Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1862-05-07

A Heavy Load 10 Garry -Ex, Secreta
ry Cameron Ceusurod in the House
OF his Friends

v
OF his Friends,
ia the House Of Representatives al
Washington, on last Wednesday, tho Eol,
lowing resolution. offered oy Mr. HoLMAS
Of Indiana, WAS adopted hy vc,p of yeas
u.s. nays Is
"Resohe,A, That Simon Cameron, late
Secretary Of Wur, oy Investing Alexander
Cummings with lhs control Of IL largo
tum Of public money, and authority to
purchase military supplies without res.
friction, without requiring from him any
guarantee 70: the faithful performance Of
hS sluLlcs, when the services of competent
public officers were available; and by in
Volying tae Government in 2 vast nulG.
Der Of contracts with persons not legili-
mAioly engaged in tho business pertaining
20 the s"JlecJ matter OF such contracts,
especially in the purchase of arms for fu-
tuTe delivery, has adopted policy highly
injuro,D TO the public service, and deser.
wing the ccEsuro orthis House"
The roader viii! observe that this reso-
luton f. susceptible Of but one incoming
that Of direct, positive, AMI unqualified
oensur,, and rather tartly expressed,
OftLc yeas, only 2S are Republicans;
all the rest are Democrats and Union
men, The nays are all Republicans, with
the exception of three whose Democracy
Il would be unsafe TO count upon, Of
whom Dr. Lehman Of Philadelphia is one
All the Republican members from Penn.
sylvania, with The exception Of ien, Pat
ton Of this District, (and it affords us
real pleasure TO record the fact voted
against the resolution. OF the - Repub
lican members from Pennsylvania, one
voted with the Democrats for the retolu
ton, and fvc voted against it the balance
failed to vote.
Not conte~t with thus formally con.
hrmlDg the ccnsure cast upon Gen. Cam
eron by the Democratic press throughout
tho country, tie House Immediately af
terwards rejected a resolution of ceusuro Of
Mr.. WELLES Secretary OF the Navy, for
employing Geo. u. Morgan Of New York
to purchase vessels, by vote of yeas IS,
nays y.
And here, again, we fad Gen Patton
recording his vote with the Democrats, in
favor Of the condemnation Of high otEi .
cill Of the Government for reckless
sQlanderng OF the -rul lie money upon
personal and political iayorites. If Gen.
Patton would vote thus throughout the
remainder Of the session, many OF his CON
Siitu@ntS, who now feel deeply wourded
by such votes as that he cast for the
emancipation OF the slaves in the District
CT Columbia, and others Of similar Aboli-
tion tendency, would feel very much in,
clined to forgive him.
But, how stands Mr. Cameron nov ? He
is commissioned as Minister Plcuipotcn,
tiary to Russia, and has been confirmed
by the Senate. But mere is the unqual-
fed condemnation Of his official acts by
the National Legislature, byors he !caycs
the country, OF course the Emperor OF
all the iSussias, will not receive Minister
thus condemned and unless Mr.. Came.
ron has the prudence 10 decline, the Pres
ident will be compelled to recall him. -
And how can the President do this? Does
not Mr., Cameron carry III his breeches
pocket the fullest endorsement Of Mr.
Lincoln' On the llth Of January last
Mr.. Lincoln dropped uoto to Mr.. Cam
cron declaring his confidence" in his
liability, patriotism ald fidelity 10 public trust"
Will this vote Of Congress shake Mr.. Lin
colr's confidence" The President says
Cameron's fidelity tn public trust" is
deserving Of Executive confidence" The
people'S representatives say the policy of
this same Cameron was "hghy injurious 10
the public serriee," and deserving the ccn8wc'
Of Congress.
1t would be very strange, indeed, und er
such circumstances, if the President
would permit such a man TO represent the
nation in a foreign court.
DEAD AND BURIED D.-The Republican party
Of Pennsylvania is no more. 1t has "gone
under" squelchcd, snuffed out, like
candle, and the opposition to Democracy
in this State is to be rallied under the
name of the Peoples Party and hold a
State Convention at Harrisburg on the
18th July next.
Well, pcace to its ashes-for, under that
good name, these same fellows have caus,
ed the biggest ,0ar that ever devastated
any nation.
But will this change of name avail
them Can they thus deceive the peo-
pie, and make them believe that they are
not the very same men, with the same
notions, ideas and principles, that have
brought all this devastation upon our
country? The people were once deceived
Iy ihis ohopge nf N ar,oa ~, tho rort of tbe