Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1868-09-17

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fvo hundred millions sinco thc ,los'
of The war. instead Of which "a sccml
laltoriy, TO be on the increase. J heard
of a Radical orator the other day
who expressed his contempt for The
debt and tax question as a nero side
issue. which had nothing TO do with
tho approaching election Akin q
the great folly of legal tenders, comes
tho blundcr and greater wrong Of nt'
tempting TO exempt bonds from taxa
tion-to afford capital the opportuni.
tv TO escape the burthens Of Govern.
mcnt, general or local, from time to
time Nothing could tend more to
build up a favored class and TO beget
discomfort against the Government.
1t is with much pleasure speak TO
YOU about our candidates. l have
known Horatio Seymour long and
well. We have been contemporary.
Hc entered the legislature in lSil-
the same year | became member OF
the Senate of this State. ! became
Governor in 1851, and he in 1852. |
have been Il close observer of his bril-
liant career, and | can say, in all sin-
cerity, that had | been clothed with
unrestraned authority to select man
for the difficult duties Of the Presi-
dency, | should have felt required to
select Horatio Seymour. His remark
able forecast and wisdom about men
and measures, give him peculiar abili-
ty 20 deal with our national troubles.
He is rated. even by his enemies, a
man of superior talents, fine scholarly
accomplishments, of pure moral and
Christion character; and no one has
ever charged him with corruption or
bad faith in the discharge Of public
duty. But think incessant devotion
to public duty his most remarkable
characteristic. In the Presidential
chair, the higher duties Of the place
would command his ceaseless consid-
Grafton. / am not disappointed that
he is assailed with unjust imputations
and bitter reproaches. i expected
this. tits oneoi the evils of the times
that the best men are abused most.
Horace Greeley is especially venomous
in his attacks. This, though very un-
Just on his part, is is not entirely un-
natural. Seymour and Greeley have
long differed. When Greeley was a
Socialist, or Fourierite, Seymour was
a man ofsense and good morals. When
Greeley was a sectional agitator, in
citing hate between the States, Sey.
mour was teaching obedience TO the
Constitution and laws. When, in the
fall of 1860 and the spring of 1861,
Greeley was encouraging the Southern
States to secede, and pleading the
principles of the Declaration of Inde-
pendenee in support Of the disastrous
step, Seymour was resisting secession
and endeavoring to save the peace of
the country by reasonable adjustment.
Ii is also idle for the lesser lights Of
the Republican party to impeach the
loyalty of Gov. Seymour during the
war, in the face Of the testimony of Mr..
Lincoln and Mr.. Stanton, expressed in
the darkest hours of the struggle-not
only endorsing his devotion TO the
cause, but thanking him for the effect
i've and timely aid which he had ex-
tended it from time to time. The
Radical who would not accept such
testimony as this would not believe,
though one rose from the dead. And
surely every Pennsylvania should be
grateful to him for his timely aid when
the State was invaded His forces
preceded our own. General Blair is
both a soldier and n statesman. He
served with great distinction in the
late war, and yet he is the special
ob-~st Of Radical malignity. The
truth is that all this talk of loyalty on
the part OF the Radicals is q shallow
prctence. They embrace Joe. Brown,
of Georgia, one of the wickedest seces.
sionists | ever knew, the found er OF
the Andersonville prisons, and slander
Blair, who acted the part of a true
soldier throughout the war General
Grant is a soldier and n soldier only,
and his worst enemies are those who
seek TO drag him out OF the line Of his
profession aud involve him in the mire
of politics, where he must inevitably
fail. The most dscreditable thing j
know of him is his declaration that il
elected President he should have no
policy Of his own. 1t is singular that
some friend of Grant did not save
him this humiliation. No policy Of
his own. The sentiment is an insult
to those whose votes he seeks. Whilst
political parties usually enunciatc gen.
eral views to guide their future, they
despiso a candidate who has no views
of his own. But this only shows that
General Grant is unschooled in civil
affairs.
The remedies for the evils Of which
| have been complaining are set forth
in the Democratic platform, and were
tho Democracy in power in all the
departments of government, these
would be promptly applied We
should soon have a perfect union oI
all the States, and good will amongst
the people. The South would then
share with the North the heavy ex.
pensos of the Government. The mil.
itary would be rendered subordinate
TO the cifikauthority In every State in
the Union, and the supremacy of the
Constitution be acknowledged by all
Economy and purity would prevail in
the use Of the public money. The
army and navy would be reduced aud
the negro bureaus disbanded. With
these reforms there would be no din.
Guilty, whatever, in meeting the annu.
al interest on the public debt and the
expenses of the Government, without
the aid Of the present onerous and
inquistorial system Of internal taxa
ton which system, with its horde
of agents and corrupting influences
should be wiped out of official exist
ence. The country under Democratic
auspices would have rest and settled
business and political policy, when W,
might reasonably hope for degree o.
that progress and prosperity which