Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1868-08-06

econom ical condition of the great
Southern Asceldama, from the Poto
mac to the Rio Grande Z Does any
sane man believe that the public cred.
it is safe, so long as the South remains
as it is ? Is the enfranchsed negro n
sure auxiliary TO the bondholder
Are the disfranchised, prosecuted
white men of the South, to be relied
on in this, their agony, TO maintain
the public faithg There was a time
when being interested in a species of
property which, in on respect resem-
bled our Federal securities, inasmuch
as it was the object of prejudice, and
depended on the sanctity of the letter
of the law, Southern men were the
staunch supporters of the inviolability
of contracts. What Inducements have
they now, prosecuted, prescribed,
disfranchised "Take the foot of the
negro from the white mans neck, :"
said an eloquent friend, a few days
ago, and we will talk to you about
bonds and greenbacks, but they don't
concern us now" Still, the ancien:
instinct of honor exists The South
restored and contented and grateful
the white man in his due position
the negro subordinated, not TO sla.
very, but to the control of a superior
race-the great Southern staple bro't
to life again, and no one can doubt
that the public credit would stand on
surer basis than it has at any period
during the earthquakes of the last
seven years.
But there is another peril of the fu-
ture-and to it the capitalist had bet
ter turn his attention-and this, too,
irrespective of political results. 10
fact, the danger is greater, if Radical
ism prevails, and negro domination is
perpetuated. Was it ever part of the
constitutional compact which created
the Union, either its original text or
its modern CLOSES, that the State of
Pennsylvania, where none but white
men are allowed TO vote or hold office,
shall be joined in a corporation, on
terms of equality, with the negro
States of Alabama or Louisiana Is
this part Of our compact nowy If so,
when was it interpolatedy 1t may
suit the morbid sentimentalism of
New England TO see nothing in this
hideous contact, butno one who knows
the population Of these Middle States
its fixed inveterate aversion TO ne.
gro eQuality-can doubt there will be
a sharp convulsion when Pennsylva-
mia and New Jersey wake from their
lethargy and find themselves perpet-
ual partners with the negro. A con-
vulsion like this, produced in the
North, will be more fatal to the thing
called "public credit" than any agiia-
tion we have yet known. This dis
turbance, most serious in every as
pect, is sure TO occur, if Radiealism is
perpetuated.
But, gentlemen, depend on it the
limit of endurance has been reached
The white Democratic Common
wealth of Pennsylvania, which has
made every President, from Washing
ton to Lincoln, is stirred TO its centre.
1t Graves the chance of proclaiming
that it will notrecognize the equality,
here or elsewhere, of an alien and of.
fensive race-that it will maintain
the public faith by restoring the
white man to his due position-and
that proclamation, be assured, it will
make at the elections in the coming
autumn.
Then will the new Federal admin
istration, guided by elevated states
manship-the calm, thoughtful wis
dom of trained intelligence, and rest
ing for support on the great central
Commonwealth of the Union, restore
to us complete and thorough peace
and sympathy, from one end of the
land to the other.
Accept for yourselves individually
the assurances of my high regard and
believe me faithfully yours,
WILLIAM B. REED.
To Messrs. II. Clay Dallam, j p Poe,
Robert j. Brent, j. A. Buchanan,
Henry Snyder Committee.