The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1876-07-15

ihe vital principle of republics; in the supre
n the total separation of Church ana state, for
he sake alike OF OWL and religious freedom in
ne equality OF all citizens before just laws Of
her own enactment IN the ty OF indivi.
iual conduct unvtxed by sumptuarv Jaws; w
he faithful education OF the rising eeneTation
heir ' best @ @eonoIop PSeFI " humS many bappness @ SnS
hope we behold the noOlest peducts OF hun
1red wears Ot changeful history but while up
hO ding the bond Of our Union and great char.
Ter OF these Our rights II behOOver q free peo.
pie TO practice also.thnt eternal yigllance which
people, the Union eleven years ago happily es- |
cued rom the danger of corrupt centralism.
which alter inf cting upon n sta cs the rapier |
Of car pet-bag " rapnies. nos hOneycOmDed the |
offices OF the federal government Itself with In. |
cau"citv, waste ard traud infested states aud |
W tn the contngiOn Of mlsruie |
and locked ia the prosperity Of mn indus strOus |
ne pie In the paralvSis Of hai d tunes. Ne'Oim |
IL necessary 20 establish sound currency re- |
store the pub ic credit and maintain the ma
tiOual honor.
We denounce the failure Tor all these eleven |
years to make good the promise of the legal |
tender notes, winch are n changing standard of |
value IN the hQnds Of the peopir, aud the nou.
payment which is a disreeard af the pnghted |
faith of the nation We denounce the fmprOvi |
dence which in eleven years of peace has taken
from the people IN federal toxes tnirteen times
the whole amount of the lega lender notes. and
squnndeieG four times this sum In useless ex.
pense without accommodating any reserve for
their redemption.
We denounce the financial imbecility and i'm.
mora lity OF that party which, during eleven
years OF peace has made no advance tow ards re-
sumption that, instead, has DISTRACTED resuW-
ptiOn by Wasting our resources and exhaustlne
all our surplus income. and while annually pro
Tossing to intend q speedy return to specie pny,
ments has annually enacted fresh hindrances
thereto "a such u hinurnnce, Ne denOunce the
resumption clause ui the act Of 1875 and we
here demand its repeal.
We demand n judlCiOus system of preparation
by Uub ic economies, official retrenclments
and by wise finance which shall enable he
n n an EnnVt In IN a
perfect ability ana Its perfect readiness 60 meet
any OF It's promises nt the call If the creditor en-
utied to payment we believe such q system,
well devised and above all, entrusted tO com
petent fanOs tor execution, creating at no tine
an art tciai seal city OF currency and at no time
Alarming the publc mind into withdrawal Of
that vaster machinery Of credit OY WHICH
uinety-five ner cent. of all business transactions
are preformed-a system open, public and IN
spiIing general confidence would from the day
Of its adoption b ipg healing on IT'S wings to oil
our harassed industry. and set in mptlOn the
wheels of commerce, MANI iaCtures ami the me
chanical arts, restore employment to laDois and
renew IN all It's national resorces the prosperity
of the people.
Reform is necessary in the sum and mode of
Federal taXat on 10 tho end tnat capital may De
set free from uistrust ana labor lightly burden
ed. WedenOunce the present tariff levied upon
nearly -four Thousand articles as a master piece
of injustice, Inequality and false pre- ence. 1t
yields dwindlinp, not yearly rising revenue.
! has IMPOVERISHED mant industries 10 sub
slllze few 1t prohibits Imports that might
purchase the products OF American labor. 1t
has degraded AmericOn commerce from the
first to an inferior rank upon the hlgh seas. lt
has cut down the sales OF American manntaC-
lures at home and abroad, ana depleted the re-
turns of Anne lean agriculture, an industry fol.
lowed by halt our peop.e, lt costs the people
five times more than ii produces to the Trea.
suUy Ohstructs the procession of production and
wastes the fruits Qi labor 1t promotes fraud
and fathers smuggling Cnriches dishonest OF
tiCials and bankrupts honest merchants. We
demand that all custom house tsxaton shall 9.
scale OF public expense fede al, State and NUM-
clpal, Our federal tayatlOn has swollen from
sixty millions gold, IN 1850 to four hundred anu
fifty millions, CURRENCY, in 1870; our aggregate
taxation from one hundred and titty-f0ur mi
mons, gOld IN 1850, to seven hundred and thirty
millions. currenCv,in 1870. or in one decade irpn
less than five dollars per head to more than
elohteen dollars per head. Sluce the ace the
people have pao to their lax gatnerers more
than three tunes the sum OF the national deot,
and more than twice that sum for the Federal
Government Alone We demand vigorous fru-
galltv IN every department and from every OIL
| ficer of he Government Reform is necessary
| tu put q stop To the prOhgnte waste of public
lnnns and their diversion nom actual settler by
| the party IN pOwer wGich hns squandered 700
| UOJ,uUO acres upon railrUaus alone, and out OF
more than twice that aeg, egate hts disposed OF
less than sixth directly 60 tlllers OF the sou.
Reform ls neCes sery 10 correct tae omls ION OF
| the Republican CONGRESS, and he errors OF our
| treatl, and our d'pOmac ,whicn have stripped
| our fellow citizens OF foreign birth and kindred
| race IecrOssing the Atlanuic of the shield OF
| American ciuzen-shp, and exposed our bretn,
Ien II the l'nc nc coast to lhc iuc1rslons OF race
!
| aud, IN fact, now by law denied cltizenshp
| through Naturalization as beng Ieither aCCus
,omed I" Lne tIactiGns Of iGsies, I'VE elvi S,n
| laws We dcnOnnce the policy which thus d!s
ga lis the liberty.lUvlng Gepman and tolerates
| tine revival Ut the COOne tit de IN MongOlial
| women impOr ed for immoral purposes, aud
| MOnaoian men hlred 10 perform servi le lanpI
| contracts, aud demand such notifications or tht
| treaty with tho Chinese Empire or such legisla
| ton by Congress within constitutional limlta
ton as to prevent the further inputat.on oI
! lmmEr aIOn OF the MOugOlIan race.
Reform IL eCessurv and can never be etfrGte(
| but by making II The Comforting issue OF eIec
tons and htuug It above The two false Issues
with which the utflce holding class and he party
iu power seek 10 smother 1t the false issue
with which they would enklndle seclarIaD stl lft
| in respect to public schools, pf which the estab
| lishment aud support belong exclusively TO thu
several states, and W 1tch the Democratic party
| has cherished from their tUpndDtlOn, ana re
solved TO maintain without partialily or prefer
contributing frum the treasury to any; thI alst
issue by which they seek to light anew the dy
| ing emOers of sectional hate between kindred
peoples once unnaturally estranged, bat now
reunited in one lndiyisiDle republic and com
mon destiny.
perience proves that efiiCient, economical con
| duct of the governmental business Is not possible
If the owl Service be subject to change at every
| election, to be a prize fought iOr at the OallO
box as u chief reward of purity zeal, instead o
posts of honor assigned for proved competency
| and held for fidelity IN the public empioy Uha
the dispensing of patronage shOuld neither be
tax upon the time of all our public men, nor tn
| lnstrumenJ OF their ambition. Here again, pro
fessions tasified IN the performance attest tina
the party IN power can work out no practical o
salutary reform.
Reform is necessary even in the higher grade
OF public service. The President Vice.Presl
dent, Judges. Senator's Representatives, Cahi
net Officers, and all others III authority aIe TIL
public servants. The offices are not a privat
perquislle; they are pubic trust Waen In
annals of this republic show tine disgrace apt
censnre OF II Vtcr-Prcslnent; u late speaker o
the House OF Representatives, marketing hi
rulings as presiding officer three Senator
prodting secretlv by their votes as law magers
five charmen of the leading committees OF tn
House OF Representatives exposed in jObUery
"a late secretary Ot the Treasury forcing Da an
ces in the public account IA late A AttOrney- C Zen
eral misapprODIiatlng Duh 10 funds Secrf
tary OF the Navy enriched or enT1chIng friend
by PERCENTAGES ievled of the prOtvs OF cOnJraC
tors with his department hn abassadur TO EIl
gland censured iii "A dlshUnOrable speculation
the Presidents private secretary barely escap
ing convection upon trial for guilty comphcIt!
IN frauds upon the revenue Secretary o
War Impeached for high crimes ana conlessei
misdeme anOls, the demonstration Is complete
that tile final step in reform must be tho pee
PIES choice OF honest men from another party
lest the decease OF one pOlltttal organization in
feet tile party polite; lest by making no chang
of men or party we can get no change of mea
sutes and no reform. All these abuses, wrong
and crimes the prgduct OF sixteen " aTs' ascen
danUY OF the Republican party, create neces
stY Tor reform, confessed by the Republican,
themselves, but their reiOrmels are voted dow
in convention and displaced ON the Cabinet
The parties mass Of honest voters are power
and guides 70 reform can olly be had by peace
full gi vic resolution.