Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1861-10-07
"Our Nominees and our Principles" 7"

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power. Those who manage public affairs,
are the servants of the people, and are
amenable to them for their official con-
duct. Whilst no man can refuse to serve
the community in any official capacity, he,
on being elected TO Office, has no right to
substitute his own views for those OF the
people who placed him there An officer
is representative of the people. His per-
sonal identity is sunk in his official char
acter. lie is mere machine, operated on
by the will Of his constituents. Should
the machine fail to perform according to
the wishes Of those who use il, or should
it not promptly and efficiently do the work,
il is condemned and cast aside as useless,
as soon as another can be prepared to take
it's place. In the General Government, IN
the State Government, and even in coun'
ty, township and borough affairs, the men
who for the time being conduct the public
business, have been selected for their sup
posed accordance in sentiment and policy
with those who placed them in position
Any violation of this understanding sure
to attach odium and disgrace to the Officer
and cause him to be an object Of dstrust
So well has it been understood that public
sentiment is paramount 10 the private
opinion of the officer, that very few have
ever dared to run counter to public opln'
ion, and those who have done so have in"
variably found themselves CONDEMNED by
their former partSans, without gaining the
confidence of those whom they ia'ored.
President Tyler, by long and consistent
political course, had established fol him
self reputation. His political views and
rroclvites were as we'll known as hoseof
most public men. He accepted n,mir-
alton as Vice President, and by accident
reached the head of the Government. His
conduct there wal in accordance with his
former declared opinions, but in o,posi-
ton to the policy Of the party which cleo
ted him. The Democracy "loved :hetrca-
son, but despised the traitor" and lie be-
came the object of universal condemnation
among his former supporters.
II all men thought alike then there
would he no need OF party in State, and
all sects would be merged into one church
government. But men do differ pol teal.
ly and religiously, and parties and various
church organizations result thereirdn. +
every man in the country believed las the
large majority of all parties and crseds in
the Northern States believe) that .he Un-
ion OF these States must be preserved at
all hazards, how absurd il would be to at-
tempt to get all Of our citlzcns to vote for
men simply because they were for the
Union, whilst one class might be clamr.
ing for duty on iron or coal, and another
crying out for free trade. Sensible mn
would say: 1t matters not which party is
in power, the perpetuity OF the Union will
be cared for, an hence we will vote for
the men now asking our sufirages who will
give us such tariff on iron and coal as we
demand. A union OF all parties may at
times seem demanded when certain sec
tion. by an almost unanimous vote, desire
to produce some moral effect: bat this
effect can be accomplished just as we'll
and perhaps better-by each party agrees
ing, in their regular conventions. TO iden.
tical views on such question, whilst they
differ widely on others. Partios compos>
ed of men whose views in the main agree,
whilst they difie, in greater or less de
gree from those of their competitors, mn't
always exist in free government like
ours. 1t is on'y in this way .hat the gov,
ernment can reflect the will of the major.
ity; that it can be purely and properly
administered and the public servants held
accountable. Union of dissimilar elements
upon single idea, which may Re popular
for day, destroy party lines, and the eff
fectveness Of the popular will, and saps
the foundation Of the government. A mo
party" movement is like a Mahomedan-
Atheist--an inconcevable thing--or it is a
party movement which, like union. party
movements in this county and elsewhere,
where the Republicans are in the minori,
ty, are cunningly devised schemes to catch
Democrats mapping, so that after the cleo,
ton our opponents can, in large capitals,
announce, "a great Republican triumph,
and loco focoism routed"
Democrats, remember you have you,
liberties to protect.
Wilcox and the Great "Emancipator.'
According to reports from Washington
it seems that Gen. Fremo mt is ordered 10