Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1868-08-06


The Democratic platform, and ora
tors. and papers, with the old Demo
cratic policy. Of exciting the poor
against tn rich, and "the people T"
against Government. not only insist
on paying the debt in paper, but de-
mand what they caH one currency for
the labOrer and the Offiee-hOlder, the
pensiOner and the soldier, the pro-
dueer and the bOndhOlder.-Ihis is, of
course, intended asa gag" and is the
very poorest kind. It is meant to sug-
gest that there is q lazy and luxurious
class Of the community, hlOated aris-
tOcracy of bOndhOlders, whom the vir-
tuOus and tOiling . Democracy are TO
bring to grief. It is worth while,
therefore, to expose this aristOcracy
and privileged class which is fattening
upon the life-blOOd of the nation. Who
are these rascally fellows who are to
be made suffer?
Besides the three or four hundred
millions Of bonds held abroad mainly
in Germany, they are the investments
Of savings banks, of fire, marine. and
life insurance companies, and of trust
estates. AS we have before stated. the
savings banks in New York hold
nearly fifty millions of dollars; in Mas
sachusetts TWENTY-FIVE millions, in
Rhode Island thirteen millions, and
so on in other States.-The Life Insu-
rance Companies in the city of New
York invest twenty millions of dollars
in these funds; the Marine and Fire
Insurance Companies about fOrty-siX
millions of dollars. The various Guar
antee Companies, in New York hold
a hundred million of United States
stock Probably, as a careful estimate
in the E'UeHinQ Post showed, at least
twO-thirds of the funds are owned by
such Companies.
Having thus discovered where the
money is, let US now inquire who are
the prOprietOrs of it-whO are the lazy
rOgues that put money in the savings
banks, and snap their fingers at the
tOiIing masseS?'i In the State of
New York the depOsitOrs in the saw
ings banks are nearly five hundred
thousand in number, and in Massa-
chusetts more than three hundred
thousand. The Post, Of which we have
spoken, had before it a list of the Occu-
patiOns of the principal depOsitOrs in
one of the savings banks Of this State
and we find this body Of Sybarites 10
be composed of persons who are even
more labOriOus than delegates 70 a
Democratic Convention. All the
branches of hard workers are repre-
sented in this army. The largest in
number are domestic servants: then
technical labOrers; then seamstTesses !;
4th, clerks 5th, tailOTs 9Th, walters !;
and 7th, cartmen. This Is the IuXu-
riOus aristOcracy which is 70 be brought
low. These are the useless members
of society who, having invested their
all in the promises of the United
States, are now to find those promises
as valuable as brown paper if the Dem
Ocrats can only persuade the people to
repudiate.
1t is against this pampered body,
against dOmeStics and seamstresses
and clerks and walters and cartmen-
it is against the poorest and hardest
working members of society that the
Democratic Convention raises the cry
of reputation. When these persons
invested in the Government bonds
the Government told them they were
70 be paid in gold. - Pay 'em in
paper, ," shout the Democratic leaders
" 4lSh t4Cg lOOA l-AC oOAAN> A-AC Aof
eminent declared them free from taxa
ton. Tax 'em TOundly,n cried the
Democratic leaders. q But" plead
the poor IabOrers, - we lent money to
save the Government - "HO! hO"
scream the Democratic chiefs, " didn't
we tell the Government four years ago
that it couldn't save itself and ought
to surrender? If you trusted it you
must pay the penalty
If the people care so little about it
that they permit the Democratic chiefs
to obtain control of the Government
they win pay the penalty, and they
will deserve to pay it.-HGrpers
Weekly.