Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1866-02-14

ittuet.l iNS htl"'hN"''n '"' f"'F.>.r
Democratic charges against tho Adj
He would quote from
Fremont, MS late as lS6l.pronouncing
Lincoln an "usurper." "a military
&c. Mr.. Fremont, after
withdrawing from tho army, asserted
that the administration of Mr. Lincoln
was failure financially and in mill
tary point of view. benjamin +.
Wade aud Henry Winter Davis have
also reiterated such charges. Senator
Hale pronounced his administration
corrupt" In view of these charges
what was the Democratic party to
think :
Mr.. MAfec reiterated the declara-
ton.
Mr.. Pcrshing challenged the gentle
man to prove it. The law allowing
soldiers 20 vote was passed in Dem
ocratie Legislature. Who was il that
pronounced the law unconstitutional
Why, the party in opposition TO the
Democracy, who desired to prevent
the election oil Democratic officers in
Philadelphia, and TO the end, Judge
Allison decided that the law was un-
constitutional The matter was car
ried TO the Supreme Court, which re-
affirmed the judgment of the lower
court, and the Democratic officers
were ousted. Some Democrats have
objected TO these laws because frands
cannot help but be pcrpctrated. The
soldier can never yoteas his conscience
may dictate. The provisions OF the
bill seem as if they were framed for
the purpose of pcrpetrating fraud.
Mr. Lee. Was not the amendment
allowing soldiers TO vote, framed in
Democratic caucus, and did not the
Republicans vote unanimously in fav-
or of the bill us prepared ~ the
Democrats
Mr.. Pcrshing Certainly. The Dem
ocratic party framed that amendment
to the Constitution allowing the sold
icrs to vote, but they did not frame
the law providing the manner OF yot-
ing. We arc in favor of giving tho
right of voting to the soldier. bnt we
arc opposed 10 his being cheated. How
many prominent Republicans, in the
high confidence OF the Administration,
clandcstinely sent cannon, boots, shoes
and other material of war to the reb-
els, while they were loud mouthcd in
their charges against the Democratic
party? ! would like my Republican
friends, who have been SO free in their
charges against the Democratic party
as sympathizcrs with the rebellion, 10
invest five cents in copy of the New
York Tribune of Saturday, June the
18th, 1864. and read the report on
frauds in the custom houses and col
lccting offices. The very man, the
deputy collector of the port OF New
York and Secretary of the Republican
State Central Committee, ,at the very
time he alleged openly that Horatio
Seymour was traitor and ought TO
be hung. was engaged in Illicit traffic
with the rcbcs.
Gentlemen complain Of us because
VIC sustain President Johnson's recon-
struciion policy. Senator Doolittlc
saws that '.all those who fatter the
President are 10 better than secession
ists,' Now. Sir, what Democrat has
ever endorsed secession!
Mr.. Mann. ] wonld ask tn, gentle
man if Jefferson Davis is rot a Demo-
crat,
Mr.. Pershing. No, sir. Mr.. Mann
When did he leave that party Mr.
Pershing. When he ran from the Sen
ate Chamber. Laughter ami applause !
Who now saws that JEFF Davis shall
not be hung! Has not the gentleman
heard Beochcr and Greeley and other
great lights of the party Z Mr.. Mann.
What Democrat has demanded he
shall be hung! Mr. Pershing. say,
sir, give him fair trial. and if he is
convicted, hang him. [Applausc.
Mr. Mann. Who else SAYS so (.
Voices, "I.""l - Mr.. Pcrshinc. You
will always find the two extremes of
both sections voting togcthcr-the
Abolition fanatics and the secession
firc-eaicrs. JEFF. Davis and Henry
Wilson have been check by iowl. The
Rebels would destroy the Union to
project slavery; the Republican Abol-
itionists would destroy the Union to
destroy slavery. lie then replied to
the snccrs aud charges against Gener-
al Mcclellan, whose memory. he said,
would live when his enemies were
sleeping in their graves. They talk
Of our paying the Rebel debt" II is
all clap-trap-political buncomb The
Democrats ON the floor of Congress
have already expressed, by rcsolu-
ton, framed by Democrat, too, that
this debt shall never be paid.
Any man who votes for these reso-
lutions acknowledges that secession
triumphed; that eleven States arc out
OF the Union. The Republicans, /
know. contend that the States are