Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1888-10-17

you a Republican" and it is proposed TO
give a few reasons below for the faith that
guides us into Republican ways, also a few
reasons that warn US against Democrsy and
Free Trade, viz because
REPUsLIcASIsM
Has subsued Rebellion and saved the
Union
Conquered war and established peace
Gave freedom 10 = race and free ballot
to all men.
Was patriotic enough TO create . debt to
carry on war and honest enough to make
provision to pay that debt
Made liberty universal throughout the
States and the tiss honored tn roughout the
world.
Made treason odious and loyalty the
badge of respected citizenship.
Raised the nation from bankruptcy and
secured for our public credit the faith of
the financial world.
Made persons and property and freedom
of thought and of expression secure in
eysry part of the land.
Has dignified labor and secured its right
ful reward by protective tariff laws.
Has practically given each citizen a free
home by securing the public domain from
the monopoly of capital
Has BY rigid supervision Of corporate
franchise, made transportation cheap, safe
and rapid for persons and property
Has by wise economies and just laws, re-
duced the public debt and the interest
upon 1t.
Has BY generous and yet just, appropria-
tion for pensions, illustrated its love and
respect for the Nations galisrt defenders
Has made competency a condition for sp
poin;ment to office and tidelity to duty the
tenure for holding it.
Has reduced the public expenditure to
the lowest point consistent with the gener-
al welfare and collected the tax from
sources best able to pay it.
Has made religious liberty secure to all
forms OF faith by an enlightened public
opinion and established free schools with
no sectarisn denomination in them.
! Has by fidelity to public trust, by its
constiIut;o nal amendments, by its statuary
ensctme nts, Federal and state, by the life
and character of its long line of statesme n
heroes, orators and martyrs, by its sacred
traditions, and its matchless history of great
things accomplished proven itself compe-
tent and worthy to achieve the great thin Is
/ yet 10 be done for the good and glory OF
the country.
Free trade is no experiment in America
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the wage worker and lsborer. VIII you
profit by your experiences. Answer at the
ballot box in November.
| DEMOCRACY AND FREE rRADE WOULD
s'Shriyel the public revenue.
Drain the country of money.
Drive labor largely TO the land.
Lower the standard of comfort.
Scale down all saIeries and profits.
Revive here the British colonial system.
lnuDdste this country with foreign goods
Turn the balance of trade against Us.
Destroy our capacity for cheap produc
tiOn.
Universally rednce the value of farmin
land
Unsettle all forms of mercantile busines.
Instantly cause paralysis In iron manu-
facture.
Increase farm products and diminish tn
market.
, Strike the skilled laborer first and mo:
severely.
Destroy the possibility of diversified en-
ployment.
> Paralyze the arm Of tho worker and emp
: ~ his pocket.
, Leave skilled labor the alternative of idle
9 ness or English wages.
4 Close up thousands of Mills, factorie.
Z furnaces and workshops.
D Empty the building association of the
y tens of millions of dollars.
:, Destroy our coasting trade, from whic
z all foreign Tonnage is now excluded.
e Rob us of our industrial prosperity fo
r the benefit of Manchester and Birminsh b. a
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