The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1871-04-20
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There was q time "a the histnr pf
the Kcystonsstato whom witheet |cr
clcc,srsl vote, no Democratic candi-
datseould bs clsctci President of
the United S,a,cs. The old adugc
was prophetic, ""As wen, Pcnusyiyl-
MIA. % goes tko Uuion" !" Slp.was ca
jclcd With the empty compliment Of
boing tJe, whccl-hprse OF the Demoe-
Eaey, pnlIiug that party iato poSer,
frk keeping, Il there for mny Years.
Bat while the bonest Germans Of OF
lsiatc were doing this. the glory aud
rcnowi. the pr & i anil pride of place
in the Government were enjoyed BY
o,l,cr statcs,.' Pennsylvania OF all
the original thirteen States. taking
her population. intelligence. and
wealth into consideration. has had
iess hodSr bestowed on her by appoint
ment through the National authors
Ties, btu any Of her sister States
Shc has filed the olIicJ OF Secretary
4 the Treasury more than any o,hsr
in the same .b,dy. Indeed with the
exception Of tho State Department
and the War Department, shg has
had ~ other position save tho Post.
Office department under Franklin
Pierce. Her citiz,ns, never had much
Of a siaiis~a5 dipIomrs, Buchanin,
Dallas, Cameron nhd Curtin being the
only men Of grcs. Character who havp
been called fran this State TO go q
broad. The Democracy. particularly.
neglected tho Keystone, and TO this
snubbipg, in n large dtgrec. was ow.
ing the decentralization in thi, SaiJ
WHICH assisted 10 givin Mr.. Dblglls
a stroug party here. ani In eventually
ofJrdipg the Republican party snch
ample means in good men to establish
its power in the. State sDl Union.
But il wouh be well f,r thl RrpuhIi-
can party 10 take warning by the fate
Of tho tlcfinct Democracy. History
repeats itself. Iu the administration
Tor the pIst sixteen years, Pinnsyl-
varia has had lit)c favor shown her,
ani to-day she has loss to bonst of az
u Republican State, 80 far as political
honors are concerned than any State
in the Union. She made Gen Grant
a candilatc, nnl she contributed large
ly 70 Iii, election, tut in no direct way
has he yet Acknowledged the service.
We do no, charge that the Prcsi.
dent Ls. neglected our Il plhican
le!,ow citiseus. bu, il il historical
fact that ho has thus far bald no
marked atteutila 10 orr mcn Of mind
and m9rit. II. wont to New jersey
For councillors, c1oiv pissci over Penn
sylrauia 10 got them. lie believed
in Mirylani. AMI took several New
Workers to his bosom IA constitutional
advisers. bat still could lini, or affected
he was not able to get proper man
from Pennsylvania i1r place in his
Cabinet IL il not within humln ma.
tnrc 70 staoi such ne ctlcct. Tho mass
Of the Democrats party resented this
similar treatment, AMI va neol not BE-
surprised il the mass of Ripuhlicins
DO he sane Pennsylvania must be
better reco sniz'l She ought ,o
have a place in the C,Linct Sh,i~
entitled to Il better position abroad than
she has now, and she must be batter
treated hereafter by Republican ai-
mIuiStrations or (wo sny 1t in sorrnw)
wc may be deprived Of Republican
administrations. whereby 10 do the
country aond AMI eonlcr hJuors ON any
Republican.
Gen. Grant wants la he ro.elcctci.
AMI W. arc perfectly wiling to do or
share of the work But w. cannnt
make brick wilh,ut straw. nor can We
retain the slppor, Of men who are eth.
er Srubbci II, ioiividlal4 or treated
with oJu'emIt n & pnm N ycilth
A. PcnnVlvania WAS the whetl-
horse nf Democracy. SO has sho been I,
liant iu her labnrs Tor Rcpuhlicanisn,
1t Is fir the interest ct tbs cIlnLry 10
retain P'nnsylciua asa Republican
State aud ifGea Grlut wants /, bt
rc-clcctcd. President (ani he ceri,in-
Is does he must extend tn, nunher
Of his personal acIu .inlanccs aunug
the active men Of brijaS who hslrn i.
To the Republican party IN this State
Of course we do MT prc,u.n, 10 ad
visc tho Presidelt. as We believe il is
arranged that only those who hold
o!licc URLS him can ID that bat ~ {,
Republican, having at heart the sic-
cess Of orr parry bccau &c we believe
concicnt;ously in its principles. We
hambly Big the Prcs lent TO cul,i-
vato Pennsylvania. There are torpc-
does in our oil wells. aVl fire damp in
our mines, which are liable at any mo-
ment to cSploic.
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