540 >THE IMPENDING REVOLUTION. 



explicitly asked of the chairman of the Ways and Means 

 committee, and as explicitly answered by him, that only 

 the interest was payable in coin. ' ' 



SPEECH IN THE SENATE. 



"I want to say if the loan (five-twenty) was to be 

 paid according to the intention of the gentleman from Illi- 

 nois (Mr. Ross), if I knew that any party in this country 

 would go for paying in coin that which is payable in 

 money, thus enhancing it one-half if I knew there was 

 such a platform and such a determination this day on the 

 part of any party, I would vote for the other side, Frank 

 Blair and all. I would vote for no such swindle on the 

 tax payers of this country. I would vote for no such spec- 

 ulation in favor of the large bondholders, the millionaires 

 who took advantage of our folly in granting them coin 

 payment in interest. And I declare well, it is hard to 

 say it but if even Frank Blair stood upon the platform 

 paying the bonds according to contract, and the Republi- 

 can candidate stood upon the platform of paying bloated 

 speculators twice the amount which we agreed to pay them, 

 then I would vote for Frank Blair, even if a worse man 

 than Seymour headed the ticket.-' ' Congressional Globe, 

 Pt. 5, page 147, July 77, 1868. 



Upon this subject Ben Wade, another leading and 

 influential Republican, said: 



" VICE-PRESIDENT'S CHAMBER, 1 

 " WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 13, 1867. / 



"My Dear Sir Yours of the 8th inst. is received, 

 and I most cordially agree with every word you announce 

 in it. I am for the laboring portion of our people; the rich 

 can take care of themselves. While I most scrupulously 

 live up to all contracts of the government, and fight repu- 



