Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-11-20
JOHN O'BYRNE TO THE WORK
TNGHEN.

We make the following extracts from
the speech of John O'Byrnc, delivered
recently at Piltsburg, the sentiments
in which are as applicable TO this sec
tion as TO the West, Amer referring
to the misrulc under which the State
has been groaning many years, MIR.
O'Byrnc said =
What effect has this misrule | de-
nounee upon you workingmen 1t
affects you IN every phase of life it
has shrunk your wages, entered Your
houses and snatched away with robber
hand first trihlng luxuries, then necesi-
ties ; it has stripped yonr children OF
their shoes and curtails their chances
in life, by compelling you to put them
earlier TO work it shuts them ont
from school, and condemns them to u
pariah's position and all this deep,
dreadful, damning wrong you are quiet
under and you do not throttle the
thieves. Tremendous cbeering] 1t
is the leaders arfaign for this state
of things-not you, Republican work
ingmcn now present you are alike vic
Tins and dupes. As political fact,
the Democracy during these eighteen
years have never failed 10 protest
against the legislation condemn.
Their escutcheon is unsullied, their
record untarnished, and their more
than royal right to the confidence of
the libcrty.loying people Of the land
unimpairet Their acts stand ont
silently as atlestations to their fidelity
to the people, and TO their fitness to
rule the Nation. Great cheering.
In the bosom Of both parties, begotten
Of misery and incest, has ridden what
is called in some sections the Green
back party, in others the National.
Such birth is natural.-ils womb is
Rcpublcansm il was conceived in
misery, and now cries out for work
and bread, The Democratic party il
hecdlul OF the cry--liko Rachael, she
mourns for her children--but while so
doing, she is girding her loins for the
poor mans redemption, and is now
more terrible TO the wrong doers than
an army in battle array [Grcat ap
plause.
There is no need to leave the Demo
cratic party. Its policy is broad and
ample enough to embrace and propa.
gate every philosophical thought which
may be advanced TO dignity labor, and
fully reward with ample wages the
toiler. Its history proves this tact
its advocacy of the rights of the work
ingman is carved in great capital let
tiers which no time can eiiace, and
which no trickery mistranslaie. [Great
cheering] The creation Of third
party cannot effect at present any good
results. The Democracy has not ial
tered in any duty, and is prepared 10
receive in this country, as elsewhere,
into its embrace and elevate to position
representative men of the toilers, when
their claims are fairly presented. To
day every order and style of men are
to be iouDdupon its ticket-the bra wny
worker, the farmer, the manufacturer
and the professional man are there.
Like the colors of the rainbow, though
differing in shade, they form harmoni-
Gus whole. The fostering of third
party is Cameron dodge, worthy Of
old Wig-Whig, and can only result in
division and end in the triumph Of
that fraud and treason, of which "Don -
is the living embodiment. Stand TO.
gcther--closc togcthcr--is the advice
| give you. Democrat, Groenbacker,
National or duped Republican, you arc
all equally interested in breaking the
bonds which tie you down TO ignominy
and misery by the robber ring of the
State. Take counsel Of your Western
brethren in Iowa Let the test be, who
is for tho people. Fuse your ticket
stand up in the face of the unsparhg
noon for right and against wrong Ii
you do, you well deserve success Il
not, not [Great applause.
SHOT oNE--now THE RIA0srERs rATTEN
Your wretchednoss has its root in
dishonest financial Legislation and un.
just taxation. Taxation, says La Play
in his Organisation Of Labor,i is like a com.
mon ball rolled down fight Of stairs
As it dcscends, il strikes each step with
accelerated force, and at length lights
with dead weight on the bottom step
and that is the workingman. On you
men, | say, all the iniquitous taxation
Of the State and Of this city rest
Your breasts heave, your muscles strain
at labor but the weight is there
[Great applause] Is this true 2 II
any man present doubts it, let him
speak. This city of Piitsburg has been
ruled for a generation by the Rcpubli
can party, and one Of its results is that
the city debt has become n mortgage
upon every mans house, rich and poor
factory and hord alike, to the amount
ofseven per cent, and daily increasing
How can industry stand up in the name
and under cover Of law ? | suppose
here, as in Philadelphia, the wives and
chres ami of ring politicians must rid,
in cbariots, with liveried flunkies, ant
array themselves in Genoa vclvets ant
shawls from the looms of Cashmere
while they themselves wear diamond,
on their immaculate shirts, and Jouvin,
kids to cover the filth Of peculatior
which soil their hands.
1t is all right, I suppose. You ant
your wives and children can drcss II
rags, and sweetcn your chicory or bear
coffee with sorghum, 80 that villainy
shall flourish. If you think so, 20,