Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1871-10-04

or theirparty they show thcpicturo OF
smiling prosperity which delightelh
the eye. Whenever they wish to
stimulate every bad passion and arouse
hatred and suspicious, and fan again
into living fire the dying embers of the
bitterness of the war, in order that
they may snatch from the timidity OF
some, or the simplicity or love of ven.
gcance Of others, a continuance OF
power, they show the picture of dis.
cord and crime and desolation.
RESPONSIBILITY OF THE RADICAL PARTY.
In these two speeches there is but
one solid, substantial, thorough truth,
and that is that the Republican party
ha had absolute poworin tho Federal
and State Governments for ten years,
and that IL is responsible for the pres.
ent condition of the country. More
than six years have been OF uninter.
rnpted peace. In every direction and
in every respect its policies have been
carried out without let or obstruction.
And, gentlemen, in tho face of this ad
mitted fact, ! say that whatever of
peace exists in the land, is due to the
patience and fortearance Of great
people, North and South, in spite Of u
policy which, in its general scope and
its particular measures, has been vic.
lative ofoyery constitutional provision
and calculated to excite their hatred
and call out their bitterness, and to
sting into disorder, and even rebellion
their honest Indignation. That what.
ever material prosperity exists in the
land is due to the bencfcence of ma
turc and the industry of man, in spite
of pcicy which has closed up every
natural channel Of trade, which has
violated every sound principle of f.
nance, and has robbed toiling labor of
its adequate and just reward.
is THERE PEACE?
Gentlemen Republicans is there
peace in this land II there is, why
this perpetual crusade against the
people of the South ? Why this in
famous legislation, which, in order to
irighten them, sacrifices the dearest
rights and liberties We have? Why
this ingenuity in irritating and excit-
ing their passions and then Haunting
in their faces the red right band Of
threatened cbastisemont Ii there is
not pence, then you confess that your
policy has failed. Then you confess
that your reconstruction acts and the
State Government set under tbom, OK
ccutcd BY carpot.baggers, enforced by
military power, and commanded by a
muttndinous swarm of postmasters,
collectors, marshals and judges, has
failed. | put it to you as honest men,
is it not time to change this policy,
and to hand over the task to other
more competent mcny
Is THERE PROSPERITY
Is there prosperity You have a
tariff which yields more than two hun
dred millions gold a year. You have
an internal revenue system which
yields nearly one hnndred and fifty
a year, Your Administra.
tion has a larger income than any
government in the world Since your
advent into power you have collected
more than thousand million of dol.
lars You take to yourselves great
credit that you have paid two hundred
and thirty millions of the public debt,
and yet you admit that in doing so
you have unnecessarily, wantonly,
without the semblance of justice, and
in the face OF the decisions of the Su.
preme Court, wasted twenty-five mil
lions of dollars. Twenty millions Of
dollars moro you have paid each year
as bonus to the banks of the country,
while labor groans ard trade stagnates
under the exactions which you impose
upon their earnings.
Is there prosperity? Ask the
banker, and he will tell you that dis
counts and exchanges, the test of ac-
tive money, are very low, Ask the
railroads, and you will find that their
passengers and freight, the test of
active trade, are reduced twenty,
forty and even n larger per centage.
Ask the merchants of Cincinnati, and
they will tell.you their country custo-
mcrs wero never SO few and made such
small bills. Ask the manufacturers
and they will tell you the demand for
their articles is very slack. Ask the
country storkeepers and they will tell
YOU that their sales are very small.
Ask the farmers, and they will tell you
that they are holding back their crops
and their cattle for better prices. Ask
tho laborer, and he will tell you that
is scarce, and that wages
will scarcely enable him to exc out
meat for his family.
| do not desire to overdraw this
picture. This is my observation. |
mn il TO you--you who represent
every department OF industry and bu'
siness- whether there Is not this stag
nation everywhere 7
Ask men who have failed why they
have failed, aud they will tell you II
was not for tho lack Of industry and
energy; not from intcmperancc or
carelessness not from loss in the
quantity of their stock of goods or
property, but because their sales were
slow aud prices were decreasing
They werc obliged to sell for less than
they had agreed TO pay The proceeds
would not suffice to pay their notes
much less afford them u profit for a
living. Ask those who have not failed,
and they will tell you they are con,
suming the accumulated profits OF
other years, and that unless u change
soon occurs they must give up business
or fail
FINANCIAL POLICY OF THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY.
Gentlemen, il is true, it must be SO
This is the natural result of the fnan
cial policy of the Republican party
During the war million of men were
taken from the ranks of producers and
placed among the consumers; an ex
panding currency, stimulated TO ar
unusual, and perhaps unnatural, ac
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