Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1868-10-22
GARFIELD, Pa, THURSDAY, OCTOBER %, 1868


colorod race-even to endure prov,
caiiors, which they would not tolerat
under other circumstance They ar
ignorant, and led on by designin
whitc men, to make threats, and con
init acts Of indiscretion for the pul
pose of producing collisions between
them and the white people-and I,
resist them by violence will be TO ena
bio their white leaders TO accomplish
their object For this and other rea
sons, we counsel the utmost forbear
aifee which can be exercised.
We advise our people to accord I,
the freedmen all the rights and priv
leges which the present laws secure,
tp them. Withhold from them nc
rights to which they are entitled
] INElthem NOS :. ~L.t- .--s-l = IT,
ercise Of any privilege which the laws
give them. Under our present laws
they are entitled to the right Of suf
frage. Let them enjoy it freely, vol.
untarily, and without molestation
On the day of the approaching cleo
tion, to avoid conflicts, the polls should
not be and will not be occupied by one
race to the exclusion of the other
but arrangements will be made where
by all who arc legally entitled to vote
shall exercise that privilege, and we
believe that our people have magnan-
unity TO see to it that no freedman,
who is entitled to the right of suffrage,
is debarred from his free exercise of
that right. This is our counsel and
advice, and we trust and believe that
1t will be needed.
Having made known our true posi-
tion in regard TO the Reconstruction
measures OF Congress, and the protec-
tion which is due TO the freedmen 10
the enjoyment Of their rights and
privileges, we assure the people-all
the people of every name and persna-
sion, North, South, East, West-that
these are our views--the views of the
Democratic party of Georgia, and any
representations 10 the contrary are
untrue, and do us great injustice.
We pledge ourselves 20 submit to
all laws constitutionally enacted-to
all decisions of the courts, declaring
laws TO be constitutional, whose con
stitutionality may be disputed, and in
return, we claim all the rights guar
anteed by the Constitution-we claim
protection of life, liberty, and proper
ty, by law, and we claim for our State
Of rights and privileges with
other States of the Union. We desire
to see our government brought back
TO its original purity and first princi-
plies. We desire an administration Of
the Federal Government upon the
principles upon which it was admins
tered in the carly ages of the Republic.
equal and exact justice TO all men,
of whatever State, or persuasion, reh-
gious or political-peace, commerce,
and honest friendship with all nations,
support of the State governments in
all their rights, as the most competent
for our domestic con-
ccrns, and the surest bulwarks against
anti Republican tendencies-the pre-
servation Of the General Government
in its whole Constitutional vigor, as
the sheet anchor Of our peace at home
aud safety abroad-a Jealous care of
the rights of election by the people
a mild and safe corrective of abuses
which are tapped by the sword OF rev.
olution, whore peaceable remedies are
acquiesence in
the decisions of the majority, the vital
principle of frepublics from which there
is no appeal, but to force the vital
principle and immediate parent Of des-
potism a well.disciplined militia, our
best reliance in peace and for the first
Of war, till regulars may re-
lieve them; the supremacy of the civil
over the military authority; economy
in the public expense, that labor may
be lightly burdened; the honest pay
ment Of our debts, and sacred preser.
vation Of the public faith encourage
meut of agriculture and Of commerce,
as its handmade the diffusion Of
and arraignment of all
abuses at the bar of public reason !;
freedom of religions freedom Of the
press freedom of person under the
of the hdJeds corpus and
trial by juries impartially selected
Let the Federal Government be ad.
upon these principles, and,
for the people Of Georgia,
eve pledge our lives, our fortunes and
our sacred honor TO maintain the
Union in its full vigor.
Il. G.. CABANISS,
Chairman, &c.