The lives of Benjamin Harrison and Levi P Morton . ught to take away e\ery shackle that bound the poor man,and to place around him every favorable circumstance thatany other man enjoyed. In 1878 there was another Indiana State campaign forcounties and districts. Again Mr. Harrisons voice washeard in almost every part of the State. This, also, wasalmost a hopeless cam]:)aign, so far as the Republicans wereconcerned. The Greenl)ack movement was even growing,and in that year the Grecnbackers were making a vigorouscanvass. The\- had ha<l an advantage ever since the crisisbegan, and a greater ad
The lives of Benjamin Harrison and Levi P Morton . ught to take away e\ery shackle that bound the poor man,and to place around him every favorable circumstance thatany other man enjoyed. In 1878 there was another Indiana State campaign forcounties and districts. Again Mr. Harrisons voice washeard in almost every part of the State. This, also, wasalmost a hopeless cam]:)aign, so far as the Republicans wereconcerned. The Greenl)ack movement was even growing,and in that year the Grecnbackers were making a vigorouscanvass. The\- had ha<l an advantage ever since the crisisbegan, and a greater advantage since it was announced thatspecie payment would be resumed January i, 1879. Thefear of resumption had been one of the powerful influencesagainst tiie Republicans in the campaign of 1S76, antl was amore powerful influence now. In the existing state ot atlairs,this can l)e readily understood, and needs no further explana-tion : Init it must be constantly borne in mind, in making anestimate of all the iniluences against w hich the Republican. ULYSSES S. GRANT, THE SECOND REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. 14S Till: LIFE OF party had to contend, and of an\ one mans influfncf in thecontest, until \\\v triumph ot the j^olicy on the appointed other important speeches delivered by Mr. Harrisonduring that campaign, was one at Riclimond, Indiana, on the9th of August. The following outline of the speech wasmade l)y one of the Indianapolis papers, and gives an idea ofthe c^uestions discussed there and throughout the State :*Mr. Voorhees on the Presidential Title — Why the Armywas Attacked — Democratic (Jovernors Call for Help — .SouthCarolina Again in Revolt—Fiat Dollars vs. Greenbacks —Labor Wants a Par Dollar—The Labor Qiiestion — ClassDissensions—Voorhees Bloody .Shirt — The Brighter Democratic and inflation organs endeavored to make agood deal of capital out of his use of the terms fiat dollars and fiat money, as if in them he had sn
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