Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1868-09-03

The State Guard, the organ oil Gov.
Geary, Is responsible for the following
truthful portrait Of the Radical party,
its leaders and purposes. "Whithcr
are we drifting as political organi-
zation" is the theme, and upon it the
Guard discourses as follows:
s'Howeverm much we may be inclined,
as an organ of Repub!icanism, TO con-
ceal the imperfections which show
themselves in ours, as they do In all
political organizations, the great mass
Of the people cannot be deceived that
while one class of Republicans are sim
cerely devoting themselves to the fair
advocacy Of their principles, there is
another class who are utterly indiffer-
ent 10 anything like principle--who
do not regard our organization ae
worthy Of consideration, beyond tho
means which il affords 10 crafty their
ambition, and who are as ready TO
strike at our candidates when it suits
their interests, as they are to fight our
avowed enemies. Taken all together,
we, as a party, hare the largest and the
dirtiest loads to carry that were ever
strapped on the backs Of any political
organisation. II is our duty to defend
and uphold the national credit; to
secure the interest on the national
debt; to advocate the rigid collection
OF the national taxation; enforce laws
enacted to punish traitors, and to EN-
sure the rights of all men who fought
to save the country from destruction.
The burdens of the war are the issues
which the Republican party must sus-
tain. Hence il is that we have load
to carry, and in order that we may
succeed at the polls, we should have
the energy, the integrity, and the dis
interested efforts of all men claiming
to be Republicans. We should have
sacrifices of all personal differences,
and Union upon our principles.
This, we are sorry to say, we have not.
Clique-rule in the Republican party is
as tyrannical and as unrelenting In
its hate as traitors hated the Repobli.
can principles There ismore corruption
today, to attain faoor IN the gift Of the
Republicanparty disgraced the wdr.
TO obtain contracts by iohich frauds on
the Government pere penetrated. It's
ourduty to tell our friends these things,
1t well becomes a Republican organ
to warn the masses of the marty
against the woe which threatens us
and unless those masses promptlv open
their cues and their ears 10 ne actions
and proceedings of the miserable men
rho are plotting cur disqrace, zoe ,ciU
be defeated in october ard ,1tferly ruin-
ed in the State in Noremler. We do
clare it boldly ana without the fear
Of successful contradiction (however
much we may be abused for the declar-
atom that while one set of men in
the Republican organization are delib-
erately arranging to buy the election Of
United States Senator, another Is at
york secretly to defeat the election Of a
Republican, so that IN the cvent Of
Grants election the patronage belonging
10 this State may be monopotized by a
certain clique Of our organization. IN
regard to the purchase Of thus election
there is no attempt made at concedfmenf.
Those who propose to do so, declare
they have had a precedent on the sub
ject, that they know how 1T was pur-
chased before, what 1t costs to do so,
and hov little the people seem TO care
about such corruption IN public men,
We do not hesitate 10 say that the
Republican party cannot exist and
have such talk publicly made in refer
ence to its leaders. IL must berebuked
in some public manner, or the mass of
men who are honest will not remain
attached to our organization. The
Republican organs Of the State must
do this talking. II is better to win
the victory while denouncing the evils
Va hIah a. Enntv IN nX1Qf midst