Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-10-28

Tue poor pOOfcf- hcrc hgAsn uc iaico'
He should have told that the Rebellion, to
which men of his school lent their moral
support, was made exclusively in the
interest of the rich, and il IT had been a
success the poor white people would have
been put in the condition of the slave-the
poorest condition people can be placed in
according 20 Ameri an way Of thinking
He also forgot to tell that the Republican
party has broken mp all danger that existed
of the poor white people, or any other peo
pie, from being made poorer or enslaved
and has so shaped the laws of the natior
! that any man who has health, and will wOTi
may secure a good living. He did no
state that in this country the laws are suci
| that Il rich man NAV become poor ana poo
man may become rich. II is difficult to ex'
plain why Mr.. Sharpe left the rich and the
poor man subject, and again took up Grant
and, astonishing to say, admitted that the
President was not before the people in the
canvasr. Did he mean to say that Gran,
had worked on a farm as hard as any pooI
mani Perhaps it was becaure he was 8
hard working man, while Sharpe and Stenger
were both training es LAWYERS.
After circling around the President he
few off at tangent; touched the abolition
! OF slavery; the enforcement of equal rights
civil rights and political rights, and con.
fes,cd that he had opposed them The con
fession must have been relief to him. foi
he announced that the Constitution con
ferring those rights on the. negro had beer
adopted through fraud, but he guessed they
would have 10 take it.
lie became terribly exercised over tht
civil rights bill. He did not say that he
believed that if the Republic, ms are kept in
power, which they will be, they will legis
late that Mr.. Sharp and hrs dear friends viii
have TO sleep with negroes against theil
will, and, if possible, change white man''
skin 10 that of q colored man. He did mo-
say that, but the next thing to it. How die
he keep from laughing when he talked tina
wayl This was followed by another raid
on Grant, aud 10, presto, he turns in OF
Congressional elections, the pluck Of tn,
Democracy, and the Bible. His theological
deductions were about on q par with hi.
politics. II he reaches the glory land of thu
next world through his biblical learning, sal
right" but the people will see to it that th,
place he covcts for his friend next Novem
Der, is removed from his grasp. His las
remarks ~ere a shower Of praise on Indians
and Ohio, after which he gave way for Mr.
Stenger, the second speaker.
Mr. VIM. S. Stenger was introduced, ant
said he would give '.the reason for the faitl
that was in him." and straightwzy fell il
where Sharpe fell out, and reJoiced tendcrl,
over Indiana and Ohio. To him it WAS like th,
movement of the dry bones that the prophe
Ezekiel saw. From biblical prophets and
lore he glided into the subject Of hard
times, and made a much worse hand OF il
than Sharp had He was eloquent on tn,
stoppage Of the loom and forge, but missed
70 make the point that If enough such gen
tlemen as he get 10 Congress the free trade
measures and gold and silver currency thai
they would force b. legislation would STOP
every other kind Of manufacturing, except
those of the strictest want, and bankrupt
two-thirds of the nation. If he had been
thorough antiquarian he might have asked
if the ruins Of any forge existed in thi.
county, which would have been answered
BY an invitation 20 walk to Licking Creek
where the ruins of one may be seen any
day. While there, his legal mind NIGH
have been further interested in the investi
CATION as TO whether the ruins were no
caused BY Democratic administration long
ago
From defunct looms and forges he ad.
vanced into the -ealm of patriotism, bu
the interesting part Of telling where he was
and on what side he was giving his mora
and political influence when the Rebel.
were in Pennsylvania, and General Wistel
was battling against them at Gettysburg, HI
left entirely out. He found no difficulty ir
tumbling from patriotism to corruption, and
from corruption to national expenses and
debts, but lost the strong feature Of thi.
part of his speech BY neglecting to stat
that IN any other country than this, ruled
by Northern ideas, his rebel friends would
have been made pay every dollar of III,
expenses that he complained of.
The public land grants was his next poin
in order, and thence into Credit Mobillcr
where he became SO unfair as not to men
tion that it WAS Republican Congress tha
investigated that whole trouble, and tha
/ the Republican party everywhere con
demned the thing SO that tie men who were
conspicuous in it have fallen from theil
former high places. 1t killed Oakes Amcs
He also did not tell that the percentage o.
Democrats who were into Credit Mobile,
was as heavy as the percentage of Repub
| licans. Such an investigation could nevel
have been gotten up in Democratic Con
gress. The country yet remembers tha
when John Covede proposed to inrestigat,
certain acts of the last Democratic admins
trstion that this country has had, how ht
WAS v;llified and abused. and Democrats Of
Rebel procliviiies to-day yet curse Johr
Corode, though he be in his grave
The general money order business in
New York was the next subject, and Gram
was roundly censured for not having il un
der better management. From New Yori
money orders and the President he direct
ed his attention to the effects of extrava
gsnce. Such habits of living had all to b,
paid for by the people. High rents, higt
goods and high wages were all the ont
growth of extravaganza. Ie talked as il
i, exclusively belonged to Republican rule
lie forgot how it has crepr into every con.
dItion Of life. Even the beggar no longer
wants penny, he wants five. 1t is found
in society, in the church, and in the family