Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1882-08-19
THAT aErnnlloAN UlsGELA.l
Extract from speech OF senutcr George II
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Extract from speech of Senator George II.
Pendleton ]
Now, Mr.. President, will not insult
the senate by undertaking to prove u
it that this Is no invitation for Il vOlun.
tary contribution. l will not waste It's
time by showing that it is demand Tor
u specific sum vi money. levied accord
Ing 10 rule. accompanied by promise
aud threat. Your purse or your
official lille" 10 tie alternative offered;
or to use the language OF President
Garfield in describing Il circular almost
identical In terDls with this. ''lt is
circular sent 10 the employees ui the
government upon this distinct under
standing that il they iail to make ieturn
according to the demand, in cheek or
postal money order, Uthvro will DO found
to take their place who will receive
their salai les and pay up the asscss-
Aent.
N:r. Pi esident, to whom has tie clrcu-
lar been sent l venture Ia say here
upon this floor. and speak it upon ia
formation which challenges my belief.
that thi. circular has been sent out IL
every person whose name can be found
on any of the rolls Ut cMplOyes otthe
Oe from Tue source oi power itself. Tn,
ci cular has b. en- Sent tn the Boston
custom house-sevcn hundred copies of
i,-und u demand made ior au aggre-
gate Oi Sl5.UU0. 1t has been sent 10
the arnory AT Springt tield and AL assess
ment oi $lS been made upon each ar
inoter in that institution. II has been
sent to the great offices in New YORK,
tns pustuffice aud the custom hou Il, ami
the COLLECTORS Office, ,iud the various
ins,itu .iuus connected WITH the govern
Ment there The offices nave won rx-
csptionli credit by reason ci thoir iree-
dom from the debAsed arts Ot political
assessments, aud vet are to be again
plunged i,tv thY mire from which they
80 laOOliOusly have emsrgeu. II nas
been sent out to employees at Chicago.
and assessments made there Ot the exact
rum ot 80 30 low CONSIDERABLY
accurate iu computation! IL has been
sent to every postmaster in tho country;
ut least |. have returns irOm almost
evel, state east ut Nevada. 1t has heon
sent 10 the men engaged upon the works
ON the Ohio river at Marietla. aud $lS
had been assessed and d ,manLed Of men
who day by day Tor their daily wages
cut stone in making the dam. II has
bsem sent to every employe in the de-
partments 10 Washington, every Clerk.
aud they have been assessed in various
amounts from $lS 10 $50. II has been
ssnt to men who. are engaged in daily
labor ou The capitol grounds, digging
up and bsauniying these grounds, and
ST has been assessed upon each oi them.
II has been sent to the boys in the
49,, r,f3iOo In, h,,y,n fhnv nnv Onlv
dol ar day and turlOugh them without
pay, and 81 has been demanded from
each Oi them. Ithas b.en sent 10 ei-
listed men in the army. and an assess
ment Oi $l8 made upon men who are
paid from the army appropriation bill.
Wherever = name can be found upon tho
payroll OF ths government ior any
smount great or small. this circular has
been sent, vr is now being sent.
said it had been sent tV every clerk
in all these departments. Why. sir, 1t
has been sent to those unfortunate LADIES'
whom the cxigencies OF lite now compel
To support !. family of tho phtance
/ earned painfully by them, which wJald
scarcely have snificed to dispense their
early charity In other days. 1t has
been cent To tie women who scrub out
/ l00 departments ID luis Cityp WuUSe pOS.
erty is SO great that when they leave
tor their daily work they are obliged to
lock up in their closed and tetid rooms
the infant children who cannot be a;-
lowed to wander in danger in, the
streets. 1t has been sent t0 the employees
OF the senate, and men have been rc-
quired to pay $50 iu order that they
may hold their places. -.
Nay, more, Mr.. President, It has
been sent, at least in the other house,
and possibly In this. to The little pages.
bright, Intelligent, active little fellows
who do the bidding OF members there
and here. imagine l can sec this
grave committee with this circular In
their hands going to one OF these little
pages and urging him by his apprs-
citation Ot the emergencies cf the coun-
try, by his appreciation oil the excel
lence OF republican practicrs, by h,s
dread ot the restoration vi the demo-
cratic party to power. to mske his con-
trlbuti0n OF 80 in order to avert such q
terrible calamity.
! Mr.. President, IL this were not cad
scene ot political degeneracy and par
tisan tyranny it would be IN many OF its
aspects broad farce.