The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1876-11-01

shadows Of the clouds, careless alike Of sunshine
or Of storm, each in the windowless palace Of
re ST. Earth may run red with other wars-they
are at peace. In the midst of battle, in the
roar of conflict, they found the serenity Of death.
IA voice, "Glory."1 / have one sentiment
for the soldiers, living and dead-cheers for the
living and tears for the dead.
There are three questions now submitted to
the American people. The first is, Shall the
people that saved this country rule 1t lCries of
"Yes, yes."l Shall the men that saved the old
flag hold It, fCries of Eyes, yes."1 Shall the
men who saved the ship OF State sail It'll tCries
of Yes, yes, yes" or shall the rebels walk her
quarterback, give the orders and sink it'll [Cries
Of "No, no."J That is the question. Shall a
solid South, q united South, united by assassina-
ton and murder, a South solidifed by the shot
gun-shall a united South with the aid of q
divided North, shall they control this great and
splendid country (Cries of /" Never, %never."1
Well, then, the North must wake up. lCries of
I'VE will, we Wilt We are right back where
we were in 1861. This is simply a prolongation
of the war. This is the war of the idea the
other was the war of the musket. The other
was the war of the cannon this lie the war OF
thought, and we have got 10 beat them in this
war of thought ~recollect that. The question
is, Shall the men that endeayored TO destroy this
country rul e it, [Cries of Never, never"
Shall the men that said this is not a Nation,
have charge of this Nation 7 lCries of "Never,
never pr
The next question, Shall we pay our debts
lCries Of Yes yes and every cent rr1 We
had to borrow some money TO pay for shot and
shell to shoot Democrats with. We found that
we could get along with a few less Democrats
[laughterl, but not with any less country, and
30 we borrowed the money, and the question
now IL, VIII we pay iti And which party is
the most apt to pay it, the Republican party,
that made the debt-the party that swore it
was constitutional, or the party that said it
was unconstitutional Whenever a Democrat
sees a ereenback the greenback says to the
Democrat, =" am the ono that whipped you"
Laughter Whenever a Republican sees a
greenback, the greenback says TO him, : You
and i put down the rebellion aud saved the
country" [Laughter.] Now, my friends, you
have heard q great deal about finances. Nearly
everybody that talks about it gets as dry
just as if they had been in the final home
of the Democratic party for forty years.
tGreat laughter. / will give you my ideas
about finances. A voice. Lets hear them"
In the first place the Government don't sup
port the people the people support the Gov
eminent. A voice. That's it'll The Gov
eminent passes around the hat, the Gov
eminent passes around the slms-dish. True
enough, it has a musket behind il, but
it is a perpetual chronic pauper. Ii passes,
| told YOU, the alms-dish, and We all
throw in our share except Tilden. lGreat
laughter. This Government is a perpetual
consumer. You understand me-the Govern
ment don't plough ground, the Government
don't raise corn and wheat the Government Is
simply y perpetual consumer. We support the
Government. /" That's right."1 Now, the
idea that the Government can max money for
you and me to live on-why, IL is the same as
though my hired man should issue certificates
of my Indebtedness to him for me to live on.
Laughter and applause. Some people tell
me that a government can impress its SOW
~ereignty on a piece of paper, and that is money.
Well, if it is, what IS the use Of wasting it in
making 81 bills! IL takes no more ink and no
more paper-why not make 81 900 billsl Why
not make 81 ,000, 00O, 900 bills, and all be billion
airesi [Great laughter. If the Government
can make money what on earth does it collect
taxes from you and me fori Why don't il
make what money It wants, take the taxes out,
and give the balance TO usi Laughter. Mr..
Greenhacker, suppose the Government issued
500. 900, 900 tomorrow how would YOU get
any of it 4 voice" Steal it," | was not
speaking TO the Democrats. Laughter. You
would not get il unless YOU had something to
exchange for it. The Government would not
20 around and give you your average. You
have to have SOM corn, or wheat, or pork to
give fort it. How do you get money By work.
Where FRONT You have 10 dig it out of the
ground. That is where il comes from. In old
times there were some men who thought they
could get some way to turn the baser metals
into gold, and old, gray-haired men, trembling,
lettering on the verge Of the grave, were hunting
for something TO turn ordinary metals into gold /;
they were searching for the fountain Of eternal
youth but they did not find il. No human
ear has ever heard the silver gurgle Of the
spring Of immortal youth. There used TO be
mechanics that tried to make perpetual motion
by combinations Of wheels, shifting weights,
and rolling balls but somehow the machine
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Of greenbacks, Of wealth without labor, is just
as foolish as a fountain of eternal youth. The
idea that you can produce money without labor
is just as foolish as the idea Of perpetual motion.
They are old follies under new names. Let me
tell you another thing. The Democrats seem to
think that you can fail TO keep a promise so
long that IL is as good as though you had Kept
it. They say you can stamp the sovereignty of
the Government upon paper. The other day |
saw Il piece OF silver bearing the sovereign stamp
of Julius Cesar. Julius Cesar has been dust
about two thousand years, but that piece OF sill
Yer was worth just as much as though Julius
Cesar was at the head of the Roman legions.
Was It his sovereignty that made IL valuable +!
Suppose he had put il upon q piece Of paper
it would have been of no more value than a
Democratic promise. Another thing, my friends
this debt will be paid You need not worry about
that. The Democrats ought to pay 1t. They
lost the suit and they ought to pay the costs.
Laughter and applause. But We arc willing
to pay our share. 1t viii be paid. The hold
ers of the debt have got a mortgage on a con-
tinent. They have a mortgage on the honor
of the Republican party, and it is on record.
Every blade Of grass that grows upon the con-
tinent is a guarantee that the debt will
be paid every field Of hammered corn in the
great. glorious West is a guarantee that
the debt will be paid all the coal put
away in the ground millions of years ago
by that old miser, the sun, is a guarantee
that every dollar of that debt will be paid all
the cattle on the prairies, pastures and plains,
every one of them is q guarantee that this debt
viii be paid every pine standing in the sombre
forests Of the North, waiting for the woodman's
axe, is a guarantee that this Debt will be paid
all the gold and silver hid in the Sierra Nevadas
waiting for the miners pick is a guarantee that
the debt will he paid every locomotive, with
its muscles Of iron and breath Of flame, and all
the boys and girls bending over their books at
school, every dimpled child in the cradle, every
good man and every good woman, and every
man that votes the Republican ticket, is a guar
antee that the debt VIII be paid. lApplause.
What is the next question! The next ques-
ton is, VIII We protect the Union meu in the
South Voices" Yes, yes."l tell you the
white Union men there have suffered enough.
1t is g crime in the Southern States TO be a Re