Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1861-12-25
TO THE PUBLIC.

oybsn man thinkoth be standoth, let him
,,Ls heed lest he fall, is sentiment never more
s,r,ibly illustrated than in our own case. Last
v,.k We explained to our readers the grounds
uron which THE CAUCASIAN was admitted tc tue
m,l, and expressed our confident belief that ne
further trouble need be anticipated. This week,
b0rerer. our business has been again suddenly
,oS uuc ucxpeotedly arrested by an order from the
po,t Office Department prohibiting IhE CAccAs-
"a, from circulating in the mails. With our pa
~, in type, and the press waiting, we determin-l
"a Hi. ti.e to proceed to Washington and gain
tr nersonal investigation the reasons. II possible,
g. .o strange a proceeding. We have the graft
s,.,;on IN stnte that there is no charge that we
t.,s violated tho terms of our letter to the Post
m.s,sr in New York, or that We have not acted in
1a,j,o cood faith in the matter. And more, there
i,ro charge that we have opposed the war--that
Ma have adyocGtod secession or laid ourselves la
Ne to any charge Of diSloyaty, unless 1t be dis
laval to oppose negro freedom, Our only, our
,olo cause OF offending so tar as we can learn IL,
H., ra have advocated the suJordinGtioR Of the
s.oro IN tbs tekite man as the normal order of Am
s,,ar society, and contended that the relation of
ho r,cs, os it has come down to us from the
GrnAsrs ofour government, ls right This being
trrIv n question Of political opinion, we had no
u,n;ciop that its advocacy could fall under the
han of the Administration. 1t IL simply the idea
.,boi. of th. doctrine that this is "white mau's
.,rarnmont n. proclaimed by Senator Douglas
chief Justice Taney, and many of the most prom
ipsnt northern DenOcrats. The striking down
Tn. DAucAstAS, therefore, has deeper signlh
arce than any previous act of interference WIN
the press. It is simply refusal to allow US TO de
t.nd the decision of the Supreme Court Of the
Ind. This, toe after We mad relied upon the per
mission of The Department that Tho Caucasian
,honlA be sent ntthrough the mail, aud expended y
hrca sum of money, which is now all lost, IN the
attempt 10 get il started.
Pnallv rather than have our business broken
n, ourcstablishmtnt idle, our hands thrown out
abandonment Just at the beginning OF winter, we
proposed to publish paper merely containing
he news of the day, and extracts from other jour
tnls that ,-ere allowed TO circulate IN tue mnlls
and without any opinions Of our own on IT, Oui
tubscrbcrs, We thought, might accept 'hls as
temporary cIpedlent, OUT hs'ouuuihS t0'H''i
even this r1s refused!
II would be useless for us TO try TO find language
10 express to our readers the bitter, burning dis.
anpoiniment we feel over this last unparalleled
act. The loss of money. which We could i'll Afford,
is badenough, but the sense Of injustice, OF wrong
ofcruelty, which must be felt to be appreciated
is almost uncomfortable. -
urreadsrs may inquire, however, "What vii
you do now ? Do you intend I'd give up !" We
lnswei, NO! The principle that we are oontohu
ing for is the vital element Of our very natiofa
existence. Il is the doctrine of multltudes
Democrats in the North, and with unbounde'
confidence in the grand truth that this IS q GOV
trnmew of uLit. mcn, and none others, We sha,
never forsakc it, as long as here are people on0uSl
left who will support it. The Caucasian will %
ecnsiuued for the present, at all events and car
be ordered through news agents, Ihere Is 20 90
lection to our continuance Of the paper, but only
that our subscribers shall not have the privilege
Ofrecciving their papers by mail,
We feel sanguine that this subject VIII not o'
allowed to rest here. The matter. we have reason
10 believe, will soon be brought before Congress
and we trust that the exclusion Of The Caucasian
from the mails will bo only temp,ra AT al
events, we ask our subscribers to have patience
and they may rely that every effort We cnn us
shall be mado to remove the difficulties that nov
surround US.
VAN ExRIE, HORTON & CO.,
Editors and Projectors Of THE CAUCASIAN.
j. II. VAN EvRIE,
R. G. HORToS,
7. B. CHasE,
New York. December 7th, 1901. n.y.. .