Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-10-13
SPEECH OF
SENATOR VIM. A. WALLACE
AZ
sst October. 9th, 1879,
BEFORE THE AMERIcUs cum or
PHiIADELpHIA.

might be demanded of me TO aid !
bringing success TO your standard i
this contest. In what | have to say
| do but express opinions have lon
entertained, many OF which some Q
you have heard from my lips before,
II is said that nations resemble IN
dividuals. In their growth from in
fancy to age, from poverty to wealth
from weakness TO power and in thci
decline from greatness to oblivion, ther
eXistsa similarity. Man'smost exalte,
faculty, that Of intellectual progress, i
equally the faculty of nations, Tn
same impulses and principles, desire
and Interests that lead and control tn,
destinies OF nations, rule and direct til,
energies.ot men, and q divinity shape,
their ends as it does the aims and pur
poses of all things human.
II this be true, and II the capacity
for progress, the tendency to disease
the certainty of death, the desire fol
health, for physical wcll-beng, and iol
moral position, are found both in ma
ton and in men; and If the same rea
sons that govern us in our mtercours,
with each other and prompt us to in
dividual effort, should control us in adj
ministcring our governmental affairs
we have u rule by which we may
measure our eohduct thereof and Il
heh' Oy whlch we may search Tor the
'rue pain 10 national greatness and
prosperity
hhenornious deolm morIgagesalioio our
Industries ,,,, ana encounters our properly.
1 Ae people areeShausted, poor and de-
pressed oppressive taxation has eaten
OUT iheir s"os'ancc and they can no
longer bear the weight that brushes
lnem. v9r promises 10 pay are below
par ana pe"r n lalsehood upon Their
lace.
~ such condition OF ms Affairs,
what wonld be the conduct Of an hon.
oraple ana prudent business man
kecoghlzlnS his Obligation to pay
bis debts, however he might mourn
thc disaster that entalled them upon
MN, hc would take Immediate steps TO
cuflall ms expenses, to increase his re-
sources, ana TO improve his credit
ne would put forth all his energy in
the development OF his property he
woniI, so lar as was possible, relieve
MS iaoorers lfom taxation, ana cncoul-
age tDelf industry; ana he would cX-
eiclse lhillt ana irngallty IN every de-
paf'meht OF ms household and bus
ness anu mus US rap'dly as possible,
acquire ,ne means TO restore his shat
tcredcredllanu diseneuinoer his estates.
~ p,ac'ng ms business matters upon
suoh y pas,s neht once strengthens ms
creul,' ana u ho asks MS creditors ior
more lliheto pay 'hey promptiyaccede'
iiis PROMISES 70 pay pass current ~
lcss ra.e OF uepreclal,oh, ana nc can
: = v''''"0' p 'V''''' ''o'' V"VuP'y yuan W.
'Vrv,
M iaNS 1 u'yso VINO haNo governed US
l'uis"eu N,on . coursc III .iio h'anage-
'le,i ,,, " 'nv ~, nnaup"l' nna'rs oi tno
ltluDllt ! Il he MOnlel1ul rCctlDpt-ltlEC
OF the people have. from 1861
10 1875. been tasied to the utmost
NY nn.c ii 'u'u inorc tn,'n i've nun,
). o'.u ,i''''Ciis VI uoo'i ,wcl'o nunureu
millions ior other purposes
Are the expenses included in this last
amount commensurate with a inst and
prudent administration of the govern
mcnt, or are they not extraordinary in
character, cxtravagant in amount and
utterly unwarranted by the actual Sit
uation of the people? We charge that
into this eaornous aggregate extraya-
sance and unnecessary outlay have
entered largely, and that these. added
10 the lust and unavoidable demands
upon them. have well nigh bankrupted
the people.
In our business matters, when we
find embarrassment resulting from
debt, and we wish to place our affairs
upon d firm footing, VIC look TO the
cause that produced the debt, and en-
deavor to stop it, and thus relieve our
selves. Extravaganza of all kinds, en-
ters into and forms part of our enor-
nous outlay, and much of that extra
yagance still exists. Why not use the
necessary remedy and end il?
Can there be any excuse for the ex-
penditure Of thirty-two millions more