Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1880-11-03
TRE NEW PLUTOCRACY.
COLONEL FoRNEY's PICTURE on DIorA.
TORS VINO AssAII HANCOCK.


To defeat iavorite soldier of th,
Republic u bold plutocracy has been
created, without parallel in ancient OF
modern times Moneyed men have
taken formal possession Of the Govern
mcnt, the Press and the Republican
party. The motto OF this new plutoe
racy is TO bribe, to bully aud to buy
All men have experienced the insolencC
Of tho sudden rich, and not only Their
insolence but tho Ignorance of most OF
them but this is the first time in this
country that they have openly taken
the field TO attempt to purchase the
poor, Thoy have no argument but
one, the argument OF threats They
have no consistency save in one direc.
tion, the steady purpose of perpetual.
ing absolute control OF others by their
money. This is the beginning and
the end OF their war upon the brilliant
soldier who offered his life for his
country at Gettysburg, and afterwards
again risked il as be led his magnif.
cent corps through fire and blood on
the way to Richmond.
There is one feature about this base
business Tor which the authors Of 1t
deserve to be commended 1T is boldly
done, AT last the dictators are un.
masked, but they face their own ex.
posuro with satanic bardihood.
Wealth makes them reckless. They
gladly assume the attitude Of bullies.
They glory at the sight of helpless
labor crouching at their feet. They
are like the overseers Of the South.
They repeat it, and they exult in the
fact that il thc black man is iIee they
have their own white slaves at the
North, These men live only in the
present. They have no fear of conse-
quences They laugh at the harvest
they are to reap. They utterly revel
in an atmosphere Of lies against Han.
cock. They do not see the Nemesis
that is crouching behind them How
iearlully thoy recall the madness of
the shareholders before the Rebellion.
Like them, these masters Of the North
who sit like crowned kings in certain
localities, dealing out threats with all
thercckless forgetiulness Of theirschool,
are not content with present power.
They are so flush with privilege, they
are 80 full oil money, they are so with.
out rivals in trade, they are such Dukes
and Earles in the management Of local
politics and local politicians that they
are oblivious OF retribution. They
have no more excuse for ATTACHING
Gen. Hancock than the shareholders
had for attaching the Government and
yet, to them Gen. Hancock is made
an object Of hate and of ruin even as
the Government became at last an
object Of dislike to the old slave
masters The Government that saved
slavery, and put the lave.holders in
command Of the Government, and
made them the supreme masters Of
both political parties. SO these en-
ployors of the day in the North, clad
in purple and fine linen, rich in the
possession of vast estates, potential in
contriving legislation for their own
ends, commanding great army of
dependents so these men, blind their
own happiness, deaf to the appeals Of
reason and conscience, now turn
around to make war upon the very
soldier to whom most Of them are in.
debted for their lives and fortunes.
To each and all of them, as well as
to the capitalists who began this wild
cry against the poor and honest man,
as TO the rich employers and the paid
politicians and the travelling orators
in the pay of these employers, would
say, gentlemen, positions are reversed
Heretofore yourlaborers struck against
you, now you are striking against
them you are striking against the
best interest OF your country, and like
that "long strike of which the play
wright wrote in the British domin.
ions some years ago: "Take care lest
the men who began the strike do not
end their days on the scafIold or in the
prison" When slavery struck liberty
it fell when wealth strikes labor it
perishes Philadelphia Progress.