Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1863-07-01

crustation called the 'adder's stone which
receives lis growing beauty by the king
Of the adders passing through and leaving
upon IL traces Of all its shining beauty
| Happy is the shepherd who at a safe dis
tqnce beholds the operation and then
with great courage steps in and secures
the prize. He is henceforth held in the
highest estimation as possessing an esti.
nation rs possessing an antidots against
Hdeadly poison But, sir, he does not OBJ
tain bis treasure without some risk of beS
ling pursued by the whole venomous brood,
bin which case he is compelled to safety in
! fight and IL he docs not throw some of
his garments to the enraged adders to di-
vert their attention they cease not their
pursuit till they have obtained their lost
treasur or the body Of their plunder. The
! Democratic party, with its zeal tor tho
welfare of the country, and for the preser.
walton of the Government in its original
purity and dignity, was compelled TO yield
TO ianatacism iG the administration of the
government which it had for nearly three
quarters of a century kept steadily in the
path Of unparalleled prosperity and great
ness
! But air, the Democratic party has to- day
deplores ard iaments the suffering coudi-
ton Of the country under its present false
rule, would not rather suffer adversely
than wear the unenviable honor which
these traitors TO the Constitution, to law,
to liberty and to God may now be wearing.
1t was expected, sir, that when these reso.
lutions should be brought in here and
offered as an antidote against the deadly
poison of the opposition, the whole brood
would hiss and ragea as they have not hissed
apd ragged for many q day before, but
had no idea that we should be attacked
by all the Shiny brothers of the blacksnake
tribe, threateningus with the fate of anoth-
er Laocoon, who was strangled before the
altar while warning the Trojans against
the wilGs OF the Greeks.
] Mr.. Speaker, and members of the
Pennsylvania Legislature, (which, thank
God, isy ct free, what an important trust
, is that committed to you That our ru,
: lers have become wickedly corrupt that
} n reform is needed-none dare deny
Judging from the signs of the times d:
, exhibited four months, il is my deliberate
{ opinion that the structu re of our govern
l ment is being undetermined that justice
5 law, order and religion are being hootec
at. Is it not time, then, that scenes likt
r .hess, discreditable to the age, and TO ou
c free institutions, should cease? Is there
0 not honesty, and deccncy, and powe
u enough TO stop itY II there Is not, then
indeed, henceforth our much boastet
e, free institutions will exist only as an idl
dream. II is long time since j Jefferson
e wrote, "The times will alter the people
, will become careless; our rulers corrupt
J, The time for fixing every essential ele
d ment on legal basis is while our ruler
d are honest, aud we ourselves united.
/. shall be going down hill. 1t will not b
n deemed necessary 10 resort every momen
y to the people for support; they will, there
o fore, be forgotten and their rights disre
9 garded."
o Is not this prediction already realized
n The woe the want, the wretchedness, th
IL misery, the insolvency, the poverty an
It the anguish Of hundreds and thousands G
a the human family, whom the gamblin
l. spirit Of this age has ruined, constitute
h warning voice calling on the Democrac
/, to come to the rescue, with Just such res
olutions as these, of all that is valuable i
Il their loved institutions. Far spread in
IF deed must be that demoralization whic
,r in land of abundant natural resource
" like ours could exhibit in one year so ma
h nv thousand virtues blotted out as With
- sponge.
CT But Mr.. Speaker; my heart sickeRs :
o, the recital Of the deeds of this most fcc
le and unnatural administration. | deslI
4, not TO pursue il any further. | do M
o. wish TO exaggerate; ! simply appeal
le facts-facts which the past unveils. 1t
Q. tn the wisdom and unauimity of this bod
Id that the generous, the Just and sufferir
ur people must look for a remedy in Il
adoption of wise and concilatory resolt
TO tions, such as these before us,
mt adiure YOU to weigh well the cons
do ouences- consider the import Of the que
We ton, and fain would hope these resol
do tions may prove an ladders stone amor
\ the people, and prevent the baneful il
ut huence of Abolitonism from continuir
as TO ovorshadow the State and the natio
lie. through its special organizations OF all tn
ms is cunning, greedy, heanless and phalis
IS, ical in this republic,
MS, Mr.. Speaker, fear am occupying I
an much Of the time of this House but ft
re-. that to retire without making n parti
Ire bow TO my classical friend from Huntin
as don would be unklnd, especially in viz
nal of that part OF his speech which abound
in such gross personal abuse of my friei
be from Wayne (Mr. Nelson,) who is not
,er his seat to defend himself. What shal
90 say to him that would be felt2 kr'
of nothing that could penetrate his Gallo
ar heart. II is related by natural historian
10 that there is an animal Ia sort of pro
lue type of those beings who wallow in I
= mire of political corruption) that has
NV come so insensble TO its fatness. that
,bo mice have been allowed to barrow a
nestle in its back. But here, thou
for learning, in the language OF Burke, II
mis- he cast into the streets aud trodden unt
ate the hoofs Of a swinish multitude, yet W
,rd all the ignorance and disregard of
,or propriety of speech and decency oi mi
anv ners, he can do nought but interpret
i'm clamor with which we are assailed, as
nm. grunting of the herd in anticipation
,ith their well filed trough being emptied .