Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1868-02-27
PTHEsYLvANIA LEeIsLATURE
IN Debate on the sfanfoW Rese-
ruffOns.

J.E Debate on the Sfnnfon Nrse-
Fufions.
fhe fcllowiugis is aportion of the dc.
t6 between Senators Wallace and
K|1her, while the restoration OF Stan
&on MAS under consideration in the
11fc Senate, During the debate
Gerator Fisher attempted TO prove
@hnf Democrats were traitors, and
chats nigger was as good as himself
I1tthis latter no objections can be
1<1e but when the sentence was so
Instructed" as 10 refer TO white
r>1|e, wc deny it. Fisher will be
81 <nized as the late Colonel of the
I1& [|eserves. His descent into ne
III eQuality has been rapid, and is
c1|>e visible. Every man who en-
bi|cos that infamy betrays it in his
c0(fn{enance and if not debauchee
bo1oro, soon becomes one. But hear
<11 Ubite niger:
k. FISHER sand;
nate these facts TO prove this one
0c1j<Ion and TO contradict the state
m>11 anwittingly made by the Sena-
>of Nom Clearfeld [ Mr.. Wallace He
touuitted unintentionally, presume
Xho president of the United States
u1jd no attention whatever 10 the
p1||l11s Of the men whom he placed
;n ootnmand, so that they were willing
and able to do the work that was ro.
Quired to be done. But how was il
with regard TO the general officers ap-
pointed by the PRESIDENT
The Senator from Clearfeld TMr
WaIIace1 and the Senator from Berks
IMr Davis, and all those gentlemen
eeen 10 squirm under the idea that
an Impression would be left on the
minds Of the people that it was the
Domocrats that opposed the war. On
the contrary, they said it was the
Donocrats who made up the army.
Now, somebody opposed the war,
somebody opposed the draft, some
body In Clearfeld county killed the
provost marshal ? Who was it.
XR WALLACE. A Republican.
Ma- FISHER. put ito the Senator
ffon1 Clear6eld now | ask him who
Il rAs?
HE. WALLACE. l will answer the
Rcntleman. The man who shot the
provost marshal had never, until af.
<sr he killed him, voted q Democratic
ticket; he voted always for the Re
put|ica1 ticket.
Hr. M'CoNAUGHY. He has voted
the Democratic ticket since, suppose.
MI. Wallace He has, since, | pre-
sume, because you drove him out OF
thu country. He has not been in our
county since.
HG FISHER. / viii take the gentle
mans answer that might be so. But
who opposed the drafts and denounced
the war, and refused to vote supplies !
I eoy ninety-nine out of every hun
drQd Of those who belonged to the
Democratic party although there may
have been one whose Republicanism
had become benightcd by his associa-
tion with the Democracy of the coun-
" of Clearfeld 1t is all madness
6ud folly for them TO tell us that the
war was carried on by Democrats.
The f>nvts will not beer tLs-~> oss. Xo1
70 into the counties Of Schuylkill, OF
Columbia, Of Clearfeld and others,
and YOU will find that troops had 10
Dc 1cnt there. Il was military ne
oesaity for the protection of the lives
|and property of the people that troops
should be sent there TO guard them
4cainst outrages by outlaws. Who
WIN tell me that the army was made
up'1f Democrats, and that Democrats,
m4kht battlesi
No, sir; although many brave
and noble and gallant Democrats
xeat into the war, VIC had more black
>>e1 10 fight our battles than there were
Demccrats who came back as Demo
am trespassing much longer upon
th4 time and patience of the Senate
than intended TO. | only wish TO
1&y \ few words Of General Mcclellan:
And / now say it had been much bet
<er for the army had he mover been
to<n, and much better for the country
bad Secretary Stanton removed him
i1amediatcly the day after his appoint
14AsIt.
Ma WALLACE. Mr.. Speaker, il was
not my intention to speak tonight,
but stacks have been made upon me
IN which ! must reply. When | argue
apoinl speak with warmth but 1
11sdpzvor 10 respect the feelings of my
brother Senators, and certainly very
seldom attack their constituents, and
never Intend to wound their personal
HoIings The Senator from Lancaster
Mr.. Fisher has attacked my people,
my county has been pointed out as
having been found iaithless in the
hour Of distress. Sir, | have had to
re'er 70 this subject before. The re-
ports ofyour Adjutant Generals Of
fce viii show that we sent into the
Geld as many soldiers in proportion to
our rQpulation as any other county
Ia The Commonwealth. As brave
10ldierr as ever went into the Penn
<YIVauia Reserves came from my
1oauty many Of ihem were in the
First Bncktails, the Fifth Reserves,
and <he One Hundred and Forty-ninth
fe1neylvania, or Second Bucktails
They we're always in the advance.
6fAvn soldiers, all of them. True men.
We3sfe accused ofrcsisting the draft;
+c'V1rbla county was accused. We
Aegt fprcsts in our county; we have
inaSSF7sible Businesses, where the