Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1865-09-09
VOLUME 20.

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else tell them that under financial svs.
TEN which shall meet the requirements Of
the country, you mean that every ran in
this land shall pay bis evcn-handcd fair
share OF the public burdens, and that tho
labor and industry of the country shall
not be ground down to fIl tho Golfers OF tle
rich capitalist. We were taught by the
men who managed the Government for na
many years, with such signal success, that
the llrst thing to be done after The close OF
war was TO liGuidato the debt Let us
have process of liquidation, something in
the shape OF sinking fund that will allow
a hope that the debt will some day DO
paid of, that it shall not Cypress us forev.
err for we do rot believe and we cam
not be made 90 believe that it is n public
blessing. let us pledge ourselves here
never to stop the agitation Of the subject
till equality in taxation is secured. lam
sure that the masses Of our people, those
who are culiyating tho farms and arc en-.
gagged in the workshops OF the country,are
too intelligent to sit down patiently ,n-
der system Of unequal taxation that will
certainly, if persisted in, overthrow that
equality which was our birth-right.
was pleased with the address heard
here this afternoon as to the necessity OF
organization. We want the honest peo-
pie ol the ccuntry massod against the vii
ainics, ,some Of which I have attempted to
expose. know that there are many
honest men who have supported the Re
| publican party under a conviction thai
they were sustaining their country but Who
cannot sustain this unequal system and
who will not 80 with thar party in their
rilort to make the negro equal to the white
man. The proper places of such a man
is with US; invite Lim in; let him take
scat with honest men who ask Tor nothing
but what is right aud mean 10 keep this
Government tor the white man. There
are macy honest mon in The Republican
| party that you can never reach until they
see tho startling inequality iu taxation to
which have alluded hey are just
StuPW enough to believe that they are not
called upon to keep up system Of con
mon schools for the education Of The chill,
drcn Of those gentlemen who are gettiro
seven and three tenths por cent, intsrest
and paying nothing to support it. AS.
them 10 to Join your organization ever
where. Let it be unders'oo that the
great purpose Of the Democratic party in
the future shall be to correct these abus.
es in the Government There is, howey-
er, certain class OF men who | suppose
will be against US, and they are the poll
tical clergymcp. You know that the
Federal party under the elder Adams
went upon something like the ideas which
have controlled during the last four
years, Though upon much smaller scale,
aud tho ship Of state was put upon her
Democratic tack through the agency Of
Jefferson when he organized our party
In i letter to ono Of his friends, speaking
of the changes he hoped for, Jefferson said
that he despaiged of having the clergy
within our fold, because We held that their
kingdom was not OF this world, and they
would never forgive US for it. (Laughter.)
They want to hold the Offices. Well, l
would much rather vote for soldier who
has carried a musket in this war thar for
a political preacher (Applausc)
Fellow ctizens, these are sober times
the discussion OF subjects pertinent TO tha
occasion does moi admit OF fun but there
are in this community gentlemen who have
seen an exploit performed in this neigh
borhood that ought to be put in the his
, tory of some war. l do not believe it be-
t longs lcg,timotely to tho history Of the
war for the Union, am going to have
that part OF the war chronicled its his
tory shall not 60 unwrtten. | know wha
Gen, Cadwaladcr's $ expedition up Fishing
Greek was for. know why he seized
/; upon Democrats in Columbia county last
year. It was to prevent man about nv
size from going to Congress. daughter }
TIE troops had not more than landed at
, Bloomsbury before the Republicans in my
r neighborhood we're chuckIing about it and
[ exclaimn. "therc's no danger OF Piollet's
. being elected they amt going to let those
= fellows vote down there" | crossed the
, Berwick turnpike to-day in company with
, Mr.. Bartlett neig ghbor ofmiuc end I then
I pointed out to him the celebrated battle
l field (aughter) and gave him the history
= Of that campaign (laughtcr) ] do not
f mean to allow it to he forgotten, and L
, say on this occasion rs have sad before
. 4 will say again, tha. more wanton,
, wicked act was never pcrPe,ra'cd on this
Q earth than the imprisonment ot those gen.
a tlemon Of this county at that time; and Ia
not like to have any part OF the iguoniuy
p. which Justly attaches 10 that act cntailcd
!. on my name (Applausc.) And what OF
i. the miserable creatures who we're inform
ers Oh that occasion2 would never ul
h vocato tar and feathers, but viii tell yos
n what | would do. would go across the
j road, turn around, and 60 through toe
+ wood rather than meet one Of them.
o should be afraid to be seen in company
r with one ol them lest my responsibility
| should be affected and my character i'm
3 pugncd. Aud hero ! will say that / hope,
Y before this mccllng closes ,aolue one will pre-
4 sentto me any Of those gentlemen who wero
g arrested here and dragged away from thor
4 homes and taken to Fon Mifhu, that ma y
g bo here. want to shak" hands will!
e them. want to be able TO BAY 20 uy
g friends that have seen and taken 10y the
A l.n1 th,-n nj thot t,ltl. tlu.N, hon,