Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1870-03-02
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The Convention that nominated
Gen Grant for President adopted
this pledge TO the American people,
"Thc guarantee b, Congress Of equal suf,aro
/ to a loyai men 1T the South wa demanded by
every consideration N public safety Of gratitude,
and of Justice. and muii be maintaiacd ,eliis ne
queiiioH of sg6rogr IL uH NJ ioya' Nuies property
teiong 70 hs people y those Nates7
The forcing of Negro Suffrage on
Ohio aud other loyal States, is fit
commentary on this pledge. The
snmc Radical Convention that nomi.
mated Grant, made this pledge to tho
people;
"The Government Of the United States should
be administered with the strctcsl economy and
the corruptons which have been so shnmofully
nurscd aud ioslorcd by Andrew johnson whom
they themselves elected, call loundly for radical
reform"
The fact that Mr. Dawes, the ablest
Radical OF the Radical brood in Con
gress has been forced to denounce the
Administration for its wasliul extrav.
agance, greater than that of Andrew
Johnson, is n tit commentary on this
pledge Of the Radical leaders.
The same Grant and Coliax National
Convention at Chicago, has this planl,
in its platform:
"Resoired, That we highly commend the spirii
Of magnnnimity and forbcarancc with which men
who have served in the rebellion, but who now
frankly and honestly cooperate with US In restoring
the peace Of the country and reconstruciing the
southern State governments upon the basis OF
impartial Justice and equal rights, are received
back into the communion Of the loyal people, and
We favor the removal Of the disqualiRcations and
restrictions imposed upon the late rebels in the
same measure their spirit of loyalty will direct
and As may be consisient with the safety of n,
loyalpeoplc."
How shamefully this pledge has
been broken is seen in the laws pro
viding for the re.admission of Virginia
into the Union. Every condition that
had been imposed on her, that State be
lieving that her Constitutional rights
would be restored, accepted and car
ried out in good faith, and still her
rights as a State in the Union were
denied her until her new humiliation
could be prepared, and new, absurd
infamous, unconditional enactment,
made, to mako her and her people
/ Union and Seccsh, drink the cup oi
degradation 10 the dregs.
Another plank in that Chicago
platform reads thus:
at is duo to the labor Of the nation that taxa
ton should be cqualized and reduced as rapidly
as the national faith will permit"
To break up the present high rate
of taxation, the Secretary of the
Treasury pays the national debt Will
one promise to pay in another promis,
giving one hundred and twenty dol
lars in greenbacks for every hundred
dollars In bonds-extravagancc and
corruption spends the money Of Tho
people almost as fast as it is raised
and Gen. Grant, who was nominated
on the platform that promised labor
that taxation should be cqualizcd and
reduced, recommends that the present
tariff, made for New England alone
should be retained, aud that the debt
of the nation, contracted to be paid in
greenbacks, should be paid in gold.
Still, with all these facts and many
more that might be adduced, of broker
promises-still the Radical party is Q
consistent one-consistcnt in its owl
Inconsistency. M6iiRtowa Register.