Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1866-09-26
NO 1925 CLEARFIEID PA, WEDNESDAY, sE3TfABER

on bah sides, North and South, and
now when il has come out unscathed !
fromthat fiery ordeal, | aE FOR stand
ing cias II is-frst last and all the
time. ltsecured us peace, progress
and Tpnqhility for three quarters Of a
ceutIrg--Tot a difficulty or a draw
bacl1n all THAT time, save one, to mar
our rDnderful career. That one cause
of discussion, "AfricaR SiaUery," is
now aboiished, and there is nothing
reall' left to make one man differ
/ f-s.rs .8tssef.. nom one end Az El1c !
other of the Union. That bond and
bargain which held us so long with I
slavery, ought certainly to be good TO
hold Is now, that slavery is numbered |
with ihe'things that were.
may say also to you, that these
amendments are n mere contrivance
on ths part of politicians to deceive
I the cmntry--that they are not receiv-
ed with favor by the earnest men of
eitherparty, whether radical or con-
serva6ve. Charles Sumner is not
more friendly to them to-day than i
am. and that l know. He viii not
deny T.
Let me explain. i have great re-
4 spect br an honest radical in this con-
test understand him, know what
be wants, and where to meet him.
He fnnkly avows bis policy, and
however much may think him mis-
: taken. cannot refrain from according
10 hin the need Of honesty and man
, illness He starts out with the idea
! that al men are equal, and that the
} ! negro is Just as much entitled to his
: share in the government of the coun-
! try as he is entitled 10 be paid tor his
! days labor after be has performed it.
e He believes the negro ought to have
: a VOTE, just as be ought TO have a
: challenge 10 the jury who is to try
I him for his life. This is radical ground
r and ! say i respect understand it
but YOU viii perceive these Constitu
z tional amendments don't cover that
I ground. Indeed, they abandon it, and
1 trade il off for a consideration. They
do not ask for equal political right;
] for the negro-thcy do not insist on
r his right TO sufrage-but they pro
pose u cell hina 10 ths white man il
this respect, provided the latter vii
J. agree TO yield up their political power
II in proportion as it is based on thcii
o negro population How this woulC
:, benefit the negro no one can explain
c but anybody may see that it woulS
3 not incline the people of the Southern
II States TO treat him better than thel
n now do. May they not look upor
d him as the cause of this new humilia
" ton, ana visit upon him that indigna
d ton which his half hearted friend
II really deserveg This is why tru
e radicals oppose it, and stigmatize
le as an abandonment of the negro 10 hi
IN fate. u o=le- - deprive the Senther
n States OF few members of Congress.
j. Nor are the authors of it anxiou
n for its success. With no love for th
@, negro, they offer this as sop to tn
le aboliuonists, and expect, BY means {
IL it, TO keep them quiet till after th
Ia election. The heads OF these men al
" cool enough besides, to know ths
sr there is not compensation enough
In il to Justify them in the risks they ru
of in destroying the freedom of th
rt0 States. aud in consolidating powC
ed over them in the Federal Governmen
he 1t is an invention that may be mao
he 10 plague the inventors, and a petal
nd that might hoist its own engineers.
OF twenty seven States can deprive nil
a States of one-half their members
ny Congress By amending the COnstutio
the same number OF States might q
nc- prive New England Of one-half h
res senators; and this is made possib
to whenever the precedent is set, that
is amendment can be made which is n
To only in harmony with, but direct
ng contrary 10 the original instrume
lii- itself Ifyou change the basis OF r,
mt rcsentation, pass bills Of attainder a
in cr post fdct0 laws, you can do m
ely thing. Such changes are not dmeI
Dus mcmfs at all-they arc really rioldfiC
Id. attempted under cover Of a power
of amend, and if successful, the insti
bic ment becomes the sport of tactic
ave loses all efficacy, and is not worth I
an- paper upon which il is written.
al. / think the proceedings of the Ia
by Convention at Philadelphia, called,
our way Of eminence, the Loyal SOuthe
Irst Union Convention, ought TO open
our eyes OF the people as to the true !
-an ture Of the issues involved in the ns
ese elections Surely no such body
f ever met in the world before, or {
lrm which exposed It's nakedneSs m'
uld plainly than this. All the bedlams
had the country seemed to be Jet loose in
ade Ye Gods ifthe spirits OF Washingt
heir Franklin. Madison, Adams, Hamili
,me and Jefferson were permitted to Il