Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1868-07-02

How erandIy The great old Demo
cratic party Is looming up once more
In all its wonlcd majestic PROPORTIONS
IA has risen from Us sleep Of eight
years, and IN tho name Of tbe people
demands that iis princlples shall again
control this Government OF ours. And
this demand will be---mast be respec-
ted. Radicals may howl with indig-
nation, and lfipm their filthy store
houses bespattcr IL with such slang
phrases as "Coppcrheads," "ex.reb-
els" etc, but these cxplctives have
lost their force. The people under
stand their import fully, and laugh at
the use of them. II Radical journals
would convince the masses that the
salvation of the country does not de-
pend upon the overthrow of their par
iy, they must present stronger argu-
ments than those offered by them
Tho day for such balderdash has pas
sod. The people are not fools. They
are patient aud forbearing, but they
are wise. They may be deceived for
q period, but not always They have
been most egregiously deceived and
betrayed during the last eight years.
They will be so no longer. The day
Of retribution has at last come; and,
recognizing in the Democratic party
their only hope Of escape from the
ruin that impcnds, they are flocking
TO its standards by thousands--cnlist-
ing under It's banners, swelling it's
ranks, adopting its time-honored prin-
ciples, and prepared TO march with it
TO triumphant victory next fall.
Welcome, friends welcome Yon
come at a moss opportunc moment.
Your country needs your services
and in no position can You so truly
serve your country as in the ranks Of
the great party Of the people. For
almost eighty years il held the reins Of
the government, and during that long
period the nations history was one OF
uncxampIed prosperity. We were the
envy and admiration of the entire
world. In an evil hour Radicalism
obtained the ascendancy, and 10 what
has 1t brought us 7 1t has usurped
the powers Of the GovernmentJ ii has
prostituted the Constitution TO the
basest Of party purposes; Il has enact
ed and enforced tyranical and uneon-
stitutioI al laws; il has burdened us
with debt such as rests upon the
shoulders Of no other people; it bus
imposed upon us taxes that are crush
ing ont the very life Of business-in a
word, il has violated every principle
Of free government, and every prin-
ciple Of a free government demands
that this party of destruction shall be
destroyed. The hour for the com
meneement of this great work has ar
rived. The Democratic party, In the
full paido Of its strength and majesty,
has undertaken it; and depend upon
il it will be done quickly and we'll.
Before high heaven the oath has been
recorded, and the obligations Of that
oath will be fulfilled to the letter.
"l.et us have peace" cries Grant,
the "no-policy" candidate. Ayl let
us have peace; but not such peace as
Radicalism proposes. What the coun-
try wants, and will have, is Democrat
ic peace--peace that issues prosperity,
perpetuity of oar glorious institutions
--maintenance the Constitution and
~ ~~-.v.i is-s.- - ;s,.s---Jhv nUUiisfItDg
or military despotisms--the destruc.
ton of tyrannies. These old-timed
blessings, Radicalism, with Grant at
its head, can never bring us. They
are opposed to its very nature.