Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-09-19
CLrAnFIrLD, Pa, Sept, 3, 1877.
THE ONO DEMOCRATS.


THE ONO DEMOCRAT rs.
Below will be found a portion OF th,
remarks made by Hon. Geo. ii. Pen
dleton, on the opening of the campaign
in Ohio by the Democrats, on the 24tl
ult. Mr.. Pendleton said
My FELIow.CrTizENs IL speak I,
you tonight because our country suf
fers-because honest, industrious mel
seek employment in vain and theil
families want food. Haper's Weekll
says; E" 1t is computed that there ar,
three millions of people in the country
idle who would gladly work. Thos,
who three or four years ago receives
So and SO a day now eagerly accepi
fifty cents. All labor has been forced
to submit to reduced wages"
We ought in candid spirit search
the cause. If the Government, either
in its legislation or administration, is al
fault wc ought to apply the remedy
This work concerns us all equally
Therefore, | speak to you Republicans
and Democrats alike. II | do not con
vince your judgment will not wound
your just susccptibilities. | critieis,
politics, not motives. Ohio is fortu
nate State, It's soil is fertile, its climat,
is healtbful, Its mines are rich, its popu
lation is hardy, enterprising, intelligent
The lake, the river, the Marietta, the
Baltimore and Ohio, the Pittsburgh
and Fort Wayne, the Pittsburgh and
St. Louis, the Atlantic and Great West
ern, the Lake Shore Railroads, the In
tersecting canals and and railroads
from North to South bring all its parts
into easy communication. Nature, al
ways bountiful, has given it an cxcep
tionally abundant harvest. Neither
plague nor pestilence has visited il
And yet the highways and byways are
filled with tramps the cities and vii
lagos are filled with deeds OF violence
against person and property the sta
tion houses and work houses are filled
with the poor and hungry and misera
bic as well as criminals labor is dis
contented, and the discomfort utteri
ominous threats and is occasionally
tempted to wicked deeds. In word
men are idle, women are suffering
children are hungry, and all are un
happy; our industries are oil deranged
business is stagnant, enterprise anc
energy sit with folded hands, and al
men look with anxiety for that which
shall come to pass speak of affair
in Ohio because | know them. Itestiiy
TO that which you have seen, Now
why is this ? There must be cause
What is it? One fact confronts us il
this inquiry The laws of taxation
the laws of the tariff, the commercial
system, the financial system-thcs,
touch the very life and being of thu
I
whole social and industrial fabric. Th,
Republican party has established an,
administered these laws and those sys
tens. 1t has had power for half a gen
Grafton. Ever since the war 1t ha
had absolute sway for twelve years
Once only in all that time has there beef
an adverse House Of Representatives
II has used this power without stint
The Internal Revenue system, evel
what is left Of 1t, bears almost cntirel,
and very heavily upon western indus
tries and the product Of western lands
The tariff Is an ill-adjustcd tax.
i produces little revenue is extremely
oncrous on those who export and pa
duties cxtorts large subsidies for pr
vatc interests from those who do moi
and saps the prosperity of every indus
try, even those IL affects TO protect
Scarcely ship navigates tho occal
under the flag Of the United States, an
the few which do are built on tn
Clyde and belong to foreign owner,
The financial system may be brief,
stated. An immense public indebted
ness, payable in paper, has, by tn
} effect of two laws, been made payabl
, in goldonly, and thereby been increase
! thirty per cent. Silver has been Dc
, monctizcd, and gold, the only remain
ing legal tender for the bonds, has bee
enhanced accordingly. Rcsumptio
Of specie payments has been ordainc
for January, 1879, and within eightee
months they have no plan, except III
+ illegal contraction Of greenbacks or th
impossible harding Of gold. The frs
measure largely increased the indebted
J ness. The second diminished the oul
rcncy in which that Indebtedness ca
\
be paid. The third cffectually an
necessarily destroys the industries an
energies by which the means Of pa