Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1868-08-13

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. naming Southern States, althoug
= they will have in truth no constltl
ents, they will have moro power i
: the Senate than a majority of the pee
; pie of this Union, living in the line {
the great States.
In vain the wisest members of tn
Republican party protested against th
| policy that led to this result. While tn
} chiefs OF the late rebellion have sui
mitted TO the result of the war, an
are now quietly engaged in usefu
pursuits for the support of themseve
and their families, and are trying b.
the force of example to lead back th
} people of the South to the order an,
industry not only essential to thei
/ well-being, but to the greatness an
!. prosperity of our community, we So
that those without ability or infuenc
have been thrown by the agitations o
civil convulsion into positions of hon
or and profit, and are striving TO keel
alive the passions to which they ow,
their elevation, and they clamorousl,
insist that they are the only friend
of our Union. Proof of that can onl,
have sure foundation in fraterna
regard and a common desire to pro
mote the peace, the order and tn,
happiness of all portions of our land
Eventin Congress since the adjourn
ment of the Convention have vastly
increased the Importance Of a politica
victory by those who are seeking tc
bring back economy, simplicity and
justice in the administration. of our
national affairs. Many Republicans
have heretofore clnng to their party
who have regretted the extremes Of
violence to which it has run. They
have cherished a faith that while the
action of their political friends have
been mistaken, their motives have
been good. They must now see that
the Republican party is in that condi-
tion that it cannot carry out a peace
ful policy, whatever its motives may
be. 1t is a misfortune not only to a
country but TO governing party
itself, when its action is unchecked by
any form of opposition. 1t has been
the misfortune of the Republican par
ty that the events of the past few
years have given it so much power
that it has been able TO shackle the
Executive, to trammel the Judiciary,
and carry out the views of the most
unwise and violent of its members.
When this state of things exists in
any pan ty it has ever been found that
the Judgment of its ablest leaders do
not control. There is hardly an able
man who has helped to build up the
Republican organization who has not, A.,
within the past three years, warned
it against excesses who has not
been borne down and forced TO give
up his convictions of what the inter
ests of the country call for, or if too
patriotic to do this, who has not been
driven from its ranks. If this has
been the case heretofore, what will lie
its action now with this new infusion of
men who, without a decent respect
for the views of those who had Just
given them their positions, begin
their legislative career with calls for
arms, with demands that States shall
be regarded as in condition of civil
war, and with declaration that they
are ready and anxious to degrade the
President of the United States when
ever they can persuade or force
Congress to bring forward new arti-
cles of impeachment.
The Republican party aswell as we
are interested in putting some check
upon this violence 1t must be clear
to every thinking man that a divis-
ion of political power tends to check
the violence of party action, and as
sures the peace and good order of
society. The election of a Democrat
ic executive and majority of Demo
cratic members to the House of Rep
resentatives would not give to that
party organization power 20 make
sudden o'violent changes, but it would
serve to check those extreme meas
uers which have been deplored by the
best men of both organizations The
result would most certainly lead to
that peaceful restoration of the Union
and re-establishment of fraternal re
Iationship which the country dcsirsc.
| am sure the best men OF the Repub-
lican party deplore as deeply as !
do the spirit of violence shown by
those recently admitted to seats in
Congress, for the condition of civil
war which they contemplate must be
abhorrent to every right-thinking
man.
| have no mere personal wishes
which mislead my judgmentin regard
to the pending election. No man
who has weighed and measured the
duties of the office of President of the
United States, can fail TO be impressed
with the cares and toll; of him who
is to meet its demands IL is not
merely to float with popular currents
without a policy or a purpose. On
the contrary, while our Constitution
gives just weight to the public will, its
distinguishing feature is that it seeks
to protect the rights of minorities
its greatest glory is that it puts re-
straints upon power; it gives force
and form to those maxims and prin-
ciples Of civil liberty for which the
martyrs of freedom have struggled
through ages it declares the right
of the people TO be secure in theirper-
sons, houses and papers, against un-
reasonable searches aud seizures that
Congress shall make no law respecting
the establishment of religion or the
free exercise thereof or abridging
freedom of speech or of the press, or
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