Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1868-10-01

"fsf ~ Hlors reart.u
! lt e with no ordinary solioiind
that we invite The sciions and oarncs
attention of The people to the prcsun
cundition oi our county 10 is nos
apparent from facts that cannot b
couirovertcd, that The Radical loader
are engaged IN q daslardy scheme 4,
make political capital, which whcl
thoroughly understood, will cause CIV
cry truo friend of humanity 10 shrihl
with horror from their iniamons con
tact. The evidence OF III sir positive
1 guilt is 40 overwhelming, thatno MAJ
who wants TO know the truth cat
fail 10 be enlightened. unless he stol
idly prefers TO be deceived for partisan
purposes. For some time past it ha'
been clearly manifest that the Radi
Gals are ic0rking oih al their zeal {,
create an iHsWrecii0n IN the South, il
hope o. gaining votes, by reason o.
il, in the North. They have armed
the negro, aud have placed lighted
torches in his hand They have told
him it was his duty TO shoot nnoflen
ding Democrats, and burn down THEN
dwellings. They have inaugurated
a policy OF murder and arson, with d
tiendish gleo that has no parallel in
brutality since the first murder Grim,
soned the earth with its blood. They
sneakingly cry out for "peace," when
they are providing their ignorant
tools with all the appliances Of "war
Already has the bitter fruit of their
"bloody instruction" been partially
gathered The events Of the last few
days IN the South show what they
mean, and how they intend to execute
their devilish purpose. The painful
record Of the Radical outrage at Ca
milla, Georgia, proven by a county
official, and sworn to by numbers Of
dsinterested citizens, is only equaled
by the threatened riot in Now Orleans,
where the negrocs, under the spur Of
the Radical leaders, attempted the
lives of white men who dared to ex-
press their political opinions, and
then rushed on madly and wildly 20
further deeds Of outrage. The Radi-
calls, everywhere in the South, are to-
day wickedly inviting bloodshed.
They care not how many lives are
lost, nor how many women and chill
dren are outraged and murdered, nor
how much valuable property is saori-
feed by their infamous programme,
so that they can only "fre the North
ern heart" and thereby secure a few
more votes for Grant and Colfax
To the law-abiding and order-loving
freemen Of the Republic, we solemn
ly appeal to-day. We write in no
spirit Of partisan blindness We speak
plainly, because mild words at such a
crisis wonld be criminal. We call
upon all men who love their country
and who value the peace Of the nation,
TO examine for themselves the true
condition Of affairs in the South, and
then set their faces against "reopen-
ing the purple testament of bleeding
war" which the Radical leaders are
now shamefully attempting. We are
standing upon the burning crater Of a
volcano. No man can tell ut what
moment its hidden fires may burst
forth and sweep the land with desola.
ton. Savagely are the Radicals in
vOking for this sad and dreary con
summation They want votos to up
hold their sinking cause, and they
will purchase them at any cost, with
out regard to the sorrow and suffering
that may follow their reckless con
duct Here, in Philadelphia, they
have placed at the head of their ticket
q man who shamelessly applauded all
the diabnlical acts OF John Brown,
and they ask the freemen Of this
great metropolis 10 entrust its gov
ernment TO one who gloated over the
shocking barbarities committed at
Harper's Ferry by the model Radical
hero. Hector Tyndale is but the type
OF modern Radicalism 1t knows no
law, neither that of God or man, when
its bloody and incendiary purposes
are TO be executed. Ii is now lime,
high time, that the calm good sense
of the people should be awakened.
Unless the demon of Radicalism be
speedily exercised, not the Southern
mother alone will clasp her babe in
terror as she lays her head upon her
weary pillow, but every household in
the North will be filled with dread at
the resistless spirit Of carnage which
the Radicals have summoned TO their
aid. There is no one in this commu-
nifty who has not a deep and abiding
interest in this matter. Common
peril and common wreck surround ev-
cry man woman and child in our midst.
Common safety and common prosper
ity can be achieved for all, by proper
action in this dark hour of our coun-
try's peril. Let each and every man
ponder seriously over the record of
the present, and by earnest and patri-
otic efforts strive 10 avert the calami-
ties which viii surely come upon ~
If the Radical leaders are not speedily
checked in their brutal career of crime.
"LET Us HAVE PEACE r'-AgC