The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1853-10-06
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this in6delity in our public agents is ap-
proved and perpetuated. 1t is by your
Indifference that reform has been crushed
again and again under the stroke of Off
cial power. And what honest man docs
not blush with shame, when he reflects
that he has been to an extent instrument
al in sustaining this reckless villainy,
where fidelity and integrity are so i'm
peratively demanded?
But shall the Public Works BE- sold! l
need not ask whether the people will fa-
vor the measure, for they have already
spoken in terms of decided appreciation.
But will the Democracy still openly dis
regard their wishes? They have done SO
thus far, and With impunity; and as long
as they have the patronage and the plum
der in their hands they will continue to
do so in spite of all the efforts of the peo-
pie. They have shown an utter contempt
for the petitions, of our taxpayers-they
seem to care nothing for the crushing burr
dens they impose upon them, if they can
only be permitted to squander our reye-
nue., and increase our debt. But, fellow
citizens, can you follow the Democratic
party in its defiance of the popular will?
Look at its professions-it claims to be
governed by the will of the people, and
yet it plants itself above their verdict, and
is deaf to their supplcations for relief
Its very name is falsehood-a bold, in
solent, defiant falls thood-for it cloaks the
mildest antagonism to its profession.
That an intelligent and sovereign peo-
pie should thus kneel at the shrine of
party, where their dearest interests are
perfdiously betrayed, is the most humlll-
ating feature our system of government
is capable of presenting. And if it Is
persevered in, the reign of Russian au-
tocrat could not be more subversiye of
the general good. Citizens of Pennsylva-
MIA you who have been bowed down
by an imbecile and prohigate governments
you who have been robbed to give scope
to official corruption; you who have been
involed in an almost hopeless debt mainly
by the treachery of your rulers-ls not
tie time for action n0,c ut hand! VIII
you still groan under misrule and a de-
liberate system ofvillainy, or are you pre-
pared to assert your majesty, to vindicate
your honor, and to restore purity and in
tegrity in our government? Will you still
bow to the slavish mandates of a prosti-
tuted Democracy, and let it riot in the
fruits of your honest toll, or will you burst
the shackles of party to secure your own
and your country's good? If you are
prepared for this, strike boldly tor tie al11-
c0noitionaL safe Of tie public scorES! Let
this issue be successful-I care not by
whom or by what party--and our good
old Commonwealth, which for more than
quarter of century has been crippled
in every element of her gigantic strength
will rise regenerated and disenthralled, to
take the high and commanding position
among the States Of the Union to which
her natural resources and her honest iu-
dustry entitle her Strike now-strike
in your might for this reform, and par
ties must bow submissiyely to your will.
Fellow citizens, | am not here to beg
your votes | care nothing for whatever
personal interest may have involved in
this contest. have a house and voca-
ton which are dearer and more cogenial
to me than any official position you could
assign me. But being the youngest can
didate ever presented to the people for a
State Office and having been placed in
that position by the voluntary action OF
the Wing party, shall not stop to inquire
whether victory or defeat is to reward
; my efforts While the old Wing flag
waves over me | shall follow its fortunes
thhroug the din and smoke of every battle,
amp call upon the young Wings to join
their fathers in sustaining our noble cause
| can grant no respite to Pennsylvania De.
mocracy while it is oozing corruption from
every pore, and while our Commonwealth
is the victim of its frauds. Though dis
aster may again and again confront ME
| must ever answer rs did the brave lea
der of the Old Guard at aterloo-" TH
Guard dteS-it ReCcr Su1renderS
: gGyHay continues high in the Bostor