Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-10-22
NEW SERIES--V0L. 20, NO. a.


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c Mr.. Wallace There comes a tim
Q when man cannot be repressed an
of course then the Republican part
0 will kick him out. (Applause.)
Their assessments last year, a
: proven in Washington by Mr.. Gol
ham, Secretary Of the Republican Ma
tional Committee, were all told S10S
J 900. They gathered that up for th
r Congressional districts in the last con
test. What amount came from th
Federal office. holders 2 Now, in al
, investigation, we had on the stand thi
, George G. Gorham, the Secretary o
the Republican National Committee
and he sworc that $4,000 out of tn
, slO3, 900 came from the Republican Of
ficials. With this power, thus con
troled, are we dominated over as
people. The time is coming when th,
people will better understand this
and when Federal money, Fedora
power, and the concentration of thi
power will all be for naught. We nov
understand how il comes that thos'
in this Federal combination would say
"Boys, well beat you" "lt's all right.
You now understand how it comes
that you failed in your efforts, and tbt
more signally failed the more impor
tant the election. And you also know
what brought on indifference. Know
ing your influence at home, they gave
you the document that you got al
your country store, and after reading
that, things would not look so badly
to you after all. You know that !
speak the truth Why, if it had not
been for the Republican organization
they would have been kicked out Of
power long ago. What IS it now, bu,
we, the people Of Pennsylvania, moi
having our own rights, We have our
own thoughts and independence Of
character; but are controlled aud dom.
mated over, and our public affairs are
regulated by these people | am o
Federal ce-holder, too | belong by
accident to the Federal power at Wash
ington, but | was elected by a Demo
cratic Legislature, which in turn was
elected by accident, | conceive, and
which they allege. But this Demo.
cratic party ought to be the power to
control the State regularly, and it will
be ultimately. (Applause,)
There is something else right here
and it is important, and vitality i'm
portant to this people. 1t is the sub
ject of Capitalization. This follows,
and follows naturally from the other
thought. These people at Washing
ton are centralizing and combining
this Government, in order to make il
be what they hold it should be, a,power
to omanate from Washington, instead
of from the people themselves In
their system we are to be governed
from the top. Our system is, tha. the
government shall commence from the
bottom. In our system the individual
is the unit. With them tho Govern
6sm R6ent is S tRe bdnnd nnt E{ySsgythng with
Government. We believe that to the
individual belongs all rights, save those
which are vital to social order, and
that belongs to the Government for the
safety of the whole. This is true Democ.
racy. This is Government of the
people. A power that cmanat tes from
the tor makes man powerless as u
unit and yet that is q Government
that our Republican adversaries con.
tend for. Corporate power TO control
and rule, and to be given to railroads
and banking institutions. Everything
OF this character takes from the indi.
vidual certain of his natural rights.
Mans natural rights are TO be restrict.
ed only so far as is necessary for the
protection of the whole. Beyond this
all his rights are to be guarded as "with
tronchant blade in hand" as with mp
raised sword, never to be yielded 40
being among the dearest rights to us
as a people, (Applause) When we
are faithless to this doctrine when we
forget that the individual is the unit
OF the Government, and allow all his
rights TO be taken from him TO 90 to
the Government, or the creatures of
the Government when we are al
lowing these things, we are faithless
to ourselves, as servants of the people,
and we are faithless to the trusts re-
posed in us, II, in position, we give this
power.
| have been away off IN Massachu.
sets and Rhode Island, where il is q
question whether the corporations con.
troll the individual voter, or whether
they do not. We called witnesses
before us, and we examined some two
hundred and thirty of them, and we
proved there, the fact that corporate
power controls these voters. In all
the manufacturing villages, where
manufacturing was going on, steps
were taken for the voting of the
employees of the corporations. Votes
were put in their hands, and in in.
trusted agent Of tho corporation was
placed at the ballot.box, or in sight OF
it, and tho vote had to be put in the
ballot-box as given TO the employee.
This is taking from the individual the
unit OF the Government that belongs
to man, and giving II TO corporate
power; and in that, il takes from the
individual his rights. Remember tho
doctrine Of the Democracy. | do not
caro- what you do; whether you 20
down to the first principle, the unit in
society, or TO the unit in the Govern
ment. Remember, every right con.
ccded to the Government, or govern.
mental agencies, is Just that much
taken from you, and your natural
rights; and remember when they tres.
pass beyond the line that stands for
the bcst interests Of the whole, that
they are TO be curbed and checked
and prevented from going beyond that
another step. Remember this, and
when you remember 1t, you will come
TO be (as many of you are) natural
Democrats. That's where "Democrat
comes from. This is the original, un.
derlying principle. A man is the unit
Of the Government. All Governments
are the creatures Of men. Men arc
not made for Governments; but Gov.
ernments are made for and by men
Remembering that doctrine, 60 for.
ward as n unit IN this Government
curbing whoreveryou find II necessary
to curb, and applying tho unit when
men undertake to take from you the
your rights, that you may have what
is naturally your own.
Our Republican friends say we are
q Nation. concede that. A Nation
is but that which pertains to countries
not TO their liberties. We want Q
Nation beyond other Nations, Nation
Of liberty in perpetud I; n Nation that