Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1867-05-09
Let Despolisms De Deanlie.

We respectfully suggest 70 DIS TX
cellcncy President Johnson the pro
prlety ofgivingsomc sort ofuniformity
TO the despotisms which the Republic
Of tho United States has been pleased
to set up over the people Of Virginia,
North and South Carolina, Georgia
Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Missis-
sippi, Texas and Arkansas. Rcgula.
tions are being prepared prescribing
tho simple process under which in
each State q sufficient number OF intel
ligent white men will be disiranchiscd
and enough of negroes transformed
into voters to enable certain enter.
prising adycnturers, who in no way
represent the South, TO sit and vote
for that section ia Congress. Now, il
this part of the machinery Of the new
government can DO systematized
there is no reason why they should
not be brought into conformity with
each other in every particular. We
think the people of the five "Districts'
may, without presumption, ask to be
placed upon an equal footing--that
they may request to be told precisely
what things they are to be permitted
to do, and to be assured that what is
allowable in one State shall be so re-
garded in all. As it is, affairs are
managed in too confusing a way.
General Pope has ordered all those
persons in Georgia who are still styled
by courtesy officers OF the State gov
ernment TO refrain from attempting
TO exercise any influence upon the
people either for the purpose of per-
suading them to reject any proposition
of Congress or Of dissuading them
from taking active steps to do what.
ever that body desires. These officials
are all prohibited from discussing the
only important political questions now
at issue and be favOrs them with the
following construction of the order
1" The words shall not use any inhu-
ence whatever shall be interpreted in
their widest sense, and held to mean
advice, verbal or written, given to in
dividuals, committees or the public"
General Schofeld, in Richmond, has
turned his attention TO the Passenger
Railway and has directed that two
cars shall be run for ladies and four
cars for promiscuous cargoes of black
and white men. He has further sent
word TO a freeborn American citizen
who conducts the Times in that city.
that he does not approve Of his edito-
rial articles, and that different style
must be adopted. Sickles, in Charles
ton, has taken to arranging fremen' $
professions. lie allows none 10 move
without a flag, and in an order TO one
OF his subordinates he says IL desire
that you will at once send for the
Chief Of the Fire Department, and
inform him that the national standard
must be borne in front of the column:
that an escort of honor, to consist Of
two members Of each company pres.
ent, will be detailed by himself to
march with the colors; that the colors
be placed opposite the reviewing per.
sonages on the ground designated for
the review, and that every person in
the column shall salute the colors by
lifting bis hat or cap on arriving at a
point three PAGES from the colors, and,
carrying the cap uplifted, march past
the colors TO a poin. three PAGES from
the same - We understand that this
ceremonial is in conformity with an
cient precedents, and that these in
structions are almost precisely similar
to the orders that were issued when
Gesler's hat was set up in the market
place of Altorf In Tennessee an order
was issued prohibiting women from
casting flowers on the graves of their
kinsmen. 1t is there pronounced TO
be criminal offence to mourn for or
honor the dead who ventured to de.
fend what they believed to bo consti
tutional rights. General Sheridan, in
New Orleans, has threatened to re-
move the Governors Of Louisiana and
Texas because they have not promptly
agreed to do the work which the
party is determined to have
done. Under these circumstances. the
Federal Government ought to inter
fcre and TO compel the five military
iespotisms which rule in the South to
govern their provinces after the same
fashion Let the Sublime Porte give
precise and similar instructions to all
the Paohas.-Baitimore Gd-eite.