The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1867-09-19
RADICAL THUNDER.

culating through the State, and endeavor-
ing to place III the hands of Democrats,
lying document appealing to the pecuniary
interest of tie voter. We give it entire,
and also annex some comments upon it.
Read it and notice its falsehoods:
Facts for Government BondhoIders,
AND TIE HOLDERS OF GREENBACKs.
Read, Rstlect-ana Hand TO yo,r NeighJor
In 1861, eleven States seeded and
since then only twenty-thrce have been
represented in Congress, until the admis
sion of Tennessee in 1865.
Ali the United States Bonds POS
1905 and I0-4O's-all the greeDbacks,
and all the National Banks, were created
by this Congress Of twenty-three States.
President Johnson calls this an ':as-
Sttn1ed Congress therefore not legal. His
supporters and the Democrats call Ii
''ranlp Congress-" and a ''usu1ping Con-
greSS, and hence, Tot a IaCfuL Congress;
and the great effort has been to elect Con-
gressmen in the North, and alimt enough
from the rebel States to enforce this ''F0lt-
cy"
1fa Congress, representing but twenty
three States, be not iactM Congress,
then every United States Bond, and all
our greenbacks, and National Bank notes
are worth nothing; because an uaIa,cful
Congress could not make hucfm Bonds or
hsecJuL money.
lie mad effort 50 recently made by the
rebels and their sympathizcrs, to destroy
this Government by force Of arms failed.
luS far tho attar,.rt r., ,Iy q, ..-,.--. L
t"10'tyh Congress, has also failed, because
OF the action of the loyal voters at the
ballot-boXi and the last effort at destruc
ton is now being made THROUGH THE
! COURTS.
Witness the recent attempt by Demo
cratic lawyers to induce the Supreme
Court OF tlle United States to issue an
injunction, nullitying the Reconstruction
Laws of Congress in Mississippi, Geoy-
gia, and ether rebel States Read also
the opinion of GEORGE SiIARswOoD, the
Democratic nominee for Judge of the Su-
preme Court of Pcnnsy lyania, in which
! he gravely denies the constitutional power
Of Congress to make paper money a legal
tender. (BoIie us. Iron, Lcgal LatelAgeacer
Of March 18th, 1864, page 92.) Judges
! WOODWARD and IIIOMPsON Of the same
| Court, announced from the bench the same
alarming doctrine, in 1865. (See He7'ciGe
Us. SailoT', ct. al t, LegaI hstelhgeacey Of June
lG & 80, 1865, pages 1873 1. 2O5.)
And this, too, in the face of The fact.
that the Superior Courts Of every loyal
State in which the question has been
raised, have sustained the power Of Con-
gress.
1t requires, therefore, but little knowl-
edge of either arithmetic or law, to esti-
mate the imminent danger of putting any
more men Of Judge SHARswooD's opin-
ions Oh the Supreme Bench of the State!
If you believe the present Congress to
be unht'ctuL, or desire our National cur
cy and Government Bonds to be declared
utIa1ciM, vote for GEORGE SHAEswoop.
| If you believe the present. Congress to
! be hstcfut, or desire their azIion on Cur
rency and Bonds to staga good, vote to
! sustain them, for the partg created
the Greenbacks and the Bonds-the party
/ that sustained the war, and compelled
/ submission 10 the National authOritv-and
that stands pledged to keep faith with the
| BondhOlders, and to maintain the Nation
al credit-vote for HENRY ". WILLIAMS,
the worthy and honored nominee Of this
/ party.
LOOK AT TIE OTHER SIDE.
When secession came, Democrats sus-
/ tanned the Government, shed their blood,
! invested their money in 5-2O's, 1905 and
| l0-40's, sent their members TO Congress.
and obeycd the laws that Congress of
twenty-three States enacted That was
lleir Government and they loved it, and
many of them died for it.
During the war, eleven States were not
represented in Congress, and they refused
to be. That was lawful Congress, all
obeyed 1t and all of It's laws are binding
under tie Constitution.
When the war was over the South sub
mitted, then the Radicals Kept nicna out to
give the negro power. They ''acted out
SIDE Of the Constitution" as Thaddeus Ste
vCns says
If it be true, that the Democrats are
trying TO destroy this Government, how
strange it is that they should hold its
bonds and notes, and fight and die for it
Tier object is to preserve it, to bring II
within the Constitution, TO govern accord
ing to law, to economise its resources, and
to pay its debts.
Are your Bonds and greenbacks safer
INSIDE OF the Constitution or outside of it.
If we have no Constitution, Us .SterenS sa,ys,
what security have you for your debt.
The Constitution is the title deed to the
property that yo1u DEBT is q ten ,gpon
In the case Of Borie against Trott, Judge
SharSwood decided that a man aclto ,1qyeed
to pay a debt IN gold should lay 1t in qo2d.
Was not this right? He did not decide
the question of the power Of Congress.
You hold a 5-20 or a 10-4O bond, the