Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1868-07-30
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infHa a copy Of General Blair's letter
ofnh1cplance of the Democratic nom.
|natiNn for Vice President just receiv'
cdhcfe:
General g W. Morgan, Chairman Of
fhf rbmmnee ~ ne National Dem
orfdiic C0nnnfioa.
(;t<tRAL: take the earliest oppor-
tuniiv of replying to Your letter mott.
frinu be OF my nomination for Vice
rr6sident of the United States by the
Nationnl Democratic Convention. re
Gently held in the city of New York.
accept, without hesitation, the nom
nation rendered in a manner so graft
fyiuu and give YOU and the committee
my thanks for the very kind aud com.
plmcnjary language in which you
have conveyed TO me the decision OF
the Convention have carefully
read She resolutions adopted by the
Cenreation, and most heartily concur
In every principle and sentiment they
annonnce My opinions upon all OF
the qncstions which discriminate the
great con.ending parties, have been
freely Expressed on all suitable occa
sions, and do not deem it necessary
at this time to reiterate them. The
issnesupon which the contest turns are
clear. aud cannot be obscursd or
disturbed by the sophisti les of our
advetsafies. They all resolve them.
sa|Yp> in{O the old and ever recurring
a<FN&| Moi few men 20 absorb the
political power of the nation This
effort. under every conceivable name.
and disguise, has always character
lied the opponents of the Democratic
party, bDt at no time mas the attempt
assumed q shape so open and daring
as in this contest The adversaries
offree and constitutional government,
in defiance of the express language of
the Constitution, have erected mill
tnry deepotism in ten of the States of
the Union; have taken from the
President the powers vested ia him
by the supreme law, and have depri
we'd the Supreme Court of its Jurisdic.
ton. The right Of trial by jury and
the great writ ofhdbeaS corpus, shields
Of safety for every citizen, which have
descended to us from the earliest ira
ditions of our ancestors, and which
our evolutionary fathers sought to
secure 10 their posterity forever, in
the fundamental charter of our liber-
ties, have been ruthlessly tramped
under foot by the fragment Of Con
gress. Whole States aud commune
ties ofpeople of our own race have
been attained, convicted, condemned
and deprived of their rights as citizens
without presentment or trial or wit
nesses, but by Congressional enact
ment Of er post facto laws, andin def
ance 0fthe constitutional prohibition
denying. even to full legal Congress
the authority to pass any bill Of at
tainder or &c post facto law.
The eame usurpiHg authority has
substiiuted as electors, in place of men |
of our own race, thus illegally attain
ted and disfranchised, host Of igno-
rant negroes, who are supported in
idIeness with the public money, and |
combined together to strip the white
race Of their birthright, through the
manaqcment of the Freedmen's Bu-
reau, and the emissaries Of cOnspira-
tors in other States, and to complete
the oppression, the military power
of the nation has been place at their
disposal In order TO make this bar
barism supreme, the military leader,
under whose prestige this usurping
Congress has taken refuge since the
condemnation of their schemes by the
free people in the elections of last
year. AMI whom they have selected as
their candidate 10 shield themselves
from The result of their own wicked.
ness aud crime, has announced his ac-
ccptance of the nomination, and his
willinxness to maintain their usuipa
tions over eight millions Of white peo-
pie al the South, fixed to the earth
by his bayonets, he exclaiming "Let
US have peace" 'Peace reigns 10
Warsaw, was the announcement
which heralded the doom of the liber-
ties Of nation. "rhe Empire is
peace, exclaimed Bonaparte when
freedom and its defenders expired un-
der the sharp edge of hissword. The
peace TO which Grant invites Us is
thu peace Of despotism aud death.
Those who seek TO restore the Con-
stitution by executing the will of the
people, condemning the reconstruc-
ton acts already pronounced upon in
the elections of last year, aud which
viii, ! am convinced, be still more
omphatically exercised by the election
of the Democratic candidate as the
President of the United States, are
denonnced as revoluIionists by the
partisans of this vndictive Congress
Negro suffrage, which the popular
vote oiNew York, New Jersey, Penn
sylvnnia, Ohio. Michigan, Connecticut
and 0ther States, have condemned AS
expressly against the letter of the
ConHtItntion, must stand because their
Senators and Representatives have
willed it. If the people shall again
these atrocious measures by
the election of the Democratic candi-
date for President they must not be
disturbed although decided TO be un.
coastilntional by the Supreme Court,
and alihough the President is sworn
70 maintain and support tn, Consttu-
ton. The will OF fraction of
Congress reinforced with It's parts
an uinisearies sent t. the South aud
there by .ho soldiery, must
stand atainst the will of the people
and the decision Of the Supreme Court, {
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