Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1867-04-25
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Republics have always been cursed
with species OF bipeds in human
shape, who for lack Of capacity for
getting living at legitimate pursuits
fasien their bealSs and iangs firmly
in the current of public opinion and
help TO check the march of human
progress and break down the temples
of liberty erected by civilization.
This class never trouble themselves
about principles, nor the justice of
the course they pursue, their only
political preferences consist in being
on the strongest side they will some
times admit that the course they are
pursuing is doubtful one, but con
tent their consciences on the plea thnt
to resist public opinion, although in
error, is fighting against destiny
This class form the rank and file of
fanaticism and hypocriticaly assists
insanity to domineer over reason and
truth, by which means few of them
obtain political positions which they
are not competent to fill, and the
others boastngly indulge in idiotic
laughs at all who attempt to reason
with them. These miserable rene
gadcs from one party to the other
have broken up and destroyed nearly
every Republic that has ever been
established, and form the only barrier
to converting all governments into
Republics. We assert without the
fear of contradiction that no place on
the globe we inhabit ever enjoyed so
good and free government as our
own for fifty years previous to the
late rebellion, and that no rebellion
could have been inaugurated, if these
Surface Vampires, embracing all the
renegade knaves and fools in our
country, had not joined the destiny
cry of insane Abolitionists and Fire
Eaters, one party yelping for theNle-
struction Of slavery by force and the
other for perpetuating it by force
Slavery has been destroyed, a million
of lives lost, debt of three Thousand
millions created, renegades have been
feeding at the public crib and denoun-
cling all honest men as traitors, our
government barely escaped destruc-
ton, a large portion of our represen-
tatives, State and National, pack of
drunkards, business deranged, neigh
Dor set against neighbor, our churches
divided, millions Of paupers and or
phans thrown upon public charity,
subsistence doubled in price and taxes
increased to more than five times their
original amount. 1t is enough to
make the heart sicken and the blood
chill in our veins to see the very per-
sons who have to pay for this national
amusement, follow blindly as willing
dupes, the lead of fanatics, from one
species of folly to another and keep
themselves and our country constantly
in trouble and in danger when firm
stand for truth, reason, the constitu-
tion and laws, would hurl these dis
turbers from power and make our
country the strongest, freest and best
in the world. We have but one des-
tiny and that is TO maintain our gov
ernment and the principles on which
it is founded A majority of our
State and National Representatives
have no business capacity, their boas-
ted loyalty is nothing but a kind OF
bread and butter necessity, their
honesty is governed by circumstances
and their capacity is much greater on
drinking rum and other vices than for
managing our State and National
affairs. Docs a railroad, a canal, an
iron or a coal company employ man
to superintend such a company simply
because he can yelp little louder
than other applicants known TO pos
sess business capacity and experience
in said business? No. business men
employ business men to transact their
business until it comes into politics,
and then il would seem that reason
leaves and all 90 it blind on the
noisiest fool in the party. With
the dominant party no man stands n
ghost of chance, if lie is known to
be honest and has reasoning powers;
so we go, we send fools and knaves to
make laws and make appropriations
and keep all our wise and honest men
at home TO raise funds with which to
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