Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1870-06-22
CLEARFIELD, Pa WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22 1870.

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amedmenttotheC Consiiutionag against
discrimination this bill does discrimi-
nate aud in favor Of the black and
agailst tho white This alone is
enouih to condemn the bill But as
Ibis Jas been elaborated by my friend
[ Mr. Beck, pass to the
Sllh point on tie bill. ] refer to
the clause which compels State officers
70 ooiforcc Federal laws.
6. la the second section these State
oliicors are compelled to act as Federal
agents, aud a penalty fixed for their
ton.periormance. This is section
oniing from the old fugitive slave
liws, aud in defiance Of the decisions
q the courts.
z pass to the other points, ms !
clrnot 20 over all of the enormities
oattir bill ia the short lime allotted
TO nc | would call attention TO the
fact referred to by the gcntloman
from Indiana [ Mr. Kerr] that this bill
provides all through for lawyers
shyeters, he designated them-petti-
foggors, who get counsel fees at pleas
ure out Of the Treasury for hunting
up these cases 1t taxes our people
for this despicable business, at the
pleasure Of the ruling covers. But
this is not its worst feature. The
crowning odium of the bill is that il
provides for spies and iniormcrs; and
this is the odium Of history. Inform
ers are the meanest class Of men ever
pat under the microscope for rational
dissection.
! have said that the informer is the
odium Of history. So he has been iu
all ages. This bill is TO bo vitalized
with his loprous presence. The learn
ed gentleman Mr. Binghaml is IA
miliar with the character; its portrait
has been drawn by master hands
The informer appeared in many n
piece before he was presented IN tins
bill lie has assailed with his lucra.
tive perjury many an innocent man
IN other lands; he is as old as the
"melancholy scenes and murdcrous
plots of the meal-tub and the Rye
House = rs old as Titus Oates, the
common voucher OF base accusation
His detostablc character was depicted
by the great Irish orator al have
heard" said Curran in Finney's case,
"dl assassination by sword, by pistol,
and by dagger; but here is a wretch
who would dip the cvangelists in
blood il be thinks no has not sworn
bis victim TO death, without mercy
aud without end :" aud then bursting
into AN indignant flame Of invective
hc makes this picture Of the hateful
drgmdfi8 persona of this bin Il is ia
miliar TO The schoolboy in his deCla-
nations, but it is fit 10 be here repro
dueod
'But the learned gentleman is fur
thcr pleased TO say that the traverser
has charged the government with the
encouragement of informer-. This,
gentlemen, is another small fact that
sou sre TO deny at the hazard Of your
sous, and upon tho solomnity OF your
oaths You are upon your oaths to
say to the sister country, that the
Government of ireland uses no such
abominablo Instruments Of destruc.
tion as iniormcrs Let me ask you
honestly, what DO you feel, when in
my bearing, when in the face Of this
audilhce, you are called upon to give
a verdict that every man Of you know
by toe testimony Of your own eyes
| to 10 utterly aud absolutely false /
speak not now Of the public proca.
nation of inlormers with "a promise
of stcrosy and of extrayagant re.
wards | speak not OF the fate Of
those horrid wre,chcs who have been
so o',cn transferred from the table to
the Jock, and from the dock 10 the
pilloy | speak Of what your own
eyes hayo seen day after day, during
/ tho pSUrsc Of this commission from
the lox where YOU are now sitting
the uhmbcr Of horrid miscrcants who
avovtd upon their oaths that they
( had Jbmo from the very scat Of gov.
ornrtnt-lrom the castle, where they
had Scen worked upon by fear ol
dealt aud the hopes Of compensation
to gio evidence against their fellows
that lhc mild and wholesome councils
OF is government arc hollon over
lhesscatacombs of living death, whore
the Srctch that is buried a man lies
F. till Is heart has time TO tester and
diss I've, and is then dug up for wit
ness
7 "s this fancy, or is it acty Have
YOU h)t seen him, after his rcsurroc-
tion rom that tomb, after having
been Clg out of the region Of death
and clrruption, make bis appearance
upon DC lablc The living image Of lie
and dath, acd the supreme arbiter Of
both :. Have you not marked when
be cl,orod how the stormy wave OF
the lultiiudc retired at his approach!
/ IIav You not marked how the hu
maa heart bowed tc the supremacy oI
lispowcr in The undisscmbled homage
d lcicroutial horror How his glance
lio lho lightning Of heaven, seemed
,irivo the body Of The accused, and
mlrk il lor the grave, while bis voice
virncd the devoted wretch Of wo,
ini dcathj a death which no inro
ctico can escape, no art elude, nc
il'ce resist, no antidote prcvont
llero was an anlidoto--a jurors oatl
, -45ut even that adamanline chair
tht bound The integrity of a man q,
do throne OF eternal justice is solvcC
+ add melted in the breath that issuc'
itm the iuiormcr's mouth; cousci
& kc swings from her mooringe, auc
; t'c appalled, and afiighted juror con
IT, De own safety 10 tho surrender
, oiihc victim
fH guG siJi gUSguc i'mejdi-
, I Ih'us iamisc3 crHHm c0HrTSa iUltro
. Anl yet, Mr. Speaker, 10 the face
, C.Ithis picture aud history this bill is
. fll ci This most atrocious, inicrna
s,ktom Of informing. The bill, ia
r Py fact, is the product Of lawyci
ctn-