Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1867-12-12
THE WALLACE TESTIMONIAL.



equal, either politically or socially.
In all those departments of labor re-
quiring skill, intellect and energy, the
white man has and will keep his SUI
pcriority. In the domain OF agricul-
ture, directed by the brain of our
race in those branches Of labor in
which strength and sinew are more
needed than intellect aud skill, and in
the various pursuitsin which initiative
faculties and habit make proficiency,
the black can and may find his appro-
pirate field and if the two races be
permitted to adjust thcir own relative
positions, unmolestcd by legal regula-
tions or despotic requirements, the ne
gro may yet. bo made happy and use
full The efforts now being made to
give him political power serve but to
iniure him. The prejudices ofcaste are
stronger against him after freedom
than before For more than eighty
years they have been free in Pennsyl-
vania, but they are still regarded'as
our interiors and refuse participation
in the Government. Our people will
not assent to their equality; prejudice
seems TO become strengthened with
time, for under the old Constitution
outrage was not confined to the white,
whilst under the new one it is ex-
pressly limited to our own race. They
are as degraded and servile here as in
any part of the South they are com
paratively few in numbers, and it
would scarce seem that they could
rouse antagonism, and that minglng
of races might occur here, If at all I;
but this has not happened, and they are
still repulsive to our nature During
that time every one Of the European
races has mingled its blood with ours,
and aided in making up our popula-
ton; they alone are isolated.
Under this policy our Common
wealth has grown and prospered, until
three and half millions of people yield
obedience to her laws, and aid in
maintaining her prosperity and her
fame. Her rich valleys and her rug
ged mountains teen with an industri-
GUS an energetic people. Cities, towns
and hamlets dot her surface in every
section Marks of taste, of wealth,
and of intellectual advancement are
abundant Side by side the school
house and the church spire speak of
duty to man and alteration to Deity,
The elements are harnessed and com
PEELED to aidus in dragging riches from
the earth, and valley and mountain.
river and hillare made to echo with the
shrek of the engine. The evidonees
ofenergy, ofindustrial enterprise, and
Of valuable production are everywhere
apparent. These are the proofs of
our triumphs, the trophies of our
race won in the var with matter
they are the results of q policy
that was founded in nature and
adopted in wisdom. Our right to
adopt il was as clear as is our right
to local selfgovernment and the
same right belongs equally to every
State as fully and exclusively as il did
TO our own. Nature, wisdom, and ex-
perience will teach them, as it has
taught us, that tho political power of
the State should bo welded by the
white race alone. Our material wants
and pecuniary interest require that
the negro accept q subordinate posi-
tion, and in refusing this, he will be re-
quested to move on.
Asystem Of finance that has ignored
the worlds standard of value; a sys-
TEN of progress that has violated the
distinctions Of race and outraged the
instincts of our humanity, and q sys-
TEN of governmental policy that in
the name Of freedom has trampled
upon every privilege dear TO freemen,
and through the forms of written
Constitution, crushed out the very
spirit that gave them life and efficacy;
have brought to their authors their
punishment in their success, and an
oppressed and tax. burdened people,
whose resources have been wasted,
whose industry languishes, and whose
commerce is expiring, turn in prayer
for relief to THE CONSTITUTION OF
THEIR FATHERS AND THE FEDERAL
UNION OF THE STATES.
Speeches were also made by Fix.
Governor Bigler, Hon. George W.
Woodward, Judges w. A. Porter and
A. V. Parsons, Hon. Richard Vaux,
Gen. Robert Patterson, John Hulmo,
Esq, Col. Charles ]. Biddle; and let. !
ters were read from Gov Stevenson,
OF Kentucky, Hon. John Quincy
Adams, Of Massachusetts, Hon. Geo. !
IL. Pendleton, OF Ohio, Hon. Chas. T. !
Boyle, of Pennsylvania, and Hon. Il |
Il. Hendricks, of Indiana; and at the
conclusion, three times three cheers
were given for the grand old Demo
cratic party.
Never was there a social gathering
of the same number more honored
by the presence of distinguished
statesmen, the ablest Of jurists, and
the prominence of its guests general.
ly, than this, and long in the eve sma
hours of Che night was it kept up,
the guests determined that an oppor.
tunity so rare for social intercourse
should have justice done it. In every
particular it was a success, and did
honor to its managers, and will serve
as souvenir of happy recolloctions
TO those who attended ever after.
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Stanton, in his testimony before the