The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-11-02


roar of conflict, they found the serenity Of death.
{ A 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, Sisil the
people that saved this country rule It Cries of
" Yes, yes."] Shall the men that saved the old
flag hold it [Cries of eyes, yes."1 Shall the
men who saved the ship of State sail it [Cries
of " Yes, yes, yes,' or shall the rebels walk her
quarterback, give the orders and sink it Cries
of "No, no"1 That is the question. Shall a
solid South, united South, united by assassina-
tion aud murder, a South solidified by the shot
gun-shal united South with the aid of
divided North, shall they control this great and
splendid country [Cries of Never, never
Well, then, the North must wake up [Cries Of
I'VE will, we will."1 We are right back where
we were in 1861. This is simply 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 is the war of
thought, and we have got to beat them in this
war of thought recollect that. The question
is, Shall the men that endeavored to destroy this
country rul itg [Cries Of "Never, never
Shall the men that said this is not a Nation,
have charge of this Nation [Cries of "Never,
never ~
The next question, Shall we pay our debts !!
[Cries of GO Yes yes and every cent v1 We
had to borrow some money to pay for shot and
we could get along with Jew less Democrats
[laughterl but not with any less country, and
so we borrowed the money, and the question
now is, VIII we pay it! And which party is
the most apt to pay it, the Republican party,
that made the debt-the party that sworc it
was constitutional, or the party that said it
was unconstitutional? Whenever Democrat
sees a greenback the grcenback says to the
Democrat, :" am the one that whipped you"
[Laughter.) Whenever a Republican sees
greenback, the greenback says to him, " You
and | put down the rebellion and saved the
country" Laughter Now, my friends, you
have heard 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.
[Great laughter l will give you my ideas
about finances. A voice. Let's hear them."
port the people; the people support the Gov
ernment A voice. "That's it'll The Gov
ernment passes around the hat, the Gov
ernment passes around the alms-dish. True
enough, it has musket behind it, but
it is a perpetual chronic pauper. 1t passes,
| told you, the alms-dish,- and we all
throw in our share except Tilden. Great
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 perpetual consumer. We support the
Government. ["That's right."] Now, the
idea that the Government can make money for
you and me to live on-why, it 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 government can impress its SOW
ereignty on piece of paper, and that is money.
Well, if it is, what is the use of wasting it in
making 81 bills! 1t takes no more ink and no
more paper-why not make 81 900 bills? Why
not make 81 900 900, 600 bills, and all be billion
airesf Great laughter.] If the Government
can make money what on earth does it collect
taxes from you and me for! Why don't it
make what money it wants, take the taxes out,
and give the balance to us. Laughter.l Mr..
Greenbacker, suppose the Government issued
100000, 900 tomorrow how would you get
any of it ! A voice" Steal it," l was not
speaking to the Democrats. [Laughter.] You
would not get it unless you had something to
exchange for it, The Government would not
go around and give you your average. You
have to have some corn, or wheat, or pork to
give forit How do you get money! Bywork.
Where from! You have to dig it out of the
ground. That is where it 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,
tottering 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 it. 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
would never quite run. A perpetual fountain
of greenbacks, of wealth without labor, is just
as foolish as 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 folles under new names. Let me
tell you another thing. The Democrats seem to
think that you can fail to keep promise so
long that 1t is as good as though you had kept
it. They say you can stamp the sovereignty of
the Government upon paper. The other day l
saw piece of silver bearing the sovereign stamp
of Julius Caesar. 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 it valuable
Suppose he had put it upon piece of paper
it would have been Of no more value than
Democratic promise. Another thing. my friends
this debt will be paid you need not worry about
that The Democrats ought to pay it. They
lost the suit and they ought to pay the costs.
Laughter and applause But VIC are willing
to pay our share. 1t will be paid. The hold
ers of the debt have got mortgage on a con-
tinent. They have mortgage on the honor
of the Republican party, and it is on record.
Every blade of grass that grows upon the con-
tinent is guarantee that the debt will
be paid every field of hammered corn in the
great, gloriou. 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 guarantee
that every dollar of that debt will be paid all
the cattle on the prairies, pastures and plains,
every one of them is a guarantee that this debt
Will 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 guarantee that
the debt will be 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 guar
antee that the debt will be paid. Applause
What is the next question: The next ques-
ton is, viii we protect the Union men in the
South Voices" Yes, yes."] tell you the
white Union men there have suffered enough
1t is crime in the Southern States to be Re
publican. 1t is a crime in every Southern State
to love this country, TO believe in the sacred
rights Of men. | tell you the colored people
have suffered enough. They have been owned
by Democrats for 200 years. Worse than that
they have been forced to keep the company of
their owners. Laughter. 1t is a terrible
thing TO live with man that steals from YOU
They have suffered enough. For 200 years they
were branded like cattle. Yes, for 200 years
every human tie was torn asunder by the cruel
hand of aVarice and preed For oO0 vaars cbil