Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1870-01-19
CONGRESSIONAL USUEPATION.

The cOlored race, SAYS the New
York Citizen, seems destined 10 be the
means of breaking up the Union The
punishmcrt that all nations suffer for
their crimes has been melted out to our
unhappy country in scveniOld sevcri-
" the iniquily maintained 10y tree
people has been atoncd 10y infinite sui.
lering and washed away in tears of
blood morris the Christening hand yet
lifted. aud we have before US drcary
vista Of woes that seem inevitable a
war terrible aud desOlating, the most
fearful of all wars, intcrnccinc strife,
has swept through our country, draw
ing away TO death and wounds hun.
drcds OF thousands of the flower of
youth Of the North, aud making OF
the South something little better than
Gehenna, the place OF skull. Turn.
ing smiling fields into baru tracts of
wild grass, converting comfortable
homes into charred ruins. bringing
misery into families, making wives
widows, children orphans, aud moth
crs barren Such was the appointed
punishment for our national crime,
and so much have we borne as best
we might; but the account docs not
seem to be yet closed. Our very form
of government is being altered, and
runs immediate danger Ui absolute dc
structiOn.
a political oligarclly has been built
up that has wicldcd unlimited power
80 long that constitutional and legal
restraints have ceased tp control it. -
The defiance of law which was per.
permitted aud approved during the
war, has grown habilual, aud the very
scum of our political office seekers, the
vilest Of those thrown TO tho surfucc
by our national convulsion, are grasp.
ing at power and assuming rights
which they will never willingly sur.
renderunless they are resisted prompt
ly by the universal determination of
tho people.
The moving canse Of these remarks
is the last act OF Congress towards
the State Of Georgia. That State hav.
ing adapted the Fourteenth Cunstitu-
tioual Amendment, as required by law
which was all that was then rcquir.
ed of hcr-was restored TO the Union.
Her representatives were admitted TO
Congress, and the only reasons for dc.
nying her Senators seats in the Senate
were personal ones. IL is clear that
Georgia was once more member OF
the United States, entitled to all rights
and privileges us such but she commit.
ted two faults; she became Democrat.
ic in political complexion, aud cxclu.
ded from their places IN her Legisla.
turo nurnbor 81 -eg-rvvs -~l,., l,.,d
been chOscn 10y the people in disregard
of an old constitutional cnaclmciit-
The former was her great fault, the
latter was the excuse iur her puntish.
mcnt No Northern State would nd
init negroes 10 ler'lcgislativc halls, nt
Northern men would willingly sit IL
the same house with them but fOl
the expression of this same sentiment
made more eXcusable by the fact that
the negroes were freed slaves, aud "a,
such the black Legislators wcrc whOlly
ignOrant, besoItcd aud uncducaicd, !
Southern State is. 10 bc condemned 1,
bauishmcnt from the Union.
When the negroes were first dcclar
cd ineligible the head of the nation
President Grant himself, scnl
n telegram TO the leading mcm
bcrs OF the Georgia Legislature
advising that tho question b,
submitted to the Supreme Court. Thi
was done, aud yet he now signs lil
TO place that State under militar,
rule, aud welcome the bill las just tl,l
thing for the ease" Butt is said tina
the Supreme Court has decided in ia
vor OF the negroes, aud that they huv
Nnot yet been restored True; but th
Legislature has not met since, so ihn
before action can bc taken on such dc
cision, or compliance made with il
requirements, the State is once inor
hurried out oi the Uuion. The Goy
crnoy is Radical. a carpet baggcr,
man of bad character. aud he has rc
fused to call the Legislature together
in order that he may have All rxcus
for inducing Congress to cxpcl III
State.
Of course there vs. reason for al
= this. Governor Bullock knows ihtl
he would be impeachcd, aud justl
impeachcd, For crime, were this Leg