Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1868-08-27

/ The GVmh0l 0t NEGRO RlnrDmQCV debt
hard times. big6 prices, low Wages
gold without taxation for the bond'
holder. rags and taxee for the people.
and an itnnerial military desnotism
instead Of The simple but beneficent
Federal Republic Of our fathers Re.
vond these General Grant ronrosents
nothing except the cold lava Of the
burnt out yolyano of civil war.
So much then. gentlemen. as 70 can-
didates.
And now allow me briefly 10 con-
sider some of the urinary and funda-
mental differences in prrinciples and
nolicies between the Rcpublican and
democratic parties.
l. The aim and purpose of the Re-
publican Revolutionary leaders is to
certralize the powers of the General
Government, so as to establish uIti-
mately an Imperial Republic; which
in The Judgment Of the wisest and best
statesmen of America. from the begin.
ming, can here be but another name
for a military despotism. To secure
this object they began by denying
and usnrping the lust, Constitutional
reserved rights of the States. Next
they assumed absolute power to exist
in time of war in the President whom
thew designated "the Government !"
and when afterward they ouarreled
with the Executive, they stripped him
of every accustomed and even very
many az HE clearly Constitutional nre-
rogat;ves, and finally sought bv n
cross abuse of the mower of impescb.
ment 10 remove him from an office to
which l;,,lo remained evcent ,be t;,le
and amolnmon, And when Tho Su.
nroma Court stood in thsir wav tbev
begon bv hostile Iog;slation. to cir
cuSscr;5a ana er;p9lo its r;ohtf,l
irrisd;ction and 10 bring Il into con.
,amnt WITH the neonle 6v hitter md
rondn,o,,s donnnc;atinn IL ~ chioe
rus,;co
Tnon tho o,hcr hand tho Demo.
cratic marty insists in the languare
oe Ioearso1 on e,ho sunnort ~ tbo
Sto,o Gorornmar,s IN all ,heir ,;o,hts
as Tho most eomnetent admins, raj Tons
os 81 '"o n',r a. donoos,ic oo concorns snd tho
sn,est hnIwarLs .ra;nst mi; Ronrbl;
con- ,endonc;es and tho nreseryation
oc no conoral Governmon, n ;,s
,rhola. Cons,i,n,;onai vigor no ,ho
sheetonchor Of onr noaeo at bome
and safety abroad "
"a A to poIicies or ideos tho tvo nor
ties differ Fundamentally in his the
basis of Tho nrcsent Ronnblican organ.
ization il bigotrv hate and revo1ge
"A Tolerate, no life enees Of on;I;9,,.
H. wonld forever fan and keen alive
the flames of that civil war which for
fonr lone and weary years scorcbed
the hearts and desolatcd the bomes of
one.tbird of the people of the United
states II would cherish forever the
hot nassinns and the bitterness and
Tho tends and discords which in onr
own midst arraved neighbor against
neighbor. and wrought dissension and
strife among those of the same house
hold, IL refuses TO FORGET the vile
epithets which found no apolorv. even
amid tho fury of a bloody conflict. and
glibly spits forth from its onvenomed
lips "rebel sympatbizer. butternut.
copperhead and traitor" Protesting
. ~: ...i,;sl l. c.,,,,l.d -. ......,s1
q rehgiOn whlch Is FOUNDED on eternal
love, II yet builds itself up on immor-
tal hate. Invoking mercy and for
! .-,........ E., .ka Goa ocL....o, 4,
eNe"V9e iV'h V"o w" w "O"' W. ~
denies all pardon or grace 10 Fellow
men on earth.
Rpt do ,bese our enemies reol;ze
- atsi.'-' - ~ -.
tnht lhey themselves hro tno very
children oil pollucal wrath nave
tney Iorgo.'on tne avcu,nulnteu ,, ',
wrongs ana outrages wnlcn they
neaPcu upon our 'leauS.Ieno uenunc''
auons, tne ca'aln'les, ene esp,onage'
tne inooolngs' 'nv arres.7, vac l'npris-
on,nel's, sno cA'e % anu enc ,. 'nuraer a',
anu assasslna.lon "n'cn we, tnc'r ,cio :
,ow-cl'']ons' suncrce ae .ne'r nancs US
~ Is VIC, too' VINO ni,ve wrongs 70 ivr'
give ., aVengc, ~ Is wv wno n,'gn'
smut .nc gates o. merry upon .ngnl, ;
anu uenlanu no,y a"I Oy"su'n.ns ua... : :
rc,rlDue'o" i,, n''n,"'.u " ~. .no.' o"i, si,
,i rc'e,'.'ess sp"'' - wv "'s"' "0''
eao,"'n ',,
"A psgne h upon 'n'm' wherefore ''0u'u curse
Would sur'e' Kin, as doth tho mandrate's srOan
A. surst, as harsh, and and horrible % hear,
Delivered strongly through my fixed teeth,
WIN ,Sg s many is1s h.1 o. asIay n'o,
Nv tongue shonla stumble ia mine earnest words
Mine eyes should sparkle ike the beaten hinti
Ny hair be hxed on end. like one distract