The Penn's Grove record., 1882-07-22

lions. The man who sells his vote and
lie who buy it are brothers Ia iniquity.
Lea this practice become dominant and
government by the ballot will disau-
pear frchl among the natiots 81 The
earth. THIS evil reaches father. II
places in Offices Of power and trust mel
who lave no earthly qualification to
their positions. Every plague spot on
the body polite must lie taken away OF
our government will become a failure.
Destroy this evil, make merit the qual-
ihcasiOn. The rapid concentration OF
power IN the hands 81 a few heavy cap
iialisfs Is to be deplorpd. THREE msu
may be said to control the rail way car
/ Tying trade Of this country. Their de-
ternine What each line stall take. They
eause sscoruers" in wheat and increase,
lis cost TO the labofing consumers The
Spectators grin after the crop is out
OF the farmers hands and their opera
tiOns in grain are huge gambling opet-
! atloBs. Some way must lie found to
stop this gambling or we win see more
strikes and labor demonstrations Tie
most alarming feature Of the system IS
/ the managers do not hesitate 10 con
troll legislative and judicial action Ii
It finds an honest legislator OF judge it
takes means TO prevent disappointment
or to see that he is not again returned
the next turn. 1t las become the
( curse OF this country | do not inYeigh
against capital. It's presence in a conn
try is n i~ispeBsi5ie; neither do object
TO combination of capital for proper
and legitimate purposes. Rolling mills,
&c, requiring a thousand labcrers;
and mining companies with huge Dor
ing operations in hand, require heavy
capital. What / denounce is tue i'm
proper use Of capital; ali abuse which
has grown rapidly of late years. Ihe
testimony Of Jay Gould in the Hep
burn Investigating Committee reveals
~theenanneT III which capital is wrong
Is managed. How can "a government
remain pure with such crimes pracsicrd
and unblemishingly Acknowledged
Referring to emigration, the speaker
said 0ur country conld contain a thou-
sand millions of people. We a~e doing
here on this Western Continent Gods
work for humanity and we cannot al
low any consideration of pecuniary adj
vantage OIL partizan preft to come be
twesa us and our duty 10 stand before
Him as workIen approved
Address OF REV. j.. Z. PRICE.
This celebration is one Of patriotism,
andthe band is entitled TO credit for
making il a success. Sol { ment enters
largely in the celebration Of to day.
Sentiment cements society and is tie
soul Of patriotism; the main spring Of
beneyoience. Sentiment aided the
great Napoleon in Egypt when be said
A. the Pyramids, ''Soldier5 forty CEN
lures look down you today" and thus
Sentiment also appears in the saying
of a, color bearer in the recent war,
Boys, | cannot bring the flag back
you must come up 10 the flag Senti-
ment prevailed al Trenton when Wash
ington addressed his troops, "Ionder
is your enemy, / only ask you to-day
what are you lighting forT" Victory
prevailed. Anorg the early settlers
OF our country, Rodger Williams was
ole whose name should Ike held in ven
GRAFTON. OF tie heroes Of the late
mar-ihe hero of--John Browns name
deserves 10 be written i'll letters of
hIe. For the source of civil and reiig-
ious liberty we must go lack before The
Fourth of JAY, lT76, to the Pilgrims.
Our Independence was the outgrowth
of the struggle began by the Pilgrims
the right of the invidual man This
struggle Of 1861 to 1865 again confirm
I'd tire principle that the rights OF in
dividual man on this soil must I've rec
ogniZed. TIE principal question now
is, how shall VT return this heritage?
Intelligence and virtue are the only
safeg uards of III liberty. Look frs.
OF all Il the public press; thsn the
school house. Let us seek to be true
to the principles of the Pilgrim AID
Revolution fathers. Let the laboring
man Ia true 10 the best Of his iptelli-
gence and highest standard of virtue:
they are the bone and sile~ Of this
country. True citizens do not violate
The laws of trade; they do not adulter-
ale gosds, We must SET our faces
against political corruption, the pur-
chase OF votes, the selling of the cleo
tive franchise. Eternal vigilance is
the price of liberty. Watchthe eAcroach
meats OF corporations. watch moaey
kings and political bands. 4 thousand
Years ago, Holland was reclaimed from
the sea and now its prOple watch its
d. kes closely to see that their bulwarkiS
strong while the waves Of ocean oar
and beat. madiy against that buivark.
So les US watch against enoroachnEents
OF power. Agitation is another means
OF preserving our liberties.
At the close Of the exercises, a collec
ton was taken 10 defr2y the expense of
putting the church in as good order as
before the meeting was held. About
| 5.I5 the meeting adjourned.