inc.reaNe the
volume of currency afloat by }ust r : i'i"
that amount.'’; v:
"la there any apprehension afs»
failure of the law when it eoiries to : -T
tlm redemption of these silver notes ' v;
in gold coin •
j “YVedonct anticipate any stress
| on that account. The notes issued .‘;~v
will have a basis satisfactory, prob
I ably, to the mass of the people, and
1 doubt whether there w»H/Wuny
i demand worth mentioning ior' re- '.
ilemption in gold.” Vf
An Opinion from Sam Jones,
UuMa* ~ * .
Sant Jones say* just exactly what
ho tbiuks. H13W43 confronted last
week by a reporter;'whu asked him
tiis opinion regarding the, elee
■ iion. Tins is his answer: * ~
r l,Theae felfejc-wltiv think- tbev eatt..
,dn.fill vthing with the Jfedoral ejif.t
hill aro . mistaken. ' A freo ‘ laillot
and fair count, in tlnv South »nu‘t
hAve.it.. TluveJeclioji law will be a
dead letter,'bike, tire fifteenth amend
ineaU .lt nouhi, take $5iiO,0<K>.tq £-si
;eufofeir it, a regimentIn every. .
county. A liegyo is killed in IW
etonth o«i;e iii» ; white— killed with
lead. 1Jp in Indiana tbev kill white
vbterA with silver. Yon Iniy votes .
ft(v North with money, . In the
South one gels killed uiun ini a
while. lki,» cheaper, hut a hundred
are purchased in lit* North where,
one is killed in i|rw Sou Lb, and (In'
purchasing of voles U as dnngermirt
tie the republic a* the killing of
w.otiiro