Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1869-01-28

Gu oi huCn InurNel OF nprlghtncas a.
John Scotty If the latter combined
in himself all the attributes of Virtue
Liberty and Independence, he could
not exercise them while under obliga
tons to Simon Cameron. No one can
touch pitch aud be undefiled and nc
one can become a servant of Cameron
without bringing his conscience-if he
has one-under such a strain that il
cannot bear the experiment, and must
give way by the tension.
A Clerical Defence of Misoegenation
and Adultery, as Praotioed by
Thaddeus Stevens.
The Lancaster Intcliigencer says
There are many indications that The
pulpit has beer seriously demoralized
by the events Of the past few years.
IL is true that a majority of the min.
istcrs Of the gospel are still true to
their high calling, that their lives are
honorable and Of good report among
men, and that their teachings are in
full accordance with holy writ but
very many allowed themselves to be
seriously affected by the moral leprosy
of the times. 1t has become custom
airy nowadays TO wink at crime in
high places. Too many preachers
undertake to whitewash the leaders
of the political party to which they
adhere. The pulpils of the North
have been filled with those who appear
TO be equally ready to Aatter even the
most impious men while in power, and
to eanonizc them when dead. These
Radical retailers of false doctrines
have been the most sycopbantic apol.
ogists for acts which are condcmed
by the Bible. The latest instance of
the kind which has fallen under our
notice is the following extract from an
article, entitled, "Personal Recolloc-
tions of Thaddeus Stevens" written
by Rev j. blanchard, and published
in the Cincinnati Gazette OF The 9th
Instant:
begin this ai,iclc on NJ. Stevens fthe last I
may ever write Of biml with precisely that point
in bis life on which two or three religious papers
have assliled his mcmory, and in which his south.
cru enemies most rcsembled, aud at the same time,
most ma ! gned him. lmenn his domes &c relations
The colorel Bishop Payne, shregd and pious
mon, Who had The means Of knowing. said 10 me
"lie lived wi,h a c0loiod woman a. bis wife that
oil .t.d a 0 %.
was true. ! once 10 Cincinnati, married a man Of
prominent mmily in Alabama 70 bis brunette
iSs;s otnS. Sas t6s brde If RhS9g iaa and soul
heart sud liie seemed absorbed and concentrated
in the one Thought Of saving the mother oud chil.
dren from thc block Of the auctonccr, aud the liy-
ing hell beyond it, after be should be dead. For
this he had ruu the gauntlet OF his relatives, who
had OWNED his purpose, aud come up from Ala
bama TO Ohio. Mr.. Stevens, hast Winter, reminded
me Of that Alahamian, by his determined zeal that
his bones should not Tie ia death 10 burial GROUND
from which caste spurned the cOlored race Iwill
not pruiaue the memory Of Mr.. Stevens bv apollo
giving for bis 1doliiy 20 The woman whom law and
custom, stronger than law, forbade him 10 marry,
nor by reminding the reader that be differed from
Henry Clay aud the mass Of Souihrons only in the
fact Of that fidelity. ] will do o much boldcr
thing / will remind those technically religious
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spired prophet, saying "Co take thee a wife Of
and children Of whorcdoms. Hosea.
l. % ] remind them that he did this for the very
purpose Of reaching oud rcclaiming the land hose
general dcbnuchcry had dcgbdrd The woman
whom Ills prophet married, o. bis inauguration o.
bis prophetic o1icei And u we suppose that God,
who works by proccpt or by providence, as lie
pleascs, proyidenually connected Mr.. Stevens with
the mysierisus race, as lie connected Hosea, BY
preccpt with degraded caste in his day, and Tor
a like purpose, viz o repeal AMI reverse the de-
graduation by wiping out The crime that caused It.
We shall ouly be upposng what happened in fact.
And this supposition will give us Che key TO the
Of Mr.. Stevens character. Early
poverty, pride, aud q club foot NAV have prevent
ed bis marriage with the beauty and brilliant cul-
ture he was 20 formed to relish and enjoy. Hotel
life. and human passions may hare chosen for bis
the bight-cyed brunette whom | saw
last wnier-ag agreeable in spite Of old ngc-ut once
Die housekeeper aud presiding genius, and whose
talents made her nt the same time the mistress Of
HE business and earthly destiny. Shut Of BY
domestic life which has saved al that was saved
Of such men as Pieatiss Of Missisipp Denton Of
Missouri and host Of their peers dcspisingthat
religion which could wink NJ save-holding cohabi-
tatiou, while horrfcd with fidelity in concubinave
rctniIsng cnuughtof his mothers religion TO make
him despisc himself; strong as the tabled giants,
yet In religion blind as Polyhemus, their chief;
bold, fearing nothing but God, and really fearing
Him; loving justice; loving truth. and Christ,
because, az lie said "lle was The truih' In these
elements you have the great aud wonderful man
who has just leii the stage modem sampson
Agonistcs alhouing slavery abhoning vice, yet
laying his head on her lap till the locks Of his
strength were shorn. Like sampson, he prayed
and cried 60 6ed Ike sampson, too, be was COM
nccIei and counted with slavcs-at once the cham.
pion Of the true God, and the yiolator Of bis laws
even in his Cana, he heavcd At the pillars Of our
national idolatry with a strength above human F:
aud like sampson, sunk into death with the ruins
OF that iCmgle tumhlirg about bic head
No further seek his merits 20 disclose,
Nor draw his frailtics from their dread abode
There they alike ia trembling hope rcposo,
The bosom Of bis Father and bis God
The facts set forth in the above ex-
tract will not startle any of cur read
ers. The relations of Thaddens Ste
vens TO the mulatto woman with whom
he lived, were moro than suspected to
be such as the Reverend reprobatc
who penned the above states them 10
have been. But we do hope that the
conscience of even the most extreme
Radical in Lancaster has not become
so completely scared as not to be
shocked by an open defence Of adul-
terry in its foulest form by a profcssed
minister of the Gospel She, who is
thus shown to have been the mistress
of Thaddcus Stevens, was the wife Of
a negro barber in the towh of Gettys-
burg and, it his relations to her were
such as Mr. Blanchard declares, the
lie Of Thaddeus Stevens was one OF
unblushing adultery Of the grossest
and most rcpulsive character.
What a sad commentary upon the
morals of the Radical party is exhib-
tied in thercvelation here made. What
q spectacle is presented in the person
of this defender of the foulost immor.
ality. lie is not only proiessod min
lister of the Gospel, but the President
of o college in one Of the principal
States Of the Union What must be
the effect upon the young Of such in.
famous teachings Is il strange that
vice runs riot 10 our land when such
apologies for lewdness are poured in