Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1869-03-31
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The New York nv Rool very ap.
propriatcly SAYS We hear q vas,
deal Of "national honor now n.days,
aud 10 IL accompanied by that other
expressive term on the lips of every
political scallawag, "loyaliy.' What
DO these words meant We well re.
member one specimen oi "1oyalty,
whom we saw a day or two after the
"latc lamcntcd' was suddenly sent to
his long home, wearing a black roscite
on the breast of his coat as big as a sun
flower We met this "loyal mourner
in the street, and his tones were full
of grief; his eyes suiiused With tears !
and in husky, broken-hearted sobs, he
alluded TO the loss Of Tho "second
Washington" and the dreadful blow
Eat the best government the world
ever saw" This devoted loyahst,
whose heart was "bustin," with ma
tional honor, had all his property
seized in less than thirty days after
this terrible exhibition of patriotic sor'
row, for swearing falsely as to the
number of hides he turned out of his
tannery per year. lie had thus robbed
"the best government under the sun
Of thirty thousand dollars Of revenue
by lying as TO his business. lie was
"loyal." His soul was brim full, and
stopping over, with "nationai honor.
They are all of that kind, these brazen'
faced, loud.mouthed blatherskites
who how "national honor" "loyalty,
&c. They have shackled the poor
white working man with three thou.
sand millions of debt, and an eternal
poverty for him and his, and will GRIND
him and his children to the lowest
grade of fpauperism-if they can-thal
this niger freedom debt be paid
This is Irrational honor" this is
'1oyalty.p Four millions of happy
honest, industrious blacks were in the
South; thirty millions of happy, IN
telligent, progressive and prosperous
whites were in the South and North
A horde of fanatical Abolitionists
fiends from hell, or from New England
debauching the country with lies
poisoning it with false doctrines, got
up political, anti-slavery war, crush
cd out the prosperity of South anc
North, killed trade and commerce
slaughtered and MANNED two millions
of human beings, ruined the blacks by
taking away the white mans guidance
plunged the country into social anC
political anarchy, and after creating 1
three thousand million paper dollar
debt, this horde of fanatics declare I
shall be paid in gold; and that th'
white bone and sinew, and muscle
shall be worked till il is so paid. Thil
is "national honor" The poor MAJ
shall be made 10 wear the ball anC
chain of eternal taxation upon hil
limbs, and see also these clogs rivcte,
to the limbs of his children, that tn,
great Abolition war debt shall b.
worked out. This is Irrational honor.
The non-producing bond.holders, VIII,
paid forty cents on a dollar for tn
nations obligations, and who nov
claim a hundred cents in gold on th
dollar, swear the debt shall be dis
charged in full the pound Of fes
shall come; f; this is "loyalty." Niggei
ism is synonym Of licentiousnes
and abiect misery To bring abou
this state of things, to destroy th
great labor system Of the South, Z
ruin both North and South, TO keep
huge and costly standing army whicI
pins down nine millions of the pcopl
with the bayonet-all this is the worI
of the party which prates of "nationa
honor" on whose tongues the wor
, "loyalty" is constantly being role,
over like a sweet morsel. Can histor,
furnish another so shocking pictur
of social and political prostitutiong