Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1867-08-08
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peace, it has given us hate, disoord
and misery;
1t has violated the plainest princi-
res Of free government, broken the
written Constitution, 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 gov
ernors elected by the people, and a
despotism reigns in ten States;
Congress assumes the right to say
that negroes shall vote in Pennsyl-
yania, and denies to us the right to
regulate our own rule Of suffrage;
The negro is, by law, made the
equal Of the white man in all public
places, and authorized 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
public money in their conduct Of the
government, in the support and organ
iZation of hundreds Of thousands OF
idle negroes, in the employment Of
hordes Of Unnecessary spies and Off
cials, and in maintaining military
power over the submissive South, en-
dangers and delays the payment OF
the public debt of twenty-seven hum
dred millions of dollars-to which the
public faith is pledged;
Their gross mismanagement causes
taxation to bear heavily upon the
people. In 1860, one dollar and sixty
cents per head were paid by the peo-
pie through the customs; in 1866,
fourteen dollars per head were drawn,
mainly from the consumption and
business Of the poorer 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 ofthe government were sixty
two millions; in 1867, the Treasury
estimates them at two hundred and
twenty-five millions, Independent Of
interest on the debt, both being periods
Of peace. Pennsylvauia's share of
the public debt is two hundred
and scvcnty-five millions, her own
debt thirty-fve and a half millions,
and her city and county indebtedness
will swell the total to four hundred
millions. twenty-five millions annu-
ally come from your earnings to pay
the interest thereon. In 1860, your
State government cost you four hun.
dred and two thousand dollars whilst
in 1866, it cost you six hundred and
sixty-nine thousand dollars;
The pressure OF these exhausGng
burthens and the suicidal policy of
Congress, have caused uncertainty
and depression to opervade all branches
of trade and manufactures
Our commerce is suffering, .he en-
torprise Of our people is represscd and
business interests languish
The revenues of the government are
less than its interest and expenses,
and the financial officer foreshadows
an increase of the public debt;
ThOy plot the destruction Of our
form of government, by destroying
the independence of the Executive,
attempting to subordinate the judici-
airy and by concentrating all power in
the legislative branchj
Robbing the people of sovereign
power, they have united it with the
government in Congress, and dealt
fatal blow at our liberties, for tyranny
may be as absolute in number of
persons as in an individual.
Unblushing corruption stalks thro'
every department of the government
under their control.
For these and kindred wrongs we
arraign thom, and as the representa-
tive Of antsgonism tv each Of them,