The Ebensburg Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1865-1871, 1869-01-14

KIND OF bill II any, may be DaSsed BIZ
the present Congress, [ will not now ven
ture to predict
While the mode and time of redemption
OF greenbacks are as yet undeveloped
there can be no doubt as to the sense of
the nation in regard to the payment of the
| government bonds at maturity. The Re
publican party, IN the recent canvass, I'M
| disguisedly assumed bold and honest
position on this question. The Chicago
| Platform pledged the party, If successful,
TO the payment of these securities in goII
according to the contract, as all under
| stood it when the loans were made. The
people endorsed this obligation, which,
although morally and legally binding be-
fore the election, has now the oppressed
approval Of the country. These bonds,
having yet fourteen years to run, present
no discOuragement. a nation which could
organize an army and navy such as was
called forth during the late war, and sup
press 50 gigantic rebellion as recently
| threatened its very existence, viii be found
! equal to the requirement of honestly pay
| ing the debt incurred, and thereby protect
It's honor in the view Of the civilized
world
The keystone State has very deep
interest in the amending of the tariff laws
! so as to give adequate protection to its
manufacturing interests. The successful
development Of its mineral resources will
depend upon the fostering care. of the
! General Government. This, to Penn
| sylyanian, is, or should be, selfevident
proposition. No District in the State has
more at stake III the enactment of a pro-
tective tariff than the one of which ssiittle
! Cambria Is a component part. AS for
| your county, your material wealth is in
the bowels Of the earth While your soil.
IN the main, does not afford a rich harvest
as a reward of the toll and labor of the
| husbandman, your sub-surface wealth may
| be said to be inexhaustible. With this
fact staring Us in the face, it is difficult to
account for the continued adherence OF a
majority OF your voters to the doctrine OF
free trade. Twenty-seven years ago. when
your correspondent first pitched his tent
| IN Cambria county, very little was known
OF the extent of its mineral wealth Since
that time, it has gradually been opened
up, and now you can point to the fact of
your having within your borders the lar
gest and most important iron manufactu-
ring establishment in the United States
! giving employment, a market, and 1inan-
cial prosperity to thousands of your citi-
zens. All this has been accomplished
against the expressed viii of the dominant
party in your county. Fortunately for
| Cambria's true interests, her associut tion
with her sister counties in the 18th dis
trict gives her Representative in Con-
gress who has been an active agent in
developing her heretofore hidden treas
ures, and to whom she is more largely
indebted for her rapid progress in the
onward and upward road to a firmly es-
tabished prosperity than to any alan
within her limits | believe that the time
is near at hand when the political views
OF a majority Of the voters of Cambria
county viii be IN accord with those of
Daniel j. Morreli-when your people will
throw behind them their old political pre-
JUDGES, and array themselves under the
banner OF progressjge pcrtg.
Much interest has been manifested by
Pennsylvanians residing in Washington
on the subject Of the selection of United
| States Senator to succeed Mr. Buckalew.
| Of the outgoing Senator, it may truly be
said that, apart from his advocacy Of his
views on political questions, he has the
/ confidence and esteem Of every member of
the Senate Possessing talents of the first
order, and sustaining an irreproachablc
private character, his party may well be
! proud or their Senator. 1t bahO0ved the
Republican party Of PENNSYLVANIA to Sc
| Icct successor who VIII be recognized as
the peer Of Mr.. Buckalew Without dis
! paragement Of the other contestants for
the succession, all viii admit that your
/ district presented candidate who fully
/ fills the measure Of expectation. John
/ Scott; Esq, OF Huntingdon county, has
no superior in your State in all that con-
stltutes true greatness. Learned, elo-
| quent, and pure, he is the pride of his
| friends. Your correspondent knew him
in the halcyon days of his youth; when be
was just commencing to ''drink from the
| Pierian SPRING" He was then dstin-
| tingu:shed as possessing those traits which
have since so signally marked him He
has closely watched his career from the
bench in a village school-house to his en-
trance upon professional life-thence his
upward march in his strife for professional
emlnence, until he gained and firmly held
a conspicuous position among competitors
older III years but not more distinguished
for mental requirement or legal ability
Stunning notoriety with the modesty
which virtue begets, John Scott has had
no ambition for place. About to be cho-
sen Senator to represent the great State of
Pennsylvania lii the councils of the nation.
the office has sought him, not he the Of
fee. With what interest can the father
direct the attention of his son to such a
choice, bidding him contemplate the re-
ward OF unaided merit, and never devia-
ting adherence to life Of rectitude Such
an example will be presented in the cleo
ton of John Scott te the Senate of the
United States. In comforting this dis