Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1864-04-27
LETTER FROM pmLIrsBuRG.


OF the Loyal (?) Lincolnites Of this place
has again appeared in the Jucojn bile OF
Clearlield. lie no longer quotes the New
York Times, and the War Press, but re-
peats such tattle as his Eayesdropper can
gather from the old women and little
boys.
Lcr0i wonders why so many Democrats
notice him in their contributions to your
valuable paper. | admit that in all his
compositions | cannot discover sufficient
argument to demand O refutat ion by any
one
But the self-rightcous scribe, by writing
in an unknown tongue, has so mystihed o
certain class Of men in our town, that they
believe him to be prophet as much as
the Mourmons believe Brigham Young to
be possessed Of supernatural knowledge.
Joe Smith and Brigham Young were a.
ware that if they appealed to the under-
standing Of the people, they could not sub
shtute the Golden plates for the Book
that was writtoa as dictated by Jehovah
For this reason the prophets of the Latter
day Saints have done so much Of their
preaching in what they called the un-
known tongue. Leroi possesses more low
cunning than my colleagues credit him for
lie knows that the American people love
Justice and Liberty and that he cannot
ALLEVIATE from those two Godessos 10y sub
lstilulmg, sophistry in place Of reason
therefore he initiates the two great impos-
ters and writes in an unknown language
We have solved the mystery why this ad-
vocato OF the one man power uses SO ma
ny words that havo no meaning
The llberty-hating scribe knows that the
men who threeycars ago believed that the
President vas the government; they who
believed that few wide-a1tkos could
crush the rebellion in sixty days; they
who believed that the rebels would not
fight, bat run like dogs they who bclicY-
that greenlack dollar would always pur-
chase gold dollar; or they who believed
that stephen A. Douglass had any conf
dencc in Mr.. Lincoln s abilities as a states
man are crcdulous enough to believe any
thing. The Justice-despsing Leroi is a.
ware that the people who now believe that
our present Chief Magistrate is as pure q
patriot as was George Washington; they
who believed that Ben. Butler will be less
odious to posterity than Haynau, the wo-
men whipper; who believed that heavy
taxes are q blessing; who believed that
IL
terieited who believed that the bills of
tho Loyal ~ pet banks will DO a more un-
form currency than were the notes Of the|
famous Indiana wild ca. banks. They
who believe that if jefferson, Madiosn.
| Jackson, Clay or Webster were row living
amongst US, they would not, like Valhn-
dighan be compelled to seek protection
under the British flag; they who believe
that if John W, Forney, had lived in theI
days Of Seneca he would not, like him,
have defended Nero, or that ho, La9i and .
his caycs-droppcr, lived in seventeen hun |
drea and seyenty-siy, they would not have |
been Loyal tOrics-can be as easily gulIed |
Us those who have been gathered into Salt |
lake valley from the four quarters Of the |
Globe, The mystiliel disciples of the un- |
known tongue, says Leroi, has used me !
up. lhaya carefully read his last epistle |
to the faithful Loyalists, but cannot dis !
cover that he has Ieiuted a single asser !
tion that ! made; in fact an ordinary
schoo! boy should have done better No
wonder he uses so many unintellicent !
phrases, when they have such a magic ef- |
feet on the Loyal Solomons (?) of our town. |
lie dcsignatCs the different localities of /
our vicinity with such Ito him classic) |
slang phrases as | would expect to find in .
the New York Nail Bag, and they are call /
ed 10y him arguments. A eulogy on the .
constitution he calls "fantastical eulorv .
.of copperheadism," Tho four corner
stones on which we have erected the tenn
.ple OF Liberty and Justice, he calls the
pillars of copperheadism." Are we to
understand by this, that as soon rs we, by
our conduct, have made the stigma of cop
pernead an honest namo, the Loyolists On |
will lay claim to it. How long will it be
until the advocates Of the one man power
will deny that Lincoln and his blunder-
ing cabinet ever belonged to their partv?
1t will only be until an impartial, calm,
rcilecting people will pass judgment up
on them. It will not be many years un-
I'll just people will brand the leaders Of
this Loyal ~ party with the mark ofCain. I.
Then the cOnspirators against liberty will
try to whitewash over the stamp Of their
iniamy by assuming The name Of Conner
head. IN l775 their representatives clo-
ried in tho title Of loyal tories. They af
terwarda attached themselves to the fed /.
eral party until they roadered that once /
glorious name reprolch. Then they
were aniimasous. They then acted with
the whig party, until in spite of the two
great aages OF Ashland and Marshfald
they destroyed it. Then they assumed
the name OF knOwnothin-s. Th0a bold
ly iinging their banner OF Disuuion 10
the brcozo, they call themselves Republ-
cans. To this name they adhered until
they rendered it odi0us Then they were
'n0 par.y men; then constitutional IN
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