Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1867-11-07
NEW SERIES--V0L. 8, NO. l6.

I 4 lnnHHaEk a Ia Ist.r oil
and wh;to ennoI boeoro ia o;,.;l I, ia'n
We did not confer nolitiool r;yh,s
unon the necro 6rit hocanso e,ho
viotorions mover ronresented bv Con
Grant at liz t;noe of sr,,ondoor d;d
not demand II. and secondlv beoanse
we ,lid moi heIiovo as ,ya ~ no. no,,,
believe tbat Il q con,natiblo wi,h M
oood oorerno,ent The prcsident and
! fbs RennhI;con nor,I, 10, har;oa y,
thai time oporreIed uo ,roro not od
visad tint tba Iotta, ,onId Jan,.,nd
more st our hands W. had oTers,
reason 10 believe that be not only
represented the Governmont of he
Unitod states but also Tho noIicv of
the dominant mower sill however
if that party in a snirit of candor
magnanimity and ;nstice had ofTered
a reasonable nrogra m me of reconstrnc.
tion-one thai was cons;stcnt viii
tbe avowed obiec,s of tbe war os
expressed in t6e Cor grossionsl roso.
lutions nreviouslv ou9ted- a 6ooI
ifu II would nave been accented The
occasion os we'll as ,yiso stotoenan
shin ongbt 10 have snrgas'ed 10 Tho
Republiean marty The nolicv Of the
utmost franLness and avnl;c;,ness of
detail connled with tho ipd;cation of
sincere desire NOT onlv 10 ros,oro
these States on a Const;tn,;anoI hasis
but also of rood feoI;ng and conf
denee Sunpose that Cengress as Il
conld or " vonld NOT admit onr Sona.
tors and Renresentatives had invited
friendly conforanco ,,;,h ,bo con.Lorn
States tbrongh tbe;, intellirent and
renresentative mon snnnose in snch
con f,renc- ~ ia ~ H.. H. ." "
we 6nd onrsslyos IN ~ sanna,.Io,', ~
d;,;on 49, ~, o-;lag go a.,
,bo cons,i,nt;on ~ -1a -
cred and at onr moycv bnt wo AZ moi
wish ~ deaI barsbIy viii yo,. fnnr
millions slaves have 5eon en.nci,a,ed
INV ,be var. ,bo;r ,.;ah,s and liz 80
must Ina c.red for p onv schamo oc
reconstrnction which vo yoar odont
II l. a onos,;on deenIr as,en,;1o IN.
nol;t;cal ond socidI s,rno,nro 80
iberefore we desire vonr y;e,Ts anJ
vonr co-onerat;on in dev;s;n,, son,a
scheme ;nst to bo,b racos aSd -
motive Of oood oo,,ern,aeut Can ror
doubt that sucb a conferonca World
have resulted IN soma nlan nb;nb
wonld have barmonized ,be conntry
and ojvop omnta nro,oot;on 80 81,
black neonleS Kpowina ,ho H.
temner off tba SoutIorn mind fam
sure sucb a conrse wonld b.ye hon
most beneficial and that today in.
stead Of oparrclinc ove,. ,ho 49,
we should have been united and oSIti'
waiting n rood understandinr between
the North and the Soutb Rut This
would not do. IL was unidentified for
the yictors 10 hold parIey with the
vanquishod; we were deemed vile
rebels and traitors. and to be treated
as despised set of outlaws. IL mai.
tered not whether ei0bt millions ofI
,rhte people were pleased or not. If
bv force. four millions of negroes he
mt over them. TVe hare me po,ser
and The rebels shall feel h. How sad
il The tanner of the timosl NoefFort
at Cancellation when the well-beino of
the whole country demands III Tho
Republican party NAV have tbougbt
and doubtless did think We aid moi
deserve IL. Be IL so. If Won will II
bnt do not the HIGHER interests of all
and the Ioftier claims of statesman.
shin. plead for itY Was IL not and
Is Il not now required by the very
genius and spirit of our form of Gov.
ernmentY
But the negroes have heen emonci.
mated from Slavery The Congress
has conferred upon them State citizen.
shin. without the shadow of shade
NJ ronstitntional authority ana insist
that they shall be universally enfran.
cbised pnon the assumntion thai tbev
will not he renresented wi,bont it,
an ossnmntion not sustained bv tho
theory history or nrootice of onr
Government. Oar system has never
contemnlated. nor does IL recognize
tbe nrincinle Of class renresentation
It's representative feature looks 90
communities. and as communities are
composed of all their classes orders
and oceupations each il represented
when tbe whole is Organized as ouI
system is class representation h i'm.
practicable. Our mechanics manu-.
iacturers. corporations ioreivn born
citizens. are not represented as classes
but. each being integral parts of the
whole. they are represe ited bv the
representatives of the community. be
it towns. counties. or States each in
its place. being subordinate 60 Tho