Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1869-09-03
THAT DEMocRATIc pEBT.

Without making any careful calculation
we set down the State debt left the Repub
lean party as a legacy hy the retiring con
perhead administration in 1861 at forty nil
lions. We also set down the amount of
State debt paid of since 1861 at twenty NIL
lions The Gazette did not dare to give the
honest figures but set too work to refute it by
partial quotations from the regular reports.
Why don't it give the figures full and hon
est? Because those figures triumphantly
vindieate our assertion. Take the Gazette's
own statement that the debt in December
was $37, ,969 ,S47, 30 as true By reference
TO the State reports it viii be seen that
Democratic rebellion made necessary an ex
ira session of the Legislature in May 1851
and also the negotiation of war loan Of
So. .4S7, $50. Nothing can be tTuer than
that this is justly chargeable as portion of
the Democratic debt This makes heT0und
sum Of SAL, ,457, ,I97, so In December 1868
Just eight years later, all ofRspublican rule,
taking the Gasefies own statement the debt
was So. .2S6, 946,l3. Bat the Gazette for
got to make very important deduction from
this amount. At the time Of this report
there were in the State Treasury stocks,
bonds and other funds as assets, aud making
an offset from the public debt TO tie amount
of 0,795, 353, 60 beside SI,0l2, 925, 81 in
cash making an aggregate Of SlI SOS, ,27S, 90
to be deducted from the s33, 2S6, 946, l3 and
leaving as the actual debt te be provided for
$2l ATS, Coz, IA against Sal ,457, 1880 left
US in 1861 by the outgoiag copperheads and
showing net reduction in eight years Of
Republican rule OF SIg,S7S, $50 36 or at the
rate of s., 497. .3l6,27 per year Oar read
ers will bear 10 mind that this has all been
done beside paying the interest ca the debt
and the necessary expenses of government,
which were largely increased by reason OF
the increase Of prices all over the country in-
cident upon the war In addition to this
the taxes upon real estate have been remov-
ed aud the bur,heGs Of our people greatly
lightened Be not deceived by any half
statements ofshe truth These figures can
all be verified from the official reports and
cannot be denied.
WHAT ARE WE COMING TOs
There Is to day a large amount Of coal on
hand at the mines, and sales are very light.
People are waiting for fall in prices 1t
has Just been discovered that the coal men
OF Pennsylvania have had a Meeting, and
adopted such a scale Of rates to miners that
viii force another strike, and the middle Of
September will find stock ON hand made
quate to the demands the season, and
prices will go up ieartully, perhaps reaching
htteen dollars per tun. Ia the name of
common Justice and the wants of humanity.
cannot this terrible commercial demaraliza-
ton be cured? This SUrt Of busiuc-. falls
with crushing cruelty upon the poor class
OF wealth producers, who carry the ,ouptrg
on their shoulders, finding seveH-eighths Of
the means required to support the admins
traton, aud presf ,e the credit Of the Gov
ernment The are the men who are
plnched by t,.ese coal strikes Is there no
remedy? If not, what viii ell this desnot
ism upon the poor workingmen finally lead
to Let the coal capitalists and all other
capitalists, who can aid in preventing these
things, reflect n little - Ga-etfe 4uql,st %
Why don the Ga-ette tell its rsadsr,
that Asa Packer Is one Of the largest coal
capitalists in Pennsylvania? It Is true
enough this sort Of business falls with
crushing weight upon the poor, and it shows
bow much Asa Packer cares for the poor.
His twenty millions helps only to fortify
himself and others Of the same kind in their
despottsol over the poor and needy.
W hat viii all this despotism finally lead to
II such men as Packer and other coal capi-
talists are given the control of the State?
10 view Of the magnitude of the evil how
important that the people administer with
erlng rebuke to those despots, by giving
their representative, Packer, an overwaelm
ing defeat. Don spare the tyrantF.