Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-10-02
SPEERs ANSWERED.
, THOROUGH EXPOSURE OF SHAM
DEMOCRACY.
TIE SPEECH OF HON. FRANCIS JORDAN.

al TIE ARGUMENTS OF THE CHAIRMAN OF
,Hr DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE REFUTED AND
7HE REPUBLICAN PARTY vINpIcATED BEFORE
FULTON COUNTY AUDIENCE AT N'coS-
xErIsBURG, SEPTEMBER IS.
up PRESIDENT AND FELLow-CTrrzESs: I
an informed that at recent political meeting
tsre. YOU were honored snd enlightened with
= rresence and speeches of Mr.. Dill, the Dem
1t. candidate Tor Governor: Mr.. Speer.
CHAIRMAN of the Democratic State Committee,
srd Mr. Stenger, member of and candidate for
I,rpress SO far as ] have seen, or am aware
orly the speech of Nj. Speer has been pub
iisssd. This looks unkind to the aspirant for
coyernor; and leaves room for the Inference
49, bis speeches are not considered by his
t-eutls worth publication. | am not here to
ali in question the sounGness of their iudg-
usnt Not having heard the speeches, We are
couaUed TO an examination of the printed
.+s-,b Of Ar. Speer; but as the State Democrat
g organ al Harrisburg, has published it as 0y
suthority, are justified in looking upon it
:. an official exposition and yindicgIion of
n.uocraIsc principles and candidates. Ihsye
ne speech before me; and some of YOU have
requested that ! should give 1t some attention.
his propose 10 do, in connection with some
kindred sGg5rcts. You all know how true it is
,hat "a lie travel league while Truth is
ru,.inE on his boots" and any man may, in a
sfryla line make an assertion or ask a question
sh.ch Vii require PAGE to properly answ er
~ r-late. Mr. Speer is a fluent speaker. a
rsyecia5ie Law yer, and an ambitious aud ultra
rarti.an. His speech clearly demonstrates
these traits OF character; and il has evidently
tsen written cut with great care Tor publica-
tiou. Il has some truth in it; but so sup
prrsssi, distorted, perverted, partial and mis-
spy.ied, 10 convey false impressions and
lead TO erroneous conclusions. Tne perform
sEce, as whole, is calculated to destroy all
faith in the saage that Figures cannot lie."
Tie speech seems to have been constructed
throughout On the principle that some truth is
required 20 make 4 plausible and credible false
huUi: ara that IL Was more desirable IL attain
tbs ID .E4u to Vinaicate the truth OF history
by & frank, manly and full statement OF the
whole truth on the several subjects discussed.
DEBT AND BANKRUPTCT.
The orator commences with highly coiored
picture Of existing evils, ana a railing accusa-
uou against the Republican party. charging it,
. thr0-g bad legislation, as the sole cause of
the d-ot. financial emharrassments, labor
troubles, bankruptcies, and all the other evils
which Atiict oC.r common country. Are these
accusations truel As an humble member of
the Republican party, l staud here TO deny
ITEM: and challenge the proof. Reckless
assertion : neither evidence nor argument:
all s'4ud-r : not PROOF. Let US reason TO-
ce-her old neighbOTs, and as lair men, de-
sir1us 10 know and understand the true situa-
ton, how il came 10 pass, aud what is now the
be-; thing 10 be done. The evils that are upon
Us. sucu IS they are, did no; come by chance,
nor suddenly, nor without warning; but they
arc tie p.aiu results OF long chaio of causes
known 20 the world, and clearly read of ali
men not wiifUlly bind. Let ne briefly remind
yoG 81 soE.r OF Ihen: In 1859 We had no Ma
loull uett OF any consequence Ia 1860 We
hsI residential election, and Abraham Lin
coin Was lawfully chosen President of the
Ul..e,. states. The Democratic party refused
- sc4a-esce in, or submit to, that election ,aai
il4u- -uraiei the war of the rebellion. claiming
Ire rIcBt ui the states to secede from the Na-
uoIsl Union for any cause they chose to
assign The Democratic States, and 10 Others
enlisted under the flag OF disunion. The Dem
Ocr4.iC party, and II alone, fought against the
National supremacy. Tne Republican party,
being IA Lawful possession of the Government,
was bound by every consideration o. patriotism
aLG NsloLai honor TO preserve the Union at
al hazards, AID to hand 1t down uuimpaired 10
pos:erIy. This dTesdfgl aud unnatural con-
n!ct ragged WIKI uDabated fury for four long.
Weary years. The whole power aud resources
O! the Nation We re thrown into the bloody
strife. The end was the overthrow of the re-
teion, ard the salvation of The Union, in
spite Of all the combined aud diabol!cal
-lor's of the Democratic liariy, the
world. the flesh and the devil. The victory of
the right wgs complete; but the aggregate
cost FAX exceeded ali powers Of reckoning or
computation. Hundreds Of thousands of our
gallant dead hlicd uutiuelr aBd bloody graves
or we're starved in lOathsome prisons; our
commerce was swept from the seas: every
5r4-lh OF labor and Industry not connected
with the wer was paralyZ,i or DESTROYED: the
land was n.led with diseased aud crippled
soldiers, their widows Rul orphans; the Ma
rbG wss impoverished to the verge Of bank
ruptcy; aud our National debt, funded and I'm
funded, amounted 10 the enormous aggregate
q about three thousand millions Of dollars
tSi,e90,UJO, GOO. such is hasty outline of
this recent aud sld history, written in ruin,
devastation, ire and blood; and, my
hearers, You all know and have felt how aw-
fully real anu true 1t is. 1t is as clear as the
LCouday suy in the heavens, that this moUu-
tain Of debt is the cause OF all our manifold
financial evils. The war Of the rebellion caused
the debt, and the Democratic party caused the
rebellion, and on this awful record huri back
The base and caiQncious charges against the
Republican party, made by the Chairman of
the Democratic Ele Committee; and ! ar
rsigu hin aud his followers before the bar of
history and CT Diblic opinion as the guilty
authors OF al our financial evils and the reck-
less hbeiiers o. the Republican party.
CONTRACTION.
But, say the Democrats and Greenbackers,
III illt-l-aii saGLl Has CUulgACtCI tue cur
reacy, and IA The unwSe effort 10 thus bring
about resumption, have brought distress and
bankruptcy upon the country. Inis charge
S 50 often aud persistenuy made that, no
doubt, many Ignorant persons. ard perhaps
others, thereby deceived The fact is, the
volume of currency has never been materially y
reduced or contracted; and this the records
oi the United States Treasury Department
clearly SHOW ! examined the whole matter
.a-riu.lg ia ls1J and Iueu made out the fol-
loving table, showing the annual aggregate
oi Outstanding paper money, including green
oack-, National bank notes. and postal cur-
reacy, II The close Of each fiscal year:
Aggregate
Date. Of Paper Currency.