Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-11-01

shadows of the clouda careless alike Of sunshine
or Of storm, each in the windowless palace of
rest. 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 d. nth.
IA voice, ''Gloryel l have one sentil nent
for the soldiers living and dead-cheers for the
living and tears Tor lhe dead.
There are three questions now submitted to
the American people. The first is, Shall the
people tina, saved this country rule it Cries of
Yes, yes" Shall the men that saved TIE old
flag hold it tCries of :" Yes, yes.'l Shall the
men who saved the ship of State sail it. ICries
Of Yes YES, YES. or shall the rebels wal X her
quarterback, give tia, order. and sink it Cries
OF No, no. That is the question. hall
solid South, uui,ed South, united by asSs ssina-
ton and murder, South solidifed by the shot
gun-shall united South with the aid of a
divided North, shall they control this great and
splendid country ICries of 80 Never, ne'rer."1
Well, then, the North must wake UP. ICries OF
= We will, we WILT W are right back where
We were in 1861. This is simply prolon:yatiOn
OF the war. This IS the war of the idea; the
other was the VAT of The misket- The other
was the war OF the cannon; this is 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 thai said this is not Nation,
have charge Of this Nation [Cries of Never,
neyer!"
The next question, Shall we pay our debts.
lCries Of . Yes YES aIa. every cent? We
had TO borrow some mon'y TO pay for shot and
shell TO shoot Democrats with. We found that
we could get along with i lew less Democrats
Laughter tsr 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 swore it
was constitutional, or the party that SAID II
was unconstitutional Whenever Democrat
sees a sreemback the greenbacs says to the
Democrat, / am the ole tina: whipped YOU
Laughter Wheneve- . Republican sees
greenback, The sreenback says to him, . You
and / put down the rebellion and saved the
country" [Laughter.l Sow, my friends, you
have heard great deal abosIt finances. Nearly
everybody that talks about it gets as dry
just if they had been in the final home
of the Democratic party for forty years.
IGreat lsug.Iter.] i will give you my ideas
about finanoes. A voice. " Let's hear tham. ~
In the first place the Government don't sup
port the people; the people support the Gov
ernment voice. ..That's it'll The Gov
ernment passes around tie hat, the Gov
ernment passes around the alms-dish. True
enough, it has musket behind it, but
it is a perpetual chronic pauper. Ii pcsses,
| told you, the alms-diSl and all
throw III our sh;ue-e except Tilden. letreat
laughter.1 This Government. l. q perpetual
ment don't plough ground, the GovernInsnt
don't raise corn and heat 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 liy. on-why, d is the same
though my hired nan should issue certificates
of my indebtedness to him for me to live on.
Laughter and pplause. Some people tell
me that goyei nment can impress its SOW
ereignty on piece OF paper, and that is money.
Well, if il is, what is the use Of wasting II in
making 81 billsl II nlkes no more ink and no
more paper-why not make 81 600 biilsf Why
not make 81 coo, 800 u90 bills, and all be billion
aires. lGreet ltugh er. II the Government
can make money what on earth does it collect
taxes from you sns. me fort Why don't II
make what money It wants, take the taxes out,
and give the balancc to US Laughter. Mr..
Greenbacker, supposs' the Government issued
500, ,00U, 900 tomoruw; how would you get
any OF it. voice" Steal it."l i was not
speaking TO the Demo rats Laughter You
would not get IL urs .ess You had something TO
exchange for it. The Government would not
90 around and give you your average. You
have to have sCMe corn, or wheat, or pork TO
give forit. How do you ge; money! By work.
Where from! You have to dig il out of the
ground. That is whore it comes from. In old
times there were sc mt men who thought they
could get some wa to turn the baser metals
into gold, and old, grLy-haired men, trembling,
:
for something to tCru ordinary metals into gold !;
they were searchin for the fountain of eternal
youth /; but they Id not find it. No human
ear has ever hea ri the silver gurgle Of the
spring of immortal youth. There used TO be
mechanics that tr. ed to make perpetual motion
By combinations Of wheels, shifting weights,
and rolling balls : but somehow the machine
would never quit run. perpetual fountain
OF greenbackS. of wealth without labor, is just
a. foolish foC ns2in Of eternal youth The
idea that you can produce money without labor
Is JUS. foolish the idea Of perpetual motion.
They are old folh u under new names. Let me
tell YOU another t!i;ng. The Democrats seem to
think that you fail to keep promise so
long that It is as good IS though you had kept
il. They say you can stamp the sovereignty OF
the Government Upon paper. The other day
SAW piece OF siy er bearing the sovereign stamp
of Julius Caesar. Julius Cesar has been dust
about two thOusi nd yearx, but that piece OF sill
yer was worth iu 81 mitch Us though Julius
Cesar WAS Gt III head of the Roman leg;ons.
Wa Il lis soy-rt sg1ty that made II valuable
Suppose he had put IL upon & piece Of paper
il would have b. en OF no more value than
Democratic prom .se. Another thing, my friends
this debt viii be laid you need no. worry about
that. The Dem pcrats oug ght TO pay II. They
lost the suit and they ought to pay the costs.
Laughter and iipplause. But We are willing
TO pay our share Il wiz be paid. The hold
ers of the debt nave rot \ mortgage on q 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 held OF b4nnered corn in the
great, glorious West IL guarantee that
the debt will be p.E: all the coal put
away In the ground millions Of years ago
by that old ulisrr, tie sun, is . guarantee
that every dollar of tls It debt will be paid all
the cattle on the przii les, pastures and plains,
every one Of them is = guarantee that this debt
viii be paid every pin standing in the sombre
forests of the North, W aitng for the woodman's
axe, is q guarantee tha this debt will he paid
all the gold and silver I'D IA the Sierra Neyadas
waiting for the minerh pick is guarantee that
the debt will be paid every locomotive, with
Its muscles OF iron ara breath Of fame, and all
the boys and girls ben ding over their books at
school, every dimplsi child in the cradle, every
good man sno every good woman, and every
man that votes the Re publican ticket, i guar
antee that the debt wiz be paid. Applsuse.
What is the next question: The next ques-
ton is, VIII we, protect the Union men in the
South. [Voica--'' Yes, yes."1 / tell you the
white Union me-s tbere have suffered enough.
IL is a crime in TIE Southern States to be a Re
publican. It is crime in every Southern State
to lcve this cot ntry, 70 believe in the sacred
rights Of men. tell you the eolored people
have suffered en- pugh. They have been owned
by Democrats for'a00 years. Worse than that;
they have been forced 10 keep the company Of
their owners. Laughter II is terrible
70 live ,,;tb . man that steals from yOII