Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1869-09-29

propose TO address TO you lew
sincere. earnest words
We desire by the election Of Mr..
pcrshing, TO the bench of the Supreme
Court, TO secure Judge of ability
and higher character, who will be
impartial in his great office, and will
make the Constitution aud tho Laws
the rule of his judgment and action.
The election Of Asa Packer to the
office of Governor, is recommended
by muny considerations of high mo-
mcnt, TO some OF which We propose to
call your attention.
Reform is needed in the State Gov
ernmcLt, aud he is II fit man to intro-
duce and uphold il. Forhc will come
to the performance Of public duty,
armed with integrity as with a gar
ment, with knowledge of the bust
ness interests of our people, and with
an earnest purpose TO do good and
resist evil
What has been amiss in Legislation
and in Executive action AZ Harrisburg
in recent years. will. be rebukcd by
his election For he has had no
concern and no sympathy with the
mismanagement of the State finances
and with the enactment Of odious or
improvilent laws; he has been en-
gagged in honorable enterprise Of great
public utility, and has given bis
sympathies always to honorable mon,
whether in business or in political life.
He has also much knowledge of public
life and of public men This is an
indispensable qualification for the office
of Governor. or of President With
outit, Executive service must be badly
performed or neglected
Asa Packer represents well one
practical effect of our free institutions.
A pruniless youth, and man of hum
bic position in the earlier years of his
manhood, he has achieved prominent
nosilion among the business men of
the country, and distinction a. a
political man lie now appears be-
lore you, not unsolicited, as a candi-
date for the highest office in the State
Government, and holds as such the
respect and confidence Of bis fellow
citizens, more truly aud firmly than
could man of high rank and proud
lineage in country OF desp0tic or
arisiocratical institutions. Ia his
case, popular confidence is based
entirely upon tho solid foundation Of
real merit; tried throughout an event
iul carrerand manifested in honorable,
useful, and magnanimous action.
Asa Packer, in the Gubernalorial
chair, will give TO us what we greatly
need strong point of defence aud
security against violent. unjust. ill.,
considered, selfish and partisan laws.
lie is abnve all hascncss, independent
of all cliques and "rings," lso.called),
aud ak incapable Of conscious injustice
10 political opponents as Of unworthy
subsrrvicucy To political friends. lie
will be just, firm, faithful and toler-
ant in his great office, If he shall be
charged with its duties, and will pur-
rue therein no selfish object, whether
of ambition or OF private gain.
Asa Packer is a true representative
of the industrial interests of the State
aud flour great public improvements.
liz ralaiin,s with hoih arc cxtensive
encd and liberal. He will favor and
aid the development of tho former and
all possible extensions of the latter,
so that our people shall be prosperous
and be enabled the better TO bear the
great burden of their public debt.
The present canvass has not been
one OF excitement or Of noisy effort.
But we believe that earnest thought
has been directed by our people to the
issueS involved in il, and TO the O.
Speclive claims of the candidates
before them. There is a disposition
in the public mind (and proper and
timely one) to pass from sectional and
adventiti0us questions connected with |
the rcrent war. aud bcstow attention |
ups n financial. monetary and industrial
ones, which come home to our peo. !
pie in their everyday pursuits aud |
avocations. Money is scarce for
many legitimate and useful invest.
mcntsi our taxation in many respects |
unequal, aud upon some objects Old.
prrssive; the rates of interest upon
public loans are improvident; the ex
penses of government (bnth State and
Federal) are excessive. II not profit.
gate, and the relations between capi.
tai and labor are uneasy aud disturbed
aud then there is unquestionably
general lowering of the moral tone of
public life below the level of former
times.
For remedy for these manifest evils
(Which none can deny, aud, all good
mcn must lainent,) the people must
act with energy and wisdom. They
must call better men than they now
have to places of public trust, aud
they must bredk up the MONOPOLY OF
po'oer By he RepuJiicoR l,arig The
election Of Asa Packer will point 10
reform aud improvement in our affairs.
aud viii 20 a grent way toward
securing them. For IL will mean that
aud capacity-high honor.
'Pollcss character, business aLililv.
experience in affairs, aud a charitable.
tolerant and magnanimous spirit are
appreciated 10y the people. and that
hcn possessing them, will be secured !
whenever possible for the public
'ervice; aud il will mean also, that a
'ariy IN possession of unchecked =,
'owcr for many years, whose perform
nee In the administration of govern.
nent arc unsatisfactory, will bc called
Ipon TO surrender lis power, or TO
.lvide that power with another party
nore faithful or more competent. 4
The Harrisburg Convention claimed =, ~
lr our State the right aud privilege &
I determining for herself the rules of P'
opular suffrage within her limits. nj
hls right, which was recognized in %
he Republican platform OF 1868, is 70, e,
he OF vital Importance, and should
ever be surrendered or waivcd-ior