The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-09-22

| fOstered by tho Democrats of the North,
and that murder, assassination, rapinc
aud discord fright honest men and hon
est capital from the land, and honest
negroes from the polls. l read Perry's
speech, in which he says that If
this present rod, which Is no big
ger than a mans thumb, is not
sufficient to produce order, tho next
shall be larger and heavier than
a mans thigh. l read that the Ku.
kluX Committee, having sat in Wash
ington, felt it necessary to face these
evils In their home, and TO sit in Raj.
eish, and Charleston, and New Orleans.
| read the ku. kluX bill, with its mani.
fold cOntrivanccs for destroying disor-
der by destroying liberty, and for
avenging pretended crimes to individ-
uals upon the whole country by sus-
pending the writ of h0jeds corpus, and
by destroying the substance, and even
the form Of constitutional government.
] read the election bill, which makes of
lree choice farce, and subjects the re-
turns of the elections TO the manipua.
ton of the creatures or 90 the EXecu.
tive. was amazed. turned again to
the speeches OF sherman and Garfield.
! saw that they, too, had painted these
| horrors, but in the background and out
new under the sun. | saw their picture
was one Of those shifting ssenes; when
| you look at it from one point it shows
| you the fair face and beautiful form of
an angel from another, the threaten
| ing face, the heavy horns and blazing
| fires of the devil. Whenever they de.
sire to charm the simple by the benCn-
ccnce of their party they show the pic
turc OF smiling prosperity, which de
| lightcth 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 timidty
of some, or the simplicity or love Of
vengeance Of Others, II continuance OF
power, they show the picture of discOrd
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 has
had absolute power in the Federal and
State Governments for ten years, and
that it is responsible for the present
condition of the country. More than
six years have been of uninterrupted
peace. In every direction and in every
respect its policies have been carried
our without let or obstruction. And
gentlemen, in the face of this admitted
fact, l say that whatever of peace exist,
in the land is due to the patience and
forbearance of n great people, NORTH
and South, in spite of policy which
in its general scope and its particular
measures, has been violative of ever,
constitutional provision, and calculated
. to excite their hatred and call out thei
bitterness, and to sting into disorder
and even rebellion their honest indig
nation. That whatever material pros
perity exists in the land is due to tn
: beneiicence Of nature and the industry
, Of man, in spite of n policy which ha
closed up every natural channel o
trade, which has violated every soun(
principle Of finance, and has robbed
+ toiling labor of its adequate and JUS
reward.
Is THERE PEACE?
Gentlemen Republicans! Is ther
peace in the land? If there is, VIII,
this perpetual crusade against the peO
pie of the South? Why this infamou
legislation, which, in order to frightei
them, sacrifices the dearest rights ant
|, liberties we have! Why this ingenuit.
in irritating and exciting their passion
and then Haunting in their faces the rec
, right hand of threatened chastisement
If there is not peace, then you confes
that your policy has failed. Then yol
confess that your reconstruction act
and the State Governments set up unde
them, executed by carpet-baggers, en-
forced by military power, and com
manded by multitudinous swarm o
Postmastcrs, Collectors, Marshals an,
Judges, has failed, put it to you a
, honest men, is it not time TO chang
: this policy, and to hand over tho tasl
to other more competent men:
IS THERE PROSPERITY
Is there prosperity? You have Il tat
iif which yields more than two hun
dred millions gold year You hav
a an internal revenue system Whicl
yields nearly one hundred and fit.
millions year. Your Administrator
, has larger income than any govern
mcnt in the world. Since your adveu
into power you have collected NOR
than thousand millions of dollar.
You takC to yourselves great credit tina
q you have paid two hundred aad thirt
! millions Of the public debt, and yet yo
f admit that in doing so you have unneC
: cssarily, WantOnly, without the SEN
: hiancc of justice. and in tho face Of tn
e, decisions of the Supreme Court, waste
| twenty-five millions of dollars. TWcr
! ty millions 0r dollars more you haV
4 paid each year rs 4 bonus to the bank
4 Of the country, while labor groans an
t trade stagnatcS under the eXactiOr
4 which you impose upon their earnings
Is there prosperity? Ask the banke,
: and he will tell you that discounts an
| nv In ,f
(! are very low. Ask the railroads, an
t you will find that their passengers an
+! freight, the test of active trade, are r,
v duced twenty, forty and even large
=! per cculage. Ask the merchants
l. Cincinnati, and they will tell you tn;
" country customers were never so fe
v and made such small bills. Ask Il
,! manufacturers and they will tell yC
e the demand for their articles is Vel
o slack. Ask the country stOre.keepe
v and they will tell you that their sal,
q are very small. Ask the farmers, an
o they will tell you that they are holdin
e back their crops and their cattle fC
n better prices. Ask the laborer, and
o will tell you that employment is scare
Ie and that wages will scarcely enable hi
to exc out meat for his family.
4. l do not desire to OVerdraw this ri
c. lure. lnlS Is my OBSERVATION. put
v to you-you who represent every d
10 partment Of industry aud business
is whether there is not this stagnatit
d everywhere?
10 ASK mon who have failed why tn,
Ie have failed, and they will tell YOU
m was not Tor the lack of industry al
ST energy; not from incompetence or cal
le lessness not from loss in the quaint
10 of their stock of goods or property, b
v. because their sales were slow and priC
1t We're decreasing. They were Obliged
| sell for less than they had agreed
al pay. The proceeds would not suffice
as pay their notes, much less afford the
lr q profit for living, Ask those W
lg have not failed, and they will tell y
I'd that they are consuming the accum
ne lated Profits Of other years, aud ii
le unless a change soon occurs they mi
is give up business or fail.
lg FINANCIAL POLICY OF THE REPUBI
lis CAN PARTY,
Gentlemen, this is true, il must
TO so, This is the natural result of [