TUB
1 CLEARFIELD REPUBLICAN,"
r WIHIIOir, BT
OOODLANDKH & LEE,
"eMft?eif.-r" ...
KB) r H tl M Kit Ik lil.
Tu largeel t'lrrlat of Ml)' newspaper
in Ninth I'sntrai Ptn"yiaula.'
Term of Subooriptiou.
If ..id la adveaoe or witbta moolb let,
ff .aid after a arStirrr 'eoalhe AO
If .aid artel the eiptratinfl ol 4 moBthe... 3 tat.
Bates ot Advertising,
i T ancient adeertleemonte. per square of II llneeor
1 tlutee orleee n
.nei-i .obeiiteni ' iieertlon
A itntntitrarnra' ojl Kioeuiore oolloaa.. 1
1 Anditore' m.lic - - J
; Ciotinn.end R.lrave " ' '
j t, .eolation nntieee
f P oreeeionei C.rde. t llnre or leee.l ...
I Leeal nnlloae. per lin "
YKARI.V AUVEKTIKKMKNTH.
.mere Ml I I oolurao " "
I I a mars.... I nn I I ooloutn.. 71 I"
leiueree,.. I" " ' I nnioron
0. R. OOODLANDKH,
NOKI. B. LKK,
Puhltahrre.
Cards.
if We have printed a large aumtiar nf tha aaw
T
PKK BILL, and at" oa lot receipt or 1W..017
Be win. mall . r.e a- J
. H. W. SMITH,
A TTORN EY-AT-LA W,
ll:l:7S Cleartteld. Pa.
J. j. L INGLE,
ATTORN EY-AT-LAW,
1:19 I'hlllp-burg, t'cutre Co.. Pi. y:pd
G. R. & W. BARRETT,
Attink and Counsklobs at Law,
clrarpikld, pa.
January 30. IB78.
ISRAEL TEST.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Clearfield, Pa.
grolDoa la tha Court lloaaa. . Jyll.'l?
i W. C. ARNOLD,
LAW A COLLECTION OKKICE
CUHWKNHVILLK,
2 ClrartaH Counu, Pcnn'a. 74)
s
T. BKOCKUANK,
ATTOHNEY AT LAW,
CLKAHUKl.ll, PA.
Olboa la Court Hour.
p 26,171)
g V. WILSON,
ATTOKNEV AT LAW,
Office tine d''r ft Vet Urn flotfl tuildinf.
oioit I'tinrt Uuuw.
M)t.5.77. CLEARt'lELD, PA.
FRANK FIELDING,
ATTORNEY - AT-LAW,
eiearllrld. Ptu
Will uttenil to ill huntncKi ntrufftod t biu
p, iuiitlj aud fNitlifulIjr. Jtol7
WILMAM A. WALI.ACI.
BAHRT F. WALLACI.
nirin L. kiikm.
JOHK W. WKISLKT.
WALLACE 4. KREBS,
(u wmm to WkIUcv A KiKltliBK.
A TTO UN E Y-A T-L A W ,
jmnl'TT ClcarUeltl, P.
mo. . MiRHAr.
MURRAY & GORDON,
ATTORNEY) AT LAW,
CLKAKFIKLD, I'A.
pm Uffioa IB Plat Opera llou., aaeoud floor
:1U'74
CHARLES 0. LEIDY,
aituhnkv at law,
0ouU Mill, CkarfielJ Co., !'
biifintfi r alt ttiol kttnlcd to Pr
tiuti'tr Bttt-Biiuu p d lu tbt piviiuring tflMiuotiM,
ifDiuiii
XI, l77 lj.
IOHIPI t. h'bnallt.
Daniel w, h'gurdt.
McENALLY & MoCDKDY,
ATTO UNEYS-Al-LA W.
Cleartteld, Pa
bui.DciDAttandml to prompt! with;
fidelity. Utfifl on ttattuud trwt, boT th Firm
NitionaJ Baok. jD:l:76
WN H. MOCULUiUBH, FHKD. 4'u It 1ft
McllLLClGH & BICK.
ATTOR.NEYS-AT-LAW,
Clearlleld. fa.
All kjral bailaeat prvoipil.T attnaJrd lo. OftW
on HaoaBd atraal, ia Iba Maaoaie building.
J.nlo.':7
A. G. KRAMER,
A T T 0 R N E Y - A T - I- A W
Heal E.tala aad CollaoliuB Aeot,
I'tKAHPItl.ll, PA.,
Will prnraptty atteud to all Irgal buiioo.i en
tru.ted to bia oara.
drOISm ia PWa Opara IIaa. Jaol'il.
JOHN L. CUTTLE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
tad Heal Katan Agent, 1'leartleld. Pa.
Ofliflo ob Third .treat, bot.Cberry A Walnut.
0yReapetfalli offera hie eervicee in .elllna
aad buying laada ia Clearfleld and adjoialna
eoBBtlel i BBd wttb aa eiporioBeo a aear twent
y.ara al a rareayor, flatter, hinaelt that be eaa
reader aatiaraalioB. rob in.ri:t!
DR. W. A. MEANS,
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON,
LUTHEHKUURII, PA.
Will attend proleaaioaal ealla promptly. bukII'70
DR. T. J. BOYER,
H) Y81CI AH AND SURUKON,
Otloa oa Market Slraet, ClearOeld, Pa.
aarOlliea hoarar 8 to II a. aa , and I tv I p. m.
JR E. M. SCIIKURKR,
IIOMIEOPATHIC PHVH1CIAN,
OIBee la rerldibre aa Piral at.
April 14. ;. Clear Dell, Pa
DR.H.B. VAN VALZAH,
CI.KAHPIKl.l), Pl:NN'A.
OKKICE IN II ANOXIC UUILPING.
JAT Oliee houra- Fropu II lo I P. M.
May 13, 1174.
DR. J. P. BURC H FIELD.
Wu ttrgMPiuf tb W64 HglmDtlr,iiulkiia
vAiuari. ttavin ratnrDd from iba Arm.
offtri hU profaMioDtl larvleai UthtoiUteii
of UlaarSald awaot.
drPnfatitoDaUftlli promptly atund-d u,
0H on daaottd tirtct, for tr I jf pid b)
llr.Woadi. apr4,'l U
WILLIAM M I1ENKY, Jubtioe
or fa Hue a Ann BcniVkhbn, LUM bKh
CITY. ColkMtioni mada aad mvuj prvaipilj
paid avor. Artwloa arnul aad daadi ol
autjana naatly aiaoutad and arruid oor
root or o obarita. i:.jy'7
REED & HAOEKTY,
HARDWARE, FARM IMf LEMLNTS,
Tluuart, hallo, dkc
Mfl,'77 pMid Utrtat, t UarBrld, Pa.
JAME8 H. LYTLE,
la Kralur'i Building, Clear IWId, Pa.
Dealer ta Omeerioe, ProelalMS Vegalablea.
Pralla, Wi.r, Peed, el., eta.
aprl4ll.ll
HARRY SNYDER,
BARBER AND IIAIRDRR8PKR
Rbup oa Market Kl., oppoalra Courl lloaaa.
A cleaa towel for every eu.loraer.
Alea eaaaaraelarar ul
All kli.de of Artklea In llaaaau Hair.
Clearlelo, I'a. aj.y II, '71.
JOHN A. 8TADLER,
DAK BR, Market It., Cl.arlrld, Pa.
Pra.b Dread, Raab, Rolla, Piae aad Oekea
01 band ar aaade u order. A geaeral aaeortraeat
af Coafaellaawiaa, fralia aai Nail la aueb.
loa Caaaat aod Oyelera bo aaaeoa. Vaieoa Beerly
eppoalla taa reluBVa. Prioat eaeeVrala.
Mare -t.
ar IP A D F T F T n
GEO. B. OOODLANDER, Proprietor.
VOL. 52-WIIOLE NO.
(Cards.
JOHN D. THOMPSON,
Juiiioe of th I'tiiot and Prrienfr,
( urnetuvUle, P.
"tor ffl.aj Tin
RICHARD HUGHES,
JUSTICE OK TUB HBACB
rnu
MHttttur Tou-Mhhip,
Otevola Mills P. 0.
nffioUl kufina'p tnirspttd to biv iM be
prom pi It aitrndrxl t. mrbJll '7 A,
THOMAS H. FORCEE,
BliLBl la
UENEKAl. M KRl'H AN DIKE.
IIHAIIAMTIIN, Pa.
Alia, elteoaive Br.nufnrturar and dealer ia Pquare
Timber and Diwed Luinlierof ell kinde.
-Orderl folloilfd aad all bill, pn.rnprl;
llled. I'll""'
DCIIIICkl UAIVMiM
n b w D b l i i w i in r. ii
House ant Sign Paintor and Paper
nanger,
Icarllrlil. Peiiu'a.
ab-Will eievule jolie io bn line promptly ana
la a wurkiuaalike maoo.r. arr4.A7
G. H. HALL,
PRACTICAL PUMP MAKER,
NEAR CLEABFIKI.D, PENN'A.
TPorupi alwaya oa band and uiade to order
n eborl aonoa. ripea oomo m .eriu.
All work warranted to raoiler aaliataetion. and
delivered If dealred. myla:lypd
E. A. BIGLER & CO.,
ARALRHB III
SQUARE TIMBER,
BBd inaBulaetarera of
A 1.1. HI KIM OP HAW I I) I tMlll K.
I-7'71 CLEARFIELD. PENN'A.
JAS. B. GRAHAM,
dealer ia
Heal Estate, Square Timber, Boards,
SIIINOI.KS, LATH, 1 PICKETS,
0:107.1 ClrnreeM, I'a,
WARREN THORN,
BOOT AND SHOE MAKER,
Market 11.. Cli-irHrld. Pa.
In tba -lion Ir'vIt oouuiiini Lj Frank Pburt,
linn dixir wul of AlU((hin)' Uuu.
ASHLEY THORN,
ARCHITECT, CONTKAC'IOH and HflLDKR.
Plana arid fprcifiaailon furrifahnil ft.r all kiud.
of buildinrra. All atirk firat rlaa.. rilair birii l
nK a aiecllry,
I". 0 addreee, Dearflrld, Pa. Jan . I T T7tf.
AMES MITCHELL,
DK1LKB IB
Stjunru Timber & Timbi-r Lnndn,
Jell'' CI.KAHFIKI.D, PA
J. U. M'MUllUAY
WILL HIIITLY VOI WITH ANY AKTICI E
OP MhKCIIAMiISK AT TUB VKKY I.OWKKT
PRICK. I'OMK AND BKb. .I:6:79,n
NEW WASHINGTON.
WEAVER & BETTS,
ukalerh lit
Real Esta'e, Square Timb r.Saw Legs,
AND LUMKBlt OK ALL KIND!.
U"'ft.o on Fa- mi trpaf. in rnr of tort
niDM of ((orjtfl Va ar A Cu. I )u9 '78 tf.
J. BLAKE WALTERS,
REAL ESTATE BROKER.
An DBAbSB la
Haw laOgM and Iiinihor.
CLEARFIELD, PA.
Oflioe ia drabam'a Kuw. l:Ji:II
S. I. SNYDER,
PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER
ABI DBALKE IB
Wale lien, Clncka and Jewelry,
'raAara'e Haw. Marktt Areef,
I l.KAMI It l.ll, PA.
All klndaof repairing tb aiy line priiu.ptly aU
ndrd to. April M. I7I.
NEW BOOT AJSD SHOE SHOP.
Tba utdrlgnd wnuld In form tb1 puliii' thai
ha bit rrnovi d bit Koi and hboa 8rmf In the
rMm lately ooeii(iici hr J-p. ItVitring;, In Sbaw't
Row. Mark ft lrnvt. wbcra ha In prrprtrvd l '
it?nil n tha wmt- of all who nee t Miiyihinft in hla
hoc All rb dnna t bin will bt- of the brt
n alt rial, and iiinrnit'i-d t ltri rlilin ttcry
rrvpnot. Ka-pAirtiipc pnnnptly allriid-d le AH
kiDiii ol Leitthvr i,d b'f Fiii'iiiif;- fr'a
JOHN sailLFKK.
ritar.ttil, Pa.Julf IA, IH77 m.
Clearfield Nursery.
ENC(UI!A(JK HOME IN I'DsTHY.
'PHR atdrrbiKBt'd. haTlrif tiiMlibrt a Nr
1 n on llif Vkr. ahnut half why tilwei-B
t'ka'fli'ld and t'uintnpvillp, ii pr.aral to tor
blb all klnda of r Kl IT T H K E, (ftandard and
darT.) Bvirxrt-iii, SliraKixry, Or4p Vin.
Ututtfrr, Lriwtuh Hlatrkhi-rry, ritrawltt-rry,
and Haipbarry Vint-a. A . Hibtrian l'rai Trfn-n,
(Juinco. and aarly prarlcl hhalmrb, lo. Qrdvrp
promutlj atirtaded tu. Addir,
J b WHIHIIT.
p2tl f.) CuraaDivillv, I'a.
ANDREW HARWICK,
Market Mrctt. ClrrUeld. Pa..
HAKurirTHIIKI ARP PRAI IR II
HAllNES, PADIM.ES, blUDLKS, COLLARS,
aud ail hinJU f
HORSE FVHMSIllSQ VUQbH.
A full Mock of Kaddleri' llnnlwara. Brunt) e,
('Mnr-i, Mankat", RuIm, aie., alwari on band
and fur Ml at ib lowot oaah prki-i. AU kintln
of rrlria promptly atlandcd to.
All kinda "I ktrtci taktn in aurbargp fur bar.
BtM and repairing. All klodt of harnH Unhtr
kept on baud, and for lale at a iihall pruflt.
ClMrBld, Ji. If, 1H7A
E. WARING'S
LAW BLANKS
Per nh al I be Clrarfleld Rarl'ILlcaa oBeo.
Tht moat iompltle ftrrtit ot t.aw
lllnnlst pttbllthul.
Tbraa Dlai.ke are ot(en ap ia .aprrlor aljle.
are al ueilurra aiae, and furniabi-d al rary low
flgarea for eaab.
Call at the- HmilKaa "t".f anil aiaiail
Ibeai. Ordora by nail proniptiy lined.
Addreee. IIOOULANUKK A LKK,
July 4. Ir-TMI. Clearta d Pa.
JOHN TROUTMAN,
DBALKK IN
FURNITURE,
5IATThi:sh:n,
AND
Improved Spring Beds,
MARKET HTKKKr, KHAR P. 0.
fbe aadereignod Wga leave lo iaforui the fill,
eeae of Claartteld. and tba penile generally, thai
be bae aa band a Baa aeeorlaieal of Kuroiiara,
eaeb aa Walaat. Cheelnal and Painted Channel
fulteo, Parlor Bellea, Reellning and RetoneiHB
fh.ira. LadMe' and flnta' Rear Cbaira, the Pe
foralod bialng aad Parlor Chair.. Cane Aeeta and
Wladaur Chalre, Clnehee Uara, lurti arid litea
Ilea Uddora, Ual Raaki, Barabbiig Braehee, Ae
MOULDINO AND PICTVRI PRAM BIT,
outing Blaaaee. CbraaiM, J whlak waalel
lilaMa for Holiaay Bjreeaale.
daal'7l iOU TROUTMAH.
I
2,561.
HSMOSKTIZATIOS, HESVUPTIOS, AND
LAUOH.
BFBBOH OX
.IJ.
OF PKNNSYLVANIA.
In the House of Representatives,
Tucaday. fetnaary 10, IB1H.
Ob tbe bill (II. R. No llJ) ta aulhoriu tha free
coinage ol the etiaiiBrd ellrer d.il'ar aad to
reatora ita lrgalleuder eburaoter.
Mr. Mur ltoy. Mr. Sit'ukur, no bill
Ilia lui-ii irt'elitf(l to this IIiiiihu ainco
tliu orunieulioii of t bt pruM'tit v on
frriMi ihul in ttttrui liiia; ui ihia limu
innie iuLlic ulieiiliiin than tlml wliith
inKiHt-H to ttiillioiizv lliu Irt-u cuiiiuge
ui Hie wtandaril ailrer dollur. renioro
ita vuluu aiitl lrrul imidor cliurut-U'r.
llunby aiitboriziii); tbu ovumimh'IiI
lo pay lliu lioiKlboMir in a coin ot
hilifr valuu tlmti tlmt ior.hw.Hcil I13'
lliu ciirrthcy wilb tvliiiti tin) bonda
wi ro piHcliased In in tliu frovuriinii'iil
wlifit iKHUt'd. All tluHaea and conrli
iioiiN ofonr itO1u are ugilattil on tbu
ii I jut tbu rich niuii, huiiki-r, and
binnlholdtT, Imx uumi they ut it will
drn ut iulo I bo vnlnu ot tlu-ir ininTly
uiid HocuriiitiH. Wbul Hiivcici of ara.a
ci ly rxrt'pl llu nby und buiida. I would
usk ll ni, baa not di .r. ciuU'il, I'nir
tnlly dt'iirut-iuted, diirinir tbu lut Hvat
yt-urK, involving a Itn-u proportion of
lliu liiiaiiiH nii'ii ol lliu fomilry 111
buiikriytiy und tinnln iul ruin ? Tliu
piMrr limn ia inU'rrati..d in tbia nit'ttauro
lifcuou bu aurfl in it aomu bopu of re
lief lor tbu blurvinir iubor ol tlio 1011 li
ny. Ia it not 1 1 11 1 u llmt nomo otliur
li-ihlui iun Hbould bu bud t-xcrpl tbut
in tbu inU'ii'Kt of Ibu cupiiuliNt at tbu
i xpi nw ol Ibu poor niuii a lul'or.
lulu I do notuxirt'ul to aibl iiiiyibniu;
new or auy uny thii.f; tbai ban not al
nuily bum r-uid, mid buturauid tbun
1 fun any it, vtt-11 lihirwinir thai tbu
people J buvu tbu bonor to repreaeiit
on 1 lain fli or uiu eainer-ilv and deeply
mu reaud in tbuauVHiul linuni iul l.rnp-
ortitiona now bvloreConirruaa, I cuniiol
iiliir-u t'i uxpreaa my viuwa in ruler.
eneu to tbu provinioita of tbu bill, be-
lluviMf. ihui hey uro in lull aeeord
Kith thu Hunlimelita of nine. tenth" of
Ibu t-onalitiiuucv I roiiruaunt. I ahull
Mippori, tbu meiiauru 'and volu, aa 1
lime votiu, lor I lie lull in lliu mturuat
of Iubor und common jimlieu to tbe
..pie.
1 buvu liiilb in ibut poliey of tbu
government wbieh pn teeta Anierieun
lulior uml Aiinriieun muiiiilui tuiinif 111-
diiblriia, und hiii-Ii leiialutioii an will
uirl in thu development ol our ruHOiireea
und Ulilir-u in tbu bibeat deureo the
vurioiia uleiueiila ot weullb with w hu ll
hu tire ho boiinlilully auppbed. Nilvur
ia one of ibu production' of our coun
try juat aa much aa wheat, corn, iron,
or coiioii. It ia iiui out of A me r Run
aoil by tbu Iubor ot Anierieun citizen,
uml it IB the duly of Congee try up.
pmpnutu Icyli-luliciii toivu It Its h ih
cat vuluu. A diMtiniirbed Senator
Huiil a few duj a lince : "Kor forty fun
1 11 rie nilvur baa been tbe money of all
nulioiia and uli people, and now when
it bua been tbu nioiiiy of all nation
und when wo have a greater quantity
it it Hum any other nuiion ol the
world, wo uie uiked lo udheru to a
Icpfialution thut impuira ita vuiue ami
rcaii-icl ita iieea. und dcclurcn lliut it
aliull not bu Uaud us it bun been lor
inoney."
It wo do not renionetiEoailvuril will
be lined aa bullion, aa traclionul cur
r. ii(. anil 111 tlieurta; but remonetisu
II. and aiblilionul uae and vuluu willbu
a!iven to It. 1 lie riilvcr dollur we pro-
piwu to com ia aa old aa tbu govurn.
iiient. It cornea to na Iroin tliu duya
nl the Revolution, und vtaa born with
the Cotiatitolinn. In Ibu lunu;iHiic ol
ibu Heiiulor from Virinitt, ' I hia ailvur
rlnllur bui been culled tbu dollur of our
lullicra, Kor one. I buve ifreut rcapect
lor it hccuuau it ia tbu dollur ot our lu
tbera. I urn Hillini; to auy llmt 1 v. 11
ciulu our luthcra. 1 veiierutu theCoii.
alituiion ot our tiitbei-a, tbu wiarlom t
our fulliera, tbu puirioliam of our fa
tliera. und Hie vntiica ol oiirlulbera;
und I iilao buve refill il for tin' dollur
I our lulbeia, und buviim thut I dc-
ait'o lo M-e it uiiuiit tbe coin ol Ihucoun-
trv. Kemirilbaa ot I hi) willitn und
liccircH of the dubtor lluaa. then tl'elll
bbng on ibu vuriru ot bunkruptcy uml
mm, tbe puity in power ulruid of the
pen eiiue ol duy lilit, umler tliu dm K-
icaa of a "atlapcliaion of the rillea."
lukini; tbe biiliilboldera lolheir beulla,
flun k down the ailver in the intereal
f ibu cupituhat und ctediior clura. and
ugiiinnt thutol the laboring und debtor
luaa.
Mull may rnuct luwa (but nru unjuat
uml uneriiiul in tlioir rt bitiona to arx-ie-iy,
but iiulurul luwa will ulwuya come
to lliu relict ot tliu HtriiiCaCliiikf uml op-
prcaaed. When in the bcgiiiniux of ihe
prt'aent cell 1 11 ry hnglniiil ilenioiiulir.eil
liver in tliu intereal ol the creditor
1 luaa, llieru never aa u more diamul
pciiod in Kiiliali hi-ioiy Ihun that of
lliu bull' cciiiury wbii li followeil Ihe
act. It ia ulUriuud that llio condilioii
of Ihu laborer wua lit I tu tietlur tbun II
aa during thu Miibllu Ajrca. Mr.
Pullcrrtoii 111 bia Eeoliomv ot ('unitul
aiulea lliut it wua a punod of nulionul
iliatruaa and pohticul ttiillallon. I here
waa a greut acunily ol money and the
maaaea anlTered and clumored for re
lict. The middle claraei irroaii. d tin
lor tuxution und demanded retrench
ment, und the prido ot tbe nation ana
mined a ahock in Ihe peace policy
which anwu in rarliament, bucuunu
tbonutioD waa Iihi povui ty-alrii ken
to wairu a iiioocrnful war. And yet we
aru naked to billow in the fooiaicpa of
KiiLliiud, by tbor. who uriu tliu aiuglu
Klamlurd in tbn country. Wu need
not follow. Our nation, an empire uf
empire, nueda no teuelmi irom
ubioud, aire that which la durivurl
irom Iho ruaoltii ol experience. With
tbu light of history lo guidu up, we
will keep clear ol thu rovkn upon
which thu prosperity ol other nntioua
war) wrecked. But if we aru to deter
minu our policy by thai of otbur na.
linna, wj mil, aland by tbu ailvur dol
lar, aa ita adoption by a large tnujoriiy
ot tbe nullum or Ibu earth demon
airuU-a the wisdom of audi a course.
Of tbe principal commercial nations
ol the world Kniilaml, tlvrmany, Tur
key, rurlngul, Urnisil and Uhlli uau tb.
singlu alamturd. Tbe others liuru
uibipted tbu doiitilo ilanilard, except
Holland aud Uulgiiim, and lliey adopt
ed ailver as single standard ol value.
Tbe (! rinaniu powers, under thu lead
ot liii-mur. k, in thu intervals of Ihu
creditor clasa have also attempted, by
enactment, the deuionelimllull uf sil
ver. What Is ihu result ? Two bun. I red
millions of dollars of silver have beun
wilbdrawn. In a measure, from circula
tion. Alter tb. war wilb Franca, re
ceiving Irom that power an Immense
sum of money aa an tdeinnity, which
being placed in circulates adding
largely to tb. wolam. of twrrcnoy, all
manner of tradca asd boiloeia began
CLEARFIELD,
to flourish. Wagei advanced, employ
inunt of Iubor inurouHud, and lb" de
mand was such as lo not alone stop
umigralion to this and other countries,
but also to force a return flow of many
who hud vmigialed to other lunds in
the hope nl improving their condition
Since the demonetization ot silver and
ibu consequent destruction uf pari ol
thu currency of tbuir country a rutro
grude movement bus tukun place in
thu industrial pursuits of thai people.
The aame shrinkage in values lias oc
curred thut have characterized this
country consequent upon tbe deatruo
tion ol part of our currency. Wages
buvu aguin decreased, business has 1)0
como stagnant, and general depression
of business affairs and ruin of commer
cial ventures baa been the result.
Whenever among tbe nations ot tliu
earth history, past or present, Kiinls
ils unurnng finger ait a guvvrunvunt
which bus deliberately dustroyud tbu
money uf its people, it alike reoords
tbe fuel ol its I'ommt-rciul prostration
aud industrial decay. Crime flourishes,
and virtue Indus its bead. Thu music
ol the mill is bushed inllie cry ol dis
tress. Hunger aud poverty strike
bard blows, Tbu voices ot starving
hundreds pierce the walled houses of
kings. Wrecks of savings-banks, in
surance and trust compunies whose
mime)' has been garnered from the
pisir; ruin of corporations which had
employed a vut aniount of Iubor in
tliu coiisirutction of works of internal
improvement ; private credit cuuvuls
ed, shattered, anil lorn to aloms; pov
erty, want, und suicide, aud tbu mon
uincnts thai history builds to tlio na
Hons who have strangled their peo
ple's inilur.tries, and ure the mile stones
tiiut murk the golden road to restimp
lion. Mr. Speukur, the demonetization ol
silver docs not uffect the bondholder
with bis untaxed millions, nor the
crudilor cIubs with its recorded mort
gsges upon thu tnnns, hinds, und in
duaiiiul pursiiils of thu nuiion. It af
fects lliu debtor class, tbut class which
plows and plants, which builds and
benutiflus, and pro-pers most whin
peace and plenty abound in the land ,
thut cluss who live by tbe una and
trades of man, who "lilt the lever and
move I bo shuttle," who delve in Ihe
earth amid its treasures and unloirse
ils rocky rivets, who lay tha iron ur
teriea of trade and push forward our
itilund commerce, who level the for
ests and build cities, who erect sign
boards of prosperity every where in the
broad land, and make the world and
mankind butler for having lived in it
This is the ( luaa that this uct unporur-ir-hes;
the cluss of no hereditary priv
ileges or cntuiled eatnles, bill only
Mich us it carves out of bountiful na
ture by ita skill and labor; tbu cluss
whoso greatest cupitul is ils bonu and
sinew, its inlulligunce und industry.
In this hour of its peril it is the duly
of the country, through ils luw-tnakurs,
to come to ils assistance by undoing
that unwise legislation which has op
erated so fatally against its interests.
If you destroy this class of citizens
you urush the firmest element in the
construction of the social fuhrio, an
olement upon which tbu country al
ways relies in the hour of its peril;
not only does it creuto great victories
by the una of peace and give strength
lo tbe government, but amid the
smoke ami flame of war it is the cluss
thai stands lirniust in ihe sins k of but
tle. Crush this element of a nation's
strength by ruinous legislation and
reduce it 10 pauperism aud you will by
tbe saino luw impoverish the nation.
from a nation of freemen glorying in
thepiiduand strength of their coun
try yon will create a nation of serls.
slavva of Ihe money power whose
chains uie lightly riveted.
Instead of the citizen honored and
tree, walking erect among his fellow
men. conscious of his own strength
and security, proud of his country and
its institutions, he will crouch al the
leel of bis money lord, beurt-brokun,
and famished with poverty and toil.
Let us not by any act ol ours, as thu
represenlutivus of the people, uid in
establishing such a condition of socie
ty. The wrecks of nations oncu great
and proud be all ulong the shores of
ln-lol v. crushed by those who ruled
in lliu interest of class. It lias been
ssserted here during ibu discussion of
this question that thu act duiiioiieliziug
silver waa not only a breach of the
Const il lit ion und u fraud lipn tbepeo
plu by depriving ihum ol one ol their
constitutional coins, but that it was
also a fraud on posterity by the ul
lempl to iucreusu the national debt
which would be theirs by inheritance.
Thu people have vested constitutional
right in the money ol their counlry.
Ihu C'oiisiiiuiion ol the United
Slates in the use of the word "money"
111 article 1, section 8, means both uf
the precious mcluls, and Ihu power to
regulate tbe mine thereof with any
other meaning would bu uburd. Tbu
power to regulate the ta'uo of money
would not buve been enjoined upon
Congress bad it not meant bol'i gold
and silver, (iold und silver constitu
ted the money of the country at that
lime as ildid ol the commercial world.
Kiiailuinl did not dcmonclizu silver un
til 18(19 - It is certainly a violation of
j.-.v.. u- .-.)-- -1. -
by any act of Congress, us it deprives
tbu people ol one of their vested rights.
The Tweiity llisl Congress of ihe Uni
ted Stulva appointed a select commit
tee lu "consider the statu of the cur
rency." lu the report submitted to
Congress tbu lullowing lunguago oc
cur. :
Tba Conalitutioa of the United Suiee evident
ly eonleiuplalea ia Ibe power sitnlerred upoa
rbta gorerBraeat 10 ei.iB money, regulate Vim vol
a thereof, aad of foreign aula, aa J tba rMtrtctitB
impoaed opoB iba Miatva 10 ranke boibing but
gold aad ailver oniu a lender ia payaieat ol debt a,
that tba Boaey if tbla country auall be gold and
ailrar.
Our system of money established in
the year 1792 fully adopta the print I
nle that it is expedient to coin both
metals as money, and such haa always
been the opinion ot the people ol the
Untied Hiatus. I mlglil ruler to opin
ions of eminent men. statwm n, ami
political economist of this and other
countries, who have invest igateil the
subject, and all agree that lu abridge
tliu quunttly ul circulating medium uy
lemonutiaing silver will produce an
unfoiiunnte result, such a result as w.
witness to-day in our land. I cannot
conceive ol a higher duty imiHs-ml up
on us than to repeal thu haaty and
fraudulent Icgialaiion that robbed tbe
tictihlu ol a liar I ol tlio currency nl
tbuir country. 1 will not pursue ibis
subject auy further as so much has al
ready been said in re I ere nee lo II on
'he floor of tbia House, hut I will
briefly refer to another subject closuly
and intimately identified with the sil
ver question,
Tbe act of January 14, 1B75, i
vidiiiK for tbe ruMimpliim ol speciu
payments at a filed lime by Ihe con-
tntctlun ol toe currency, II not speetii
ly repealed will ia my opinion con
tinue and increase tb. wide-spread dis
aster and ruin that ha. betallvn onr
people. In 1501, tba yoar of 0o be
PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN.
PA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6, 1878.
ginning of our grcatem prosperity, we
hud a circulating medium of upward
of f 2 000.OOU.tlUO including oertiflt alui
ol indebtedness, compound iiiterust
notes, fractional currency, and nulionul
bunk noies and greenback!.
In 1875, ten years later, ere had a
circulating medium of lesi than (800,
(100,000, being a reduction in a period
of tun year, of more than $1,000,01)0.
000. Ot course tbe shrlnkugo of value
consequent upon this wholesale de
struction of the people'a money wai
very great in all klndi ol property ex
cept that ot tbe bondholder, which in
creased in value. Notwithstanding
this enormous reduction, the act uf
1875 decreed a Mill further reduction
by provitling for the redumption of
I'ruct ionul currency until the whole
amount outstanding sluill be reduemed,
anil also the redemption of legal ten
der, before, January .J, ..18711, until
there shall bu outslunding but S300,
000,000 of inch legal-tenders and no
more. Under the provisions of this
act nearly 1100 000 000 of the circu
lating medium, including fractional
currency, have been dustmyed. .Should
lliu act become etfuciuul what tbe re
sult must be can he imagined when, as
gold will not in all probability enter
into the circulating medium and silver
demonetized, uur wbolu circulating
currency will consist of the remaining
legul lenders and national bank notes.
Tliu inevitable result of such action
will be pauperism and repudiation.
Rtil il was never intended by tbu
Irumursol tbu aut ol 18U2 thai gave
us Ihe 5 20 bonds that they should bu
redeemed in coin.
During the candidacy of General
Grunt for the Presidency it was charg
ed upon the fltsir of this House by Mr.
Ross, of Illinois, that if Grunt wus
elected the Republican parly, ut llio
instance uf the money lords of the
laud, on Id enact a law making their
bonds payablu in coin.
Thadduus Sluvuis, of Pennsylvania,
whiwu memory the Kupiihlicuu purty
should ever cherish and who w is tbu
author of ibu law, arosu in Ins seal and
wilb ull tbu euriiuxliiuas of an honest
conviction repudiate! tbe itlea that tbe
Republican parly intendud any such
thing. Suit! bu :
I want to aay fh.L If tbia Inaa waf lo be paid
aoei.r liog to the intiuiauoa of the geoileraaa frota
Illiaoia, r I kai-w there aee auoba patforta and
aueb a delerrB'Bttliia tbu day oa the pari of aoy
party. I would vole for the other aide, Prank
lilair Bnil all. I weuld role for no aoeb .wiarile
upoa Ike tiii-tiayrr. ol tbia eountrr I w uid rote
lur ao aueb rpci-u atioa in lirurof tbe large booil
hul lrra, the millionaire., who took advantage of
our folly in granting there ooin-pai taenia ot in
lereat i ead I declare well, tt b bard to any it
but if evro Prank iilelr etol upon the platform
ot paving the homla according to contrai-t aad
the ttepublicaB e.n'll.late biocm. upon tbe platform
uf paling liondhi.lilera twioe tbe amount we
agrees to pay them, I would rote for Prank Blair,
even if a woree maa tbea Horatio beyuiuur boat
ed the Id ket.
Not only Tbaddena Stevena and
others in the Hotisu, bill Senutors Mor
ton and John .Sherman in thu Senate, du
el:, red that the bondholder who de
mands betler money for bis bonds tbun
bu puid for them is uu extortioner and
repudtalur. Huw one uf these Sena
tors "sits in the seal of customs" burn
ing and destroying the money of tbe
people undei the bubest ot a law be
bititsulf usa chairman ol thu Committee
on finance in thu Sunutu aided in pans
ing ai d adopting.
In no way can we consider the re
sumption act io a favorable light. In
no wuy is il beneficial lo the people it
adhered to. All thu industries of tbe
country, which by the greatest care
and most rigid economy have Dccn
able lo survive thus fur, will be levulud
to the earth. All thu large corpora
lions which have with a kindly care
nl thousands ul workinguien Irom
tiller stuivalion will he compelled to
aiisiiend their work aud bar their duors ;
and many thousands uf wuntleriug
men will lie added to the vast urmy who
in-day ure traversing our luml sucking
Ihe bare meuns of support. Rut I do
not believe it ia in the power uf the
government to resume under this act.
It is estimated by aomu of our most
careful llnuiiciers that it will require
!50,llll0 0110 in coin lo resume speciu
nuMiients in January, 1879. Where
is this amount uf coin tu unine Irom f
Il appears from a report of the Sucru-
liuy ot the I rcasiny, Inudo lo tins
House, lliut there is less tlml! 0O mill,-
000 ot gold in thu Treasury, and only
Una amount utter tlirue years ol pre
paration, pari of which ta auhjeel lo a
large amount of act Ming gold iniercsi.
We can obtuin but a small amount 01
cold from abroad. It is the polit y ol
Knropeun nations to keen their gold
coin ut homu to meet Ibeir own du
mutids. Thu only means left will bu
liv thu dustrucliuii of the legal tender
ciirivncv. me inuvitanie restius tu
which uiion thu nrostieriiy ol me pco-
plu I havu already referred lo. Who
vt nuts resumption at specie payments (
Not lliu debtor cluss. and all will ail
mil that they are largely in tbu majo
rity. Who objects lu ihe greenback
Inllar? Il ia the only money this nu
iion needs for ils welfare and pmsjivri
ty. It was gtsid enough tor the aoJ
tiers who lotiglil tnc names 01 uie
Union and It is good enough m w lor
tbu bondholder who paid tor Ins bond
in currency worth, as compnred with
nin. but lortv. tilt v. and sixty cents
on Ihu dollar, and now culls us swum
we propose lo pay III in in coin.
lloth Houses uf Congrcse have re-
sol veil ami declared by a decisive vote,
very suggestive to Ihu occuiiutil ot tlio
hixuciitive Uhamoer, mat an iiieuonna
of the United States issued or author
izetl to bu issued umler tlio sovcral acta
of Congrusa are payable, al tbu option
ol the government, in liner uonars ui
the coinage ot the United Males, con
tuininu- 4121 grains each (if standard
silver ; and thai to restore aueb coin to
its former valuu and make it a legul
tender in payment of said bunds is not
in violation tu me iitioiiu lanu nor in
derogation of the rights ol the public
creditor. 1 bu paseage ol the silver
bill by an equally decisive vote will
sunn, in my opinion, re an accoinpnsu
ed act.
Hut the reniotit t'tution of silver and
the repeal of tbe reanmpiinn act will
not avuil to promote the prosperity uf
the nation, unluse by wisu and prutlenl
laws we stimulate public and private
enterprises and encourage such meas
ures aa will furnish employment fur
Ihe men who create the weullb ol the
nation.
A few weeks ainre a resolution waa
introduced in tb. House, offered, as I
believe, not Hi the interval ol the nub-
liu wellare, called "an antisubsidy res
olution, ' which, II strictly adhered lo.
would prevent the government from
enacting any laws, no matter bow well
iuardedlbcy might tajagainst encroach
incuts iiki! thu pulliu Tnasuiy, that
would aid and encourage tuu Develop
nieiit by private eilvrprise of tbu resource-sol
tbecuuliliy and tut advance
ment of the internal commerce uf tbe
nation.
I recorded my vet. against that res
olution. While 1 am opposed to grant
ing aubsidie. aa a principle and to In
discriminate legiaUiion Itt tb. interest
REPUBLICAN.
of combinations of Individuals for per
Bonul gain, yet in llio present condition
ol the country, wilb Its industrial in
tercuts puralt zed and two millions of
ils people without Iubor, 1 believe it to
be the internal of the people, of tbe
greut mass of our intelligent and hard
workinguien, who to day are implor
ing for an opportunity to Iubor as a
means of support for themselves and
their families, thut the government
should lend ita uid to auch enterprises
as partake uf a nalional character and
which if entered upon would contribute
largely to relieve our workingmen from
the deplorable condition in which they
now find themselves. The great ques
tion of labor with ita collateral banes
underlies the foundation Of all human
happiness and prosperity. Man by his
organization is un active being. He
was created to labor. He is born with
wuiits that can ulone be suurficd by
labor; and thu gratification of bia iiul
urul desires is Ihu highest incentive to
honest toil. By the exercise of his
bruin, by arts unj machinery, he con
stantly endeavors to promote bis well
being, improve hn condition ; and that
keun) him alwaya in a state of wunl.
All ibe vast improvements of tba age,
the metropolitan cities that have been
lounded, the canals that buve been dug
tor Inland commerce, the iron rails that
have been laid to explore Ibo secret
spots of ihe Valley and tbe rocky fa-t-nesses
of tbe mountains, tbe slops thut
beur ujmn theoceun'e bosom to loreign
climes thu products ot our noil and ihe
labor of our sona ; the forges and lur
nucus, tuclorics and mines where lultor
is luund ; the telescope by which we
peur through the realms of unnieastir
ed space ; tbu printing-press, the great
educator uf thu human race ; thu silver
and gold deposits of thu bills and
mountains, uprooted and torn by the
baud uf inuii from tbu depths of tbu
earth ; all procluim the wondrous pow
er that it po-es in the bands of the
Hercules of lulior.
The spirit ol civilization awakened
in Wuslurn Europe toward Ibe close of
tbe tilteenlh cenluiy developed the ele
ments of power und thu ingenuity of
labor that discovurud a western empire
sullied by hard toil and in the face of
extraordinary difficulties and dungcrs.
lis purullul in Intensity ot action bus
not been found ill history.
Under the stimulus ot our true insti
tulioits, what has been thu slow work
of twu thousund years in Europe has
been performed here in two centuries
III thu Old World men were born to
wealth which they could not alienale
or lo poverty from which they could
not escape. Under our Kcpublicau
form of government the dignity of Iu
bor wus established and the equality ol
manhood preserved, from the trials
and bardshiHt ot the Revolution came
that principle which, embodied in the
chat ter of uur freedom, bus crealec1 an
empire in which honest labor is ihu
foundation ot social and polilicul pros
perity uml where all men are sover
eigns. We realize that we live in an
ugu ol improvement, in which investi
gation ia active and mccesslul and In
which what haa already lieen accom
plished is but the brilliant promise ul
what ia yet to be iicriormcd. In this
Democratic and industrial age, bow
ever, il is impossible to cull a nation
wealthy and iiroanerouao hecaus vast
capital is in Ibe bands and under tbe
control of a lew individuals, when the
masses ol the people are struggling tur
existence. 1 lie great problem ol inoo
ern slutesmunsbip ia to determine the
question of the rewards of labor Tbe
leudal uge bas lurevcr passed, wnen
governments weru urgumzed to inuin
luiu in idleness fuvoi ed subjects through
tbu toil and sweat uf tbu masses. Tbu
aim ot national economy wilb the ad
vance nl political t quality is to secure
a "lair day's wages for a fuir day's
Woi k.'' Ol the joint products of lulior
and capital, what proportion should
lull lo each ; what rate of division
should bu est iblished for tbu amount
of cupitul invested, and what guin lu
lior uhoiild secure in tliu general distri
bution, aru Ihu questions that arc to
day paramount in Ibe cxcitiirg strug
gles uf an intlustriul 3ople. If capitnl
ulone is todetormine Ihe vulueot Iubor,
tbun there is no bopu for tbu i-crinati
en I improvement ul tbu workiiigmun's
ondilon.
Tbu heurt, the spirit, uml Iho ener
gy nf bis lilu will bu crushed and bu
will renitmi thu siavo Ol llio money
lords ut creation, wilh every means of
bis advancement in intulligenue, morula.
ami physicnl character dest roved und
social order eiidungered. While il is
truu that caiulul can live on its accti
miilulioiis when lulair would starve lor
want ol employment, and therefore true
Ihul capiiul haa power to dictate
terms in cane of dixugrecmcnt, yet thu
history of tba world exhibits tbu wis
dom ot generous Healing tvnn moor.
It ia the day ot prosperity, ut goon
wages und ctuistunt vmplovmeut, llmt
nuts heart and bono into a man. lie
is happy ami contented under a Condi
lion lhal presents him llio opportunity
ul becoming his uwn master; that elia
hies him lu educate his children, gather
alniut him thu comforts and ornaments
of a borne, and holds before him Ibu
visions ot a higher pi ecu in the wulks
ut bio. lint if you muke him thu sluvu
... M..MA.,..l.-. MIlHiei (MWIIR ...ltll.lt
knows only its own aggrandizement,
jolt destroy the energy ol his manhood
and the generous impulses ol his na
Hire. Ho is henceforth a tool, anil as
such becomes the easy prey and victim
of tbe corrupt and designing demngo
guo, who, like the petrel ul aca, "pinos
in acalm und is happy only in a storm."
The French Jtuvolulion, unparalleled
in the history of the wmld tor ita atm
cities and horrors, was the result of the
shameless abuse of Ibo mosses of thu
peasantry and working people
Tbe accumululion of wealth in tbu
hands of the few; the dissoluteness,
arrouaiice, and corruption of the no
bilitv, holding a vast proportion of the
wealth ol the nuiion and bearing no
portion of the burdens of th. Slate ;
the unuscs ol l tie law ; mu oppression
of the people by extrunidiuary and out
rageous tuxution br Hie support til a
diseolulu Court and nobility, and the
destruction of all busines. intervals and
the vitality of commercial and met hnni
chat iinrnuils produced a spirit of (lis
oonlt'iit which waa stimulated by the
idleness and sufferings of the mitUltfldr
ol akilled labtirera lliu thrown oul nf
employ meiit, and who, mercurial
organization demanded constant labor
to prevent the name of mob violence
from bursting lorth and consuming thu
authors ol Ibeir ow n ruin. These ai ts
and conditions occasioned that revolu
tion a buse desolations have no equal
in the history of mankind. Tbe liberal
character of our form ot government
cultivate a higher order nl law abiding
citizenship; jut il Is our duly as the
representatives of ihe people, invested
by them with thu law-making power,
to aee to il that by no unwise legisla
tion we arouse a similar spirit among
the massea of our people who toil fur
bread, Let ui resolve to undo and
repeal all kfriilation that etrikei al
NEW
llio peace and prosperity of the lund
bv uenriving the workinginan of an
eqnul chance wilh llio capitalist in the
race ot lite. J.et us tint enact laws in
the Interests of one cluss to the detri
ment of another ; luws tbut muy seem
ingly benefit a richer class of society,
hut in their application ure often per
verted to the great injury ot the work
ing clussvi and always disastrous to
industriul pursuits. Legislation tor
ihe capitalist hus a natural tendency
to engender a conflict between lunor
and capiiul, and a want of a proper
knowledge of the harmony of their in
terest often crcules a spirit of resist
ance on the part uf the working clusses
resulting in an organization of com
binud efforts to redress their supiosed
wrongs, which frequently leads tu law
less methods lo secure their end.
Harmon' between labor and cupitul
the true relation : ull else is un un
natural condition. Cupitul finds Its
greatest return in tbeconlvutmeiil and
willing service ot lulior ; and to lunor,
cupitul is the highest and greutest
tteiicluclor. Without means to put Hi
operation iho great works of thu age,
the Itluslriul energies of the nation
would bo paralyzed. Cupitul in this
counlry is generally lliu accumulation
ol past labor. He who hoards not his
gums, but diffuses tbum in lliu execu
tion of gruut desigm tor the improve
ment of society end the development
of civilization, is that beneluclor lu
Iho human race who makes Iwo liludcs
of grass grow where one grew belore.
1 ugrce with the litmroscnluiive hum
Iowa Mr. Deuring, who said upon
this fltsir a few duys since :
Capital and the indnetriee of Ike country arc
no operative and thi two inlereete ire io.epa.ra-
me. uut I flivldr the ownera ol eapeal loto to
eleeeee i thoee who gaml.ie la etoefca aod epeoa
tstc oa the laetuatiooa lo uii.Bry and reeurmeo;
and, airondlv, Iboao who.e tnoner sirculalie
auiong Ibe people and -'be reek fnveatuanta la
aat-ti aoove tnlerpnera and Iniprovttuonte a win
provi-ia tmplovairut lor labor aod eo large the
bounda of luduatry. All ligi.letion tltatu-n ia lu
al'mulat. aod encourage the operation, of tklk
Lee oroapiialieia 10 la the luttreet af tabor aod
la mote pr.doctire of good reeuiu tu tba working
oiaaae Ibao direct legialatioo.
(Jive ibe workingmen of our coun
try employment with living remunera
tive wages, und witb hearts full of hope
and an cutbiisiusin burn of conscious
power they will move on in the grand
struggle of life, ami mountains will be
leveled, valleys tilled, tunnels bored
through ibueturnul hills, 1'orer.toclcured,
iron rails laid acre ins a continent, fur
nuces and lorgca made to roar ami
blunt, mines opened, and Cut turies and
workshops send turth tbu smoku ot in
dustry. Nowhere in Ibe world bus
tbu result ot a harmonious union ol
cupiU I and labor been developed in a
higher degree and lo a greater extent
in ull ita useltilness than in our own
country. Tbu American nation began
its existence with a population ol less
than three millions and with an area
of territory less than eight hundred
thousand square nines.
A century hus passed, and under tho
stimulus ot a republican form nf gov
eminent administered wilh a liberal
policy wo buve now a population uf
nut less tbun lorty-five millions, and an
urea of territory ot nearly four million
square miles, uur nag nouts mini sea
tu sea amid the waving wheal fields uf
the vulley und the snow-crested peaks
of our mouiiluins. Ibe developments
ol our agricultural industries have been
unprecedented in the history of ibe
world. The assessed value of farms
and farm stock in I lie United Slutes in
1870 was 111,000,000,000, and farm
products and lurlil wages for the year
IBGjf amounted to upwurds uf 83,000,
OUU.000. The value of the products nf our
manufactories has udvuncod from J20,
000000 to 14,000,000,000. Foreign
aud domestic cnmniurcu have increased
wilh gigantic proportiuns, and until
the policy of the party in powcrduring
the lust sixteen years, in connection
witb the inroutls made by tho war, bus
utmost destroyed ourconimerce, it was
the pride and boast of thu American
patriot lliut thu ittils ot our merchant
fleet whitened every sea, bearing the
products uf onr soil and uur industries
to every nuiion and people whoso
shores were wanhad by tlm liiles of
ocean. When we behold the results
of the vust Iubor lliut within a hundred
yeurs bus been performed within our
borders, and then witness the starving
condition ol the woikingnien all over
thu land, wu aru compelled loa-k uur
selves und our wiso men und political
economists, what has produced Ibis
result.
With nil our boasted wealth, indus
try, and intelligence, with our vast re
sources, wilh thu energy and courage
of our ninny millions of population, we
ure lo duy very lur from u niiuu m gen
eral prosperity. On looking around us
wu behold nearly all our intlustriul
pursuits puralyzed. Trade languishes
und conitiiurco bus died away. Our
workshops are closed, tbu fires of our
Itirnuces and forges nuve gone out, mm
nearly ull forms of productive industry
ure iinrcmnucrutivo. Thousand of
workmen with honosl hearts and w
ing hands aro without labor and their
tnun lie are starving in tlioir homes.
Labor strikes huvo been inaugurated
in various parts of tho country, ami
misiruided. excited men, suffering from
effects of nuremunerutive wages, have
l -1 -.--. dutf-met
orgunizetl government and spreading
terror and tlesoliition everywhere on
their destructive march. In the Ian
gtiugo of the Senator from Nevada
la Ihla rona'ry tba dlaircM of labor, reaching
a aoiat eerer before known, be. eu'iuioatiHl In
mo'-a wbirb bave given oioniia oxprcioo
tba deepair of the peopla. Tbn Army of tbe
t'altcil H'aree, aeri-r befora a-o-l for aueb a pur.
p ee, baa been railed upon withia B taelvetaunth
ta perlotra police duly, h piwerve eonlal order,
and to p oleol private properly The cdrrieatra
of Ihe gold proliv, eoBaoiooa appnrmtly that it
atll racks chronic -tbia ana linen af Ibinge and
permanently dmiand the came rrueily, bare la
aiated that tbe aambcra irf ihe Army .huld aot
only be kept up but enlarged, not to ri-.i.l foreign
eaemii-e, goard lorla, or enforce Ihe lawe of tbe
Uaitrd biaiee. but la repr aa tbe riotoaa aprialog
ol a bungty, linked, netting, aad fianttc pupa
lara.
Tho New York Tribune, of the 7th
iust., editorially aay :
Oca af tbe Bto.t terribly .Ignifiranl inaidenla
ronnecled with the Ion of the Meer-pelte last
week was thr feet that one boar altr tbe sewa
that tbe ahip bad goae dowa arrivt-d ia rbiladm
phla. VB all the oieegrraleil horror, af a Irst
di-palea, the oftVc or ibe Mt-eare. Comae eraa b-.
aeiged with beailrel of hanger bitten, drrent
bmb, begging for tbe pleeee el lb drowned
lebrere. la Ihia cite ttat-rt bare bee aver a
thousand applleaala at tba agacy lor Now B ath
u . iu ,M a Mi lahrar. aa.) raeohaeioc oa
th. .'ipp i"""'.''
ea Bi eo
ar el ra.ee nf asetauroe poor ta meeuieo ,
bbo Bra aot paaerra fma loellaall ia ear mora
than tba moat rv.peutslle reader of Iba TVieeoe ;
boaeal, taeeetrioea, trag.il, la tba majority at
re.ee brori, l lamili, who arc oot of wo'h, aad
are raadv la ga 10 Ibe other .Ida af tba glens, or
la be lor. eta al Breail, la get aork to keep tbelt
wivte aad ebildna Irom aurrlng. It at aat'leea
e Ignore this ailsrrab c, gaaal leet which ataree
aa ta the fera at every Burner. It ia act la be
dlepelled aay stager by cap hoaoe oa the oae
hand, orgeaiaad prrsautloBe agaioet traiupc ia
ibe wilier, a hava bed taougb dieoureiuB oa
the rtlellre Bdveategec ol eeeaoiunel and orgea
had eberily. Il io sol ebony Ibu la aaaled 1
11 te aerk, eed lie aiy aork wkioboDoroaww aa
a rellrfle Iba .alertag la tba elltoc ic tanatng.
Doer ihe Beea-puvyeu meebeaiea aad labor, ra
Bav got iBroagh u.tt wiaier.veoo ..... -tbec
a. echoes arcane helaad hr tbemild weetksr.
Uai la threw aeate Binag will op-a, aad what
la tbea to be text tha rewtvalat baetacM wi
ha tat alight te afar them aay laagitla half.
TEBMS-S2 per annui; '.a Advanoe.
SERIES - VOL. 19, NO. 9.
Are Ibey all to sink dowa permanently Into tramna
and paupera f Or, ineaae ul a revival of Iba la1 or
trouiika ot laat Ja y, are wo to kiep tbeu aa a
react re eorpe, ready, aa tbia, Ut loia, with tvrrtble
tficel, tbeaiiii el dLorder, riot, aad rapine f
Mr. Speaker, what bus produced ibis
condition of atluirs ? Hus thu earth
rutused to respond lo Ibu Iubor of the
husbandman f Hus tbe sun bidden its
luce and the gentle rain of heaven
ceased to full f Has the urtieun for
sworn bi skill and tbu strong arm ol
labor lust Ita strength f Not al all.
Nature wua nevur moru buumiful, thu
cunh never yielded moru abundant
burvusts. lliinittu bunds were nttvur
moru willing. Wbut then has produced
this statu uf all'uirs ? It il said by
some tu bu thu result uf uur extrava
game, born ul the reckless nuns of war,
und of thu enormous pecuiulion and
squandering of the public f unds wrung
by tuxuliuu Irom tbu toiling and pro
ducing masses.
But 1 assert hero to-day aa my delib
erate conviction, that to the parly in
power, wbu tur sixteen years und more
nuve controlled the lugislulion ut the
counlry, to tbuir ruinous financial
policy una continued 4110 and dusire
to legislate in tbe interest uf Itm capi
talist and against thut uf tbu laborer,
wu can buuesily charge tbe cause ul
tbu pt'esunt depressed condition uf uur
country. 1 believe it lo be the duty
of the liuvurnmeiit lo furnish the peo
ple wiiu a currency ul tbu Highest
Vuluu aud in sueb quantities as may be
required tu conduct all thu legitimate
business unturprisus in which an active,
energetic people muy engage, sutUuiunl
lo develop our resources, cultivate uur
larins, build uur ruilruads, open our
minus, and establish iiiuuu lactones.
When our people weru prospering
und had an ubunduncu ut currency ihu
purty 111 power, controlled a I believe
by the bondholders, sanctioned und
uulborized the destruction ul morulbun
oiiu bulf uf that currency uutruged
ibu rights of thu debtor class in the
inlfrei-l. nl llincreditorctuss bv thu uct
nf 1809, when under thu protunse ul I
strengthening thu national credit they
converted tbu bonds that weru issued
and made puyitbio in greenbacks into
bonds payeblu 111 com only, thus add
ing millions to the burdens of tbu peo
ple, ilicfi Iheactotjuntiary 14, lata,
was passed, requiring resumption ol
specie payments without preparation
at a fixed day, when they well knew
that the financial condition of the coun
try was tinublu to bear tho change.
And not content with this they violutu
a sucred contract wilh the people, which
tiad existed since the foundation ol the
Government, by repudiating and de
monetizing lliu silver dollar, ttius muk
iou-Kll th., ii,ileliie,lt,i.saoi'il,ni.oimirvUtailh. Wake your nousos comlorta
payable in gold alone.
W but trreutcr crime can bo named '
uguinst the luilh, bope, and energy of a
people, against the heart and lite ol a
nutioH, than ibis deliberate uttempt to
destiny tbu currency of ibe couutry.
Iliil Ibu signs of tbu times are en
couraging. The workingmen of the
nuiion aru awakened lo their truu in
terest determined It, assert their
rights, and cupitul is ever cowardly.
Let ns stund by the grcenhuck dol
1. -,. l...l. r ; n . i.n 1,
ull ihu credit, and all the earnings of
tbu nation. No money ever bud a
belter, broader, or stronger foundation.
Let ihe Government furnish the people
with sufficient currency for all legiti
mate business; lurnisb it directly with
out ibe intervention ot tbe subsidiary
currency issued by the Government to
organized capitalists undur the pro
visions ut thu National Bunking Act.
Lut tbu money ot the people bu that
ol ibu Government. Let us give to
thu laborer tbu vuluu ot bis industry.
Lrt Coiigrei-s repeal lliu unwise and
obnoxious luw that have produced tbe
ruin of industrial pursuits. Let Ibe
silver dollar bo attain invested with ils
former power. Lei the uct resuming
speciu puymuul bu repealed ; then our
Army will no longer " move to over
uwe and quell thu outbreaks ol plun
dered und starving labor," but a bright
er day will dawu upon the distress and
desolation thai now pervades the lund.
1SGKUS0LL AH A FARMER.
Col Bob Ingcrsoir theology may be
u lillle crooked, but hi tunning view a
ure curiuinly orthodox, lie has giv
en his Illinois friends some racy re
marks on tunning which, besides being
pructicul will be tbund to be pleasuut
reudiug :
You seo before yon to day an old and
experienced tiller of tho soil, 0110 of tho
hurdhunded sons 01 lunor, one wuo nn-
iigiues Hint he know s something 01 ine
url ol cultivating ibe soil and extract
ing happiness from Iubor, 1 know
that tbu oltl style of farming was a
mistake. When I was a farmer in tbo
olden times in Illinois they used to
lenco IHO acres of lund with two dogs.
W ben I w as a tanner they usod to haul
wheat 200 mile in a wagon, und sell
it for 3 cents a bushel, and bring back
about 800 lect of lumber, two bunches
of shingles, a barrel of salt, and a cook
stove Ibut would never draw. When
I was a furmer they feasted on corn
und beans, and didn't know very well
bow to cook even that. Wo had poor
houses and no barns. The horse! were
put in straw sheds, and long helnro
Sli.rinir m.ial. of llm elrstv would be
eaten away ; und II look all tho 001s
and all tbe corn wo could stuff into. obstinate rejection of truth mayhap
those horses to keep tbciii from ncttiul w in ,ic in rugs find 61th. Lot them
starvation. In those duys mot bum-m ,d) thank tbemsolvei. But
ers thought tho best place fitr a pig Ltil They take a sort of recompense
pen was immediately in front of the , cursing fortune. Great waslo of
house, and thu wood pile, ai a general I breath. Tbcy might as well curse
uiing, consisteu 01 one log, upon wnien
one uxo or two hud been worn out iu
the fruitless effort to make kindling.
Tbe sbrinkugo in property has been
In the grout cities. Tbe farm will pro
luce u much as over. I lie proster-
tins times bavo gonoj the cine are
bankrupt ; thu count ryia still filled with
weullh. And now, wuen ine nara
time are upon us, the people see that
ttftur all there is more real prosperity,
more rv.il pleasure, in agriculture than
in any othoi bushiest. Anil thesalvation
ol our country to day depends upon
the tillers of the soil. No farmer can
alford tu sell his wheat and torn and
and oats; ha should sell horace no
rials ; shevp, rattle and pork not corn.
He should make every profit possible.
Another thing. It is just as cheup
to ruiso a gmsl breed of cattle us a bad
breed ; scrub, will eat just as much as
tboruiightred. If yon are not able
10 buy Alderneya and Durham, then
you can raise the corn breed. Ry corn
breed 1 ineun those tattle that bavo
enough tu eat and are treated wilh
kindness. Every farmer who will Iced
his cattle with all they can eal, and
treat them with kindness, in a few
year will have blooded slock on hi
farm. In tbe old lime! when 1 was a
farmer, not a tree wai set out once in
ten years : not a grape vine was plan-
led, and about tbe house not a flower
could be seen ; when you wnnl lo their
bouaes you wore not uy tloweri ana
tree loaded with fruit, but by yellow
dnga that rain, bounding over the
worm-lenc. hk. wild beasla. 1 am not
ona of those who think that In or ler to
raias bogs yon must be on. Put eq '
clean clothoi, Uka t seat in thi tarif
under the trooi, and amidst tb per-'
turn, of flowere, (urrounded by yonr
family, and you will know what It Is
to led hku a gentleman. From the
Atlantic to the Pat ifio ihjre ia noiu b
country ai lll'iion. The East I bard
and stony, tb toil a stingy, and lb
lar Wmt la a desert, parohid and bar
ren, looking ai dreary a would perdi.
tinn witb the Bid out.
1 it .njwowMt. In this ag.nf tha
aie 01 ine night ana begin me
This getting up so early in ihe mom
ing i a rcliu of barbarism. It haa
made hundred! and thousands ol young
men cur, llio business. There is no
need of geiting up at 8 or 4 11'c Ock in a
'winia.r mcniw, The. farmer whn per
sist in doing il, and persists in drag;
ging his wile ami children from the'ir"
beds, ought to be visitod by a mission
ary. For what purpose do vnu get
up? To feed the cut lie? vVhy mt
Iced them more the night belore? It
is a wuste of life. In the old time!
they used lo get up about 3 o'clock In
the morning, and go to work lung be
fore Ibu ami bail risen with "healing
upon bis wing" ; aud as a just pun
ishment they all bad tbe ague, and
they ought to bave it now. The man
who cannot gut a living upon 1 Hi noil
soil without rising before daylight
uught to atarvo. Eight hours a day il
enough lor any farmer to work, exuupl
in burvest time. When you rise at 4 .
and wurk till dark, what ia life worth ?
Of wbut uau are all the improvement!
in funning? Ofwhatnse id all th.
unproved niuchinery, unless it lends to
give Ibu lurmer a lilllu mora leisure?
Ruculleut thai ooukiug iaono of tha
fine arts. It take far more sense to
be an excellent cook than a tolerable
lawyer. 1 am a good cook myself, and
I buve no accomplishment of which
I am so proud. The farmer! should
have good things to cook, and good
things to cook wilh. Throw your mil
erublu little atoves out of the window.
Get ranges, and bavo them so built
that your wile need not burn her lace
off 10 gel you your bruakfust, Co not
make her cook iu a kitchen hot ai an
orthodox perdition. It ia just aieasy
to cook well 'as to cook any other way.
There ought to be a law passed mak
ing it a crime, punishable wilb impris
onment in thu penitentiary, to fry beef
steak. Uroil it ; it ii just as easy ; and
when broiled it ia delicious. Fried
beefsteak isn't tit for a beast.
(Jive your wives and daughter the
conveniences, and in a little while they
will be excellent cooks. Good cooking
is one of the highest aria of civilization.
Thu man who invented a good soup
did mure lor his race than tbeinvontur
of any system ot theology. You must
remember that if you wish your wile
to cook well aha must have tbe con
venience! to cook with. In olden
times there wnuld be eleven children
in the family and only one skillet, and
they generally depended upon what
lew boards they could tear off the
bouse for kindling. Seo to it that
there is plenty ot good wood, plenty of
good coal, plenty of good kindling ond
plenty tu cook. There ia no reason
why tanners should not have fresh
meat all the yoar round. There is nn
sense in sin fling yourself with salt meat
every morning and making a well of
yourself for the balance of the day and
then wonder why you don't enjoy good
u'1- 1,0 no1 buddle together in a little
room around a red-hot etovc,
wilb
every window fastened down. Do not
lire in the poisoned air, and then when
one of your children die put a piece
in the pa per, commencing wilb "Where
as it hath pleased Providence toromovo
from our midst ." Have plenty of
air and plenty of warmth. Let your
children sleep. Do not drag them f mm
their beds in tho darkness of Iho night.
ctK
luxury and effeminacy among tb. well
toio young women of our American
cities and largo towns. They do not
realize how this dreadltil mania for ex
pensive pleasures, and a lite of alter
nate idleness and amusement, il de
stroying their health, abolishing true
marriage, leetling the flume of gross
sensuality and Intemperance among
young men, and saddening the hopes
ol the best parents in tbo land. 60m.
of them will nuver know it in tbia
world But most of Ibem bave no
reul purpose to waste their live! in
thi wretched way. And it ii a high
crime in mothers, teachers, ministers
of religion and tho public press to pan
der to this insanity. Thousand! of
good hearted young girls are sacrificed
every year when a lillle wise and lov
ing guidance could lave them. But
we feel that they abould be told that
unless they change this life they will
pas away like the flowers of Juno,
and a more bardy and resolute clasa
occupy their places. American socie
ty will shed every clasa of triflora, male
or female, that does not do ita work,
as tho forest abed their withered
leaves. Let them awake from their
dream of lociul indulgences ; loarn to
live out ol doors; to build np their
health ; to cultivate more simple tastea
in dress, and muro moderation in pleas
ure; study domestic economy; aiuoy
Bociul skill and tact; fit themselves for
ti,0 noblcat position! ever yet otlerca
to their sex, and learn that woman ia
the soul of American life, not the tin
sel on its garment. UnivertalM Quar
terly. Wabtb and Wast. Either man
must bo content with poverty all bii
je, 0r clso deny himself sumo luxuries
und save to lay the base of independ
ence in the future. But if a man do
lies the future, and ipondi all he earn!
(whether bis earuings bo one or ten
dollars a duy) let him look for lean
ur.d want at lomo future timo for it
will rarely come, no matter what he
thinks. To save is absolutely the only
way to get a solid fortune; there ia no
other certain modo. Those who shut
I .Loir aud aavw lo thoea oaa-tatn
tui-in w ill bo forever poor, and in their
1 IB mountain or tho eternal Dills.
For I can tell them fortune doca not
give away good and substantial good.
She sells it to tho highest bidder, to
the hardest and wisest worker for tho
boon. Men never make so fatal a mis
take as when they think themselves
creature of lute; 'tis the sheerest fob
ly in th. world. h.very nan may
make or mar himself, whichever be
may choose. Fortune for those who
by dilligence, honesty, frugality, place
themselves in a position to grasp hold
of torluno when it appear! In view.
I bu best evidence or frugality 1 tho
five dollars or mora Handing in your
nam. at th. saving hank. The best
evidence ol honesty consist in dilli-
gctico and frugality.
SoMRTllINO roR MIS MoRIT.Tbo
Philadelphia fiultfi tell, this good
une : "A grocer being solicited to con
tribute to the building of a church,
promptly subscribed bis name tu th.
paper 111 tbe following eecentrlo man
ner: "John Jono l.the Only place in
town where you rati get eleven pound
of sugar fur a dollar), twenty-fivo
cents."
John," asked a doctorof tbe apoth
ecary's boy, "did Mrs. Green gel tbe
medicine I ordered ?" "I guess ao,"
replied John, "for 1 law crape on tho
door knob thi morning."
Leo XI II., th. nam. taken by th.
new Popf,aocordingtothRomannum
bering, is tho 268lb of bis order.