Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-10-28
MIR. Stenger's Meeting in Gray
bills Hall.
HhGt .Hr. Sharpe and Mr.. Ienger said
Last Thursday Evening.

Last Thursday evening Mr.. Stenger's
friends ncld a meeting in Graybilrs Hall.
The Perrysville Grass Band, having been
engaged for the occasion, opened the en-
tcrtainment by lively tune, at % minutes
past O'Clock, after which Mr.. Jacob Christy
was chosen President of the meeting, anu
the organization completed by the election
of full set of subordinate officers.
Mr. ]. Mcdowell Sharpe, of Chambers
burg, was introduced As the first speaker.
His introductory was 4 dissertation on civil
and religious liberty, and something as TO
the size of this country thrown in to round
off with. He gradually glided down TO
parties, and heartily entreated his hearers
TO forget all such things as party ties of
course he did not mean that the whole au-
dience should vote the Republican ticket.
Before the finishing Of the tics, he wanted
70 know where We were drifting 10. As no
one answered the question, he drifted into
the business Of the country. The way he
landed on that question caused all TO stand
on the tip-toe of expectation of complete
explanation Of as to how the country is TO
get rid of the present business depression
The explanation WAS sharpless, but it wa,
q singer on the inconsistency Of such q
speech in the face of the great break down
country under James Buchanan's adminis-
tration in 1857, when there were no rebel
war debts TO settle for. Tn { time all the
banks closed, and the paper money that
was in circulation was not worth ~ much
as the same sized pieces of blank paper.
But the most damaging feature Of the bu,i
posed Ro remedy. II is charitable to be-
Iieve that he did not want to tell story By
saying that a Democratic administration
could remedy the business ills Of the coan-
try, in the face Of the fact that greater
business distress, under Democratic rule,
oppressed the country IN bygone days. How
ever, he waded through the business slough
and stumbled right over into political pecula-
tiOn, sc. He did handsomely on this sub
I-ct. But the most important point under
thst head-thst nearly all Of the peculations
and foul work that he complained of came
through the work of the Rebellicn-he left
out. II was nice growl against things
He did rot, but il would have been so prop
er for him TO have just then introduced the
robbery of the Indian Trust Fund and
other frauds pcrpctrated in the peaceful
days Uf James Buchlnln's administration
and if he desired 10 draw a little nearer
home on such matters, he might have
stepped into Pennsylvania and looked at
the management CT the Commonwealth with
au accumulated debt of forty millions OF
dollars, and still accumulating, with a canal
commission that was robbing the Stale
without parallel; and if he wished to draw
the lines closer still, he might have gone
along the ssditch" and found men in every
county who to-day are enjoying the gains
OF the reaceiul days of Democracy.
He took peep at the South. and then
came majestically down on Congress and
the Legislature and the third house, just
as if the third house in days gone by wa,
not the fayorite stamping ground of Demo-
Gratis. The most prominent lobbyists in
this State are or have been Democrats.-I
He left the lobby and dwelt on the third
term scheme, and thence BY an easy stride
he put his foot on President Grant, and
while he had him down really forgot that 1t
vas only Congressional and rot Presi-
daatial canvass that he was engaged in.
He next delivered an eulogy on George
" ashngton, with the hatchet oIt, and il
must rebound to Mr.. Sharpe's crsdit that
10 did not abuse George Washington.
From the subject OF the Fsther of our
cuu-rv. he went to t''st Of Zee and Office