Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-10-13
ADDRESS OF THE DElnOCRA n
TC STATE CO.fN1TTEE.

1 ~ STATE COlHHII'IEE.
10 The Electors Of Pennsylvania.
The time has not come for the rc
sumption Of specie payments nor hs,
the time come TO fr a time for tha
purpose. No voice hns proceeded iron
the mills or manufactures from th,
mines or the furnaces nor from tn,
farmers or working mon demanding
either. Governmcntsa are established fol
the benefit of the governed and unit
the people who represent the industrial
pursuits of the State ask for change
it is worse than folly to agitatc III,
question. Tho people, therefore, O
this Commonwealth, who are engaget
in mining and manufacturing in agri
culture and the other branches OF in
dustry, and especially labor, which /,
at the foundation OF the prosperity Of
the State, should be consulted upon 0
question of 80 momentousa character
as a change in the currency, or in the
enlargement or contraction Of its vol
ume. A"Ae ny hN
How iorcibIy docs this question pro.
sent itself, at n time when tho indus
trial pursuits OF tho people of the State
are so fearfully depressed. She is rich
in her mines and her manufactures
and in the products Of her soil. Her
great staples have boon made availa.
bic in liberal allowance to labor, but
causes have arisen which have retarded
the march of her prosperity What
has produced this is not the subject Of
inquiry now, but such Is undcniably
the fact.
The country has now, and has had
for the last twelve years, q paper cur
rency, irrcdccmable in gold and silver.
This has been adopted us the basis OF
values The system was not tho off.
spring of Democratic legislation. 1t is
claimed by those who introduced it, rs
one of the necessities caused by the
Rebellion. Right or wrong, the coun.
try accepted il, and since the close of
the war, TO the present moment, all
our business transactions have been
regulated by it.
Upon the legal-tendcr basis the farm.
er has purchased his land, the manu-.
facturer put in motion his machinery,
and the working man bought the lot
upon which he erected his home. To
change this Lasis OF values suddenly,
by the substitution of gold and silver
would depreciate the price of land, and
cause alarm and distress in all the ave
nues of trade. The change will be a
work Of time, and cannot be effected
until the country is in u better condi.
tion to receive il. Aud however much
the politicians of the country may IN
terfere, the solid sense and good iudg.
ment of the masses will prevail and
thcy will, By the force and power Of
the ballot,prevcnt hasty and ill-dgestcd
Legislation on the question of specie
resumption.
However much we may complain
of the want Of wisdom that prompted
the introduction Of the present system,
there can be no doubt of the folly of
attempting now to destroy It. What
ever evils belong to Il have already
decade and more Las Lenn has"d ,,',, "no,o
IL and only those who ,les;rc ~ -, w."
lato nnon n bre,k;no nm ~ ali H..
whether of labor or Of nrona,,,, ~ 'a 49,
now advoca,;na q non,,,; py;ps'y' NJ
currency and I, nav mo-, he ;rann,n ~ ,n
n,iate 10 add hero ,5,, in no,t;npfh
Inc con6dence of tLo naonla H. d., na
government been 90 s,,iI;n,, IL, ill.,
tratcd as in The universal acccr,anco
and use of the money issned hv |, nn,
witbstandiny The hsd ,nana,,.,aont ~ aV ~
the adminisira,;or = ' VI
We claim that Tho pemocr.,;o
has always been and Il now IN & earcr
of n sound and stable currencv and wa
have uniformly opposed The merccnarv
inflations that have so often distnrhea
and distroyed the business of tbe com
try. Comnosed as ,be Demoor.,;o -
in large part of the labor oftbe nation
il is essential TO its hest interests that
all needless fluctuations ofthe currono,
should be avoided and II Il en,;roly
safe 10 saw that with tho govornon,
in their hands lies the o,ts hona ns
reaching the sncc;e standard os ~
basis of our currencv n il no nar,
of its mission or its destiny to ohandon
this idea. Il will NOT Hut tbe same
party must be governed bv reason as
to the time, the mode and manner IN
which tbe noint il 10 no roaohaJ r,
cannot afford, even # II Ind the mower
to march on 70 ,ha oh;aa,;ra ~; ,V"o,,
a desolatc country md amid, ye ,ho vnta yn;n
Of lis Industries 7, doos NO, s ,,ro,sa' VII
to commit anv spcb solIv ardf f'Jpo9' ,io,"
fore when in counc;l a, Er;o ,ho nar,r
determined 70 mt itself in coniorv. M 9
live nosit;on and ac, viii d.,;Snss,;,',
and discretion when ,hov raced "
resolye-ndemandina that ,hp ,oI vol,,,a
,f money be mode All IL Iou, Wv o.,,a, swu"e ~.
he wants ot the ,rads po lpo,';I'. NV" ~ ~
of logal @ ,sndsrs .s",s " .Ie
yold 10 bc brono6, ahon, H.. o'o.i",;. ~ p"i -
'ho industries 81 a. 'o"J.ns
tbon,n p'Jp,. anu ~,
'onnd ;nd.,uar, a ou' c o',ncou q
n n,.;nc;nis '' ''"'0 "o '''''''o' I
The cesc, oc ,h;a !. =, -. 9
.ommon cnrronou .a,o " INA, NAM r o.c
,ress has made snoo;a, o rsn,';s;o mnsss 0on-
he con,rorv /, H. nap,;onai po''s ns " q