Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1868-11-12
THE OUTLOOK.

disiranchisement of the whites will be
continued and that negro supremacy
will be secured for all time TO come.
These results, disastrous and alarming
as they certainly must be TO the white
people Of the South may follow the
success OF the Radical party and bel
fastened by them upon the Southern
States, but in the very nature of
things they cannot long continue as
the fixed relations of the two races
No amount of Radical legislatior
can raise the African race TO superb
ority or even equality with the whites
l-either physical, mental, moral, rsli
gious or political. The lessons of the
past three years of Congressional ,le
gislation, teach us, we admit, that
Radical Jacobins when infiamed by
wild and malignant hatred TO the
South, and excited by love of place
aud power, can and will go far in their
efforts, will stickle at no conscientious
scr1ples of conscience or ialter at no
obligations of official oaths to continue
aud perpetuate their schemes for the
dishonor and degradation of the white
people of the South. With Radical
President and q Radical majority in
both Houses of Congress, these revo-
lutionary Jacobins can, and doubtless
will 90 TO the most extreme and bitter
lengths, TO secure the success and
porpetuation of their reconstruction
schemes But then, there is a limit
even TO tho eXcesses and outrages OF
these Jacobins beyond which they
cannot proceed. While they may
with impunity trample under foot the
dearest rights offreemen-rights guar
anteed by n written Constitution
while they may openly and defantiy
violate the planest provisions of the
organic laws--while they may degrade.
and polute the ballotbox, the inesti
mable weapon of freemen, and the pal
ladium Of their liberties-while they
may strike down the entire industrial
and commercial prosperity Of the
South-yet, thank God, they cannot
repeal the laws of nature or nullify
the edicts Of Jehovah
The right and power Of the white
race to rule and govern this continent
is not derived alone from human laws
and enaetments. The irresistible de-
cree of an Allwise Creator has stamped
the Caucasian as the ruling race Of the
world. Constitutions may totter and
States be destroyed, human rights ig-
nored, laws defed, public sentiment
violated and common humanity out
ragged by the Buffers and Greeleys.
and Wades and Summers, and Bing-
hams and Kellys, but the laws Of
nature and natures God they can
never repeal or destroy. High over
1 the din and babble of these treacher-
Gus plotters against liberty and the
4 rights of man, rises the voice Of Him
4 who sits upon the storm and guides
the whirlwind, proclaiming in tones
- which csnnot be mistaken or ignored,
: that dths is white mans country"
\ The inequality attempted TO be
forced upon the people Of the South
by the operation Of the so-called Re
construction acts can only be enforced
and continued by force. The theory
81 of the United States Government, that
all Just governments derive their pow
er from the consent of the governed,
J. must Weld to the old exploded theory
J ofthe monarchys Of the divine rights,
o and which, even now, is being stabbed
e to death in its first and greatest
: stronghold bv tho warm blooded Re-
y publcans of CASTLE.
: Mr.. Hill spoke truly in his letter
| the other day, TO the New York Times,
i' when he said the Southern people will
I "practically disregard these Recon
!. struction measures, Il matters not rho
ID may be elected and order 10 the contrary
e Seli.preservation is the first law Of na-
ture. This is as true OF nations as It
is acknowledged to be Of individuals.
The good Of society; the peace of the
country the safety of our people; the
y prosperity of our varied industrial
50 pursuits the vitality of our instilu
lions, aud the purity of. our race de.
= mand, that the inferiority attempted
upon us by these wicked Reconstruo
tion measures, shall continue no Longer
than we have the power to prevent
We are now appealing to the gooC
sense of the Northern people for re
bs dress through the peaceful agencies o
the ballot-box; il We fail here, W.
must seek elsewhere for the remedio
which our innate sense OF right teach
es every white man reside somc'oherc
'i and which can be, by proper applian
"a "a ces, made to subserve the interests q
dethroned justice and right
In securing our right TO govern an
control in all our domestic institution
and regulations il is not necessary
ut neither is il contemplated, TO resor
= to force against the authority Of lh
United States. We have tried tba
and failed. We could not hope f.
better success in another attemp
= Besides, If such an attempt was prat
ticabe il would be inerpedient
The State Of Georgia is now Stat
in the Union, so admitted and recol
nized by the Radicals themselves A
State, acting entirely within d
sphere Of its legitimate power, and
complete subordnation TO the const
tutional authority of the Federal Go
ernment, Georgia may and will 81
aside and dcthrono this African $
.premaey, fixed upon us by the Mi
tary Bill. As a State Of the Uuio
free from the dictation or restraints
the Federal Government she will u
dertake to exercise the same exclusi'
control of her internal policy as
claimed and exercised by the Stat
of Massachusetts aud Ohio. Gcorg
will, as Ohio, and Michigan, aud ka
sas have lately done, determine {
herself the qualifications Of the elC
tive franchise. She will fix and .
termine who shall be eligible TO ho
office under her government, and
in the exercise of these rights, q