The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1868-09-24
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The following arc the closing sentences
Of most eloquent speech delivered by
Hon. GEo. Il. PENDLkToE, at Hartford,
Conn, on the 25th ult.
Now ] say that TIE true policy of the Uni
ted States " 10 pay the boudh0lier exactly
zhat we prouleed This is the only way 10
-elieve tal iIbOIer Of bis burden this is the
only way 20 relieve the burdens OF the ccun-
try; 10 make it easier for the people to pay
their taxcs; to make It easier for them TO
gain living. DO this and prosperity viii
again return, your Reids will again be fer
tile, ycur Industry will flourish. The Re
publican party is opposed 10 this whole sys-
tenn. They are in favor Of Lot paying OF
but Of funding The bonds. According 10
theit plan the funded debt would have 40
years b. run at d per celt. il terest-paya-
bic both principal and interest in gold and
the bonds shall not he subject to taxation,
neither by the State nor BY the Federal Gov
ernment. Well, gentlemen, | object with
gold standing at 140-perhaps ct I45 II
you coIycTt these bonds into geld bonds now
ou will add 500 900 coo to tie agnaunt of
the debt; you make it impossible 10 paw the
debt in FIVE years. II it amounts to So 500.
COO 600, and you pay per cent. only, it
wiz amount 10 500, 900 900 year in gold
years. you will. at the eDd Of 40 years. have
paid 50 600 100000. and at tie end will
still have the debt Of t2,5OO goo .OCO be
sdcs. Forty yeaIs! Why how many Of
yon will live that time? A.? How MANY Cf
even of your children will lie alive at the
end Of 40 years2 Year by year you will
have to 60 on paying this enormous amount.
Year by gear it will come out Of the blood,
and bones and toll. and sweat Of your chill
d=cn. Do you know what a national debt
means? IL means that the rich shall be
richer and the poor poorer. It means that
capital shall be exempt from taxation, and
the laborer hear all the burdens. 1t means
for those who labor for their daily bread
scaBt clothing, brown bread. and no meat
1t means that capital shall pamper idleuess
in luxury; that squaIor shall preside over
the cabins Of the poor; and that his daily
struggles for daily bread shall make his a
life Of constaut death. | see before me to-
night many young man. and | can see in
his beaEiug eye anu intelligent face the hope
that lies at the bottom of his heart He is
willing to labor on for a few years. and to
hope that he will be able then to trade on
tho caiia' Which his industry and frugalitv
have saved BE has bis day dream and his
night dream. He secs a snug home lighted
up with the smile Of love. and noisy with
b. ths press nee Of = wife aud mother
surrounded within and without by those
rays oi cuutontment which plenty and pros
FcTlty ahed. Young men, a:e you willing to
give mp those cherished hopes of the future.
and consent for all our lives that taxation
shall take from you all except what IS neces-
sary for JoUr food and clothing2 TVuicca-
''No. no. never" No, gcut.cmeu do not
y',.3 % this syTcn voice that which per
SHADES you t. extend the debt and reduce
the interest. Pay the debt and save the in.
terest. That will answer your purpose
That vii iusurs your future. Immense
applause ]
BUt, zen -iemen, passing away from this
Subject u tie material Interest Of the country.
on which have dwell longer than ! intended, /
iC, uc again CAL your attention to this fact
that the great pole star Of tie Democratic
party js tie Constitution lf the United
States lApplause Do not, my fellow /
cit2sLs, in tie heat u this arduous contest |
DO not forget that great lesson. The Rcpub- !
lican a..y b lorc thcy can an cad it; that
t.ry can change II and make 1t a better /.
Clnstitn'lJn than our fathers made it in the /
dayz cf Ill Never, ncycr,'' and shou'g I.
o. app'aus". | charge it upou you. Demo- /
IS, that are here tonight reYer to cens,I !
t an amendment or its degradation. Do /
not seek 10 amend it; do Lot &c * to change [
il; DO not seek TO evade it. Obey it. lIm-
IDense appiause.l It was good enough for
your fathers. 1t Is gool enough for Won. If
You obey it, 1t viii b. good enough for your
Children for 100 years to c, lae. Study II /
Hnd rs,.at it. Garry it about with yCu. as /,
living presence in all the walks Of your |
ia y If. Take il to your home; read il to .
your wife teach 1t TO your children put it /
ru your family altar. that when you bow /
your head IN supPlicating prayer it may be |
there next TO tie image of God himself
iuucus- aFpiausel Do this, and then in
HIS own good time you will be able to raise
u up to tnat place and power to which the ,
bsazen scrpent iii the Wilderness was raised ,
IN order that the plague might be stayed
DO this and you will be able to raise il no
TO that high place Of honor to which tba
Ark Of the Covenant was raised. rcucd
which the unseen legions of the Almighty
kept ward and guard. that he who tonchcd
1t with impions hands should Cic Renewed
applause Remember. fellow citizens, that
the Constitution contains within itself all
that was good IN the experiences Of the Bast
aud al that is hopeful in the prospects Of
the future. 1t is the ark of safety in the
midst Of the food which is upon lis. II
may be tossed in the black ness Of darkness
upon the weary waters Of many DAYS. but
IL VIII 'csI upon the mountain top at last
the sun viii shine, the dove will leave il
never to return, and now, as then, emblem
OF purity, and liberty, and peace, she will
seek to rebuild her haLirations amidst the
scenes Of her former life. TCLeers ! | do
not despair. I have hope in the aspirations
ot men have faith in the providence of
God. know that the pathway of history
Is strewn with the wrecks of empires, and
peoples, and constitutions. and liberty: and
1t may be in the providence Of God that this
country Of ours will follow in the wake of
oil the nations tLat have gone before Ie il
shall he ST., let it not be owing to the faults
or misfortunes Of the Democratic partv.-
lGIeat cheNTing fit must be so let it be
known that 1t was the party Of onr love that
stood t. the last, with heroic virtue, to the
principles OF civil liberty. If must be so.
let us, my fellow citizens, take consolation
in the thought that in the eternal circles of
God, death is but the precursor of resurrec-
ion and that The same principles which
hasten nations tn Iecav contain