Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1869-11-24

dctuilcd by itH Inhabitants hlu hoi'h-
ern Democrats, but thoir statements
were disbclievcd by all "loilists" aud
thin skinned Democrats. Parker
lPillsbury, VIM, Lloyd Garrison, and
Gcrrt Smith, are Northern Abolition
lists of 40 years standing, and well
known throughout the country, as the
leaders of the late crusade against the
people OF the South. These three men
arc really the brains of the present
Radical party, but lack the villainy
practiced by the Grants and Geary's.
They have declaimod against Southern
Statesmen and Slavery for the last
forty years, yet neither of them has
had the courage nor manhood to so
upon the ground where slavery existed
and see slave and master together,
but relied wholly upon such literary
halots as Mrs. Stowe, and her Uncle
Tom, for information, until about a
month ago; the first named of this
trio took n trip down South, to see
"Uncle Tom," as he is.
Below will be found the confession
of Parker Pillsbury. What makes his
testimony valuable, is, that he is testi-
flying against himself and his party,
and still hates the Democratic party
worse than cold Nick" His state
mcnt is also little rough, when we
take into consideration tho fact, that
"reconstruoiion, ''ircedmen, ""mulcs
t"land" and "morals," are all in the
hands of men educated by that class
of Schoolmastcrs, and "controlled by
grand moral IDEAS" flesh of their flesh,
and bone of their bone, and have had
Grants military and the "frcedmen's
bureau" to pin down with the bayo
net, every antagonistic element, and
fill the stomachs of "freedmen" and
carpet-baggcrs with provisions, pur
chased and paid for out Of the United
States Treasury.
Do not fail TO read this political
tragedy, as presented by this Abolition
Gabriel, and then hand it TO your doll
ncighbor, or he will never get TO see
it; because majority of that class o.
editors do not possess common honesty
enough to publish the truth about theil
infamous doings down South. They
will no doubt denouncc it as "copper
head lie," or remain silent, but thC
| PILLS-will-BURY themselves deep il
"loil' siomachs, because PARKEI
has so dccrecd it:
WASHINGTON, d. c., Oct 1869.
To the Editor Of the independent:
All who travel in the Southern
States since the war can learn lessons
if they will, unknown to them before
Many have reported their impressions
to you already but all is not yet told
| am afraid tho worst is yet unknown
Indeed, think the North knows les.
of the actual South today than o
almost any other portion of the globe
Repubicanism bears rule there, and
reports itselfto please itself Counter
authorities, especially from Demo
nraiie snnrcns. aro ooet aside "s m
worthy of confidence, as no doub
they often are But it is time on,
thing was told, and believed, too
everywhere; and that is that recon
struction, so far, is failure. 1t is
bad failure. From the sole of its foo
to its head, if it have any head, ther,
is no soundnoss in it, none whatever
II began where it should have left of
with political organizations, witt
suffrage and sovereignty, whom th'
first lessons in civilization bad no
been learned, and had not yet beef
taught. But party supremacy re
quircd the measure, and it was adop
ted, against all the dictates of genuin
stasesmanship, as well rs the demand
of Justice and humanity. And henc
its failure, as could not but have bcei
\ expected.
Neither political party understood
the situation during the war of rcbeI
lion. Neither party understands !
; today. Slavery was not abolished b,
the abolitionists. Still less was !
abolished by the Republican party
In spirit and power il survives eve
tho war, with all its woes. Lik
everything else at the south, it is
, ruin but it is there Both maste
and slave are there; and more at wa
than ever before. And so far th
northern element infused betweot
them, instead OF rcconcilng, has onl
made the matter worse. The north
ern republicans hates the master, bu
docs not love tho slave. The mort
, never loved the negro race bette
than did the south 1t did not abolis
the slave system in form for the SAX
of the victims, nor at all until drive
to the measure by the stern exigcnc
= of military necessity for selfprcserva
, tion. So far as any sense of justic
and humanity ever were intended,
was manifest enough that the reput
lican party would have continues
slavery until this day, and unto judy
ment day, had not the preservation Q
, the nationality impcriously orderc
and compelled otherwise. Ye9gf,,1
.SScaruv'6Gveonhbridgse OF rolS f'it(
ing .dpa ..nc~th ..... .oagnJ~lor slavery
without Union; the north fought f
n the Union, regardless of slavery-fC
S a "Union with Shareholders"
h And now the republican party nocf
n the black mans ballot at the soutl
and is using it for its own prescrv
tion, as his bayonet and bullet wei
used for the national salvation. An
u he is fast finding it out Even in b
n low estate he is learning who arc nj
a his friends. And his estate is low
than even the most extreme abolition