Bloomsburg democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1867-1869, 1867-08-21
ADDR ESs OF TEE DEMOCRAT
IL STATE COMMlTTEE.
DEMocHAric STATIC MxIrryg RooNs,
CLgARYIgLD, Pa, August I, 1867.

successive defeats, its numbers have steadily
increased; again presents to you its cand
date for your suh'ragcs.
The Republican party has controlled tht
government for six years, and We accuse il
before you, because:
In the sacred name of Union, it has per.
pctuated disunion;
In the room Of the blessings Of peace, i,
has given us hate, discord and misery;
1t has violated the plainest principles Of
free government, broken the written Con-
stitution, and only yielded obedience to the
behests of party;
The people are denied the attribute Of
sovereignty; the military subverts the civil
power; generals remove governors elected
by the people, and despotism reigns in
ten States;
Congress assumes the right to say that
negroes shall vote in Pennsylvania, and de-
MES to us the right to regulate our own rule
Of suffrage
The ncgroc is, by law, made the equal Of
the white man in all public places, and au-
thorized to hold office and sit on juries in
the Capital;
The destinies of ten States, and of ten
millions of white people therein, are, by
Congress and the military power, placed
under the control of four millions of blacks
Their reckless expenditure of the pub
lie money in their conduct of the govern.
ment, in the support and organization of
hundreds Of thousands of idle negroes, in
the employment of hordcs of unnecessary
spies and officials, and in maintaining mill.
tary power over the submissive South, en-
dangers and delays the payment Of the pub
lie debt of twenty-seven hundred millions
of dollars-to which the public faith is
pledged
Their gross mismanagement causes taxa
tion to bear heavily upon the people. In
1860 one dollar and sixty cents per head
were paid by the people through the Gus
toms; in 1866, fourteen dollars per head
were drawn, mainly from the consumption
and business of the poorest classes, through
the customs and internal revenue. In 1860,
each individual owed two dollars and six
cents Of the public debt; in 1867, each
owes seventy-nine dollars and fifty cents
thereof. In 1860, the expenses of the gov
crnmcnt were sixty-two millions; in 1867,
the Treasury estimates them at two hun
dred and twenty-five millions, Independent
Of interest on the dcbt, both being periods of
peace. Pennsylvania S share of the public
lie debt is two hundred and sevcnty-fve mil
lions, her own debt thirty-fve and half
millions, and her city and county indebted
ness will swell the total to four hundred
millions. Twenty-Five millions annually
come from yeur earnings to pay the interest
thereon. In 1860, your State government
cost you four hundred and two thousand
dollars whilst in 1868, it cost you six
hundred and sixty-ninc thousand dollars;
the pressure of these exhausting burth-
ems and the suicidal policy Of Congress,
have caused uncertainty and depression to
prevade MI branches Of trade and manufac-
lures; .....
Our commerce is suffering, the enterprise
OF our people is rcpressed and business in-
terests languish;
The revenues Of the government are less
than its interest and expenses, and the
financial officer foreshadows an increase Of
the public debt; a.- a
They plot the destruction Of our form Of
government, by destroying the independence
of the Executive, attempting to subordinate
the judiciary and by concentrating all power
in the Legislative branch;
Robbing the people Of sovereign power,
they have united it with the government in
Congress, and dealt fatal blow at our lib
critics, for tyranny may be as absolute in
number of persons as in an individual.
Unblushing corruption stalks thr0' every
department of the government under their
control.
For these and kindred wrongs we arraign
them, and as the representative Of antagon-
ism to each Of them, we present to you our
candidate for the Supreme Bench:
GEORGE SHARswooD-a Pennsylvania,