Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1871-01-04

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ination. Whether grand or gloomy,
each one bears on its brow of fate the
life and history OF Empires, King.
doms and individuals.
Girt around as they are by all
the faded memories of what we once
held dear and sacred. Ah. what q
band of accusing spirits are they to
the souls of some, and how brightly
they seem to others as they pass by
us on the wings of time, with Eterni.
~ before thcm and the breath of God
behind each one, leaving mortgage
of woe or sorrow for its succcssor.--
How little do we heed their solemn
warning, those warnings that tell US
that years are but the pail bearers
that step by step, with the mufiied
beatings Of our hearts are bearing us
on 10 the grave and to the shores Of
the great unknown land.
Another year has passed by, and a
new one occupies its place. Tho old
one has taken with it, from earth for.
ever, some of the great men of our
land, among them Lee, Farragut,
Dahlgren, Grier, Randall, Kingsley,
Peabody, Packer, Prentice, Simms,
Soule, Thomas, Wicklffe, Wool and
many others.
1t has beheld fruilless and unholy
slaughter of men in Europe, the hu-
initiation of French Emperor, and
the defeat of the French armies by
the interference of the Prussian demi-
god, who in turn forfeited his honor
and his word by refusing to make
peace on the terms upon which be of
fercd-the French people battle.
It has beheld the virtuous indigna
tion Of the American people aroused al
the attempt of a reckless and corrupt
administration to subvert q govern
ment founded on the patriotism, vir
tue and intelligence of white men TO {
drunken, debauched military despot
ism.
1t has beheld the democracy o.
a great State defying the bayo
nets Of the nominal President Of the
United States, and the triumphant
vindication of the power of the people
over the Vaccinations OF the men al
Washington. 1t has bcheld the be
ginning of the Kilkenny Cat squal
ling between the President and hi,
toadies and members Of the L. S. Ser
ate, which, from its nature, must re
suit in the destruction of the Who'll,
moribund concern.
1t has beheld everywhere where
free elections have been held, the dc
feat of the most unholy combination
of isms that the trcachery of man eve
devised. Sec Missouri, Georgia ant
the entire South.
1t has bebeld the consummation o
five years of disastrous war ant
slaughter, viz the right of suffrage t,
the niger, and altested the goo,
sense of the people by rebuking th
party who brought it about.
1t has beheld the confidence Of th,
masses in the rectitude of democrats
principles by the late GROWING ac' il
the election of State Senator in th,
first Senatorial district, and yindicat,
that
"Truth crushed to earth will rise again"
1t has beheld dog returning TO hi,
vomit in the sickening humiliation o
II rear Admiral in the navy-beggar
ing from the gutter to which no dc
scended for the place left vacant by
the lamented Farragut
1t bebeld the exit from our shorel
the most magnificent charlatan, th,
most splendid humbug ever known
we mean Motley, he went as cham
pion of diplomacy, amid the booming
Of cannon and the huzzas of the peo
pie, and returned as Alexander Smitl
mot without settling his boarding bill
we hope,) but without settling th,
Alabama claims.
1t has beheld the disgraccfnl cxhi
bition in the American Congress, 0
cadet selling, and the pocketing of !
few paltry dollars for this grave OF
fence against the writer and mora
law of tho land.
The dead year has lleheld too th,
commencement of an era in the histo
ry of the Old World 1t has hcarc
the mumbling of the dreadful storu
that will drive monarchy from Europ,
at no very distant day, and establish
ing the principles Of freedom through
out the world
Ii has beheld the rise and fall ofth
usual number of catch-penny schemes
and projects and the evaporation Of I
large quantity Of hair Drained Gree
Ian theories
What woe and want. What wretch
edness it has witnessed that we know
not of-wbat gildcd misery anC
wcalth-spanglcd crime it has been cog
infant Of that we have not heard of
are all matters that il were better moi
to probe too deeply.
And now kind reader, let US take
the New Year by the hand. and cheer
fully 60 on with it as it points to tb,
great future. Go on with it, and n.