Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1869-05-19

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With Oh their spcoiousnosa and
cunning, the radical politicians cannot
hide from lhe puhlt eye, the wiliul
and deliberate fraud they nrc prac
tising IN forcing upon The people The
XVIII Amendment The swindlc b.
too naked aud bold not to be seen BY
all who care 20 observe e. We're it
merely fraud ON the Democrats, 10
would be taken as matter Of course.
That Is a commonplace occurrence
and startles nobody But the masses
Of the "rcpubican" party, are, spe.
cially, the victims of the cheat They
voted the radical ticket, last fall, upon
the assurance contained in the Chicago
platform OF their party, that in the
'loya States tho suffrage question
would be left to the control of the
people. The second section Of that
platform is here reproduced, as follows
"Thc guaranty by Congress Of equal suffrage to
all loyal men nj the South, was demanded BY cy-
cry consideration Of public safety, Of gratitude
and Of Justice. and must be maintained irhiie ne
question Of sageoye ia ai che ioyoi States preperiy
belongs 10 The people qf those S'afe'.'
Grant and Coliax accepted this
doctrine in writing, over their own
proper signatures, and the rank
and file OF the republicans Of the
'loval States thus assured tnat they
would be permitted to settle the sui-
fragc question in their own way, and
not dreaming that the very men who
stood on this non.ntervention plat.
form, would rob the people Of the
privilege guaranteed in such platform,
voted and elected the Radical ticket.
The solemn pledge of the convention
at Chicago, to the effect that fhe pe0-
pie of the loyal States should control
and regulate the suffrage question for
Themselves, endorsed by Grant and
Colfax in their letters of acceptance,
proclaimed from every stump and
heralded in every radical newspaper,
has been deliberately and ruthlessly
broken by the very men who gave it.
Scarcely had the telegraph wires con
veyed the intelligence OF Grant 5
election, and the return of n Radical
majority 10 Congress and most Of the
State legislatures, until an Amend
ment to the Federal Constitution
proposing to take from the people OF
hG States the cyHtral Of the suffrage
question, was introduced and passed
by the dominant party in Congress.
la order that the people might have
an opportunity 10 say whether or not
they arc willing 10 yield this right,
it was proposed by Senator Bnckalew,
and other Democrats in Congress,
that the proposed Amendment be
submitted to Conventions chosen by
the voters OF the several States This
proposition was at once rejected by
the Radical majority, for it was not
their purpose to consult the people in
regard 70 n measure which was
designed to abridge popular rights.
They must, perlorce, keep il out Of
the hands of the masses, for we'll they
knew that it would be lost If left TO
the popular choice to accept or reject
it. Therefore they ieft Il 10 the State
Legislatures already chosen These
corrupt and infamous bodies had been
elected on the non-intervention Chi
cago platform, but they merely re-
gistered the decree of the Radical
caucus at Washington. Sumner, But
Ter, Wade, Bingham and Grant, cast
the vote OF Pennsylvania for the XVIII
Amendment The Radical members
Of the legislature simply recorded the
will of the Washington cabal
Was there ever n more shameful
betrayal Of popular confidence than
this cold-blooded and blushless fraud
on the part Of the Radical leaders
upon the people generally, and the
Republican masses in particular Z
And yet the men who praetised this
infamous deception, who BETRAYED
their own political friends with malice
prepense, who ought to be ashamed
to look an honest man in the face,
these men brazenly ask to be endorsed
at the coming election by the people
whom they have deceived audjnsulted
II there fingers the smallest spark of
self respect in the hearts of this out
ragged people, if civil liberty has not
lost all its value with the citizens,
nay, if the intelligence of the masses
regards this unholy and hcll-born
scheme to destroy popular liberty,
with the loathing il should inspire,
the authors of the XVIII Amendment
swindle, and the knaves who are now
engaged in fraudulently forcing it on
States and people, will be speedily
hurled from power and branded with
the ignomiuy they have so richly
earned. Down with the traitors
Down with the political desperadoes
who rcck not whether they betray
friend or foe .-HarrisbWg Patriot.