The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-05-11

immense sums What deed of benevolence
or honest fame has been achieved? Other
lands have been puudered by the oppressor
uut none was ever lett 30 haked aud destI-
/ tute "i every advantage arising from Its own
/ mighty contributions.
line great Napoleon wasted the SUBJ
stauce OF France, and consumed her vitals
III The Tenufseless rage OF ambition he
huiied The rising generations OF his empire
Que alter another lnto the flaming vortex of
war he gave them - the edge Of the sword,
aud to the anconquerable fury of The cle>
ments; ne paIsied all the Industries, and
biIghted every field and fireside; the shadow
OF the tax gatheTer and the conscript officer
iell on every foot of French soil ami yet
/ c"nVuisIve Sobs Of grief shook the breasts of
his su5Jsc;s when he fell and the whole
empire stood uncovered at his bier y hen his
dsad body was brought back from tropical
seas to sleep Ii her bosom. Though he had
oppressed france lie had given her glory in
return. Ihongh he had taken with an uu-
licensed hand. lie bad adoI ned her as lover
does the mistress Of his heart Stately build
Tugs reared their heads on high; solid thor
oushfares were opened for tie people; waste
lands were drained aud reclaimed education
was fostered the arts and sciences were
muIifcently patronjzed aud a code of
established aud enforced domestic Justice
and peace. She had these benefits of which
to boast when reminded Of her awful sacri-
fees
And when Caesar. the armed couqueror
and spOliat0r OF his own and other coun~
tries. lay in bloody funeral state in the mar>
ket place, it said of him with truth:
He hath brought MANY cap'ites home to
Whose ransoms did the general Golfers fill
And
When that the poor have cried. Caesar hath
wcpt
And again the orator Of his good deeds ex-
claimed
- ere is the will and under Cesar seal.
To every Roman citizen he gives
To every several man, seventy five d'ach-
mas
"'Morco er. he hath lett YOU al. lis walks,
His private arbors, andnew planted orchards
On This side Tiber; lie hath lett IT,, IN you,
And to YOUR heirs forever; comusoIl pleas
ures.
To walk abroad, and recreate yourselves
''lf he had plundered the Roman treasury,
he had often hiled it again; If his vaultlug
ambluuu bought s,riUw to the poor. hs
sympathIZed With them ii his career
stained with oXtortiUu, lie expended his gains
in UeauIIfs sILg the eternal city; if he had
robbed the people If their substances in his
life time, he provided thai uch of It should
return TO them at his death. And if
turn from the far, # regions + antiquity 10
the immediate present, sIlli We bud no par>
aliei to the evil administration OF the South.
W Ith what CamOr tie conult practices
of four five men Ia the city II New York
have been hailed ior .naty rrurtns past
I'M I'll. hos
s1uu0ed the te!egraI II has teen mace
weary OF its daily burden. and Ire accusing
voice Ct se.t-Tigh.eOuS ludIgna IN has becu
universal aud uuceasiug. The Democratic
party. 1t Is True, c.ush hed th.se men IN an
Instant; but still the story oil their Utfeuses
Sa utes Us every wh here. And yet their work
OF extUItOu, cOmparen TO that IN the Suuth
Is the mute to tie beam, the nOie-hll TO the
mountain, the peck III the sky to the cloud
that overspIeaLS and dal keus the who'll
heavens. Their crimes, too. have still
further mitigation Ia the comparison. Ii
they enriched themselves, they at least did
nos take all. Ibey made New York the
wUuGsr aud the < Ory of III edern civlIiz ltion.
Ii they robbed the people, they bestowed
upon them in return city more maguih>
ccutly adUlneG With pubic works than
Rvnu or Paris in tier DAYS Of pride, Of
pomp, and OF power Her glorious parks.
her vast avenues, her newly OF .ened, solid,
aud tar-reacAIng streets will testify 10 alter
ages that her oiflclais ttqUeaihed to her
sonlo compensation tor the wrongs they in
hcteu "a PN.. ss---.a N, such con-
duct lliumiuates single page Of the present
epoch il the South. You look III VAN from
tIamPt Roads to the Bay oi Galveston
iOT single monument erected TO the public
good by that party which has SO sieTnly and
50 corrupty governed in all that widespread
region. Nc colleges, semlnarles or schools
founded and eudO ed with the treasures
That have been stolen ; no lofty cd fees er
durabls roads Constructed; no massive
bridges thrown across wide rivers nc
palched plains irrigated and made produc
tive no rice swamrs ditched and redeemed
iUr cultivation no canals cut In order TO
Connect tho natural channels OF trade and
commerce no rivers improved or harbors
made more spacious ana secure; none of
these works OF utility and patriotism relieve
the monotonouS desOlatlOn which uuhoiy
avarce aud unrestraned oppression has
stamped upon the SJuth. She has nothing
to mitigate her degradation. She has been
STRIP ped and robbed and left by the ways
side. Her effects, moneys, and credlts have
been Transported to other States AID chimes,
to return to her no more forever. Her we'll
favored and fat>h.shed kline, feeding In her
meadows. have been devoured. The frogs,
the darkness. the lice, and the locust left
u.ole blessings behind them in Egypt than
this portion of the Republic has received
from It's modern rulers.
Sir, challenge the darkest annals of the
human race for parallel to the robberies
which Lave been perpetrsted on eleven
American States. Ireland has been made to
enrich many lawless lord lieutenant sent
over by England to govern that beautiful
but unhappy island. The stories Of her
wrongs and pillage have been said and sung
in every hamlet In the civilized world; yet
her contributions to the cause OF wicked
Government have been mere pittances COM
pared 10 what the South has been compelled
to make.
Seventy years before the birth Of Christ