Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1867-08-08
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man OF the Black Republican State
COMMITTEES, has issued his FIRST address
in the present campaign, ltcontains
less truth than is to be found in any
similar document ever issued. Hav-
ing emanated from one OF the peoples
servants, an officer of State and
teacher Of "grand moral IDEAS" it
should have contained somethingpatri-
otic and truthful. But as the press of
his own party-chief among them the
New York Tribune and Pittsburg
Chronicle-aro exposing his sophis-
tries, we need not point out his first
class ISLANDERS against his superiors.
The author must think tho people
Of Pennsylvania are as ignorant as
Digger Indians, or he never would
have concoeted such batch Of balder-
dash. There is scarcely one single
allusion either TO the remote or recent
history of men or parties Of the coun-
TRY, that is not misrepresented or dis
torted-and SO clumsily done, that no
v"0 " Viui"siJ i..ssiiisvaVv ~.... n.Ii
to detect the purpose of deception.
In giving biography of Judge
Williams-their candidate for the Su-
preme Bench of the State-we are
informed that the Judge is about forty
six years Of agej but never a word
about the place Of his birth. Biogra-
pliers never omit this important fact.
No biography is complete without it.
Why, then, this omission? Did Mr.,
Jordan fear that il he would tell the
people ,chere Mr.. Williams was born,
raised and educated, he would thereby
be telling them thoir candidate was an
imported Yankee, and that by placing
him at the head Of the judiciary of this
staid ole Commonwealth the eintroduc-
ton Of the "nelo lights of new Eng.
land ianatiesm would be best secured
Mr., Williams 'is Of the Webster and
Clay school of politics. says this ad-
dress When was be with Clay and
!, Webster 2 Was he with those two
great statesmen when they were act
ing in harmony with the Democracy
upon the Uery questions that now sep
arate the Democrats and the Aboli-
tionists, and when they were denoun.
cling the latter (Mr. Williams among
them) in language but little less polite
than Andrew johnson is now denoun-
cling themY What "sehool Of politics"
did Mr.. Williams belong to then
Where was he when his party was
resisting and nullifying the clearest
provisions of the Constitution and the
most solemn acts Of Congress respect.
ing the fugitive slave lawy Where
was he when his party was burning
churches, and disfranchising men be.
cause Of their religion or foreign birth
And where was be when his party was
backing up and applauding the trea-
sonable and murderous conduct of old
John Brown Did he learn such
lessons in Clay'sand Webster's "school
ofpoliticsp How false to the memory
of the honored dead How insulting
to the intelligence of the intelligent
living!
Nor is this address any the less free
from misrepresentation, il not positive
falsehood, when it comes to speak of
Judge Sharswood, the Democratic
candidate. 1t seems that, in 1862 or
1868, Judge Sharswood, taking the
Constitution for his guide-which says
that nothing but gold and Siluer shall
be made a legal tender-gave an opinion
i 1pronouncing the act Of Congress de-
claring paper money to be a legal
tender, unconstitutional Who dare
say that this opinion was wrong, then ?
Was it possible for any Judge TO decide
otherwise without perjury? Mr.. Jor-
dan knew it was not and If he had
the candor that all honest men should
have, he would either have omitted any
reference to this decision whatever, or
else he should have explained that this
decision was delivered under the late
government of the United States
strictly in harmony with the late Con-
stitution as formed by the "rebelsD Of
'76-and only violative of the same
old Constitution as purified and regea-
Grated under such saints as Fred.
Douglass, Phillips, Stevens, Sumner &
Co. Hundreds of similar decisions
have been delivered; and no honest
judge ever thought Of delivering any
other opinion, until military neces-
sity" taught them how to "throw con-
science TO the devil" as Thad. Stevens
orders them.
When will our public men learn
that "honesty is the best policy" and
that to attempt to mislead tho people
upon public questions is no less crimi-
nal than treason TO the State When
that day comes, we will have whole
some laws, administered by honest