Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1864-09-14

Ut all. The men OF the South were peye,
as well protected as We used to protec
them, and they never will be protected a.
we'll rs we will protect them if they will
come back. States as well as individual
will be regarded, for our Administration
, il elected by the Democratic party. will
!, thereby be placed under the wholesom,
restraints and direction of democratic in
stincts. Applause. That Administra
ton, instead of becoming the enemy anc
prosecutor of any part of our people, will
act like that celebrated woman in moderr
history, the first Catliarine of Russia. ,
+ peasant girl born, by marriage with
Peter the Great and upon the death o.
her husband, became the sole sovereign
of the Russian Empire. The first act O,
her power was to issue an order that all
the gallows and gibbets of the country
should be pulled down. -[applausel-and
that all the instruments Of human torture
should be broken to pieces. Renewed
cheering. That is the spirit in which
we commence this contest. We will have
no Bastiles put up. but we will have the
present Bastiles opened and cleaned out
Tremendous cheering.] Our President
will be the friend and guardian and pro
tector, in obedience to and within the
limits Of the Constitution, of every State,
and OF every man, woman, and child with
in the sweep of our flag. Applause In
this spirit We will 60 into this contest. In
this spirit we will present ourselves with
q fascination so great that the timid Re-
publicans, who are now afraid that we
will Re down upon them with more blood
and moro taxes, will come to our camp
and sit in protection under the broad
@gis of tho Constitution and the law,
as administered by the faithful iLterpre-
ters Of that Constitution, the Democratic
nominees. As matters stap1, we have
been in somewhat Of predicament for
the last three or four years. The Demo
cratic party during that time has been
without any Organized representation
With the exception of the State of New
York and the smaller State of New Jer-
sey, there was not an organic thing on
! this continent that was not against US.
! The Federal Government, including the
Army and Navy, was in the hapds of Mr..
I Lincoln. State Governments, with the
exceptions mentioned, were all against US;
and yet, with all this organic power op-
posed to US, what do we behold? Why.
we behold rising power from among the
body OF the people-a spontareou current
made up of the contributions Of individ-
ual wills, individual feelings; and that
power is so great as to make Mr.. Lincoln
and his people in Washington tremble in
their boots. Cheers. We have not q
musket; we don't want any-we don't
need any. We have the ballot-box, we
have tickets, we have human reason, and
all we ask of Mr.. Lincoln is that he will
keep the road to that ballot-box unob
structed by fraud or force; that he will
make that road open to the people; give
us n clean ticket and fair count out
rLanghter and applause. That is all We
want. We do not care how many revolv-
crs be has so that he will just keep them
away from the people. We want him to
dothat. Mark you! We don't want him
TO interfere, and don't think he will try
il after this demonstration.
Now, my friends, know how anxious
YOU all arc to get through with the glori'
Gus doipgs of this day. ! am not gong
TO detain you. Nor am going to say that
will support the ticket. Great God ! ]
never did anything else. Cheers. will
not only support 1t, but | will do it with
all nv heart. with all my might, and with
oll cbeerTulness. / once voted for man
ON the democratic tick for sCongress
and refused to speak TO him as | returned
from the polls, because lie was on the
ticket. and. my friends, take it for gran
ted. that, whatever else happens IN the
world, God and the people can t be wrong
T rAnplause.l I came here without any
porsonal feelings in this business. l have
no desire. but that the desires of Others
shall be gratified. think now that any
fears which some of our friends may have
entertained in regard TO this eminent man
J already nominated are without any ioun'
dation, will tell you why. We have
had Presidents of the United States be-
fore this who commanded the whole ar
/. nv and navy, and were victorious Gener
ais. Did they do us any harm? Did An
drew Jackson enslave his country Loud
and enthusiastic cheering.l Did he EN-
ploy armies to silence the clamors oil
/. few factiouists in South Carolina? Not a
|, all. How many men did he send to the
Bastile? Not one. He was military
man. with military instincts as strong a
, Gen Mcclellan, ard with this difference
that jackson came ip upon his own pop
ulsrity, and Mcclellan comes in a, a mar
believed bv the Democratic party TO b'
, fittest for this particular emergency. Nc
: Clellan had been suggested by the peri
Ions condition OF the country for reasons
= all of which had been given to the people
: but il makes no difference whether the.
have been given to the people or not
t there is a secret instinct in the breast o
t every democrat, which OF night, when h
Q is alone and passes his eyo over the dark
t ened aspect OF this country, will lead hin
: to feel reason to have some person
t McClellan's stripe near at hand. Ar
plause' Do you understand III Th
0 army, this great citizen army, does no
/. belong to any one man in this country
1t belongs to the people II is part of tn
n people; it is under the patronage end pre-
5 lection Of the people, and the army vii
r know what we want very we'll. The
D know that we don't intend TO say TO then