Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1867-02-06
Dootoring the Nation.

Republican, in the last issue of his immac-
ulate sheet, displays manifest symptoms of
dependency concerning the condition of the
Nation, which he seems to view from, an
Esculapian stand point, and thinks the ''af
hicticns" under which the country is suf-
fering will certainly produce more fatal
disorder in the body polite, than cholera
would in the physical system To him
THE people of this country seem to profit
little by experience. Four years of fratri-
"cidal war, with its untold evils and per-
'Sonal Affections, to Doctor George, .'seem
''to be forgotten already" Nor is this the
worst of it, for, in manner which indicates
settled conviction, he declares that "A por
''tIon of the people seem as determinedly
''bent on National ruin, as they were in
1860. This ayerment we, at first, innO-
Gently supposed meant the Rebels who un-
dertook to destroy the Government, and
their abbettors and sympathizers at the
North. But it would .seent' we were great
ly mistaken, for upon reading few addi-
tional sentences of Georges article, we dis
covered, what viii probably be news to the
rest Of mankind also, that ''the portion of
people referred to by him, constituted
those who 'heedlessly cast their ballots to
elevate a western political jay hawker to
the Presidency, as he is pleased, with pue-
rlle impotence, to speak of the lamented
Lincoln. When, however, the editor of the
Republican declares that many fathers
grasp and caress their bonds to-day more
''affectionately than they did their sons in
war times, we can with the greatest
degree Of confidence say, that George does
not allude to himself, and at the same time
maintain that he refers to those who did what
they could to keep their sons out of, and not
to those who sent them into the army 1t
must not be supposed, however, that our
political Doctor, after giving the diagnosis
of the National maladv, is at loss for a
remedy. Not at all He has "a restorative
which, if used according TO directions, will
speedily cure the evils he has so graphically
pointed out. 1t is to put the Democratic
party in power in the States and Nation"
\ sovereign balm, that, indeed The most
simple and cheap medicament, imaginable
only 'vote the old Union Savers ticket"
exclaims George enthusiastically, and all
will be well things promiscuous will be
lovely and the anserine bird will hang high
But, seriously: What does our neighbor
mean when he says
''Ye loyalists o-day, who voted and talk
ed for war in 1860, do you want the same
thing in 1868? If so, advocate and sustain
the course OF Thad Stevens d Co. More
drafts and bounty taxes will be your lot, if
you continue to rOte for men who have no
more respect for the Constitution than hy-
ena has for corpse.
What differences are we to draw from such
language? Are we to conclude that the Lat
ter-day Democracy, if they do not succeed
in electing President in 1868, will revolt
as the South did in 1860? Or is this
sort of talk mere bluster and bombast, de-
signed to scare timid people into their sup
port? 1t is possible that such a result only
is contemplated And yet there may be
more method in these rawlings than we
would fain believe, for those which manifest
themselves in the columns of the Republican
are the mere reflections Of the n Y. World,
Washington Union, and other prominent
organs of the party to which they adhere
Under date of january 18th, the last men
toned paper for example, in speaking of the
Administration, says:
If necessary its strong and iron hand
tCtU he tnroked to stay the course and pre-
rent tie coRsumndtiOn ot' radical treason.
The great oath Of the President to protect
and defend the Constitution will not be for
gotten and the people who sustain him with
their five hundred thousand majority of vo-
ting population North and South will not
forget him. Events have already brought
the Government to the very verge of anoth-
er revolution. IF the radical majority in
Congress pursues its reasonable course much
longer, the Government In order to sustain
itself, lCiU hare 10 arm It's SupDorters. At
the call Of the President al has frieads
North and South, and the 4rnay and Na-
uw, all respond In such contest, the IS
sue cannot be doubtful"
This is the character of threats which
have of late become common with editors
of the Latterday Democratic school. FL
they indicate correctly the course their par
ty will take in 1868, the sooner the people |
understand their designs the better will it |
be for the country and for the Government.
IF the present Congress is an illegal So |
called Congress body hanging upon the
verge of the Government, because it was |
elected while ten States were excluded from |
Darticinafion in the election what CON ho |