The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-07-15
The Conspiracy against Prosperity.

Since the federal government was inRu-
gurated no such gigantic aud malignant con
spiracy against the public welfare has been
known as that which IS now being wsged by
the Democratic leaders, the Democratic
press and a portion OF the Democratic party.
The Rebellion was a war of principle Con-
stitutional constructions were in controYer-
" which could only be decided by the ar
bitrament Of arms. But this new rebellion
has in ii no element Of the manhood which
caused men from the south to stake their
lives on the Righteousness Of their belief. Ii
Is 4 war on the prosperity Of the country,
and its effects are as disastrous TO the follow
ers Of Democracy as to Republicans, and
strike at all sections alike. 1t was started
with the deliberate intention Of breaking
down the Republican party, by making
times hard, bot it would grind the Democrat
and the Republican alike if it succeeded.
II is the creation Of Democratic leaders, is
being waged in the Democratic press, and is
aided and abetted, encouraged, fostered, pro-
NOTED and carried on by Democrats only.
They CRY that times are hard and charge it
on the Republican party. They assert that
the people are ground down to bare living
and charge it on the Republican party.
They charge that gold is bein driven out Of
the country because Of Republican financial
policy, and that the departure of gold is dis
astrous 10 business. They assert that the
crops are poor and that prices for farm pro
ducts are so low that the producers cannot
live. They declare that a United States
Treasury that has Sl53OO0,0O0 of cash on
| hand is bankrupt. They declare that the
payment of pensions is draining money
from the pockets Of the people. They insist
that the government IS grossly extravagant
in its expenditures. They claim that mo
nopolies are eating up the substance of the
people. In fact, there is no evil which can
come from the administration of govern
ment affairs which they do not charge has
come upon the country or is coming upon it.
There never was a greater series Of lies in
vented, told, persistently retailed and repeat
l ed than has been thrust upon the public
through the DemOcretic press along these
lines for two years past. With the facts a.
to the condition Of the country this article
viii not deal at any length. Every intelli-
gent man in the United States, by an inspec-
l ton of his own condition. his home COM
/ forts, his liberty and freedom, the educs-
/ tional advantages of his children, the cir
I cumstances that surround him, can for him
self il his mind is unbiased, refute the
charge that there Is dismal present and a
/ more dismal future outlook for the people
of this country. The nations Of the earth
present no other such spectacle of a happy
and contented and prosperous people as in
the United States, and this prosperity i both
! present and prospective.
Il IS the motive that actuates these efforts
of the Democracy TO prove that the contra
" Is true with which The Press is in conflict
Every patriotic instinct is violated BY the
conspiracy to decry national prosperity.
/ The meanest traits of human character are
brought out The most despicable senti-
ment is oonjuIed up and Dourished. The
cry that the country is going to the dogs
but merely because if the people can be
made 70 believe that il is, until after 1892,
the Democratic party may elect President
on that issue. Its the cry Of Mckinley
/ prices Of last fall, put forth again in new
shape, but for the same purpose. There can
| be no doubt that this broad conspiracy for
( such purpose has no ineonsiderable effect
[ upon the condition of things. The constant
/ reiterstiOn OF such charges makes men
! timid, conservative to inaction and even
panicky. Yet there is no occasion for the belief
that this gigantic conspiracy will succeed.
/ On every hand evidences Of better times and
| increasing prosperity are sccumulating TO
such an extent and with such prominence
I that the people would not be worthy Of cit
izenship If they were not sufficiently intel
! ligent 10 know the truth. New industries
I are being created, the crops will be second to
those Of no year since the nation was forrE-
ed, prices of products range higher, there
will be greater demand for manufactured
products, and the general business Of the
country Is improving in tone and healthful-
ness
Only the wilfuIly blind can fail to read
the signs Only the malicious can misrep-
resent them. But the answer of the people
10 the cOnspirators who are seeking to de
press and repress the growth Of prosperity
for their political ends should be as over
whelming as an avalanche and bury them
! ont of sight-N Y pcess