Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1868-11-12
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ghoerhis os fhs ffufion.
Tho following from tho New Nutk
] fffmdat Journal stiikc' us a. being
/ 10 thc point, and We accordingly adopt
the sentiments ~ our oWni
Tho Presidential canvass Il at an
end Tho seekers for place and for
personal profit, have, on the one side,
balanced thcir accounts, and put thom
to tho side of toss. On the other, q
new quarrel now springs up among a
hundred applicants for every place
worth having
With all this vulgar aud disgraccihl
method of dealing with the grand
ideas of politics, we have nothing in
common We have done ali that has
been ia our power TO promote the
election of the candidates of the Dem.
ocratic party. We have done this on
priHciple. The candidates put in nom.
ination were not the reason OF our
effort. 1t was the assertion of just
and correct principles Mr. Seymour,
irreprUachable gentleman, loved by
all who know him, respected by all
honorable men, even Of his political
opponents, has never had the oppor-
tunity to oblige us, personally, by so
much as the gift of the taxed match,
with which to light our untdred, or
cOntrdbaad cigar Were Mr. Seymour
to be President for eight years, our
personal account with him would
stand as it does now. But Mr.. Sey-
mour as the representative Of the vote
Of the Democratic party, has com
manded all our legitimate exertions
Now that the election is over, after
this weeks work, the position will be
the same us it has been.
A large majority of the people have
been defeated we will suppose they
are defeated by a minority, with the
polOr, and the public funds, in their
hands.
We will suppose General Grant de.
cldred to be elected. lie will be in
augurated. Two courses will be be-
fore him. Ho must try to create a
conservative faction out of the Repub-
lican party, in which, fer the good Of
the country, all true Democrats will
give him an Independent and generous
assistance; or he will yield himself
as the supple tool Of Radicalism. If
he takes the former course-which
seems TO us the more probable-be-
cause General Grant is, constitution
ally, no Radical aud, if he were, a
Radical out Of power becomes, by the
force of events, in power, Conserva-
tivo-then, according to well known
precedcnts, General Grant will "gravi.
tate" towards the Democratic party,
which, good or bad, is the only real
party Of the people and of the country.
Suppose pig headedness, or very bad
advice, were TO throw General Giant,
as President, into the hands of the
Radicals We do not believe this will
happen. Whoever buys Gen. Grant
for stupid fool will lose his money.
But, suppose this, and that we mistake
him. Then it is more certainly to be
written 10 the annals OF the country.
in Years not remote, than if il were
emblazoned in sunbeams across the
MONDAY sky, that we are TO have
antther civil war, more bloody and
more general than the late one. Easy
going people maypooh.pooh this asser
tion. We are used TO the short. sight.
edness of these casy-going people.
We remember the year 1855. Henry
Ward Beecher was drumming the
mceting-houses Of Now England TO
get "Sharp's rifles" and men who
would promise to use them, in resist
ing the United States authority in
Kansas We said then, as the files of
our paper in the hands of our old
friends will show, that the parchment
Constitution Of the Union could never
bear the strain Of factions and sections
so bitterly arrayed against each other
We said that the Constitution that
made the Union of States was never
devised for CALLING yoke TO either
part Of the Union. We said they
might better, as the New Englandcrs
generally were clamoring for them,
part in pedce-exccpt that this was
not possible-than remain tied togeth- !
or as States by bonds that produced
only hatred. For predicting in 1855 |
56 the imminence of a bloody civil |
war, we were laughed at. The laugh |
was turned to tears in 1861.
We say now that the civil war that
has drenohed our land with the blood
Of some of its noblest men, on both /
sides, was not so plainly prefgured
and indicated, in 1855, and 1856. as il
is n0,0, that, if General Grant, elected
President, throws himself in the hands
of the Radicals, and tries TO carry out
their revolutionary and despotic ideas,
the result will be another war. on n
very different scale. 1t will not be
fetensire war, attempted 10 be main.
Iained by sparse agricultural popu.
ation, and eliminating from The armed
1rrdy the bulk o. he agricultural
dborcrs.
Soldiers as old, and as experienced
Is General Grant, will respond to the
'ommon sentiment, against reign of
iesPotism. The moneyed interest is
rot old enough established, 10 com.
'lne against the vast surging mass of
men that, with stout hearts, and strong
lands, are ready to battle for their
non rights.
One thing General Grants strong
ommon sense will convince him Of. {
I he attempts to overthrow the insti
utions OF the country, he as the one I
ure, will perish in the attempt. Q
But, all individuals apart, the coun-
ry is too young, and too rdo, to sub. q
lde into despotism to moneyod class. q
the attempt be made, il will rebound i
the serious detriment of the mon. h
ycd men. r
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