Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1864-11-02
Abusing the Slain.
Why is It that our JacoJin reirl.b

Why is 1t that our Jacooin neig glbor per-
sists in abusing his own friends, who were
candidates tor county Offices at the late !
election Because some of the Demo !
cratic candidates received larger majority
over their competitors than Bigler receiv-
ed over Schofeld, therefore, argues the
organ, "Bigler ran behind bis ticket"
Bigler's vote was larger than that given 10
any other candidate, with the exception
of Mccullough, who leads him eight votes,
and whcuever Cur neighbor asserts that
Bisler ran behind the balance Of his
ticket'--a. lie has done repeatedly-he
asserts that which is afquaEftdy .tulse
knowing il to be so.
II the argument of the JdcoJia organ is
correct, il only proves that some of their
own candidates for county Offices were SO
offensive that their own party refused TO
vote for them. For instance, Fulford
(McCullough's competitor for District At
torney) received e6 votes les, than were
given TO Schofeld and, while Bigier ran
akead Of his whole ticket, with The excep-
lion OF Mccullough, erery man on the Re
publican ticket (all citizens Of the county,
and neighbors Of the Jacotin edlors) ran
Jchi,d the vote given TO SchDfeld 1t is
thus demonstrated that the Republican
party of Clearfel6 think more Of stran-
gers than they do Of their neghboTs. Nor
is this lll but their own party organ
makes this the subject Of boast and ridi-
cule. II is bad enough that these gentle
men fell behind their ticket; hut it is
much worse to be abused for it in the col
umns Of the paper they labor so hard 10
sustain. So far as our friend Fuliord is
concerned he is entitled TO our heartfelt
sympathy. We know that it was no fault
of bis that some Republicans preferred
voting for his Democratic opponent rather
than for him and we therefore think it
an outrageous shame that he should be
abused for it, and that by the very fellows
whose duty it was 10 have prevented it.
ssS 0ur Jaco!in neighbor charges US
with misrepresenting the news from the
Army, and devotes whole column in a
labored effort 10 make good the charge.
Our news summary is generally very has
tily prepared, and that for our paper of
week before last particularly so but we
deny that we committed a single innccu-
racy even on that occasion, in any impor-
tant particular, and We defy Swoope, or
any other Jacobn scribler, 10 subs,antiate
their charge. Your assertions, remember,
will not pass. They are even worse than
the currency your masters have forced
upon the people. That is al a discount Of
nearly three hundred per cent; but your
toord will not pass at oil in this commu-
nifty.
But these fellows are 10 be pitied
rather than blamed. They have so liter
ANY oueyeu lne uicIauon OF IheIr masters
whose policy it is to "hsve no defeats,
but all victories that we dare say each
individual member Of the juuta that con-
trolls the JacObn organ is ready to swear
until he is black and blue that we have had
nothing but victories" since the war
commenced
Now, some how or other, we can't see
the advantage of this policy. The peo-
pie certainly are not such fools as TO be-
lieve this to be the case and even if they
could be deceived, how can they reconcile
the fact that they have sent to the field
not much less than three million men, and
that the war is not yet ended-that an
armed and defiant foe still conironts us
at every point?
No, no. boys; you may do Just as much
lying in this way Us you please we will
do none Of it. When we know what the
truth is about military operations, we will
tell it as well as our space and time ard
ability will permit, whether the news is
cheering or otherwise because, as the
people, in the long run, will have TO "foot
the bill, it is but fair that they should
know how "the machine" is running.
The Last Outrage.
On the 18th October the people of Ma
ryland voted on the question of the adop-
ton or rejection of new Constitution
submitted by Conyention in which the
Abolitionists had majority. The people
of the State defeated the new Constitu-
ton by majority Of about 2,000 A vote