The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-09-24
Tic Rieh Again.t the Poor.

The men whoaTe supporting Gen. Ilancoak
for the Presidency, says FaIut'N Tr0gTeeS. are
generally poOr mPu- Those WIN "urp~'' h;n
are in nearly every instance Che othcrhoidrTS
and the rich. without these two influences
Hancock would carry Pennsylvania 10y a.
O0a Ma ioritN: Wiiluut them ne would carry
Massachusetts without them he would Ear
rv New Hampshire and Rhode Island. We
are told there j. great Inconvenience ~ be
ing Door but in tine case Of the example of
the conspiracy to heat Ilaucnck 10y corrupt
fund there is great danger IN being TOO men
Precisely because there is not enough money
10 buy a whole people 80 are there no; cnough
people base er0ugh tO sell themselves. ~
least two. ana one estimate declares shat lYe
million dollars VIII be raised by the oHt'c-
holders of the General Government 80 defeat
tne man that saved Pennsylvania from Con
fetcratc invasion. There must ne truth in
this statement is ] may judge by the reputcd
sums paid by the leading otiicchuldrrS aud
capitalists IN this quarter When twenty or
thirty persons give from 5000 tu $4,000
each the fact that from two to three millions
are extracted from one hundred thousand
placemen at Washington and elsewhere Is
easy 10 believe.
The spectacle is altogether without paral-
lei. In former elections there WAS reason
I'm raising some money for elections During
the war all parties gave freely to 0nT soldiers,
their widows and orphans. But now the
only effect of this corruption fUUd X fO arouse
the hatred of the people, a. the only object of
the enormous subsidy Is to keep the people :
enemies in Office and 80 defeat the people >
faYOritp. ! have noticed in inV experience
during this election the Uuwnnird activity OF
the poor. The Democrats, all ont of Office,
were never 81 active. The working people
paw the expenses Df tine Democratic meetings
and the name of iIaHcUcE calls thousands to
his standard. On the other hand, what IS
the comment ON these eXactiors from the
placempn and the rich to defeat Hancock
At time when hundreds and thousands Of
people are struggling for livelihood what
is the Thought prompted 10y these heavy SUMS
passed into the Republican coffera2 That
these millions are taken from 0yvrfVd pia-e-
men to coniaIninaJc the people. In proper
ton to the fact that there is not money
enough to buy the whole people Is the other
fact that tine indignation of the people at sIch
n spectacle will make thousands of votes fpI
Hancock. The new cOTTUBtiOu fund is the
advertised fear that Hancock is getting too
strong. The public offer of brihcS Is the
same a. to say that tn" people can bC bought.
Even ;iie merchant VIII feel this public pur-
Z chase Bat how wiIl-the mechanic take il
+ who S resolved to vote for Hancock anyhow.
He viii grow more defiant when hc Is bid fol
like a chattpl How with the honest million
rupt n nation? How Nth the patriot when
hc sees the Presidency ~ auction All thes,
practices are new. IHry come from the
philosophy of the Credit Mnhiier that hTibeS
hOaScful Of Congressman. or from the eX-
ample of the De GuiycT inbher who fees q
statesman to vote for measure whose Ouly
merit was the fact that II WAS never intended
to he otherwise than dishonest. In "a word
tine attempt to array the rich against tie
poor is still more certain to array the p0ol
against The rich.