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tl:17J rtearllel, Pa.
T J. LINGLE,
A T T O R N E T - A T - h A W,
his Phlllpsburs;, Centra Co., Pa. j.pi
-nOLANDD. SWOOPE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Carat-Barilla, Clear Hold oouotjr, Pa.
oat. , 'TS-lf.
QSCAR MITCHELL,
" ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
v-Oflloe In tba Opera Houao. ootv, '7o-tf.
G
R. k W. TiAKKET'f,
1.
Attobnkys and Counselors at Law,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
January SO, 1S79.
piUEIi-TEST,
ATTORN RY AT LAW,
CIcarBeld, Pa.
sarOffoa In tba Court House. JjU.'HT
HENRY BKF.TII,
(ORTEND P. O.)
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE
mil DRLL TOW5BI1IF.
MJ , lS78.lya
yil. M. McCULLOUGIT,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
' CLEARFIELD, PA.
OBI.- In afssonie building, Beoond street, op
poiils tba Court House. Jc2,'78 If.
y C. ARNOLD,
LAW ft COLLECTION OFFICE,
CL'RWENSVILLE,
alfl Clearfield Countv, Ponn'a. lay
g T. BROCKBANK,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
Office In Opara House. apJ4,77-ly
JAMES MITCHELL,
dealbb ir
Square Timber & Timber Lands,
lell'M CLEARFIELD, PA.
J F. SNYDER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
Office In Ile a Opera llouaa.
June 111, '761 f.
WIl.t.UM A. WALLAd.
U4RT r. WALLAca.
DAVID L. Kaaes.
jona w. waioLar.
WALLACE k KREBS,
(Suioeasors to Wallaoa A Flalding,)
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW,
Jrtl'77 Clearfield, Pa.
Frank Fielding., W. D. Bijler....S. V. Wllaon.
I ELDING, bTgLEIU WILSON,
ATTORNEYS - AT LAW,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
-0nce In Pfe'a Opera Hooit. mobo-7tl.
ITARRY SNYDER,
IL BARBER AND HAIRDRESSER.
Shop on Market St., oppoaita Court Hoaaa.
A clean towel for ever euetomor.
, Alao dealer la
Heat Br anile of Tobacco and Clgara.
CWaall. p. aia? ID, '71.
rnoa. a, MuaitAT. crnus ooanoa.
URUAY ft GORDON,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
tVOffieo la Pia'a Opera House, eeoond Boor.
:J0'74
loaara B. m'bali.v. dahibl w. N'otianr.
fcENALLY k McCUKDY
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW,
Clearfield, Pa.
arajr-Leaal baslness attended to promptly with'
bMelity. Office on Seoond street, above the First
National Hank. jan;l:ro
G. JOAMKR,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Real Esute and ColleetinB Agent,
II KARKIKI.!), PA.,
Will promptly attend to all legal business en
trusted to nia oara.
A-OHloe la Pie's Opora Hoaao. jant'76.
J P. McKENRICK,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
All legal bualBoss entrusted to his earn atlll re
ceive prompt atteotion.
Office apposite Coart House, la Masoule Rulldlog,
second 8or. augl4,'78-ly,
pR. E. M. SCUEURER,
HOMOSOPATIIIO PHYSICIAN,
OOlce la restdenca on First sL
April Jl, 1171. Clearneld, Pa.
jyt. W, A. MEANS, '
t'HYSICIAN & SURGEON,
DUBOIS CITY, PA.
Will attend profeaalcnal aalls promptly. auglO'70
T. J. 1IOTER,
FHY8ICIAN ANDSOROEON,
OUca ob Market Street, Clearfield. Pa.
-0Boe boors I I to II a. m., and I to p.
JJH. J. KAY WHIGLEY,
IIOMO:PATIIIO PHYSICIAN,
Bdjolnlng the residence af Jamas
l'y, Kie,., oa Seaoad HU, ClearOeld, Pa.
Jsl;l,'7 If.
M. II ILLS,
O Pt: f t.d Tf I E VK.rTIST,
CLEARFIELD, PENN'A.
a-lime la resldeoea, opposite Sbaw Hoaaa.
J).lPtf
J)R. II. B. VAN VALZAIT,
t l.KARKIRl.O, PENN'A.
wttcK in H rmiiENcr, corner of first
AND PINE STREETS.
P- OUca boors Front It la I P. M.
May II, 1171.
lyt J. P. llURCUFIELD,
t"e Surgaoa of the lad Regiment, Pennsylvania
Valanleera, baling relarned froaa tba Array,
'rs bis professional ssrvlees Is Ibeoltlseas
'saraeltooBBly.
ast-Profeaalea.lklla aroaontlv attended to.
(i.e en Seeaad itraat, formarlyaaonpled by
"' Wood a. laprt.'OO U
CLEARFIELD
' GEO. B. Q00DLANDER, Editor Si Proprietor. PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN. TEEMS-$2 per annum in Advance.
VOL. 53-WHOLE NO. 2,643. . CLEARFIELD, PA.; WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1879. NEW SERIES-VOL. 20, NO. 41.
Cards.
JimTICEH' rk CONHTAIILEM' PEEH
Wa have printed a large number of tba nev
run dill,, and will oa too receipt of twenty
Iva nenta. mail e wroy to any address. uevtl
WILLIAM M. 1IENKY, ustici
or van Pbaub Ann Scaivanaa, LUMBER
CITY. Collections made and monev prombtlv
paid over. Articles of agreement nnd deeda ol
conveyance neatly azeeuted and warranted nor
root or no oh&rgo. S:lJy'7JI
JOHN D. THOMPSON,
Juitlot of th Puo and SorlrwDer
Curweuivtlle, Pa
.ColloetioDi mtd and money promptly
JAS. B. GRAHAM,
dealer 1b
Real Estate, Square Timber, Boards,
fiHINGLBS, LATH, M PICKETS,
9:.0'73 Clearflold, P,
REUBEN HACKMAN,
House and Sign Painter and Paper
Hanger,
Clearfield, Pcnn'a
oxooata jobi in hi line promptly and
tnaworkmanlikfl manner. arr4,ftT
JOUN A. STADLEU,
BAKER, Market St., Clearorld, Pa.
Fresh Bread, Hulk, Rolls, Plel and Cakei
OB hand or made te onler. A general asiortment
of Confectionarlca, FrulU aod ISuta in itoek.
oa Cream and O? uteri in eeaion. fiiloon oearlr
oppniile the I'tJitofflo. Prieee moderaM.
Mfttvll Mv-'7ft.
WEAVER &. BETTS,
dralrri in
Roal Esta'.e, Square Timber, Saw Legs,
AND LUMBER OF ALL KINDS.
fl-Offloe on Keoond itreet. In rear of store
rnota of Ueore Weaver A Go. f JanV, '7B-tf.
RICHARD HUGHES,
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE
ron
Itrtalur Toirnthip,
Osceola Mills P. 0.
All official business antra,ted to him will be
promptly attended to. lncb2tf, '70,
JAMES H. TURNER,
JI'STICB OF THE PEACE,
Wallareton, Pa.
4r-He has prepared liimself with all the
neoesary blank forma under tba Pension and
Bounty laws, as well as blank Deeds, eto. Ail
legal matters entrusted to bis care will receive
prompt attention. May 7IB, ia,v-ti.
JOUN L. CUTTLE,
ATTOKNEY AT LAW.
tnd Baal Eatale Agent, Clearfield, Pa.
Offlce oa Third itreet, bel. Cherry A Walnut,
at- Reapeetf ully offers his services In soiling
and buylog lands la Clearfield aad adjoining
oouatlea and with bb eaperlaaoa 01 over twenty
years as a surveyor, flatters himself that he oan
reader satisfaction. IFcb. !S;'3:tf,
ANDREW HARWICH.
Market Ml reel, t lfardeld. Pa.,
HAaurAcvDnaa Ann dbalbb in
llarnm, Bridlrt, Saddles, CMan, and
JJorse-Furnmhing Goods.
Uy-AII kinda or repairing promptly attended
KAdtllera' Hardware. Itnrse Brushes, Curry
Combs, Ac, always on band and for sale at the
lowest cash price. March 1, li.
G. H. HALL,
RACTICAL PUMP MAKER,
NEAR CLEARFIELD, PENN'A.
auar-Pnmns alwava on hand and made taorder
en ahort notice. Pipea bored on reaaonahleterma
All work warranted to render satisfaction, and
delivered if desired. myllilypd
lalvcry Stable.
ft II E onderalgned bega leave to intorm the pnb
1 lie that ba la bow fully prepared to aeoommo-
date all IB the wayot mrotaoing aai, ougn1"",
tladdles and llama.., on the aborteat notice and
an reasonable terma. Kealdenoe oa Loonat atreet,
between Third and Fourth.
UKU. w. uaAniiAni.
1lr.rfl.ld. Feb. 4, 1 BT.
WASHINGTON HOUSE,
OLEN HOPE, PENN'A,
11 IIS coder, line I, having leaaed tbi com
modions ll.itel, In the village of Qleu Hope ,
Is now prepared to aoeommodeta all who may
call. Mr table and bar shall be supplied with
tbe beet the msrket elTnrde
OKOKHE W. DOTTS, Jr.
OleB nopa, Pa, March 1), lbit-tf.
THOMAS H. FORCEE,
PBALBB IB
GENKRAL MERCHANDISE.
(1RAI1AMTON, Pa.
Alao, citenslve manufacturer and dealer In Square
Timber and Hawed Lumber or ail kinds,
say-Orders solicited and all bills promptly
filled. 'jjla"
E. A. BIGLER & CO.,
DlALIRH III
SQUARE tlMBER,
and manuraotureri of
AM. KINim OF8AHED LDMnlCR,
l-Ht CLEARFIELD, PENN'A.
8, I. SNYDER,
PRACTICAL WATCIIaUAKKR
Ar niALca m
Watched, Clocki snd Juwolry,
Qralam't Jto, ifarlttt 8rMt,
I.RAKKI t:l.l, PA.
All klnda of rbalrln Id hit lint nrtimptlv at-
ndfJ to. April 7'A, U7I.
Clearfield Nursery.
ENCOURAGK 1IOMR INDUSTRY.
T1IS ondrlnd, baring aeiabllihed a Nur
9ry on the 'Pike, about half war hetweea
Clearfield and Ctirwenirille, tl prepared to far
aifb all kin.ii of FHUIT TKKKS, Standard aad
dwarf,) SrfrKreeaei 6li robbery, (J rape Vine,
Ooopetterrr, Lawtoa Blaekberrr, Btrawburry,
and Kaepberrj Vinea. Alio, tibirian Crab Treee,
Qntnee, and early aoarlet Rhubarb, Ae. Order
promptly attended te. Addreei,
sj. v. n ni'tiii,
eep30 t.y Car wetter tile, Pa.
MEAT MARKET.
F. M, CARD0N & BRO,,
Oa Market 8L, Jour wett of Maaeloa Hoaaa,
CLRAHFIELD, PA.
Oar arrantrmettti are rf Ihe mort eompUte
rharaeter tor furnlihinK the public with Freeh
Meau or all html, and or tne rery neu quauiy.
Re alao deal la all kteda of Arrteultaral Ira pie-
aieota, whieb we keep oa ihlbition far the ben
efit of the pnbhfl. Call around whea la Iowa,
and lake a look at tbiof or addreaf aa
V. M. OA HUUN BRO.
Clearorld, P., July It, JUTa-lf,
I'ttarfltid ittnuranct tftncy
jahri icaa. caaaoti. fc. iibBt.a.
Rapraaeat the follow Inf aad at bar irtt-elew Co't
Com pan lea. Aieeta.
Llrrrpool Loadoa A Olobt T. 11. Br.4.10l,M
Lreemlan a mutual A oath plaae..w ft.inO.Ono
Hb.ro i I, of Hartford, Cone S,Ai4,0S
Iniornnoe Co. of North America 1,41,74
North Brill. b A Mercantile II. B. Br l.TNlflS
rttl.h Commerelal U. 0. Hraock...- 79,U
Water low a Tn4,al4
Trareleri (Lifb A Aeeldeal) 4,yi,4M
DAIre oa Market bt.t opp. Court Uobm, Clear
fleld, Pa. Jyael, 'T9-tf.
MY I.ITTI.B HIPC.
6 he laa't rery pretty,
(Ho ay her lady friend )
6be'e aeiiher wise nor witty
W ith verbal odde and endi.
No fleeilon freaki of Faibion
Aoroie her fancy run,
Fbe'i never la a pinion
Kierpt a tender one.
Her roiee ia low and eeuing f
Phe llitenrs more thaa ipeaktj
While otbere talk of doinp,
The duty near rh iceka.
It may be but toburbiih
The ltd board'! aeanty plate.
Or but with bread to furoiih
The beggar at tbe gate.
(So I who let whit graces
She ahtdi on lowly life,
To Ferhion'e fairevt faoi't
Prefer my little wife.
And though at her with pity,
Tbe ej.tjF denee ma 7 ami).
Who deem her hardly pretty
And ladly oat of etyle
To me the rtmi a ereataro
Ho muiiaally eweet,
2 would not change one feature
Oue curve from crown to feet.
And if I could be nerer
Her loer and her mate,
I think I'd be forever
The bpgger at tbe gate.
THE 1SSCKS OF THE DA Y.
A GOVERNMENT PHOH THE HOT
TOM. NOT PROM THE TOP.
8PEICH OF HON. WILLIAM A. WALLACE,
AT PINE GROVE PARK, BEIT. Zl.
Mr. President, and Fellow-Citizens :
I come horo to day for the fiint time
in many years to talk to tbe people of
Cumberland county. 1 am to most o)
you personally a ali-anger. I do not
doula that X am well known to you in
my political ohnrnotcr; lor il there
ever wan a man within the hounds of
thin noble Stuto of ours who has been
well ahtmed by hi opponents political
ly, or thoroughly mulifrncd by them,
he stands bitoru you. I am about the
best abused man in Pennsylvania
this tor beinjr a Democrat born in tho
taith, who bus endeavored to serve his
party hitherto, and his country the
best he could.
I come now, the flint time in tho
history of this political campaign, to
discuss tho issues which present them
selves to tbo people of Pennsylvania;
ana aitnougii this is an "ott year," ab
we call it, and although we have no
(iover,ior or President to elect this
year, still the issues involved are thoso
that aro momentous. by ? Jlecauso
they affect tho welfare of thoStato;
they affect its purity, Its future pros
perity, and thoso who aro to guide and
rule through tho issues of the country.
All these things present themselves be
fore us, and it is our business to exam
ine and discuss them dispassionately
and calmly, as we may, and reach a
conclusion as men gifted with educa
tion, discrimination and judgment can
best reach conclusions.
Wo are on tho nve nl t,rosnoril v.
Our country, long harrasscd and torn;
lont? distressed and poverty-stricken,
emerges from the cloud that embraced
and opposed her; and labor oneo more
unas us jusi rewuru, ana capital proi
itablo employment. We are now upon
tbe eve. possibly, of a long era ot pros
perity ; and it is incumbent upon every
citizen to make it a lasting and event-
lul one to us as a people. a can look
back upon the past few years new
with a retrospective view, and thank
tiod it ia over. Jiutjvo are to look to
tho future, and wo are to address our
selves to what is before us as intelligent
beings, remembering that we are the
governors of this liepuhlic; that the
duty of the individual citizen is to tuke
care of the government, and of him-
sell in taking caro ot the government.
tiovtowiiig tho past, we are made
aware that our lato difficulties wero
not brought about by legislation, nor
can tho futuro be made in that way.
the past is a biBlory lull of events, it
doos not boeomo mo now to speak of
it, further than it throws its shadows
upon tho future. Hunlce it tor mo to
say of those who claim that they have
qrought prosperity, now that its sun-
Hglit begins to beam upon us, and who
preach tho credit ot its coming, no, no,
no. For to tbo people, with their
economy and their energies to the
country as a wholo to tbe pcoplo that
rule, is to be attributed tho present
and future prosperity of this country.
Its coming baa not been made by Ug
illation, but in spite of it. It has come,
notwithstanding ill-timed, unjust and
improper legislation. It has como in
spile of the utmost harrassing of Con
gressional enactment, and evil legisla
tion in every direction. As to this
evil legislation, wo havo not inibiued
our bands in it. It has not been ours
to havo tho power of legislation lor the
past fifteen or twenty years, though
at times our organization has lively
contended fur the control of tho gov
ernment. Whatever thorfe is of evil
legislation that helped to produce and
continue tho past depression and woe,
counts to the doom ot thoso in power.
(Applause) Whatovcr thoro is of
good in tbo past, present and future
laws of thoso who had the power to
carry them through, is due to the
fears that woro aroused and tho dan
ger involved it they did not; lest those
who wero not in power should como
into position and repeal and purify
their legislation.
Look at our great old Common
wealth, which has such vast and mag
nificent resources. 1 speak not alouo
to you, but to all tho peoiilo of Penn
sylvania. Look at her grand sysloms
of internal improvements. Look at her
iron, bor coal, her oil, bor products of
tbo soil ; all entonng into the essen
tials of life, and man', comfort and
happiness. Then go back with me
five years, and not the concentration
of forces and tbe production, and com
paro with tho prosont. In the begin
ning of these five years we find In the
oities and towns that the people had
employment. If a man were content
to stay and work, he found it. Tbon
came a change. Men willing to labor
sought lor something to do. Tramps
abounded everywhere. Home were
anxious to work, and with some it was
their natural condition. Then came a
distribution of these producing forces.
The individual in the town found him
self unable thore to obtain employ
ment, and rocognizing the decree that
tho Almighty has pronounced upon
the raco, "in tbo sweat ot thy lace
shall tbou eat broad" all the days of
thy life, ho went abroad, ready and
willing to produce something to make
his country prosperous and happy and
better his condition. This distribu
tion of forces reached down into the
earth, and tbe miner came to tbe sur
face, and bo with tbo former worker
in tbe manufactory went to the coun
try to produce something. And now
como the results. They tre from
Mother Knrlh. Tho distribution of
forces has led to a mora extensive cul
tivation of the soil ; and digging in the
earth has brought prosperity to this
land. Men have gone to work, and
drawn from the soil of tho land that
which brings to us once more prosper
ity. It is heie alone that we get it.
This, with economy and thrift on tho
part of our pooplo, has given us a re
cuperated condition. Our recuperated
energies buve brought us out of the
narrow and dangerous places in which
wo were. Mow the conditions of tho
farmer and meehnnio and laborer aro
such that they can all bo employed,
with increased attention to husbandry ;
and every day there is a saving, and
thrift, and pecuniary gutting together,
in till the mills and limns and places of
industry throughout the lund; and
this continued has brought us once
more into the condition in which we
aro. And so, too, as a nation. Wbut
havo wo done in tho past? In lfj73,j
wo sent Irom this country to ireat
uritain and Ireland three hundred and
seventy-five millions of dollars worth
ot our products. In 18,8, wo sent
abroad to tho same countries three
hundred and ninety-nine millions of
dollars worth of products. In 1873,
wo bought from Great Britain and Ire
lund two hundred and thirty seven
millions ot dollars worth ot thoir pro
ducts, while in 1878, wo bought Irom
the fume countries ono hundred one
hundred and nineteen millions of dol
lars worth ; nearly one-half less thun
we bought in 1873. With our foreign
purchases decreasing ; with Ibis thrift,
and economy, and production, and sell
ing abroad irom that which wo ruiso
moro thun that which we havo brought
among us from luropo thoso things
lead to the re opening of our iron
works. It brings return to these
people for their productions; it is the
sheet anchor of a producing pcoplo.
Isow tho question comes, fund it is
ono that every man asks himself,) Is
this to be portnnnuntf Aro wo in a
condition in which wo are to have fu
turo and permanent prosperity? This
comes homo to every man ; it comes
homo to your pocket, and into your
practical, every day life. Is this to
ontiniiu, or are wo simply upon tnulr
Jlow aro wo to make it continuous and
permanent? llow are wo to continue
to send our products abroad ? Is the
market of every foreign civilized na
tion to bo tbo market for our products.
or will any remain so? Is this to pass
away from us, are we to lapse into tho
condition again we have been in tho
past five years ? It is for us to look
ovor tho ground, and see if this condi
tion ol things is safe lor us in tho fu
ture. It is truo that the failure of the
crops ot Great Britain and Kuropolast
year, and the year before, and the pres
ent year, cause a demand for our sta
ples. Wo havo boen feoding tbo civil
ized world, and the proceeds have been
distributed among our pcoplo. From
the abundant productions through the
thrift ot our countrymen, wo havo had
onough for ourselves, and some to sell
to other parte of tho world. But sup
pose those people have again a bounti
ful crop? As tiod providentially gives,
no doubt their seasons will again nring
them anunuunt harvests. Mupposo they
have those abundant harvesu? Whut
then f This foreign market is closed,
and our farmers havo no placo to sell
their surplus prndurls. Where are the
crops to bo sold? There has been an
increaso in tho price of wheut within
tho past ten days. Why? Because
of tho failure of the murkets in Eu
rope, and tho consequent demand for
our products. Suppose tho reverse
takes place. Where is our market
then ? It was where it was intended
tg be ; it is whero it ought to ho ; it is
where the running streams and rivers
and hills intonded it to be; it is in tho
great South. (Great applause.) I re
peat, it is in the great South, and not
abroad. This nohlo old Slate of ours
is naturally adapted for tbo workshops
of millions of people ; it is the place lor
manufactories and industries, with
every hill and mountain filled with
iron, some to their very peaks. Upon
every mountain side, in every valley,
by every brook, and along every pur
ling stream aro tho treasures in which
capital finds employment and labor is
the handmaid of capital. Is thoro to
bo an cfTort on our part to dony to this
great woik.shop a market for thoso
industries? llow is it to be ? Is there
to continue to bo an antagonism to
ward tbo South, a country already de
vastated and torn ? Is thoro to con
tinue a course of impoverishment, that
they cannot take our productions, and
the manufactures of our industries?
Or is the cotirso to be, on tho contrary,
to recognize tho lad that this country
is ono ; that tho war is now over, tho
statute of limitation past, and that we
are onco moro ono people? When wo
speak on tho subject to our Republi
can friends, they say, "Down with the
Confederate Brigadiers." Notwith
standing, He point to tho markets that
existed for us belore tho war in the
South, and wo soy not no I no moro of
this. Wo are done with our cries of
"Down with tho Confederate Briga
dier?" We are once more a united
people ; those agricultural sections will
produco enormous amounts of the raw
material, which raw material will
bring to our shores money in return;
and of such raw material wo aro to bo
again tho world's groat producers.
Are the Monungahelaand thoAllegho
ny, uniting in tho Ohio, to bo of no
benefit to us in reaching tho great
Mississippi valley 7 Can we not make
use of tho great natural outlets of our
State to the South to bring us to pros
perity? Is our Iron, and every other
commodity, not to be sent thoro? Is
that country to bo a terra incognita to
this country? Or are wo to recognize
tho fact that they are States ol this
Nation, and that their pcoplo aro our
countrymen 7
If it be true that tho natural mar
ket for this old Commonwealth Is in
tho South, what follows? What are
our Republican brethren doing? I
have no bard words lor them; but
they are constantly stirring up feelings
of hatred and animosity toward those
to whom we ought to bo extending the
hand of charity and friendly aid.
They aro endeavoring to repress,
and they treat with sneers their fellow-men
who, with bendod heads, now
weep in sack-cloth and ashes. The
past we cannot bring back. Let it
then be buried. Let us aim to recu-
E orate, Instead of hunting down and
lighting ; and let us have once moro
a country as prosperous as wo did havo
before the war. I havo been sent to
the National Capital as a representa
tive ol this people, and I como to you,
Pennsylvania, as your roprosentaiive,
asking you if this is not tho true theo
ry 7 Is this to headistractod and dis
united country ? or aro we to bo again
as we were in tho past, a onited, a
prosperous people, with our produc
tions finding a market in their nat
ural field 7 No I not wo cannot in
sure a market for our products by dis
union, or attempts t continued dissen
sion and disruption. IS either can we
by the flaunting of the "blotdy shirt,"
or attempting to make one section feel
that they have to do at continual en
mlty with another? Yet what Is the
stock in trado of our Republican broth
run ? What do you hear on occasions
whon their orators auuross you 7 It
is that tbe South is not fit to rulo. It
is that tho South ought not to he
trusted. It is the Mississippi shot-gun ?
Well, what about the ithode island
Bhot-gun? (Laughter.) There are
two sides to this. What about tho
shot gun between two Republicans in
tbo city ot i'hiladciplj'ii, and the most
brutal murder of one of your own
friends there? There aro wrongs
among every people, in tho South and
in the North. Because thoro aro a lew
wrongs here and there, sporadic evi
dences of diseaso of tho body politic,
wo do not dispense with government.
BucatiBO railroad trains run oft' tho
track and kill engineers and passcn
ijors, wo do not dispense with rail
roads. - No I On tho contrary, double
caution is applied m tho giving and
taking ot tho orders, in tbo road bed,
and in tho motive power. An effort
is made to placo everything in a safer
condition.
Go back with mo to tho South tun
years ago, and contrast its condition
then to what it is to day. Remember,
they wero a conquered poople. Com
pare tho condition of society then with
whut it is now. It is frightful to con
template when you look back upon it,
with four millions of pcoplo just en
franchised, and who wero, no doubt,
unfit to go totho ballot box. Then place
yourseii there in tho attitude ol tho in
dependent Anglo Saxon. Tell mo if
you would not feel, you having the
heated blood of youth coursing through
your system, and you ono ol a conquer
cu multitude r Ihey are men and
brethren. They have the powor and
energy of men, with their impulses and
temptations ; but they are the ciiual
of any men on this footstool of God
Almighty. Tell such men anywhere
they are crushed, and there will be
outbursts.
Din luKe the conuition ot ten years
ago with the condition ot to-day, and
tell mo if tbey havo not made improvo
mem r nave they not been on tbo
upward plane of progress, and butter
ed their position day by day and year
by year ; and is not the theory tbo truo
one, and tho doctrino right that has
been given hero to day 7 But thoy tell
us thut in Mississippi there is a reiirn
of terror. It is certoiuly unjust to
firo tho Northorn heart with such a
burning brand. If thoro is a murder
committed undor aggravating circum
stances in tho coumy of Cumberland,
can it bo just to chsrgo all the people
of Cumberland county with being un
civilized or uitonlightonod ? Surely
not. llow much worse to accuse tho
wholo State ? Kvin as to tho county,
a man of tho least intelligence would
slate that it was not so. Tho course
of man's progress is determined by
long cycles of years ; and the course
of this government is determined by
generations or decades. Take the de
cade of the past; look at tho prosont.
Tttko 18711 ttnd compare it with 18G9.
my reasoning, common sense J.epubli
can friend, and tell me if there is not
advanced intellect and civilization
and equalization there, and whether
our theory as a people hero in tho
North should not bo that tbo pooplo in
tho South are to be brought up, and
aided in thoir advance toward recon
structed enongies, in order that their
interests and the interests of these poo
plo of Pennsylvania may be advanced
and protected and encouraged? O,
this will not do this policy of our
Kepublicun lnends. for if it should
happen to come to pass in the future
that we lose tho market wo havo for
our breadBluflVj in foreign countries.
wo must look for a market nearer
home, and without it all these prosper
ous industries that now loom up around
us on every sitlo will ludo and wither,
instead of bloom ; and we will again
have stagnation in trade, and our in
dustries parulpsed. (Applause.)
Compurcd with our Republican
friends we will bo in tho position thut
old Deitcher was on tho Ohio river.
Ho was a passonger on tho steamer
"Kaintuck," and thcro was unfortu
nately un accident. Before the acci
dent Mr. Jones was on board the boat
with his wile. Mr. Jones was a little
bit inebriated. His wife had a largo
trunk and other bnggago, containing
tbo necessary habiliments of a lady
going on a pleasure trip along with
her husband. Tho steamer blew un.
and Jones was missing. So was
Deitcher. So was the trunk. Sowcro
great many things thnt wero on
board. Mrs. Jones sued the owner of
the bout fur tho loss of her trunk, and
her husband. When the suhjcclcumo
up in rcferenco to tho value ol tho life
of her husband, and the value of her
trunk, the qtioslion aroso in Court,
hat had become of Jones r W hethor
he was actually on board that boat f
or whether he had not got off belore
the explosion 7 Hero was a barrier in
tho way. Tbo plaintiff found it dilll.
cult to prove where Jones was at tho
time. Plaintiff's counsel finally came
across Deitcher. Ho was put on tho
stand, and questioned in the usual
form: "Whore wero vou?" "On
tbo boat." "Did you gee Jonss?"
Yes, 1 saw Jones. "Did you soe
anything of Mrs. Jones' trunk 7"
"No." And so tho counsel for tbo
plaintiff continued to ply his questions,
until ho got to this: "And whero did
you see Jones?" "Well, just as me
and the smoke pipo was going up, I
saw Jones coming down." (Laughter.)
Just as wo, my friends, are going up,
wa win see me uepiitincan parly and
its interests coming down. (Renewed
laughter and applause.) Wo will all
be blown up together, The only way
to avert this is through a united and
prosperous country. (Applause.)
Ask the Republican who dares to
approach you on this subject, now
that fifteen yoars ol peace have passed
since tho end of tho war, whether wo
havo not too long already failed to
reap the great benelus that would
have resnltud from a united, prosper
ous and happy country 7 Ate tho pro
ducts of Pennsylvania never more to
have a market in this country 7 Ask
them that, and they will be "dumb as
a sheep beloro her shearers is dumb.
Appluuso.) T bore is no answer to it.
lie natural market for the products
of this pcoplo is in the South, That
market can only bo had by a united,
prosperous people. Ihat is tho ond
tor which the Democratic party is
contesting ; and tho Republican talk
about "Confederate llrigadiers, and
that Union men have no rulo in Con
gress, has no greater aim and end than
simply that they shall bo permitted to
hold on to tbe loaves and fishes, as
they have been doing for the last fif
teen yoars. They do not want to lot
go ot tho public teat. (A voice, "That's
it.")
1 shall not say much on the subject
of financial theorizing. I have liltlo
to say to you, my friends, on the prao
tical money questions ; bocanse I fool
and aro happy to feel that the Dem
ocratic party is becoming a anil on
these subjects. Under tbe sound old
REPUBLICAN,
Democratic doctrino of equation on the
subject of silver and gold as our cur
rency, and thoso metals as a basis, the
leaders and masses of tho Democratic
party aro coming more and moro to
gether day by day, until when tho
National contest of 1880 takes place
tho Democratic party will stand erect
upon its well known and long sinco
recognized doctrine, (Applause,)
thut is and always has been tho doo
trince of the Democratic party. And
now lot mo say to those who now havo,
and have had a different viow Irom us
on tho subjoct, wo rocognizo your
grievances. We rcaltzo tbo lacl ot
your past sufferings, and the just com
plaints of having no labor. But since
iheso havo boen removed, and tho
necessity for independent organization
no longer oxiBts, you can now find your
real interests reoognized only in me
Democratic organization. 1 ho Demo
cratio party is the party of (ho people.
Its opponents aro the opponents ol the
pooplo. i ho broad Democratic princi
ple is that the people rule. It has op
posed every other theory from its in
ception. It has opposed in its progress,
and its completion, every thought and
every idea that takes from the pcoplo,
lurtuer than is absolutely and indis
pensably necessary, ono jot or tittle of
their natural rights and privileges.
(Applause.)
As 1 havo said, we aro growing to
gether. Upon this subject of finances
there have been differences of opinions
umong Democrats, but day by day wo
are concentrating our opinions, and
day by day wo tun shake hands with
Ibose who on those questions had gone
away. Wo aro progressing in the right
direction.
Thoro Is ono other thought I wish
to bring beft re you. Tho management
of tho United States is to be in the in
terest of the people, and not in tbe iu
tcrestof syndicates and National banks,
or any other organizations. The host
modo for controlling or managing tho
publio debt is in tho interest of the
people, and to that modo tho Demo
cratic part) must pledgo itself. All
other modes must bo placed aside ; the
people must first bo produced. This
is tho great leading thought and idoa.
Upon this platform stands tho Demo
cratic party, tho party of tho people.
aiunngo this debt in the interests ot tho
people, and pay it to tho uttermost
furihing. (Applause.) This is our
doctrine. Upon this wo stand or full.
But our opponents say we are not to
bo trusted. Aro wo not to be trusted,
with such a doctrino as this, with tho
money of our pcoplo? Has our doc
trine not always been bucIi, that tho
publio welfare is nearer and dearer to
us than the unrighteous prosperity of
thoso who preach against it ? But do
you approve of the matter in which
some of the funds that ought to go in
payment ol tbo publio debt is given
out to tho First National bank of Now
York ? Thoro thirty millions of dollars
have boen placed to remain for a period
of time, by the Secretary ol tho Treas
ury, is try wua tuts ion, mere, aner
being received in exchange for publio
securities ? Because this bank was
not ready to pay. And Mr. Shorman
did not call upon them to pay ? Oh,
no I I uis great bank had got bold ol
a very valuable "placer," and they pro
posed to work it for tho benefit of their
slock holders. 1 do not know bow
many Republican officials in Washing
ton wero interested in this transaction ;
but 1 know it was against tbo interests
of tho people. Tho bank baa got bold
ot this teat, and tho managers do not
want to let go.
There is another story right hero
that comes to my mind. 1 havo no
doubt that you have hoard it before.
A clergyman ol decided temperance
proilivnies on ono occasion was placed
iu rather a singular attitude. It was
temperance gathering, but somo ot
tbo boys likod their lager, and other
drinks, and consequently had a little
of their favorite beverages along.
They had all sorts of condiments, and
wanted tho preacher to partake with
them ; but bo stoadily-relused. Fin
ally they besought him to tuke a glass
of milk. Ho assonted. In preparing
it, they put in alittlo seasoning. Somo
of you may know how that is done.
(Laughter.) Ho took a swallow of it,
and tho flavor agreed with his sense of
taste bo completely, thnt he could not
slop drinking until he had drained tho
goblet to the last drop. Returning tbo
glass, ho exclaimed, "Jingo, whut a
cowl" ( Laughter and applause) Tho
boys had given him milk punch. Now
theso Now Yotk pooplo nave got tho
glass to their lips, and find it to bo milk
punch, and they exclaim, too, "Jingo,
what a cow I" (Uenowed laughter.)
Hut they must lot go. (Avoico: "Tbe
cow will dio if thoy don't.") Yes; butlho
principal dilllculty of drinking bo much
of this kind of milk will bo tho drying
up of tho cow. (Applause.)
Tho big machine over at Washing
ton has 80,000 ollleo-holilers, and they
aro distributed all over this broad
land. They aro to bo found on every
mountain sitlo, and down in every val
ley. In every villago is found the
post-office, and at tbo post-office is
found the country storo, and to that
storo como for their purchases Repub
licans and Democrats. They not only
como there for thoir goods, but pass
some time thoro; and Irom that circle
radiates public sentiment, 00,000 men
distributed all over this country, loca
ted as those mon aro, make publio
sentiment. Men go home from these
country stores, and tuko with them
Republican documents sent to those
stores Irom Washington, and paid tor
there. Tell mo what else keeps this
opposition in power, but this Republi
can combination. It is important that
thoso mon should do this at their post
offices ; for thoso 00,000 mon aro paid
by tho Federal Government, Then
when tho time comes, thoy must put
up too money to noip carry on the
campaign lor tho Republican party.
(A voice : "I holpod to do that myself.
1 was a postmaster, and did that thing
vigorously.') (Laughter and so
plause ) 1 havo a citizen burn who
assorts tho truth nf what I slate, and
that he did that thing "vigorously."
Ho was askod from Washington to
help to keep this machinery in motion,
and to continue 90,000 men in power.
(ino voice to thoso around him
"That's as true as God.") 00,000 men
havo been doing this, fur what? To
crush the energlos and control tho
faith of men ol this country who think
for thnmselvos, and who follow in tho
line ol a consciousness of rijht, nndio
tated to by Federal powor. That ia
what this Federal Government has
boen doing. Take away from them
their 110,000 officeholders, with tho
army, and reduce them to A level with
their political opponents, and thoir
power would fade "like the baseless
labrio of a vision."
The ex-Poslmastor : "Inaamuob as
yon havo taken me into consideration
tor A single moment, I wish to say
that I don't co rporate with that party
any more."
Mr. Wallace: My friend says he has
repented. 1 trust ho has joined In
with the people.
Another voice : "Thoy kicked him
out; and that's why ho don't co
operate." Mr. Wallace: Thoro comes a time
when a man cannot bo reprossod ; and
of course then tho Republican party
will kick him out. (Applause.)
Their assessments last year, aa
proven in Washington by Mr. Gor-
bam, Secretary of the Republican Na
tional Committee, wore all told (103
000. Thoy gathered that up for tbo
Congressional districts in the last con
test. What amount came from the
Federal officeholders? Now, in an
investigation, wo had on tho stand thiB
Goorgo C. Gorham, tho Secretary of
tho Republican National Committee,
and ho swore that f'.ll.OOO out of the
$103,000 enmo from tho Republican of
ficials. With this powor, thus con
trolled, aro wo dominated over as a
pcoplo. Tho timo is coming when the
people will hotter understand this,
and when Federal money, Federal
powor, and tho concentration of this
power will all bo lor naught, We now
understand how it comes that those
in this Fedoral combination would say,
"Hoys', we'll beat you." "It's all right."
You now understand bow it como
that you failed in your efforts, and tho
moro signally failed tho moro impor
tant the election. And you also know
what brought on indifference. Know
ing your influenco at homo, tbey gave
you the document that you got at
your country storo, and uller reading
that, things would not look so badly
to you after all. tou know that 1
speak tho truth. Why, if it bad not
been for tho Republican organization,
they would havo boon kicked out of
powor long ago. hat is it now, but
we, tho pcoplo of Pennsylvania, not
having our own rights. We have our
own tfloughts and independence ol
character ; but aio controlled and dom
inated over, and our public affairs are
regulated by theso people. 1 am a
Federal office-holder, too; I belong by
accident to the Federal powor at Wash
ington, but 1 was elected by a Domo-
cratio Legislature, which in turn was
elected by accident, 1 conceive, and
which they allege. But this Demo
cratic party ought to bo the power to
control the State regularly, and it will
be ultimately. (Applause.)
Thoro is somothing else right hero ;
and it is important, and vitally im
portant to this people. It is the sub
ject of centralization. This follows,
aud follows naturally from the other
thought. These pcoplo at Washing
ton aro centralizing and combining
this Government, in order to make it
bo w hat thoy hold it should be, a'power
to emanate from Washington, instead
of from tho people themselves. In
their system we aro to be governed
from the top. Our system is, that the
government shall commence from tbe
bottom, in our system the individual
is tho unit. With thorn the Govern-
Bent is tho, unit,, Evcrvthinrr, with
lem must bend for tbe Buko of the
Government We believe that to tbe
individual belongs all rights, save those
which are vital to social order, and
that belongs to tho Government for the
safety of tho wbolo. This is truo Democ
racy. This is a Government of the
people. A power that emanates from
tbo top makes man powerless as a
unit ; and yet that is a Government
that our Republican adversaries con
tend for. Corporate powor to control
and rule, and to be given to railroads
and banking institutions. Kverything
ot this character takos from tbe indi
vidual certain of his natural rights.
-Man s natural rights are to bo restrict
ed only so far as is necessary for the
protection ot tbo whole. Beyond this
all his rights aro to bo guarded as "with
trenchant blado in hand as with up
raised sword, never to bo yielded ; as
being among tho dearest rights to us
as a people. (Applause.) When we
are faithless to this doctrine ; when we
forget that tho individual is tho unit
ol the Government, and allow all bis
rights to bo taken Irom btm to go to
tho Government, or the creatures of
the Government ; when we are al
lowing these things, wo are faithless
to ourselves, as sorvants of the pooplo,
and wo aro faithless to tbe trusts ro
poscd in us, if, in position, wo give this
power.
1 havo boen away off in Massachu
setts aud Rhode Island, whoro it is a
question whether tho corporations con.
Irol tbo individual voter, or whether
they do not. Wo called witnesses
before us, nnd wo examined somo two
hundred and thirty of them, and wo
proved thcro, the fact that corporato
power controls theso voters. In all
tho manufacturing villages, whero
manufacturing was going on, steps
wero takon for tho voting of the
employees of tho corporations. Votes
wero put in their hands, and m in
trusted agent ol tho corporation was
placod at the ballot-box, or in sight of
it, anil mo voto had to be put in tho
ballot-box as givon to tho employeo.
This is taking Irom the individual the
unit ot tho Government that belongs
to man, and giving it to corporato
powor; and in that, it takes from the
individual his rights. Remember tho
doctrino of the Democracy. I do not
caro what you do; whether you go
down to tho first principle, tho unit in
society, or to tho unit in the Govern
ment. Remember, every right con
ceded to tho Government, or govern
mental agencies, is just that much
tukon from you, and your natural
rights; and remember when they tres
pass beyond the line that stands for
the host Interests of the wbolo, that
tbey aro to bo curbed and checked,
and prevented Irom going beyond thnt
another step, Remoinbor this, and
when you remember it, you will come
to bo (bs many of you aro) natural
Democrats. That is whero "Democrat"
cornea Irom. This is the original, un
derlying principle. A man is the unit
of tho Government. All Governments
aro the creatures of mon. Men are
not made for Governments ; but Gov
ernments are mado ' for and by men.
Romcmboring that doctrine, go for
ward as a unit in this Government,
curbing whoroveryou find it necessary
to curb, and applying tho unit whon
men undertake to take from you the
your rights, that you may have what
is naturally your own.
Our Republican friends say we are
a nation, i concedo that. A nation
ia but that which portaina to countries,
not to their liberties. We want a
Nation beyond other Nations, a Nation
oflihorty in pcrpetua ; a Nation that,
as long as time shsll last, shall remain
one ot Iroomen. That always has boon
our doctrine ; but this docs not mean
that tbo Stales bavs no existence
Why, what is tho name of this coun
try? It is Me United States. What
does that mean? That the States
must have existed lieforo they unitod
thcnvolvus into the Uniied Stairs. Now
just let my brothron, the Republican
politicians, tell me what thoy moan by
their arguments relative to the non
existonce ol Hlato 7 Do they have
an cxiBtcnco by which thoy can havo
a separate existonce outsido of tho
bounds of the Union, and ol the Con
stitution of the United States? Noth
ing ol tho kind ; but on tho contrary,
a perpetual union of Slates. It is the
United States. We aro States; and
there are rights in the States and of
tho States; und to those rights we
must cling, if we Mould prevent this
centralizing power that essays to di
rect and control you in your own in
dividual rights; and that, ii permitted,
will continue to do so until you are
finally, absolutely and utterly under
federal control.
1 havo said that the man is tho unit
What would you bo without your
townships? How would you got along
without your country organizations
and Stato governments J How could
you control your affairs in connection
with yourroodsand your schools with
out township ofllcers? What hotter
system could be devised? Thoro is
more attention paid to the money used
thoro, becauso tbo tax comes di
rectly from you. Tho follow that
cheats you docs not go into ofiico
again. What docs this mean? It
means that you, yourself, are govern
ing. You look to soe that tho man is
honest and faithful. Whon ho ohuats
you, you turn bim out, and put somo
ono elso in. In your county, let the
Sheriff be dishonest, and be does not
go into ofiico again. Why? Bocauso
you, tl,o taxpayer, aro interested in
scoing that theso affairs are looked
after. That is local Boll government.
You go beyond that, to the Capitol of
tbo Siato. The fellow who goos from
your district to llarrisburg disposes of.
his vole to lvcmble & Company, tou
watch him, and you do not send him
back. That is local self government ;
the Slate and individual combination
together. JThe nearer you get to the
individual, the stronger it is. "But,"
say they, "you ought to bo controlled
from Washington." What, to have
tho Agricultural Bureau fix tho time
when you are to plow, and to sow
your wheat? To let tho Commissioner
of Education there got you up a school
system, and a course of instruction,
aud then apply that to Pennsylvania?
then tuko this Bchool system, and
courso ol instruction, and from the
Stato apply it to the Cumberland Val
ley, and men to Cumberland county,
and then to Lower Allen township I I
toll you, it you have tbe spirit ot De
mocracy as I havo, having sucked it
with my mother's milk, yeu cannot
get rid of it, (laughter and appluuso,)
you cannot get rid of the doctrine
that government comos from tbe bot
tom, and not from tho top. Watch tho
thieves at home, and do not allow these
plunderors that are assisting you by
putting it upon your postmasters to
send out, through you and your sons,
these centralizing theories and doc
trines from their postoffices. Do not
allow them to make slaves ot your
selves and your families, for every J
right taken from vou has that ten
uciicy. nuut man ot intelligence,
who has examined it, has any faith in
such a system of government 7 All
the rights that aro taken from you and
givon to Federal power, and centraliza
tion powers, are just that much ol a
robbery of your rights. If you get to
examining these things, your own ex
perience ana judgment will tell you
what I have said ; and when you get
to realizing your natural rights, then
you havo the spirit of Democracy and
Lava already fallen in with tho Demo
cratic party. And my Republican
friends, if you will look at this condi
tion of affairs, from this standpoint,
you will throw off this power that as
sumes to govorn you from the top;
you will govern yourseii from the bot
tom, and will join the Democratic par
ty. (Applause.) This is what is coin
ing. Tho question is, whether to havo
a centralized government, and be con
trolled and dominated by federal
powor and Fedoral sway, or govern
ourselves from the bottom, as tho Gov
ernment was originally created.
As a consequence ot this centraliz
ng tendency, what has followed?
Why, Federal election laws, an idea
that bad never boon thought of until
1870. In all history .until 18"0,wo never
heard of a Federal election. What is
a Fedoral election 7 It is the claimed
right of a "Republio" to placo at your
polls, when thore is an oloclion for
Congress, two supervisors, who can
take your election ofllcers by the
throat, and say : "That is irregular
and improper ; if you tuko that vote,
we will put you into prison. Ol
course to day il applies only to cities
ot over 20,000 inhabitants. But it is
a tremendous power. And with these
deputy marshals, it is a centralized
power brougbtdown to a locality and is
comiolled by red era I powor. Is it
right to put two Republicans as stiper-
vtsors, and half a duzen deputy mar
shals at your pulls, with unlimited
power over those who, in their judg
ment, have violated Stato law 7 Not
federal law, but Stato low. Go to
Philadelphia, or Now York, or Provi
dence, or 'Boston, where I have boen
recontly, and on eloction day thoso
Fedoral ofllcers are at the polls on
either hand. Thoy can pick up a
voter without warning, and put liim
in prison. In tho city ol 1'hiladelphia,
in at least ono instance, they look an
election officer away from tbe polls,
and put bim in prison bocauso he did
not obey tho command ol the federal
marshal. Tbo excuse is that there are
are members of Coogress to be elected,
and that, theroloro, it is A Federal
election, I shall not weary you with
going further into these election mat
ters. Suffice it to say, thai every man
knows that tho poople havo the right
to elect their own offlcora, and regulate
thoir own Stale lawa aa thoy see fit.
With that right, an attempt to inter
fere with it is a trespass upon your
rights as an individual in a locality,
whether in a city, or in the country ;
and il must be resisted by evory power
yon can command, nf course peacelully
and lawfully. "But," Argue our Re
publican friends, "if you had controlled
your eloctions In the right way, it
would not havo been necessary to do
this."
How is it up in Republican Rhode
Island 7 In regard to what has oo
currod up thore, we will have a very
strange condition of things at Wash,
ington the next session of Congress.
Regarding cilizonship, what right had
they to enact their Slate law as they
did 7 This is for them to answer. An
Irishman born went into the army,
and served honorably through tlie
whole war, having gone out a private
and come home a colonel. He brought
home colored servant, a native of
Virginia. The Irishman had a home
to oovor his wife and little ones ; but
through serious roversoa in our
late financial troubles it was takon
from him, With tho loss of hisproperty,
aa the result of tho laws of Rhode
Island he lost hia right to vote ; but
the negro that he brought with bim
from the State of Virginia, oan vole
simply on the payment of on dollar
rogistry tax. Tbe Irishman can not
vote at all.', Ho has no property. It ia
tho race that votes. An American born,
whether colorod or whito, can Tote
without the property qualification ;
but the foreign-born citizen cannot
vote, unless he has got a bouse to live
in worth (133. Thut is tbo situation
in tho Stute ol Rhodo Island, end they
detent! that rulo under State rights.
Gold help us if that ia State rights.
The equality' of individual with indi
vidual is one of tbe rights of the land.
The equality of tho Irishman or En
glishman with tho colored man or
whito man iu tho lund is one of the
doctrines that belong to us, and it il
as deer to us as the applo of our eye.
It is a strike at the foreign-born citl
zen. Now, wo will find next session
that Brother Anthony wiil bo in a
terrible way in regard to State rights.
It is true they could do this before
tho fourteenth amendment was passed
with tho avowed purpose of protecting
the colored man in the South. One of
the sections of the amendment pro
vides that when any class of citizens
is deprived of its rights of citizenship,
representation shall bo decreased in
proportion as the number of suili citi
zens Intir; und it may be curtailed to
ihu extentof ono Senator. Will itnot
be sli ungo for my old friend Senator
Anthony, and my friend Bornside
one of the best ot men, and who al
waysjtclls the truth, no matter who it
hurls and it comes bubbling out-like
tbo pure water of a spring for these
men to get up, and argue for State
rights, and to have representative men
accuse their Stato of having a law de
priving her citizens of the right of
suttrage because tney happen to havs
no home of their own through misfor
tune. They will be mixed up most
awfully on the subject.
Down in Toxas they bad a barbo
cuo, and a number of tho women who
eamo there brought their babies along.
They remained until late at night, en-.
joying tho dancing, and participating
in the festivities ot tbo occasion, which
it was just and right and proper that
they should do. The enjoyment in
reality continued until tbe "woo ami'
hours, of tho morning." During these
latter hours two or three wags con
cluded they would play a trick upon
the mothers. I suppose that tbey wera
in tbe way of tho young lads, or inter
fering with their sport with the girls.
1 bey concluded to go to tho nursery.
and while the maids wero out, doubt-
less looking at tho fun, these wags
went to work. They changed tbo
position of Mrs. A's baby to the place
occupied by Mrs. C's, and Mrs. fj's to
Mrs. B s, and Mrs. Bs to Mrs. D s, and
Mrs. D's to Mrs. A's, and so on, until
tbey wero thoroughly mixed. About
two or tbrco o'clock in tho morning,
the mothers went to tbe beds in which
their babies were supposed to bo sleep
ing, carefully bundled them up, and
took them home, some of them several
miles away. In tho morning if that
settlement wasn't badly distributed it
never was. The fun must have begun
in some of the houses beforo the hus
band was up, by the wife exclaiming,
"I've brought home the wrong baby."
(Laughter.) "This baby, when 1 went
away, was a hoy, now it's a girl. (Re
newed laughter.) And tho fellows
who mixed tbo babies got into terrible
trouble. They finally got them un-'
mixod, after rapid driving here and
there, and long distances into the sur
rounding country. Now, the wonder
of my friends Anthony and Burnsido,
when the suggestions about Federal
ofllcers and other unpleasant things
are mado, will be equal to the wonder
ing of the mothers over the mixing of
their babies. Thoy will not know
which is which, I am araid. (Laugh
tor.) Thore will be some fust driving
to make the connection
But now como back to the subject
ua uuiaeusuip. iiuu 1 ao not Care
whether it be of Irishmen, Englishmen,
or Scotchmen. Tell me why it is that
in tho States of Wisconsin and Minne
sota a man can bo admitted to cilizon
ship, and vole for members of Con
gress, after ha has filed his declarations
or intention. not naturalized 7 While
in tbo State of Massachusetts he must
have been in tbe Slate seven years
two years after he has been naturaliz
ed before be can voto. Why is this?
Is this tho extra love you have for
your fellow-men, my Massachusetts
Republican friend 7 Is this the doc
trine ot Massachusetts? What is the
explanation of il? Up Ihero in Mass
achusetts there aro a great many
Scotchmen and Irishmen and Polish
and French in those mills, and thoso
fellows take to the Democratic ticket
as naturally as they do to their dinner.
t p in W idconBtn and .Minnesota tbero
are many Swedes end Norwegians,
and tbey take to the Republican ticket
ns tho duck docs to water. There they
are admitted to citizenship as soon aa
possible In Massachusetts after five
years ot residence that thoy may be
naturalized, they havo to wait two
years before thoy can vote. The Whole
law there is against those who are
likely to become Democrats. Alter so
much has been done for that State by
thrso foreigners.
The situation ot these people re
minds mo of tbo fato ot the Irishman
who encountered some difficulty with
his mnlo. lie wasdrivingalong the road
leisurely, and all ot a sudden tho mulo
slopped dead still. Tho driver applied
the lash vigorously, when all ol a sud
den tho mule's head went down and
its heels went up, and after to or three
olevutiotis of this kind, tho dash-board
caved in, scattering it all ovor the dri
ver, who at onco exclaimed: "II ok!
cn, if yez wants to get into the buggy,
I 'll gel out." (Langhtor and applause).
Now, what surpi ienw ins, ii that those
foreigners who tarry in Masssaehu
sotts, and are disfranchized in this
odious manner, why they do not aban
don "tho land of steady habits," and
cast their lots with the freemen of
Minnosota and Wisconsin.
1 need not talk to you further about
this centralizing power. 1 shall not
attempt to discuss tho subject at any
greater length. 1 leave it for my
brethren who are to follow me, simply
adding the issue is at band whether to
govern from the top or from the bot
tom. This top part ol the nation is to
bo represented in 1880 by the man on
horseback, (Grant,) and the question
is to be, whether a centralizing power,
or a government of the people. If.
thore is a docision for a government ol
tho people, centralization will not be
rocognized. Otherwise, troops at tbe
polls, centralization of power, And all
other doctrinos of tho Republican tba
organization.
My Republican friend, are yon
prond ot the history of Pennsylvania,
and of tho Republican adminstration
for tho past ten years ? If you are,
you are joined to your Idols, "let him
alone" I repeal, my Republican
friend, what of the past? Look at
tho history, as written upon tbe onco
fair escutcheon of Pennsylvania.
Without this history, it would be fair
and bright: "Disgrace and corrup
tion." "Corrupt legislative riot bills."
'Control of the Republican nominating
convention by mon who have made
lor themselves shame and disgrace,
and brought these stains to our noble
old Slate and upon ber people." With
such a condition of affairs the wbolo
rcople ought to be above party, and
in tbe interest ot purity every man
worthy of the namoaf Pennsylvanian
ought to unite with ua against the
common foe. Go baek in the history
of ths great old Commonwealth the
past ten years, and tell mo il yon aro
proud of it 7 Tell me if in the ad.
ministration of its finances before a
Democratio Stato Treasurer yon are
proud of it 7 Is this the record that
noble old Pennsylvania should make,
to be A hissing and a by word in th
Slates ot the Republio, with contempt
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