The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1879-09-24

now ana 0606f exE0me reached.
only the States. but the counties. the town.
ships. the towns. the wards OF towns, and the
son01 distISts ,bs ARE b5pIe required
government to Federal domination It remains
70 be seen whether this demand will be sane
Government, as our fathers made 1t, has come
THE FINANCIAL IssUH.
There is another issue, however before the
time, and must pa s to Its considerstion'
After inhicting in The last six years more
more want. more misepy o. h1 mese dee en
forced idieness, more mental and
than have ever been known before In ali fhe
years put toge Their siu ce the foundation Of the
Governmeot. the Republican leaders now
claiming great credit for the fact that the bus.
mess condition Of the country having been
any change 1T must be for the better. After
making the last six years vast continuous
the happiness OF millions of their countrymen
the secretary OF the treasury and his followers
ground that the daily death rate in business,
the daily roll of bankruptcies is not quite SO
fotore. The fact is that the deadly financial
| policy of this Government has destroyed
IN debt a few years ago. and its fatal effects
| are decreasing for the want of natural SUBJ
sconrge Of the yellow fever has to abate whe ee
| II has killed of pretty much everybody who is
where it prevails But that would hardly yb be-
| sufficient reason for indorsing yellow fever,
for the Endorsement Of the financial policy Of
the Republican party. That policy has forced
the people as between themselves TO repudiate
their private debts to the amount of perhaps
$4,000 600 900. and hence the business of pay ing
debts by enforced reputation is necessarily
| less now than when the epidemic of bank
| ruptcy first broke ont. But do the people,
therefore. who were driven by that accused
| its authors? Do those who were com PEELED to
| receive a bankrupt certificate In full payment
| gratitude toward the men who are response
| Die for such a mode OF payment? No.
on ONT this subject which viii long remain in the
memories of the people. 1.-The servile castles
faith, worship the Juggernaut, and feel no re-
| sentiment when mangled and crushed by their
shs deity Is mot nor w eve be-
| worship at cruel and heartless shrine. They
will rather teach their children, and their
| their mtsfortunes."
1 WHO Is RESPONSIBLE?
| Those who are responsible for the business
themselves that they have been and still are
perststenty labor1ng to shift the responsibility
you are to blame. and in saying so siander YOU
| TO your faces. Thousands of times over John
other leaders of the Republican party have
charged that a.ors,t the people were
the country. They charge that commercial
disasters, mOrtgaged lands, Impoverished
homes, sheriff sales, idle men and women and
| begging tramps have come upon you as pun
ishments for your own sins; for your sins of
living. They say you have been drunk with
speculation and luxury beyond your means,
| your debauch. And all this insulting calumny
Is H. poured ,, out on Jour heads heads from from
1 @encing 0a' With the %ar and stas G
| away from its dangers, have become enor-
| mousy rich; who live In palaces, and fare
|
| made you poorer every hour, and caused your
farms TO sn.ink in value until you are now
ha what you were seven years ago. What
sublime spectacle is here presented! Behold
the millionaires of recent and rapid growth,
the masters Of gilded mansions and gold
laced servants engaged in lecturing the
virtues of economy! 1t is enough to
raise the gorge of every farmer and mechanic
what way have you sun burned laborers been so
| extravagaut that you deserve censure from
misfuriunes of the country? On former oc
casion used the following language on this
subject:
..Iio to the homes Of those who eat their
| bread in the sweat of their faces and ascertain
indulge. Do they maintain costly equip.
| ages, splendid carriages. and richly caparisoned
with valuable paintings. or fitted up with
expensive furniture? Do you see pier ga SEES
on their walls ana feel velvet carpets beneath
your feet their floors? Take a seat with
them at their frugal but hospitable tables Do
yon find extravagance there? Where is the
solid s1lverware. The long succession of delicate
dishes. the various brands of high priced
wines? None of these things are found to
tempt the epicurean tastes of those who, while
preaching economy to the industrial classes,
Sit down each day to banquets such as Dives
presided over when Lazarus lay at his gates
| pegeing bread Have the farmers and me-
chanics of the country brought calamity 90
themselves by extrayagance in dress? Where
one INDUCES in broadcloth, a hundred are glad
| to be comfortable and appear decent in home
seivets and Expensive s siiKs9 Must they too
economize, and put on palmer attire. In order
that the votaries Of fashion and wealth
fact is that the Iaboring men and
ssnt in II ther lives. nor do Their embarrass
! ments and sufferings arise from that cause.
They institute the only econom1zing,
| self denying class OF citizens In all this broad
land. With what force and justice could they
! turn upon their accusers and fssten on them
travagance! The Federal Government itself
has been administration many years past on
1t has Tioted with the public money and set an
evil example. States, counties, cities and cor
| principles of economy in their management.
But OF all WHO commit extravaganza, and
, Is that class which holds the bonds of the
Government ana the mortgage OF the people,
most .o rigid economy Tor its own beneft. To
; those who compose this favored class, the
} luxuries Of every land and CLINE are
accessible. To them nothing can be denied
which money will command. As they travel
! over oceans and continents in quest of new
enjoyments they are assailed by no anxious
fears in regard to their pecuniary resources
They know that the plowman in the furrow,
the mechanic in his shop, the American
Iaborer of every kind, and wherever he may
t be, pays daily tribute and makes their income
secure"
RESUMPTION.
But we are now saluted on all hands by the
Republican leaders with noi-y and affected
glee over what they call a resumption of specie
payments, aud an imaginary revival of bust
ness. After driving prosperity out OF the
country and blghting the homes of millions
. the secretary of the treasury announces thai
specie payments of debts are a fixed fact, and
8 have come to stay. Do you think that IL T. ne
! | Do you think the debts of this country, public
| and private, being paid in specie when
D demanded? Can you pay your debts In that
9 wsy? You owe your neighbor a hundred
l. dollars, ami on the day 1t falls due you
D have hundred dollars in the not
, OF National bank just across
) | the sfreef Yonr neiphbor has beer