Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1863-11-04
LETTER FROM HON. JAS. w. WALL.

p 10 MeSsrs, John p. Nagle. NJ. 7, Co-.ens anc
Phlldader Reed, Committee.
Gentlemen = Y our invitation To address,
a mass meeting of the Democracy of The
city Of New York, TO be held at The Cooner
institute on W ednesday evening next is
this momert received. 1t would give
me great pleasure to 30 present, but the
Irrltated condition of my throat, the eE
feet of severe cold ecenty contracted
at public meeting, prevents me.
The recent political results ia Ohio and
Pennsylvania prove clearly two things
FIRST, the laneniable influences of the
corrupting patronage of an unprincipleG,
reckless, Administration and, second.
that the cup Of national suffering and
degradation is not sufficiently full.
An Administration exercising powers
unknown TO the Constitution, having at
its disposal all the resources in men and
money OF the North, has organized every
where, in imitation of the Jacobins of
France during the r ign of Terror, Com
mittees OF Public Safety" These by a
system Of terrorism and abandoned cor
ruptiop, are striving to accomplish what
revolutionary organization aimed at-"tbe
.PrO'ect'o" Of the authors cfhe reroh,,ion from
NE consequences Of their crimes" We incline
strongly to the belief, however, that they
Will effect precisely what the first did
eventually full exposure of their crimes
| ard their own overwhelming overthrow.
is tho language Of these Union Leagues
different to-day from their prototype the
Committee Of Public Safety of i793 p
Listen to the animated dsnunciatory
words Of Nerginaud: THE great BODY
of cur citizens are so blinded by the rush
OF events, or tie glare Of financial speculation
hat they are modc to coyo,md .tandtcal policy
letM grand national increment IN tauor of
.treedonI THEY regard tie rioicnce Of brigands
as the efforts Of patriotic minds, and consider
robbery Itself as indispensable for public safctv
You are .tree,' say they, bit unless you Mink
i'6s us, 'oe ,eW dcaounce you as diyloyai to tie
nationally. You arc free, Jm unless you boo
before tie idol that Ve wo,Ship, ,oc cW dchvcr
yoe to tie terrorS Of that nationality gou haze
inSuiled.'"
The French Revolution did, in the
words OF the same noble spirit, "at last,
like Saturn, suc3essiyely devour all his
progeny" So eventually will this wretch
ed Abolition revolution, originating in the
same wild fanaliCism about liberty ard
equality, and displaying in all It's policy
the same love OF des1ollsm. The e" Latgs
IF Suspected Persons" which gave Ultimate
ly such tremendous powers TO "The Com
mittee Of Public Safety" will soon be
proclaimed, it, indeed, il does not already
exist. Under that Infamous law, no per-
son in France had any chance of safety
but in going the utmost length of revolu-
ticnary fury. Those who resisted were
crushed beneath its bloody wheels.
Bat it is not alone in the despotism Of
the hour IN our civil affairs that the Alto
iition Jacobns have Become such startling
lmitators OF the revolptiOnists of l793.E
In our financial policy we are repeating
TO The letter the history Of those times.-
An inflated paper currency has banished
the precious metals from our midst, and
every day is making the rich richer and
the poor poorer. During the heights of
the paper expansion in the French Rev
olution, from the immense issue of aassi
gnats, the tendency to gambling of every
sort prOdigiously increased. Men who
had the sword of Damocles suspended
over their heads sought TO profit the most
by the numerous chances of making mon
ey which the rapid rise and fall of assign
ats, and the boundess profusion of art-
cles OF luxury, brought into the market.
The Bourse Of Paris was crowded with
bankers revolutionists, ci-levant priests.
ruined mobiles, and adventurers of every
description. Magnificent equipages, DhoSe
o'onerS cerc rGg-pickrrS sic months before,
made their appearance every afternoon
upon the public drives. The trade in
Jewelry and silks was enormous in its prof
It's. This rapid increase OF wealth produ-
ced The most shameless eXtravagance and
speedily undermined the public morals.
rms picture is the Reproduced picture of
to-day, which every hour in our large cit
les is passing before the gaze of their in
haoltants. Men now, as then, mistake the
hctitlous FOR the real, and in the constant
employment of the hour, comparatively
high wages, ana temporary contentment.
think that all this apparen: prosperity
rests upon firm foundation. The whit
ened crust, cleaning in the sunshine. that
covers the living fire in the mountain at
Soliatara, Is not more treacherous. The
slopes OF Nesuvius never looked more res
plendent IN beauty than just before the
mountain beIched forth, for the first time,
its silvery shower, that sealed IN Hercu
laneum in lava fer centuries, and covered
Pompeii out of sight in shower of hot
ashes. As sure rs that God reigns, the
fate, financially, of revolutionary France
must be ours sooner or later, only with
tenfold aegravation. What was that fate /
Blasted by ruinous system of paper cur
rency, and crushed in the grasp Of relent-
less despotism, manufacturing industry |
was wthered and commercial capital an
initiated Depreciation vent on notwth- !
standing the convention endeavored to
arrest it by first declaring that the assign
ats of the Government should be oonsid- |
cred legal tender, and then euactiug the
punishment of six years in irons against
those who should exchange any quantity
of silver or gold for greater nominal
value OF assignats, or should ask larger
price for any article Of merchandise, il the
price was paid in paper, than if paid in
the nrec;ous metals The onca onnlan,