Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1869-04-21

, Tho liberty ol aciion allotted 10 ne
Il cllirens Of Mississippi, Texas and Nir
. einis, undct the laios, rcconslturilon
measure, is simply no liberty a All
however their votes may be caH
there is bnl one way In which the,
viii be cotHiti. and that 20 the direct
i aud exclusive advantage Of the Radi.
cal party We DO not say but tha,
the citizens Of these States may fairly
defeat the entire Instruments. known
. rs constitutions" that are 10 be
I submitted, or amy portions thereof In
case of divided submission; nor do
we say but that they may fairly elect
any Governor, Legislatures, State Of
dcers, or Federal Representatives that
they may nominate Indeed, we DO
believe that by their superior political
skill they will carry their policy,
whatever il may be, at the polls But
what OF thaty The second section Of
this reconstruction fraud reads:
AID BE- Il further eHucied That the proceedings
In any Of the said States shall not be deemed final
or operate a. complete restoration thereof, nHhi
their action repeatedly shaN Be approved BY cen-
gress.
Now, as nothing is to be final, or
operate as a complete restoration, un.
I'll approved by Congress, il is to be
the Congressional approval, and not
the popular act in any or all Of these
three States, that is 10 do the work
viii Congress approve the defeat of
the so.called constitutions in whole
or in part, or the election OF Con.
servativc Governor, or Of a Legisla-
ture that will not ratify the negro
equality amendment, or Of Democratic
Representatives, United States Scna-
tors, or State officers Z We trow not
He who thinks so is wiliully blind to
the temper and stupidity ignorant of
the record of that body.
Alabama and Arkansas defeated
their bogus constitutions, and yet
those instruments were unblushingly
declared carried. Georgia elected two
persons of respectablity to be United
States Senators, and their admission
was, and is, shamelessly and fraudu-
lently denied Louisiana elected u
full Democratic delegation to the forty.
first Congress, and not one of the
number has been, or will be, admitted. |
South Carolina presented a mixed
delegation, and the misrepresentation
were taken, and the representatives
left. Mississippi, Texas and Virginia
have, within these few weeks past,
seen every single one of their State |
officers elected by an act of Congress
which bases the right 10 hold State
Office on a pledged adherence to Radi-
cal interests. These are things that
are Of record and not to be denied.
The Times dare not for its reputation
deny them, or any of them and yet
il would persuade the citizens Of these
three outlying States that their will,
as expressed at the ballot-box, is TO be
the law Why, this very seventh sec
tion we have quoted gives a point
blank contradiction 10 such q view
Il y expressly stated that not the
ballot-box, but the Congressional ap-
proval, is 10 decide all that there is to
be decided. Let the vote go as it
will, NOTHING is TO stand until Con
be willing to have il stand. What
the citizens Of these States may DO
under these circumstances is for them
10 say; but this abominable system
Of fraud shall not go before them with
out at least one voice Of protestation,
exposure and warning.
1t is the fixed purpose Of the Radi-
cal majority in Congress TO admit no
Senator or Representative from the
South that will not vote and act with
the majority. In every single case
where seat is now contested, the
Radical contestant is to be sworn in
and to any future election the same
rule is to apply. The five contested
Louisiana seats, the one in South Car.
Dlina, and the six seats to be filed !
rom Alabama, the seven from Geor.
yia, the five from Mississippi. the four
rom Texas, and the eight from Vir-
yinia, are TO be settled on the single
principle that none but Radicals need },
lpply.-N y World