The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1876-09-28

as broad as this continent. In othel
words it is as broad as humanity it
self GApplause.] 1t asks all to come
and nelp and TO join those who are il
favor of human advancement. 1t i.
broad enough for Catholics, for Old
School Prcsbyterians, for Mcthodists
and for infidels, provided they arc in
favor of the eternal equality of hu
man rights-[applause] and the Re
publican party goes even further; il
is willing that the Democrat should
vote its ticket Beyond that, mag
nanimity cannot go. Laughter and
applause. ~
The Republicans believe in giving
to every man the result of the labor
of his hands, will allow every man to
do his own thinking and express
his thoughts whatever they may be-
In the Republican way there is room
for every one. [Applause.] Now,
then, my friends, the first question
which is upon us is about the debt
which we contracted for powder with
which to shoot those Democrats, and
the next is about protecting the citi-
zens of this country, both white and
black. We owe large debt, two.
thirds of it, as tell you, caused by
the action and measures of the Dem
ocratic party. Recollect that always.
There are some people who have an
idea that we can defer the fulfillment
of promise so long that it will
amount to fulfillment. Applausc. ]
There are some people who have an
idea that the Government can make
money by stamping its sovereignty
upon q piece of paper. The Govern
ment of the United States is per-
petual pauper. 1t passes the hat all
the time, and it has musket behind
the hat. [Applause.] But at the same
time it produces nothing itself. The
Government don't plow the land, the
Government don't make the bricks,
the Government don't chop down the
trees and saw them into lumber. The
Government is perpetual pauper,
and the Government cannot support
the people, but the people have to
support the Government. The idea
that the Government can issue mon
cy for the people to live upon is the
same as the idea that my hired man
can issue certificates of my indebted.
ness to him for me to live upon.
[Laughter and applause.] The United
States got broke. 1t had no money.
| have been, ] think, fixed that way a
hundred times. Then it did as | did.
1t had to go and borrow the money,
and every greenback WAS forced
loan. The only difference between
that of the United States and mine
is that mine is not legal tender. If
had the power / would have made
them so. We borrowed the money
and
WE HAVE GOT TO PAY 1T,
and the people have got to pay it.
| And the debt represents the loss in
fiicted upon the country by tn war.
That is abby the war. All the
powder burned, all the shots thrown,
all the horses, guns. and everything
inthe aggregates represented by our
debt as so much less, and we will
never be solvent people until our
net profits since the war shall amount
10 as much rs we lost during the war.
Then we are square solvent people.
| l[Applause.l The man that can't un-
derstand that, there is no need of
talking to on any subject. Laugh
teri This debt is TO be paid. ZAP
plause.] As matter of fact we ought
to make the Democrats pay il. Zap
plausc.] They lost the case, laugh
ter and applause they ought to pay
the cost. All we ask is that they Pay
their share, and / tell you it Is going
TO be paid. T-cre is, in the first
place, to secure that debt II mortgage
on the Republican party. [Applause.] ]
Also every blade of grass growing in
the United States is guarantee that
the debt shall be paid. Every ear ol
corn is guarantee that the debt
shall be paid. Every pine tree grow.
ing in the forest is guarantee that
the debt shall be paid. Every
thought is guarantee that the debt
shall be paid. And all the coal put
away in the ground by that old miser
the sun is guarantee that the debt
shall be paid. [Applausc.l And all
the gold and silver in the Sierra Ne,
vadas waiting for the miners pick is
q guarantee that the debt shall be
paid, and every good man and every
woman, every babe in the cradle and
every boy and girl bending over their
books at school, and every chap thai
is going to vote the Republican tick
ct is guarantee that the debt shal
be paid. [Applause.l Why, dom
you see it, it keeps coming, it keeps
coming Gas a telegraph was handed
him) have been in that country. ]
! have been talking to this people:
We have triumphed by an immense majority
carrying district and
achieved since 1862
TThe audience then gave three
rousing cheers and a tiger for james
G.. Blaine, by whom the dispatch wa
signed.
And this dispatch is signed by tha
man who clutchcd the Confederate
Congress 6y the throat and helt
them until their forchcads became a
their records and until their tongues
spoke out like flags of truce. This il
signed by James G. Blaine. CCheers
Now, then. the question is who il
the most apt 10 fulfill il, the party
who made it and swore it was con
stitulional and legal, or the party thai
swore it was not constitutional ant
legal? Every time Democrat or
rebel sees "a grcenback II says 10 him
al am one of the host that vanquish
cd you" and every time u Republi
can sees a grccmback il says o him
"You and | put the rebellion down.
[Cheers. @
TILDEN's ESSAY ON FINANCE
i Now, there is gentleman by th
udtttc VI lftuCH WtiO WTittcu "
essay upon finanee. Some peopl
call il i letter ofaccepiance. [ Langf
teri Let me say here that unde
the circumstances | don't think
proper TO say anything of Mr.. III
den personally. He is under til
|. shadow, as | understand it, of grea
grief and sorrow; his brother ha
recently died, and so | shall onl
!. speak of his political actor
[Cheers. With Samuel ]. Tildcn a
, u man ! sincerely sympathize; win
!. Samuel ]. Tilden as u politician / d
= not. Now we have been told in hi
essay that one of the great prevent,
tives of paying this debt is havin
a time fixed when to pay it. hav
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