Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1867-02-21
GEORGE B. GooDLASpER, Editor.
Docforing the Nafion.

D0cfOring the .tnftOn.
The political quacks who have been
doctoring the country for the. past
five years, seem to know as little about
the disease to-day as when they took
il in charge. We notified the people
then not to trust them because oftheir
unprofcssional skill. Had our advice
been taken we would not have three
thousand million dollars of a medicine
bill to pay, and the patient still un-
cured. Two weeks ago we volunteer
ed another prescription, which some
what alarmed our sensitive reighbor.
He however fails TO deny any portion
of our article, but interprets it to be a
threat of war If it is such, the foun-
dation was laid by leading loyalists.
II is not the first time our Disunion
neighbor treated our "doctoring' ad-
vice with contempt. In 1850 he was
foolish enough to batter down his own
house, and if he pursues his present
course he will do the same thing in
1868. and then he will, no doubt be
ungenerous enough to charge it upon
somebody else. In 1860 he counseled
the Southern people to secede, but
when they took his advice, he turned
tail upon them and commenced making
faces at them at a long distance, and
called them bad names, rebels, trai-
tors, &c, and burlesquing the Union
men as "Union savers" If the editor
of the Journal construes the language
of such celebrated loyalist as Mr..
Raymond to be threat against the
peace and happiness of the country,
he should see that the members of his
party ist in the future, from tel
Ing the tru,h-whoh seems to be so
unpalatable to his taste.
We this week produce an extract
from the speech of the celebrated She
nandoah valley racer, Gen. Banks, who
has certainly imbedded himself into
the affections of our neighbor; as they
both frequently boil over with loyal
ty, they must therefore accept each
othsrs views as gospel. Hear what
be said in h.s seat in tie Rump on the
9th instant
He believed lhat the States lately iu Rebellion
were still States. They had been made states by
The action Of toe people and of the general govern
meni, and they could never TO be States until
the general government had consented to that con-
dition. That consent had never been given. II
was impossible that the government should 20 on
for three years longer or two and half years, or
two years, without approaching the verge Of ruin.
Business was suspended now. The people were
oppressed with taxes. Laborcrs were thrown out
OF employment Everything was unsettled. The
wisest men could not look to the future without
apprehension, IL not without fear The future was
fun of danger; and rather than face that danger
for two and half three years longer the repre-
sentatives Of the people would be obliged to con-
slider the condition Of the country and what course
of conduct was necessary for the safety Of the gov
ernmcnt and the interests of the people.
Gen. Banks is either undergoing the
ordeal of reconstruction, or he was
drunk when he made this speech be-
cause he tells the truth as effectually
as any "Copperhead" could possibly
do. Neighbor, is Gen. Banks "doctor-
ing the Nation" toog
Our modern loyalists are hard to
understand. They are unwilling to
accept anything for truth Democrat
may say, and if one of their brethren
happens to tell it, they heed it not,
and If brought specially TO their notice
they turn it into ridicule. The lead
ers of the loyal party are not possess
ed ofhalfthe moral honesty attributed
TO Dives. When he died and went to
hell, he was not satisfied with little
water to cool bis tongue, but he want
ed Abraham TO raise some well known
character from the dead and send him
among his former neighbors, in order
to warn his brethren against that
place. They seem to be so fully bent
on national plumber and ruin, that W,
doubt if the Abraham that went from
Ford's theatre were to come back
and warn them in language similar t
that of Raymond and Banks, he woulc
be damned in round terms for his at
tempt at "dcctoring the Nation" Blu
truth is mighty and must prevail
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