Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1867-11-28

flee Certainly Il would, said ne
"lf we had made out b case against
him and turned him out land We
shouldn't have turned him out miles.
we made good case, we'd have
been much stronger There's moth
ing the people likoin o party so wei
as boldness, and nothing hurts q par
~ so much as tmidity. II tlfe pco
pie think you are afraid TO do thing
that you ought to do. they'll beat
you certain They ike pluck a
whitelivcrcd party will soon go tc
pieces. 1t was because we took hold
ofthc slavery question in good earnest
that we won on it, and we never did
win until we took hold Of it in that
way"
GENERAL GRANT.
Referring TO Presidential matters
Mr.. Wade said ii had looked to hin
for a year past as il the Republican
party would take Grant up for Presi
dent, and run him with a hurrah.
He was sorry to see that disposition
and believed no good would come oft
"The trouble with Grant is" said
he, "you don't know whore be stands
1t seems very singular that q man
could have lived through this terrible
war without Identifying himself with
any party, aud that men pretending
to be Republicans should try to rush
him into the White House without
asking him a single question as 10
where he stands on the great issues
now before the country. Still, j have
felt it in my bones that they would do
that very thing"
! asked Mr. Wade if be had ever
conversed with Gen. Grant on polti.
cal topics.
81 have tried to do It, said he,
"but | never could bring him out.
When | saw the popular current ap-
pearing to run IN his favor ] thought
! would like to know how he stood
on the great questions before us
whether be was for Johnson or Con
gress, or what the devil he was for /;
but never could get anything out OF
him. AS quick as I'd talk politics
he'd talk horses, and be could talk
for hours on that without getting
tired, Well horses are very good,
but in these times man may be all
right 90 horses and all wrong on poll
tics. Grant may be all right for what
| know, but then again be may be all
wrong. If he wants to be President
BY my voice and the voice ofthe men
| act with. be must not only be right,
but he must prove that he IS"
Inquired | OF Mr.. Wade what proof
be would require from Gen. Grant be-
fore supporting him as a Presidential
candidate. Wo1ld letter indorsing
the Radical policy dol
No, il won't. We must have his
word backed by some official act show
ing him to be in sympathy with us,
and in favor of the doctrines we ad
vocate. We won't take any mans
word after what we've gone through
Grant must come out and show his
hand as pronounced Republican or
he can't get my support. l don't
know that my support amounts to
much, but what little there is of ii
will go in the right direction"
AVAILABILITY.
"Now," said Mr., Wade, at Is very
strange that when men talk of avail
ability they always mean something
towards Copperheadism.
They never think of consulting the
Radicals, who are the only working
men there are in the Radical party.
o, no; we must take what we get, /
suppose But we are getting tired
Of that sort of thing. notice that it
IS the bloody Radicals that bring out
The vote on election day; they are the
men who scour the countsy for voters,
md send carriages for sick men, Yonr
Conservative devils never do that.
Why, there hasn't been an election
in Ohio carried by the Wings or Re
publcans ever since | can recolcct,
except just twice, when the Dem
ocrats wouldn't have beaten us if il
bad not been for the Reserve, Ash
.abula county saved Hayes this time,
aud if the Radicals hadn't been out
Thurman would have been elected
She can give majority anywhere
rom two to five thousand, She gave
oyer four thousand this time, She'll
give FIVE thousand for a pronounced
Republican President next year. or
she'll give two thousand for an avail
,ble gentleman. Men vote on princi.
pie here, and if anybody thinks that
mere military record is going to
sin on the Reserve, he's mistaken.
The best Republicans in the State
viii stay at home. They don I care
or shoulder straps, but they do care
or straight Republican principles, and
hey won't have any other. Gen,
irant, without platform and without
! pledge, cant more than carry the
Reserve, A pronounced Republican |
Ylll get nve thousand majority thnts /
ust the difference between availibili- |
) and principle IN this coming fight, |
nd men who purpose to cram a no,
'arty candidate, or ano-principle can /
Iidate, down our throats may as well /
make q note oft. And ! think il is /
great mistake to suppose that a mere |
military reputation can win anywhere |
n the next election, Recent cleo
ions show that that cry won't avail
ny longer Ia Ohio they came near
eating one of the best soldiers Of the
tate with peace Coppcrhead ior
Governor; in Connecticut, last spring,
hey beat a splendid soldier with Mr.
in New York, last year, the
beat soldiers running on
nc Democratic ticket, and so on.