The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1874-10-15

This is handsome record to present,
and is complete answer to all the ridlcu-
lous charges that have been trumPed up OF
corruptness and extravaganza The State
has never been better or more honestly
managed under any administration, and
we point to this record with pride in the
contrast at presents to the policy which,
during the rule of the Democrats, inflicted
upon the State debt of $40 900, 900, ac-
companied with a heavy burden of direct
taxation.
We desire to remind our Republican
friends that the Legislature to be chosen
this fall will have in its hands the election
of United States Senator for six years.
1t is of the utmost Importance, therefore,
that, ignoring all causes of local distraction,
they should unite actively, firmly, and
harmoniously in behalf of their local candi-
dates for the Legislature throughout the
State. Every Democrat elected to the Le-
gisature in Republican counties on local
issue, will vote only for a Democrat for
United States Senator, and no true Repub-
lican will, by his vote, render such result
possible.
We also entreat our friends to pay no
heed to the attempt to deludc them into
the belief that the Republican party is op-
posed to the new Contitution. 1t was a
Republican State Convention which first
demanded a revision of the old Constitu-
ton so as to secure the suppression of
special legislation it was Republican lie
gislature which called the Constitutional
Convention the Constitutional Convcn-
ton was itself Republican it was the Re
publican vote of the State which secured
the adoption of the new Constitution ; and
it was Republican Legislature which
| framed the legislation necessary to carry
its provisions into effect. The party re-
cord is too clean upon all these points to
be questioned or doubted.
The business depression which has fal-
len upon the country in the past year has
been blamed upon the Government and as
the effect of Republican policy but as the
same depression was prevalent throughout
Europe, it is clear that it must be due to
other causes. The country is already rapid
| ly recovering from its effects, result
which, when panics occurred heretofore,
required several years to accomplish and
as the only remedy which Democracy of
fers is free trade and return to the de
structive policy which produced the ruinous
revuisions of 1897 and 1857, the people
will find it much safer to trust to the policy
under which the country is now recuperat-
inc than to fall back upon the exploded
one that prevailed under Democratic rule.
We earnestly urge upon our friends
throughout the Commonwealth to wake uP
to the real Importance of the pending e!ec-
ton, and by energetic work to render GER
tain Republican victory Such victory
is not to be won by supineness, and folding
the hands in careless neglect of the great
issues at stake. Victory, if won, must be
sought, and not waited for. Active, ener-
getic, unfagging effort is essential to as
sured success. 1t is not in the power of
the Democracy to carry this State of them
selves, but carelessnesS and neglect ON our
part may aid them.
Organization, work, and the cultivation
of a spirit of Cancellation and harmony
where local differences have prevailed, will
accomplish much and we appeal to the
Republicans of the State, as they love their
cherished principles, as they are devoted
to the promotion Of the material interests
Of the Commonwealth, as they value the
preservation of the peace of the Union and
its perpetuity, as they desire the permanent
establishment of the protective policy, as
they value honesty, integrity, and fidelity
in their public servants, to put on a fresh
zeal for their sacred and righteous cause.
to renew their hearty devotion to their
principles and the welfare of the country
and by strong and determined rally at
the polls, to crush out at once the hopes of
those who would light again the fires of
rebellion at the South, and the purpose to
cooperate with them which animates their
Democratic coadjutors at the North,
By order of Republican State Commit
tee.
RUSSELL ERRETT, Chairman.