Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1871-03-22


OF action is indispensable on so dini
cult a subject, and the ndition o
parties in this body and with carpinl
critics ready to make unfouhde,
chntges, render il doubly difficult
80 far as any single Senator can b,
hel'i responsible, am justly chargea
pie with the iniquity of this bill, /
sucli there be, but that it was framed
my interest ! utterly and absolutely
deny. The Senator carps at the bill
as itafioets my section of the State
and upon alleged small districts there
--cmrges that i am to be benefited
IRON such an arrangement. la the
pastl have been as efficiently sustain.
ed fipm other localities as in my own,
fhht Cleaffield and Centre, Forest
and Clarion, and Elk and Jefferson,
arecaeh slightly below the ratio is not
disputed, but it is TO be remembered
thai these very localities have been
largely disiranchised by tho bill OF
1861; for instance Clarion and Jeffer.
son now having one member have
nearly twelve Thousand population
and the others have had similar in .
justice done them TO a smaller extent.
To eqnalizo their representation as a
whole, seems TO have been the idea Of
the committee and it is entirely iusti.
fable to my mind But be charges
that the bill is made 10 my interest
No Senator who has a mind free from
prejudice, could make such an argu
ment against this bill. The votes OF
every Democratic Senator here are
necessary to the passage of the bill,
and can tell the Senator that it is
not the practice of the Democracy to
do unwise or strange things at the
behest OF any individual Sir, look
around you here upon this side of
the chamber are many of my peers /;
nay, sir, men whom recognized as
my superiors in craftsmanship and
knowledge, my equals in integrity,
and in every thing that makes the
man. Not here alone, but in the
party wc represent, arc scores Of men,
proud of its record, devoted to its
principles, earnest 10 its abors, who
stand a head and shoulders above me
in intellect and knowledge, and shall
il be said that these, the representa-.
tives Of that great party, shall sit here
and pander to such a result rs the
Senator charges upon them Sir, !
scout and repel the charge; il could
only como from n man whose mind is
diseased by prejudice. full of party
raneor, depraved by disappointed am
bition and unable 10 preserve his
equilibrium in witnessing the down.
fall of bis darling schemes. The per.
sonal charges made in the stump
speech Of the Senator from Indiana,
! have replied to il in warmth and
with feeling. | am, as all men else
arc ssnsitive to the hrcth of ealnmny,
and from the public positions the favor
of my party friends has given me,
have received Of il more than my Just
share. Yet, ] am even in this not
without vindication, for those who
hpbN hNi hl ititud0 dhu htiEubVIN, I
sustain me and support me- The
standard of private character is best
learned from the public opinion of
the locality in which the man dwells. |
To that standard | cheerfully bow
DIRE the Senator from Indiana say as
much
If any oifcnse has been tho support
Of my party and its principles in its |
past struggles and warfare, | shall
agiin offend, and with whatever of
energy | possess, or of intellect has
been bestowed upon me, you will find /
me engaged in all legitimate efforts TO |
bring success TO my party and to de- |
feat you at the polls. | cannot do /
otherwise; | was nprtured 10 the be
lief that the principles of that organ
izalion are just and vital; they have
grown with my growth | could not |
sh,ke them off If would they are in.
tcrwoven with every fibre Of my ma
ture, and como what will, unmerited |
ca umny and undeserved disgrace, vile \
opthets, as il has been my lot in the .
past, or como honor, vindication or
encouraging endorsement, shall pur-
SUI the even tenor of my way aud |
live and die a Democrat.