Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-02-13

Third, they demand that the ma
tional.banking system bo removed and
circulating medium provided BY tho
government for the people, without
taxing them for the privilege Of OBJ.
tanning ii. And they ask that the
amount thus placed IN circulation shall
bear u reasonable and judicious pro.
portion 10 the business transactions
snd the populstion Of tho United
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Fourth, .h5y demand that tbS Cur.
rency circulated on tho authority of
lno government shall b. made lcgaI.
tender IN payment Of all debts public
and private, including all dues TO the
government, well knowing that il will
then be nj par with gold, or more like.
y at premium over II.
I And,Mith, tIsy demspd. that, here.
after the financial policy of the codn.
try be framed permanently in their in.
lercst; that they shall not be discrim.
mating against III future legislation us
in the past, and that their prosperity,
and not the mere growth Of incomes
TO retired capitalists, shall be the pri-
mary duty Of tho government.
In my judgment, these demands are
just and moderate. l implore Senators
not TO suppose that they can be disre-
gardcd with safety. If they are reject.
cd now they will be renewed hereafter
with still greater determination and
perhaps with others added. | plead
for the financial credit Of the govern
ment. 1t rests on the popular will
alone, and that will can no longer be
defed or menaced with impunity. rho
people are sovereign, and they can
bind aud they can loosen. If the mon.
ey power is advised with wisdom il
will stop and retrace its steps. II con.
fronts apower now mightier that itself:
ed r BY iGs SENSE q 81 'f asleett hid jPBfss:
sion. II, however, II is joined to its
golden idol If its heart is hardened
and its neck stiifened by its vast pos
sessions; If the burning lust of avarice
has made il deaf 10 the voice Of reason
aud blind TO all human experience, 1t
will push on in its career, until il works
its own destruction; for, sooner or
later, the people, irrespective of party
names, will unite in their defence and
establish justice. They have been slow
to believe that there was deliberate
purpose to degrade and impoverisb the
great producing classes, but they are
being rapidly educated now. The con-
iition OF the country lisa teacher whose
awful lesson is engraven on all their
hearts They have also recently read
Ihc proclamatiOns Of the great organs
Df the Money power, removing all dis
guise as to the meaning OF our fnan-
rial legislation and the misery it has
created. In the columns Of one they
have read that
The American aborrr must make up bis mind
lenceiorth not 10 be so much better on than the
European laborer Men must ne conteht to sork
Or low wages In this way the work
nEman will oc nearer to that station in life to
which IL has pleased God 10 call him
Ia the columns of another organ Of
consolidated capital they have read
he following revolving sentiments:
Th're seems ts be but one remedy. It's change
Il the ownership Of the spi aud the creation Of a
lass Of land owners On the one hand and the ten-
Int-iarmsrs on the other something similar In
10Th eases TO what las long existed and now ex-
'ts in the older countri'sVf Europs.
And in every form in which the
English language can be used the
american people, and especially the
,eople Of the West, have been notified,
lOt that their consent will be asked,
,ut that they will be compelled TO sub
nit TO the Legislation which results in
his British system Of baronial landed
states, dependent tenantry and pau.
,er wages ior the workingman. Sir,
have no word Of menace 10 utter on
bis floor, but, in behalf Of every la
'orer and every owner Of the soil
whom ! represent, | warn all such as
'alue their investments that when
hese doctrines Of despotism are sought
o be enforced this fair land will again
'e convulsed in agony and the fires of
lberty will blaze forth again, as they
lid hundred years ngn. In defense Of
he natural rights Of man. May the
wisdom OF our fathers and the benign.
ty OF our God avert such an issue but
/ il shall come, il infatuation has seir.
ID our councils, the result will only
i'd one more instance 20 the long
analogue of human crime and folly,
where avarico, like ambition, over
caps itself and in ITS unholy attempt
o rob others of their possessions loses
Is own.