The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1868-11-27

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fore me. These sixteen hundred mill.
ions dollars have been drawn from the
people we know well enough were the
money comes from, but we do not al.
ways know where 1t goes TO. laugh
ter.) Our Republican friends have had
the administration Of tho Government
nearly eight years-ncarly four years OF
war and four years OF peace.
The question Is, whether their policy
has been so wise and bcnfcent that
you can afford to give it yourapprovaI!
1t Is strictly business question and
should be so regarded. There is 10 man
here, whether lahorcr or employer. or
capitalist, who il not affected by this
question in his hcme, in his happiness,
In his ability to bestow the necessities
or comforts of life upon those who are
dependent upon him. Ask you then
to lay aside political preiudiccs and lis
ten to me while try to show wherein
think those who are opposed to Us
have made mistakes. You are to listen
to me with caution for may have in
dividual interest or party prejudice, and
ask for my opinions no greater weigh;
than belongs to truths uttered By any
man which cannot be gainsaid. GAP.
plause.l Ny Republican friends, what
have you done with the sixteen hun.
dred million dollars which you have
spent since the war ended? What re.
suits have you to show to compare with
Tie Results Of the expenditure Of n little
over the same amount for seventy year.
previous 10 the war" When the war
ended, the duties which you took upon
yourselves were to restore our Union
aud bring back business to its accus.
toned channei; to give us back our car
rJ ING trade. wnlch had been swept from
tiic cceats of the word not to relieve
busiiless men Of their perpicxitie5 to
give to the labOring man la return FOR
MS tOll, II currency that WAS not Il living
doliar-not one that said it WAS dollar
"iiun 1t was only ervcHty-iive ceuis.
lCheers.) Have yuu done these ,hincs.
DO our shiPs ride the ocean: Is our tiag
iuund ~ 1t was before the war. in every
port: No! We, WHO ci;,sscd ourselves
n'e years ago, among the first maritime
powers, now ind our products carrleu
over the world under another flag. mi.
is not merely II matter OF mortiiicatloti,
or II matter Of loss OF profits Of the car
ryins trade, but yen lose the actiy.
agencies that did 40 much to proinot,
the agricultural and the mechanics.
arts OF our country, when the owners OF
ships i'll Philadelphia, New York, and
Boston, were looking into every cornel
or the world, to sec il there was not Il
market there for something that you
made which they might find protl, in
carrying. Has quiet and certainty In
business pursuits been restored? | ap.
peal to men Of all policies and all pnr.
suits. appeal to those men who work
out your great enterprises, build your
railroads, construct your canals, put up
your furnaces that send up their black
clouds OF smoke BY day and illuminate
the heavens as by volcanic fire. at night
DID they ever know time when there
was more financial or business uncer.
tainty; when, with the varying value
OF our currency, every other article was
30 liable to uncertain rise or fall in pri-
ces" Where is the commerce We had
when the South was the great cotton
producing country OF The world: What
was then the track OF commerce: The
men of the West raised corn, beef and
pork, and sold it to planters planters
turned it into cotton, and in that form
II went all over the world, and we de-
He'd the world because they depended
on US for that great staple to give nctiv-
ity to their industry. 1t started them
again on its way westward, building w
cities, making railroads, calling for tn,
products OF your mines, and setting in
motion all over the land "A circle of me-
chanical industry and vigor snch rs the
world has never secn--a circle of indus.
try like the great Gulf Stream, that
whirls through its orbits, directing com.
merce, equalizing temperature, and
giving fertility to the nation. Of the
world. lCheers,) Have we Eot these
things back? will not do the Rcpub-
lican party injury by denying the diff
culties Of the problem with which they
had to deal. The war had impOvcrish-
ed the Southern States it had c,tub-
li>hed new social relations among the
people, and great allowances must be
made for the difficulties Of the situation
But what is the first consideration when
men enter upon great and sacred duties:
Ii Is that they should enter on them in
the right temper. 1t was n tu,ivosS
matter concerning the happiness O
yosr homes, tho prosperity of the r.-n
= ", TIE glory Of the nation. 1t Was ii,
time for party passions. Read the col
umn. of your papers and the debates o
your legislators for the last four years
Have they boen like the voices OF oui
fathers, when upon Pennsylvanian sol
they laid the foundatlons OF yourUnion.
DO they sound as the debates did when
the grand old men OF the revolution
hewed out the timbers Of the Constitu
tion. shaped the structure,an put then
titly together" How patiently and for
beariDgly they did their work and that
work has been blessed Of the Almighty
because it was the spirit in which HI
governs the world. Has that been tn,
temper Of the Congressional debates
Listen to the language OF men who have
led the party in power in the halls o
legislation, and to the speakers upor
the rostrum, read their party Jour
nails. How like period of wal
all sounds. They are appealing
to your passions; they are ex
citing hitter animnsitins. ihnu nro nnhi