Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1868-11-12
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| Wendell Phillip. ("the man uas
supplies tho Republican party With
hrains') thus, IN bis Am sslapsS
Standard Of this week, notifies Grant
what he must and must not do 10
order TO "carry on the govcmineut !"
"Abolitiouisl- and ala earnest Radi
Gals are now summoned TO address
themselves TO the work which is vet
10 be accomplished TIE negroes and
iogai uhdes Of he South greatly need
me means Of seii-defeace The ques.
tion of coniiscation, especially with
reference to the large amount Of land
fraudulently conveyed from the pos.
session Of the United states govern.
ment to the hands of rebels. should be
at once considered ia the interest Of
the landlcss blacks, 10 ichom bV Uirfue
Of their past unregulued .0a TIE sell
rightfuty belongs. The measure Of
primary importance now to be prompt.
~ initiated and adopted on the re-
assembling Of Congress, is an sddi.
tional amendment to the Constitution
forbiddiEg Acknowledgement, or pro-
scription from official trust, on account
Of race or color in any State or Terri.
iOry Of The Union. 1t is urgently de-
mandcd to guarantee tho ballot to
Southern colored men, and 10 eniran-
chisc mary thousands in the Border
and Northern States. This measure
should not be postponed for the con-
sidcration of the Forty-6rst Congress,
but should be promptly acted upon and
adopted By the FOrtieth. "Let us have
peace" has been many times reiterated
during the campaign just closed. One
danger before Us is the assumption
that the fact Of Grants election in
itself will insure "peace' at the South.
With the triumphant reelection OF
General Butler and the well-known
desire of most OF the new Southern
members for the revival of impeach-
ment, zoe hare strong hopes Of the sue
ceSSfm ccnSummdtioH Of the impeach-
ment and disposition Of johnson by the
Of the neto year. With Wade
even txo months in the White House,
and such tools Of treason as Rousseau,
Steedman and Company, OF New Or
eans, replaced by Sheridan and other
trustworthy, loyal men with the re-
laws properly revised and
amended with suffrage and the right
10 hold Office vouchsafed TO the negro
everywhere, the nation may be well
)n the way towards peace" having
secured its essential conditions. before
irant is inaugurated. While deliber.
tie and organized injustice TO the me-
yro is perpetuated, the "irrepressiblo
conflict" will continue, no matter lcho
nay be President.
"Our many triumphs in the past
lave been won under circumstances of
diverse opposition much more formi-
Iable than anything We are likely to
ave TO encounter in the near future.
opposition we are undoubtedly TO have,
ut now, as hitherto, logic and right
re on our side. We have but 10 press
rgently and perseveringly our de-
land and our past successes are
uarantee Of ultimate complete tri-
mph. The Times, the PySt, the Her
ID, and the Conservatives for whom
hey speak, already exultant at what
hey deem the eclipse Of Raaiealism,
sckOR Dithom their host IN Supposing
10 be UithiH the poioer Of General
rant, i, as they aHege, IL be his dispo-
tion, 10 materially obstrUct the pro.
reSs OF Radical reformation in n9fional
oiitics. If the Republican party con-
ants TO be the instrument of that
onofcial reformation all will be well
18th both the party and the country.
it refuses, it will only be the worse
n the party"
Grant, therefore, win please take
otice. He is warned in time.)