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

ernmcnt You know what that means for
you recollect the picture Of tho man who
got into Mr.. Chasc's paper money factory
and was pulling of the greopbacks and
putting them into his pocket. They asked
him what he was doing, and he said he
was "helping the Government" Laugh.
ter. P The men who carried muskets, any
Of them, are better than those gentlemen.
They are better than the politicians who
staid at home TO take caro- Of the party
and falsiiy aud villify and misrepresont
their ncighbors who chanccd to differ from
them in politics but who were supporting
the government with all their power, and
even forgving or at least trying to put out
OF view the abuses of an Administration
whose acts made honest mems flesh crawl
Two years ago / addressed the citizens
of this vicinity in this very place, and [
then spoke freely of the abuses Of the ad
ministration. | wanted to have the strug-
gle OF our arms terminated as soon as
possible, to have war made the business
of the Government while armed resistance
was offered 10 lis authority. When we
Democrats opposed Wholesale swindling in
contracts, when we saw the bad men who
had attempted to get their hands into the
Treasury under Democratic AdmlDistra
tious and had been kept of by honest
people, gathering around the Govern
mcnt with professions of loyalty and as
severatons oil their desire to support it, VIC
told the people "if this wholesale robbery
DC licensed, you will have debt of three
or four thousand millions of dollars y
Some Of them said that was on evidence
we were not loyal. Has the result vcri-
fed our prediction !
Why, fellow citizens, | picked up to-.
day a kind of newspaper sheet issued by
Jay Cooke Il Co the financial agents of
the Goverumcut, in which they undertake
to ridiculc any man who has any concern
about public debt and to advance the
notion that it is public blessing We
were taught by Mr.. Jefferson, who YOU
were told 10 day was the founder Of our
party, that economy in the expenses of The
| Government was first principle to be
recognized, that public debt was a pub.
lie curse, a burden upon the industry and
labor Of tho country that should be avoid
ed We have imbibed this idea. A Demo. .-
crat believes that the money which is
paid into the Treasury for the purpose
Of dcfraying the expenses of government
sboad DC held sacred for that end and that
the people should be burdcncd as lightly
as possible.
But fellow citizens, not only have our
predictions been verified, but the reality
exceeds the aggregate We feared; and
while this debt has been created 10 re-
spect has been paid by these men to the
great principle that always ought to gov
ern honest men when creating debts. A
mar who contracts a debt without the
ability or intention to pay it., is not an
honest man. During the period when q
debt has been created bearing au interest
Ct seven and three tenths per cent, .,moncy
has not been worth more than 4 or per
cent. in this country. The leading gov
ernments OF the world pay but B per cent
for money A large share of the debt o.
Great Britain pays ouly q per cent
none Of it over 3 per cent. These gen
tlemcn have authorized loans at seven an,
three tenthS per cent, and now they are
telling US that the more we owe the richer
we are. CLaughtor) That sounds strange
to your oars 1t sounds strange to Ger
man population that always paid the!l
debts, and they arc people who Away
do it. Not only this, but the Federal leg
islation on the subject is gross attcmp
to establish an aristocracy, and if per
mitted 10 remain in existence will in 2!
years establish an ari-tocracy CT wealth il
this country with more power over the la
Dor, over the lite, the property, and tht
interests of our citizens, than that which
oppresses the people in any other quartc
of the globe. A rate of interest double
th' t paid elsewhere has been fixed, aut
not only that, hut Congress has said t.
the man who will put his money int
! Government bonds that he shall be re
leased from all State and local taxation
on them. Let ne illustrate the practica
effect Of this exemptions
! know two men who began life to
gether without any pecunlary mcans; witt
one Of them | am intimately acquainted
the other / have known all my lle; whel
Luty "tlG l lCltdatu lIOlu tuCll uplHdllOI
to their parents, they commenced busines
in the immediate neighborhood Of cac
other. They have been alike successful
If an inventory had been taken of thei
effects three or four years ago, they woul
probably have amounted 10 about the sam
sum in dollars and cents. One of thes
men is a farmer, which | believe is yt
considered a useful employment. L be
lieve it IS admitted that those men who til
the soil are at least equally deserving an
equal y merltorious with any other elias
in this country. These two men dife
politically; one is democrat the othe
has belonged to the different parties thu
have cOnst ituted the opposition in th
country during tho last 90 or 70 year
caunot undertake to rocitc their names
they are too various, and it would tax
too much time (Laughter.) We have
Pennsylvania system of common schoo
authorized by law. A general.approprie
ton Of certain amount is made ever
year to each school district out the Stat
Treasury,and in addition to that certai
, tax is assessed on our property to suuno