Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1861-10-07

liNi lhhN lhN NfNiW WV WV HNWfiN " hi
towet thmt sho mhhtes publl, anAiH
ave iht servants ~ lhs people, and ns
hmtnhble 10 lhem foi lhrii ollcial con
duct Whilst hn man chh refuse 10 stftt
Tho community IN any official capacity he
on being eleeied TO office, has no right 10
substitute ha own views ior those oi The
people who placed him thers An officer
ii representative Of the people. lisrer'
sonal identity Ia sunk in his official char
ncler. lie isamete machne, operated on
by the will Of his constituents. Should
the machine fail to perform occording to
the wishes OF those who use il, or should
II not promptly and efficiently DO the work,
| il is condemned and cast aside as useless,
as soon as another can be prepared to take
| its place. In the General Government, IN
( tho State Government, and even in coun'
ty, township and borough affairs, the men
who for the time being conduct the public
business, ,havo been selected Tor their sup
posed accordance In sentiment ana policy
with those who placed them in position.
Any violation of this understanding sure
10 attach odium and disgrace 10 the officer
and cause him TO be an object OF distrust.
So well has it been understood that public
sentiment is paramount to the private
opinion of the officer, that very few have
ever dared to run counter TO public opin~
ion. and those who have done so have inN
yaratly found themselves condemned by
their former partsans, without gaining the
confidence of those whom they favored.
President Tyler, by long and consistent
political course, had established for him
self reputation. His political views and
rroelivities were as we'll known as those OF
most public mon. lie accepted nomir-
alton as Vice President, and by accident
reached the head of the Government. His
conduct there was in accordance with his
former declared opinions, but in opposi-
ton to the policy of the party which cleo
ted him. The Democracy "loyed The trea-
son, but dsspised the traitor" and he be-
came the object of universal condemnation
among his former supporters.
II all men thought alike then there
would lie no need OF party in State, and
all sects would be merged into one church
government. But men do differ POLITICAL
ly and religiously, and parties and various
church organizations result therefrom. il
ever man in the country believed las the
large majority of all parties and creeds in
the Northern States beIieye) that :he Un-
ion OF these States must be preserved at
all hazards, bow absurd il would be to at
tempt to get all of our citizens TO vote for
men simply because they were for the
Union, whilst one class might be clamor'
ing for duty on iron or coal, and another
crying out for free trade. Sensible men
would say 1t matters not which party is
in power, the perpetuity of the Union will
i - "a r.
the men now asking our sufirsges who will
give us such tariff on iron and coal us we
demand. A union of all parties may at
times seem demanded when a certain sec.
ton, 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 agree'
ing, in their regular conventions, to iden.
tical views on such question, whilst they
differ widely on Others. Parties, compos-
. ed Of men whose views in the main agree
whilst they ditfe' in greater or less de-
gree from those of their competitors, must
always exist in free government like
ours. 1t is only 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 element.
upon a single idea, which may he popular
{ for a day, destroy party lines, and the ef-
fectiveness Of the popular will, and saps
the foundation of the government A mo
party" movement is like Mahomedan.
, Atheist-an inconcevable thing-or it is II
party movement which, like union party
movements in this county and elsewhere,
where the Republicans are in the minors
ty, are cunningl, devised schemes to catch
Democrats mapping, SO that after the elecr
tion 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 tc