The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1868-01-23
HEAVY EFFUsEoEs.

readers an apology Tor the scarcity OF
editorial matter for several weeks past. In
sad truth he has been confined, night and
day, in a Bankrupt Court, fortunately,
however, not as yet, his own case.
Bat we have brace of communications,
which we give below, and which, we trust,
our readers will receive in lieu of what
we should say. We must promise, how
ever, a few words in justice to our corres~
pondents before introducing their produc-
tions to our readers. They both emanate
from within the classic lines of s'Old
Summerhill," :" and are both of them read
ers, 1oithOt4 u consideration, of the Freeman,
as neither of them are on our subscription
list. They are both somewhat unique in
their character, (both the articles and the
authors, y and for the life of us we can't
understand the one nor believe the other.
First comes rs. A. r. Fitch,'' as he
modestly signs himseIf-ignoring in ini-
tials bus Biblically Historically and -Astr2o-
'nomically mighty solsbriquet ofSAM'L--AL-
ExANDER-- -RITTENHoUsE-FIrC Hear
him for his cause, Gf you can find il out,
cogitate his cockloftieally constructed con-
ordinations, and when you have done soar
ing with him into the empyrean, you can
let yourself down ''hole or two," to the
figures of Republican" So here goes
NIR. FITCH's LUCRUBATTON.
In selecting for our topic The Spirit that
should accompany our Republican Institu-
tions let It not be anticipated that We are
bringing hither political institutions polie-
. ical TRADE to fret and rave about ourselves
or that We mean to run mad at the sound
of hustle of voices as the pronounce the once
thought to be mighty Word Republican
the democrats have not arrayed themseivas
Gladiator like to attack or defend public
measures-to despatch in tie few moments
allotted them all the political questions that
now interest them as pople or to set right
the Executive legislative and Judicial de-
portments of our Government in the period
Of one or two months since the fail Election
of 1867 as we'll might it be done in twenty
minuts the Democrats come not to la,ITe
with Politicians, R:nnhnii:cans Whoever thew
{ may be nn9 whether they stand on either
= bank OF Al the middle Of the Republican par.
ty we come not to sweep down Regimen
after Regiment of them with sentence or to
Blow up the country with a magazine o
words and not of Deeds no we would dwell
upon this spirit without taking the word
1 politics upon our lips these have entered in.
to ard contaminated every other form oi
f Government VIDA OR EICA Ass5fi,,,,o1I2 ,,orm
Fa.I,. ,,-..i Z : L,Si oE1 he SlHTi5 aaE retrea
:. OF government called Eeno let US not
disap- ment rational ThinkigEy ground in
N the rom RepubIicaRism Aatnet of old put
l. Oe the last TO treaAe yeb. because the
ie99r'- the spirit in wb1ont was holy Democ-
'ity- of his shoes 9tHe sace whose claims we
UroIld whe< hrtional modesty we use
racy then<te l5ion from that national
would 2h dtSty which we deem unbe-
eS. the u or 4gcTous We are aware That
arr9IaHg our country is a peculiar one
far IInSlY its interest and Importance and
eno,t rUl'2ly but 20 the World We have read
no. thrilling interest the story Of our faith
Ell Muowings dwelt upon Their glorious an
q Gpations and hailed the fulfiment of them
~ as year after year they have been developed
Who sits on no precarious throne nor bor-
rows leave to be What is public opinion
What is a throne What is legislature
What is congress What is constitution
Mere pipes mere mouth pieces for the ex-
preston Of Public Opinion The moment they
cease to give it vent the moment they resist
and set up for original powers, it breaks in
pieces these venerable forms as Daniel broke
/, the gilded images of bylonish-idolatry
and holds up the fragments before the
startled nations with the same dreadful irony
So these be the gods ye Worship one would
, think from what has sometimes been advan-
ced on great authority that public opinion
was new Power / am confident that it is
! a mistake public opinion is no new creation
no stranger in the World no child of its old
age it has mingled in the public affaires since
man first Exchanged His cave in the woods
) for the arts and alliances of civilized life
. Born in the primeval conventions of uncoutl
savages it's infant fingers trace that social
contract to which the proud monarchies oi
the old world are not ashamed to go back
for the fabulous charter of their Legitimacy
and from that hour it has gone about among
! the kingdoms Of the earth working its Plea
. sure whether for good or for evil you mag
track its lion step across the Syrian sanGs
when it led the fanatic hosts of christendon
to pour ont their libations Of blood and sac.
rifce their human Heeatombs in Worship O.
the price Of Peace or you may find its hand
work in modern England when it spoiled O
its crown the unworthy successor Of a line
Of Kings; Washed away his balm and laiC
his head upon the block turned loose an in
6 csused people to hunt down the remnant O
Sat old house of tyrants and purge the
reah., Of their unclean faith and affections i
recalls he fugitive princes from their Exil,
and rebuiI,..s the dynasty it had overturned
But if the win ,.f he people has always beer
the soverfng under what ever forms if ha.
been disgised by whasever ministers it ha
exercised the functions OF Sovereignty it b
asked how are we to explain certain dark
Passages of the history of man II the people
have been really the masters whence came
those odious institutions which have prayed
fron 1861 to 1868 or the fall of 1867 Like
hereditary disease on the a9grieved nation
how stole the Serpent into the Eden Of de.