Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1870-07-13


The Fifteenth Amendment Force
bin passed by the present Congress. is
intended 10 raise the negroes above
white men, 40 far as the protection Of
The government is concerned. Among
The provisions Of that bill arc the fol.
lowing to which the attention of the
white labofing men are directed
n any person shall prevent. binder. control Or
iniimlaie, Or shall attempt 10 prevent hinder,
control or iniimidaic any person from exercising
The right oi suffrage to whom the right Of suffrage
is secured or guaranteed by the Fnocuih Amend.
mcni 10 The Constitution Of the United States, hy
means of bribery, threats, or threats Of depriy.
| ing such person Of employment or occupation OF
Of ejeciing such pcron from rented houses, lands
or other property, or by threais Of refusing to re-.
new leases contracts Tor labor or by threats Of
violence 10 HIMSELF family. such person 20 Of.
Tending shall be deemed guilty Of a msdcmcanor,
and shall on conviction thereof be fined not less
than five hundred dollars. or be imprisoned not
Ices than one year, or both, at the discretion OF
the Court.
Here is the most ample protection
for negroes. They are not even to be
advised by white men as to how they
should exercise the elective fran
elise. lfa negro has a ballot which
he cannot read, and white man cx.
plains to him the impolicy of polling
that ticket, he can be arrested for at.
tempting to control The free and in
dependent voter, and sent to prison
Sambo is to be sacred from all inter.
ference. He is not to be hindered CON
trolled or intimidated in the most re-
mote degree in the matter of voting.
But look at the other side of the pic
ture While the Radicals are thus
hedging the negro with stringent le-
gal provisions, and opening tho door of
the penitentiary to all white men who
even attempt to control him for his
good, they are acting in a totally diff
ferent manner in relation to white
men. They are compelled to vote rs
their Radical masters command, on
pain Of discharge from Office or cx-
pulsion from places where they are
earning a living for themselves ard
families. To prove this fact we need
only give few illustrations. A reg
ular system of intimidation was put
in force over the employees of the
government departments at the late
election in Washington. Bowen, the
Radical candidate for Mayor, the man
who fnaneiered $50, 900 into the Pres
idents pocket in a transaction in
Washington real estate, was permit.
ted to distribute a circular through
the various government offices, say
ing, among other thing, this:
We are determined to spot the traitors. and in
order to accomplish that, earnestly call on every
person who receives this circular TO report TO the
Office Of the Daily Ereaing Journal the names Of
persons in the departments, and places of resi-
dence OF al such shall vote or conspirc against
the regular Republican ticket.
(signed) }. BowES, for Mayor.
Placards were also scattered through
the departments conveying in no very
obscure manner, hints as to how the
clerks and others in government en-
ploy must vote if they would retain
their places. These were white men,
and the Radical force bill does not
apply TO their cases Again the Geor
gia papers inform us that a few DAYS
ago, when the employees of the Wes-
tern and Atlantic Road, which is
owned by the State of Georgia and
operated by the Bullock "Ring,"
were paid of at Carlersville. each
man found that he had been charged
with five dollars for subscription TO
the Atlanta Ne,c Era, and the amount
was deducted from his pay. The pa. |
per bad not one bona fde subscriber
among the employees. The victims
grumbIed at being charged for pa. |
per they did not care for, but the al. !
Tentative was pay your subscription
or leave the road, and they had to
submit This outrage was completed |
by n notice that all the employees off
this road must support the Radical |
ticket at all elections or send in their
designations. These are cases coming
clearly under the provisions of the |
force bill, and yet as white men only |
are injured the Radicals are content. |