Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1871-05-24
The Fruits Of Radical Teachings,

ine Irults Vi NAUTICAL Ieacnlngs,
Tpat men and women in the coal
regions have actually begun TO fight
among themselves is elimination
that must warn all engaged in the
contest that il is time 70 stop it. Ne.
gotiation and discussion are the legiti
mate modes of settling financial and
economical questions, and when the
missiles of n mob, or the bayonets of
soldiers are needed to enforce argu
mcnis, they must be very weak ones.
1t is the evil of the day in which we
live, that the spirit of violence is fos
tered, and an appeal to il advocated
on every slight occasion, The whole
policy OF one OF the political parties
of the country lies now in fomenling
strife and greedily catching at pretexts
Tor a resort TO arms. "Cut- throats"
IS the precept now of Radicalism it
may be called It's only political princi-
pie. lfthrough the recent legislation,
the South can be plunged back into a
a state of war, ii will renew the har
vest OF great hordes of peculators and
plunderers, and afford a chance for
controlling the ballot box. 1t is from
Radical philanthropists, so called, that
bloody teachings issue, which will not
be limited in their operation to the
fields prescribed to them The whole
country takes in these sanguinary
counsels, and every excited crowd
and angry man is ready TO act on
them. Yesterday, a Radical paper
furnished this programme, from one
of its party leaders. Mr.. Wendell
Phillips is reported as saying, in
speech on the 9th inst:
There is still a state Of war with the South
General Butler unawed by gamblers and rebel
"Rings' In Now Orlcans, executed Milford Let
President Grant lay hand on the leaders IN the
Sonih, men who count their acres by thousands,
and instigators OF assassinations-lett the Pres
dent follow Buffers plan, and you win never hear
Of ku klux again.
This is the example held up to the
Radical President, just armed with
new instrument of despotism, the so.
called Ku Klux law. II was devised
by Butler; rejected by the House
and then passed on a recommendation
in a special message from President
Grant, who thus got it through by
making il u party measure. The par.
ticular act which Phillips cites for an
example, was the one exploit of But.
lor. 1t was a murder committed for
"Buncombo"-a human life taken to
make political, or, rather, personal
capital, for politician, But il was
like all his scurvy tricks for popularity.
failure; though Butler employed an
able editor to write book about it.
From Mr. Parton's "Gcneral Butler
at New Orleans, - we find that when the
gallant Farragut forced all the obslruc
lions on the Mississippi river, and ap
peared before New Orleans, ,he demand
cd the surrender of the city. The civil
authorities of the place, abandoned by
the Confederate troops, neither sur.
rendered nor resisted. Commodore
Farragut sent party ashore and
hoisted a flag of the United States. -
Having no troops he left no guard
around it, Mr. Parton's book says:
"Without leaving a guard toprotcct il,
he returned to his ship, aud the
howitZers on the maintop of the Pen.
sacola, loaded with grape, were aimed
at the flagstaff, aud the guard ordered
TO fire the moment anybody should
attempt to haul down the flag" On
the same day Il party of men hauled
the flag down under the fire Of the
howitzers. 1t was an ordinary Incl.
dent Of war, in which the flag is a
symbol of possession. Those who
guard it were told their duty in the
apt phrase Of General Dix-"shoot
down the man who allemps to pull
down the dag" Farragnt recognized
this maxim. When Butler arrived,
some days afterwards, with troops, he
conceived the idea of creating sen.
salion by trying aud executing a man
named Mulford, foran alleged pariici. |
patton in this pulling down Of the flag
This was the basis of Buffers boast
that he is the only man who ever tried
any man for this oilcnse. 1t is true
Thousands of gallant men have fought /
gloriously for the flag, aud at last
reared il again in every place where |
il had been pulled down. No General
but Butler ever murdered any citizen
in cool blood, to make political capi /
tai. But Grant is now urged to imi. I
tate this "murdor for Buncombo." -
Everywhere the organs Of the Radical |
party are trying to inhamo the public |
temper TO terocity. The stimulus to
ierocious passions is pervading Amer 4
ioan society, and produces public riots /
and private assassinalions. Those
who carry deadly weapons aud take |
human liic with them aru absolvcd by /
Radical Judges, without trial. The /
doctrno OF "shool, shoot, whispered .
in the car of an armed man, has re- |
ccivod judicial approval in this city
The whole framework of civil society
is endangered by the savage and bru
doctrines that show their evil
fruits among us in crop of crimes
which are now far outnumboring all
that the most active invention charges
on tho Sonth. Tho return TO the
principles OF free civil government,
and the long sighted supremacy of
the Constitution and the laws. is the
only safety North or South Military
despotsm is the remedy of the con
spirators against liberty. But It's
quack remedy. 1t can kill, but IL
,.a,.aot cure The Radicals will not
persuade the American people to
swallow it-Age
Tho following is tho latest arrange
mcnt Of wedding anniversaries AMI
will be interesting to those having
large circles of liberal minded friends,
and intending to celebrate horeaiter'
First anniversary. wooden tenth an.
nivorsary, tin; hnccnth anniversary,
crystal twentieth Anniversary, china
twcnty.fflh anniversary, silvcri thir-
iicth anniversary, coitoni thirty iiilh
anniversary, linen; fortic,h anniver
sary, woolcp; forty fillh anniversary,
silk fficth anniversary. golden scv-