Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1862-06-25
BY SAMUEL ]. ROW.
CLEARFIELD. PA. JUNE rs. 1862
WHAT THEY HAVE IN VIEW.

organs of the Bredkinridge- Vallandigham
Democracy-they are such amiabe, truthful,
patriotic affairs. We have just now before US
one of those delectable sheets, bearing the
euphonious title of ssPatriot and Union,' in
which it is asserted that ssthe blood stained
records of the Spanish holy inquisition are
the models which inspire the legislation" of
the present Congress, that s:this unchristian
.spolicy, evidently pursued to protract the
war, is upheld by blood thirsty fanatics and
professional robbers, leagued together for
4" the unholy purpose of gratifying an insane
I" hatred of Southern institutions and the lust
{" of spoils, stimulated by official impurity."
That, we should think, is rather 'srich, COM
ing, as it does, from an editor who belonged
to the old corrupt Buchanan dynasty, one of
the Cabinet officers of which was implicated
in a wholesale robbery of the Treasury, whilst
another was stealing all the cannons, muskets,
and munitions of war for their ssdear brothers"
who, through devotion to the ssSouthern in
stitutions,'' for which the editor of the Patriot
and Union seems so deeply concerned, have
taken up arms and are fighting against the
United States Government.
But this immaculate editor does not stop
here. Firing up with his subject, he wants to
know if the ssbrave and patriotic volunteers"
and the "deluded, wheedled, tax-ridded peo-
pie, will longer submit to the rule and legis-
L" lation,' of those whose acts have caused
his ire to rage so fiercely. The editor of the
Patriot and Union thinks not. He says, "this
" ruthless and absurd management of the
.'war this degradation abroad Of our once
.. glorious Union, can no longer be tolerated
I" by deceived and injured people," Oh,
no the people will not sstolerate" anything
of that sort, if the editor of the Patriot and
Union can make them believe that they are
half as badly ssdeluded, - ewheedled," }" 'stax-
ridden." and ssinjured,'' as he would have it
appear, and induce them to repudiate their
obligations to the best Government the sun
ever shone upon.
Nor is he content with pointing out the dan
gers which exist in his fanciful Imagination
he also offers remedy. esTo save the nation
s from impending ruin," he says "the reins
=. of Government must return into the hands
i" of''-of whom do you suppose, dear reader 2
Why no others, of a verify, than those of-we
pause for breath-of-ssthe Democratic partyi''
There it is at last. The proposition is GER
toinly plain enough to be understood, but the
ground upon which these Breckinridge- Val
landighamites base their pretensions of being
the ssonly party capable of re-uniting" the
States, is not so clear, unless they state in
versely the problem that ssthe power which can
make, can likewise unmake."
1t has been suspected, however, that a res
toration of the Union does not concern these
disinterested, patriotic editors of the Brcck
and Vallandigham stripe, nearly so much as
does a restoration of their party to power.
This manifests itself even in their call for a
State Convention, where ssthe welfare of the
Democratic party" is made by its position,
paramount to the welfare of the country.
With this object constantly In view, their
policy is TO cmbarass the war, to msrepresent
the Administration, and, if possible, to fright
On the people with the cry of ssheavy taxes, -
'sabolition war; and all that sort of stuff, into
the support of their candidates the coming
fall. And it is scarcely to be doubted that
they base their calculations largely upon the
hope that the war may continue until after
the election, knowing full well that large
majority OF the men who are in the field, fight
ing under the glorious ssStars and Stripes
are Republicans, whilst hundreds who have
heretofore acted with the Democracy, would
indignantly spurn the invitation to join po-
litical organization, the leaders of which are
~ chary at praising our Union soldiers they
are profuse in apologies for rebels and traitors.
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The editors of the Clearfeld Republican boast
in their last issue that they devote a large
share OF their outside to description of the
late battle near Richmond, in which the Union
soldiers are stigmatized as sscowards,' - "pol-
troons," and as olooking mean as sheep
thieves" They also exult at the idea of copy
ing an article rejecting on the conduct of
Hawkins New York Zouaves at Camden, N. 4.
G. Had either of these accounts praised our
soldiers, they probably would never have ap
pesred in the Republican but being caIculat-
cd to throw reproach upon them, a matter
Of course they are promptly transferred to the
columns of that sheet. In order to do all
the harm possible to our men who took part
in the desperate fight near Richmond, the ed
ditors of the Republican might have added
Gen. McClellan's official dispatch, in which
he speaks of tho conduct of Gen. Casey's Di-
vision as being "discreditable," )" notwithstand-
ing some of its regiments lost fifty per cent.
of the number they took into the battle.
4Hgs ~ 'a.ia
We fear our old friend, tho New York Tri-
bsne, is getting on the wrong track. At least
IL Il suspicious 10 find the Cleayfeid Republican
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