Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1863-10-07

claimed for the "now settlers aud
the old mhabtants-thosc whohavc
made our county what il is--stig-
matizcd a- a degenerate race.
II seems that Forgcb perhaps fearing to
show his own face according TO announce
ment, sent one Of his "meats" to attend
the political meetings held here ON Tues
day Of last week and it also appears that
this "speak" was plenteously piled, by some
of sur o,rn citizens, with the vilest and mean
est of ISLANDERS against the people of this
county.
What purports to bo description OF
the lwo meetings appears in the Press OF
the Cd. We care nothing about his false
hoods about the size of the abolition meet
ing, or the number Of Republicans i'll al
Tendance. Such lies do no harm. Every
BODY krows that there were at least four
time, as many Democrats in town that
NIGHT. as there were Republicans; and if
| Democrats attended their meeting, and
their crowd was thus swollen to respecta-
bic proportions, and the Republican lead
ers refused to let their followers attend
the Democratic meeting, it only goes to
show that while Democrats are anxious to
hear both sides, the Republicans are AFRAID
Of Democratic arguments.
But let us present few sentences from
this hired trd&uccr Of the people of CIeer-
field county--yes, no doubt hired andpaid
[ for by our own ungratefIl citizens
| In speaking of the occasion, he says -
81 Four times year this ret nion of the some
what influential people of the county takes place,
and the occasions are always embraced by hun.
dreds of politicians and others, to visit Clearheld
town and become posted as to county AFFAIRS
Clearfeld county, be It known, Is one OF the Gie-
rsltary of Democracy 1t is the home Of Biger
and the shrine of many Of the most deyout fol-
! lowers of that renowned statesman. Generally
speaking its population is stepped M profound "
noronce, aud take their teachings from unprinci-
pied dema gogues, and be lieye, without reserva-
lion or reflection, the worst ISLANDERS upon their
political opponents. Newspapers reach this be
nighted place oly through The intelligence and
enterprise of the best class of its people, who, we
are glad TO assure our readers are now ranged up
on the side of their country
What think you of that, men OF Clear
field? How do you like 10 have it thus
announced--and by the endorsement, of your
own neighbors-that, "grasraiy speating,' y
you are "stccp.d in prqomd igaOrancc" !" 1t
is only the best class" Of our citizens who
have access to, or who read newspapers.
,Or course all others are "steeped in pro
found ignorance" We commend this in
! famous smmderer and his employers, to
the Common School Reports, and to the
Census tables, if they would learn some
thing Of the general intelligence of the
people Of Clearfeld county,
But again:
''The lur bermen generally arc an intelligent
class Of people, and many Of them showed theil
devotion to their country by eulisting under IL
flag. The degenerate remainder are principally
moulded by the politicians and used for THEN
sole benefit Being a long established Demo
cratic county, prejudice aud b'goiry have attained
a fast hold upon the minds Of the people. Grad
ually they are being uprooted, and light is dawn
gcnce and ,rcalh are settling there, and ihiusing
a regard for true Democratic principles"
How do the respectable portion of oui
Republican friends like the above Is II
not UNANIMOUSLY and shamelessly false in
every particular? Who Piled this "8neok
= ,cih these mean and dirty Fes2 Who are the
gentlemen of intelligence and wealth
that are settling in our COUNT? Look
around: Did these "new settlers" bring
their wealth" with them, or did they alakt
il here' Who we're the men who "enlist
ed under the flag of their country" DID
they not embrace all classes? And wht
are the "deg, nerate remainder" Viii
our Abolition friends please point them
out?
We close with the following paragraph
"Mr. Finney. of the Central Committee, AIR
Graham, Mr.. Swoope and other intelligent cit
zens of Cearheld, t5ho arranged tho meeting, havt
much cause to feel gratihed upon their success.
e We were net aware, before ttis, that Mr.
p Graham had any hand in changing the Re
p publican meeting to Tuesday evening, qtte
, their meeting had been called for Weanes
day evening. II was changed for a purpose
What that purpose was, can only be guess
ed; 1t was either to prevent Republican!
hearing sound Democratic arguments
5 or else it was for the purpose Of causing g
9 disturbance; and we do not believe tha
. Mr.. Graham had any hand in any sucf
unprecedented conduct. lie is not one o
our recent settlers" although a gentle
man of Intelligence and wealth"
We know not VINO this lying corespon
dent is. We saw him here, playing thu
!, part Of a sneak" or a spy but we haC
no idea that our Republican friends would
.hus hire man TO come all the way frou
!, Philadelphia to publicly traduce, villify
and SANDER their neigbbors- the mer
u from whom thcg get their bread and J,,tter