Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1868-10-15

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Az The election approaches, a he.
comes mofc and moro painful 20 con.
template the peace which The Radical
party pgoposct 20 give The South, 10
The csenl Of General Osants sutccss,
The only peace that party can by poe.
sibillly give vii bo the peace of dcs.
poiism- m--the peace OF Heath. When
the south Adds herself consigned TO
the tender morcies Of the Radical par.
" for four years longer, she must
he straightway strongly manaeled.
Should Logan aud Washburno, and tho
mon whom they represent, be permit
ted to govern the country, through
the election Of Grant TO the Preslden-
cy, then will the social and political
equalization of tho two races be com
plcied. In many parts Of the South
thenegro element viii speedily become
supreme. Negro judges and juries
will have in their keeping the rights
Of all the whites. Negro legislatures
will regulate the tenure by which
white men hold their property, and
will assess, levy, aud disburse the tax
cs OF which they themselves will pay
so little. In all parts Of the South
blacks and whites will share In com
mon the schools, the hotels, the thea
tres, and all public conveyances, as
we'll as participate in the government.
We will say nothing here of the inca
pacity of the negro 10 govern, Of his
improvidence, of his indisposition TO
work, of his physical organization as
compared with that of the white man,
or OF his moral or intellectual inferior
ity 10 the latter We simply state
here what every one knows TO be the
solemn truth, that the people Of the
South co1ld not be made 10 submit,
as q fnality, TO such a condition OF
things as we have described, except
By the severest coercion. No people
on this continent, not even excepting
the people of New England, would ac-
cept, without the compulsory persua-
sion of the bayonet such fate as Con.
gress wickedly, lawlessly and reck-
lessly proposes 10 infiict upon the
South. 1t is as criminal as it is child
ish 10 speak Of the repugnance Of the
white man TO associate on equal terms
with the blacks as prejudice which
ought to be corrected with strong
hand. If it be a prejudice, Il is a.
strongly felt at the North as il is in
the South, and il is a prejudice that
statesmen are bound TO consider. Not
five men out Of hundred anywhere
North Of Maryland would be willing
If they went TO the South, TO send
their daughters to schools halffilled
with negroes, 20 seat their wives in 0
theatre in the midst of negroes, or tc
themselves share their stateroomt
with negroes. No community between
New York and the Mississippi would
consent for a moment 10 be governed
by black men. Yet the Radical party
is preparing TO infict upon broker
and helpless people their ignominou'
and ruinous punishment. 1t will moi
wait to sec whether what it affects 10
call an unfounded prejudice cannot b,
eradicated by little time and concil
iation, but is prepared 10 inaugurats
measures which will at once destroy
all present chance Of a revival Of the
prosperity of the South. To the world
the spectacle presented by this coun
try must seem like a hide0us mockory
Millions of men, among whom dwell
scarcely any black men, but who hav,
lately voted against negro suffrage il
the North, are deliberately striving tC
consigr millions of white men in The
South to the domination Of ignorant
and uncouth black men. And this po
e~or inflicted by I,assia nn Poland. I.
to be hypocritically perpctratedin the
sacred names Of justice and religion
lfthe Radical party is suffered TO car.
ry out its infamous purposes, then are
our darkest days yet to come, and the
people Of this country, looking few
years hence upon their work, will
cease 10 wonder at the folly and mad
ness which have brought destruction
upon the Republics of other Hands, and
in other times. They will have am.
Pile food for reflection as they recall
their own errors, and full cause for
unavailing regrets.-Bdifimore Ga
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