Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-08-23

upon the world Sec the picture in
my own State. The thriving mechanic
or laborcr who but three years since
bought his lot and built his house, paid
upon them the half and gave his mort
gage for the balance, finds that under
this policy his house and his lot both
go to pay the mortgage the hard
earnings Of all his years are swept
away to increase the value OF the Gov
ernment's obligations, which flows from
the shrinking of the value ofreal estate
and the swelling of the value of those
obligations under your system of legis-
lption, and his wife and children are to
be turned homeless upon the world
Tho enterprising man ofbusincss too,
the man who is between capital and
labor with bis hand upon both, the
schcming, active, energetic man, the
middle class in this country, upon
whom all of its future depends, the
live, energetic, business man with an
intelligent brain, cunning hand, and
an industrious body, this man having
but small capital, hires money from
the capitalists TO conduct his business,
and he too under the operations Of this
system secs himself unable TO meet
that which he has agreed to pay, and
ho too must 60 TO the wall. Property
decreases in value on every side
Money and lnoneycd securities apprc-
eiate as the threat continues; men
grow suspicious values are unsettled
in every direction; sheriff's sales in.
crease bankrupt merchants are found
in every calling the shadow Of self
murder falls upon the path of many.
Your legislation, in the interest of ag-
grcgated wealth and against the bust
ness man, has given us this condition
of things. Since the use OF mixed
currency there has never been an hour
when oil the paper obligations of the
country could be redeemed in coin.
Credit and confidence were us essen
tial as the modicum of gold that was
at its root. Can credit and confidence
ever come while values fall and bust.
ness mon quake and capitalists refuse
to lendY To steady values and stay
panics we must not only provide specie,
but we must bring the public mind to
the conclusion that they do not need
it. Can such q condition of things
ever come while the shadow of enforced
resumption without preparation ap-
pals them with its unknown terrors
Sir, Pennsylvania, pointing to her re.
cortland Ispeak for the vast majority
of her people am as conscious of II
as ! am here--Pennsylvania, pointing
to her past record, her sacrifices, and
her suffering, to her prostrated indus
tries, TO her manufactures closed, To
her mines abandoned, to her factories
untenanted, to her iron unsold, to her
coal heaps, to her lumber in piles, TO
her tens Of thousands of unemployed
men, artisans, laborers, and miners
scattered all over that broad State
Pennsylvania, that great Common.
wealth, here and now recognizing her
obligation to pay her debt to the ut
most farthing in coin-Ponnsylvanla
and her people ask for time, for pre-
paration, for an easier road TO resump,
ton.
Why do the people distrust those
who rule ? Is your Administration Of
the Government an honest one in their
view2 1t Is for you TO answer2 Are
the people justified in their belief that
We have had an Administration of the
Government that has discarded states.
manship and sought incxperience, that
has ignored integrity in official trust
and patronized the corrupted and tho
vile, that has permitted wealth to be
gathered IRON meager salaries, that
has tolerated the jobber and the specu.
lator on the threshold of the White
House, that has reversed the philoso-
lphy Of the Trojan who feared the
Greeks are those bearing gifts, that
has held completely with gold gambling
and nurturcd and pctted whisky
ring, stolidly winkcd at corrupt prac-
.,ooS III tho cuStoh-houees, ulsBraccu
the country in the San Domingo and
tho Secor business, lost an Attorney.
General who resigned pending charges
OF misuse OF the public money, See.
retary oil the Interior BY unrefuted
charges Of corruption IN his Depart
ment, a Secretary OF the Treasury
iorced IRON his place by public indig-
na.'pn, '.t u Ios'master-ucnerai , whose
mo'hou anu record were unsatisfactory
70 y "a Glscrlminatng people q Secretaey
oi war wnose trlai ior pripcry has
Just. Jus. oeen p.,., concludod, , ana a minister to
urea' 'aln pri'aln whose methods unanl'
NOUS cohm'.'ee uecnrea 70 be I'M
Proper hnu u,gus''napieI Arc the
pcoP'o Jus''neu IN ,nls pehei are
.hoy rignt or arc ,ney wrong when
Incy ASK WIN impress,ve earhestness
a;,.s ins ~. 'no rug Vi on'c,n' accouh'a'
plaI peeh ne'u LOT naugnr ana nave
nov Pos''lons oi honor ana OF trust
wv" 'n"uo sno phuD'o nnu 'no Bht ol
personal preference, ana capacity and
honesty been among the last qualifca.
lions reouirej2 Uave we no, had
L,;ho, ~ IL w ns "o' "au
or,oe,y III inc war Oince Are there
nuS noS oa as " swlnu''ng oi pensioners,
,"u =, ~, u p,unuer'ng ny ~ mall,letllngs ana
~ "lao,;ono W sS9 PuD',o innus ., prluc,y
"s,. ~ v0osons' ~ ~ o'ncN''oh'''hg o' merch'
amd d'' oo,";, % vJaSP,,ac,cs 70 cnEat lus''co &C.
%.,oq J aoqu'' burglars, ol ulsgraco IN