Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1860-11-07
The Opposition.

will be observed that the Opposition =
,housh fighting the Democrats as Fsderdt-l |
lists, And-Ma,Ons, Wings, Rao' lNOthmgs !
and RepuJhcans. have never succeed
ed in electing Governor twice under
the same name. :,
In changing their names, they remind
us of the notorious forger and pickpocket
in Ohio, named Smith after committing
a number Of forgeries upon his neighbors
in Ohio, in order to escape detection, he
fed 10 Missouri, and there assumed the
name of Brown. Mr. Brown was quite q
northumberland honest and upright
| in his dealings with everybody, and sue
ceeded very we'll in everything he UNDER
took. This state Of things did not last
long, the old element soon overlook Mr..
Brown, having by false prctences success
dcd in securing to himself large amount
of property, which he transferred to other
parties, and committed q heavy forgery
on bank in st. Louis. This was thelast OF
Mr.. Brown in Missouri. He, however,
soon turned up again in Vermont, Under
the ass sumed name of Mr. Jones, again a
yery rice man; indeed he was an accom-
plished ger reman, and must be an honest
man. This seems to be the impression
Mr.. Jones left upon the minds OF his new
neishbcrs in Vermont, and everything
passed along quite smoothly for several
years when ono Of the leading business
men of the town suggested to some OF his
neighbors that Mr.. Jones was either very
careless, or else hewas no judge OF money,
1 for he always had some counterfeit about
him. ...t .rHr t.s|
Oh! mercy, don't II AXE such a charge
against Mr.. Jones, was the immediate an :
swer of bystander; he is certainly an
homes; upright man a psrftct gentle
man, 10 doubt about it.
This seems to have reached the ears of
Mr.. Jones, who immediately sought out
the man who had made this mean! ! low 4!
diabolical 4 insinuation against his char
acter-he could summon and refer to a
score Of business men, both in Boston aud
New Orleans fplaees ne had never seem
to sustain his character as an honest man
The world and Mr.. Jones became a little
settled. and logged along as usual for a,
bout another year, when on n sudden Mr..
Jones was missing 10 bis familiar neigh
bors. The story was soon told, a few days
revealed again the same old adam" Mr.
Jones had forged a check of $4,000 upon
his sermey defender and excellent neigh.
Dor. ''.. .,......, ....,.,..-
From yermort he fed to Canada, where
he soon, after perpetIated forgery upon
a house in Quebec, for which he was arres.
ted and executed. .., ...
The officers in Ohio were 70. years in
search Of Mr.. Smith. In Missouri they
were hunting Mr. Brown; and in Yer
mont they were trying to find the where's
abouts of Mr. Jones, but never found him
The transactions of Mr.. Smith, Mr.
Brown, and Mr.. Jones, were made known
through The newspapers, but, as will be
discovered, always under q different name
Had this notorious villain kept his origi
ral name, Smith, he would undoubtedly
have ended his career much sooner than
he did. This same individual had cnan
ged his name often, but he never changed
his principles, and for this he was driven
from his country. ...,.-..., ...r.
The application in this is, the present
: Black Republican party, who have sailed
under the name of Federalists, Anti.Ma-
sons, Wings, Know Nothings, and Repub.
licans, and under each assumed name,
like the origial Smith, they have succeed.
ed in deceiving the people
BY referring TO the table allutIad TO, il
will be observed that the Opposition have
succeeded in electing Governor in, the
State under every name they have assu.
med--and one only.
In every instance in which they succeo,
ded they always ignored themselves, a:
witness the election of Hester in 1890. IN
1896 they were entirely ignored as Feder.
alsts, after thirteen attempts as such to
elect a Governor (which was their ruin
in 1886. H.
I'm 1896, finding themselves detected in
theiv rascality by the people, like Smith,
they changed their name to Anti -Masons
and put their saddle upon "joseph ritncr, ,
and under this name they done business
with Ritner, Stevens &Co., for l2years-
having succeeded in electing Ritner ii
1895. ....t-.. .u.g-a. ..
But having been found out in their ras
calities as Anti. Masons, like Brown they
we're driven from the State. BOO ..
4 In lS4l the same party appeared again
in the field, assuming the name of 'whig,
and having done business under this