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

The candidates of the Democratic
party-nominated by popular vote
of over 100 citizens of Clearfield coun-
ty-are now before you. They are
all men of unexceptionable character,
and nearly every man of them born
and brought up in your midst.
Our country is in the midst of war
bloody, fratricidal, devastating, civil
war-and for which the Democratic
party is in no sense responsible. In
such crisis-and whilst holding it to
be the duty Of every man to sustain
the Administration in all its legitimate
measures to carry on the war to a sue
cessful issue-the Democracy of Clear
field county felt it to be their duty to
maintain their party organization, be-
lieving their party to be founded upon
those principles which, if adhered to,
will preserve and perpetuate the I'm
ion and the Constitution, and that the
organization Of only such parties as are
founded upon principles inconsistent
Ithgewith, should be abandoned.
These, we repeat, are the reasons
why we think the organization OF the
Democratic party ought to be kept
up; and which can be done in perfect
and entire accordance with loyalty
to the Government, and duty as citi-
zens of free Republic.
But in doing this, the Democracy of
this county have gone no farther. 1t
has been usual, heretofore, to traverse
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in every township. They did not
think this proper time for such man
ner of conducting political campaign.
Having selected their candidates, and
placed them fairly before the people,
they desired that nothing more be done
than to let the people calmly and qui-
etly make their selections This is the
sum and substance of their efforts.
But how is it with our opponents !?
Why, they were death on party or
CARNATIONS, (and we'll they might be,
seeing what theirs had done y yet
they nominated a full ticket of the
. rankest kind of Republicans, and are
now making almost unprecedented eff
forts to carry the county, and to claim
, it as Republican victory! The whole
of last week was spent by them in
holding meetings in different parts of
the county, and in other efforts to de-
ceive Democrats into the support of
the candidates Of that party which is
responsible for our present troubles
by DISCARDING ALL TERMS OF
RECONCILIATION last winter
n And at the same time they are crying
= out, "No Party" 80, let us ignore
party, and all 60 together"-for them,
E Of course.
If we have any Democrats who arc
mapping, lukewarm or Indifferent,
these efforts of their opponents can
not fail to arouse them to a liUely
$ sense of their duty, and to remind
D hem that, in time Of war as well as
in peace, ETERNAL VIGILANCE Is THE
PRICE oP LIBERTY"
"QuERY Why did John C. Breckenridge, one
OF that "smsll patriot band" lust week leave
Lexington, Ky. suddenly ahd in n olandestinc
n manner Wonder If recruiting ssrgeant was
7, looking for him because che took ground aoains,
the Secession Of Keutuckeyl Prc.haps Mr.
2 Breckenridge's organ can answer! Journal
d No sir' we cannot answer that query.
We nev er advocated Secession, ard would
@ therefore be unable to answer our neigh
Dor, who is booked" in the doctrine OF
O Secession. But we presume that the ques.
h ton might be more properly answered by
!. the advocates of that heresy, and it was
entirely unnecessary to PROFOUND any
= such question to any one outside Of Seces.
@ siondom, or the journal Office If jeff
e Davis would happen to send one of his
recruiting sargeants" to the Journal Office
r he would find those who have advocated
y Secession equal with himself, though not
= quite so effectively, pre-haps for lack Of
y coo-rage.