Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1871-11-15
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II lhcfe was no work Tor the Dcmo.
cratic party to do, il would be emi.
nently right and proper for it to re.
main inactive, not only for one cam.
paign, but for an indefinite number of
them. But there is plenty of work
for il to do, and will continue 20 be as
long as the government shall last.
IL must prevent tho consolidation
and Capitalization OF the government
into a dvspotism.
1t must relieve the people Of their
bardensome, unjust and unequal taxa
tion.
Itmust restore the country to fra.
ternal peace and tranquility,
And last bat not least il must i'm.
oulcate those political principles upon
which alone depend the perpetuity of
our institutions, into the minds Of the
rising generation.
In point Of fact, the last comprc.
hcnds everything else. The Radical
party never had any political princi.
pies. Partisan impulse alone has been
the orystalzing force that brought il
together. Tho leaders of tho party
are the disappointed Office seekers OF
the old Wing and Democratic parties,
who failing TO get office in the party
organizations to which they belonged,
formed AN alliance for tho purpose of
office getting We will contrast for
instance, two men, who are recognized
leaders OF the Radical party They
are Benjamin T. Butler and Charles
Sumner. Eleven years ago, these
men represented tho extreme ideas Of
the Democratic and Republican parties
With Butler the Democratic party
was not extreme enough in It's opposi-
tion TO "abolitionism." When Mr.
Sumner received a Gaming, Butler be
lieved that he had only received his
dues for denouncing the people and
the institutions OF the South At that
time Mr. Sumner led the extreme
wing Of the Republican party. When
the war came these extremes met and
fratornized Butler suddenly changed
front lie was no longer the eulogist
aud defender of Southern men and
Southern institutions, lie became the
sworn enemy of everything south of
Mason & DiXon's line. IIo became u
tyrant over tho very people whom he
advocated year previously.
No man in the North laborcd more
industriously than Mr. Butler to incite
the fire eaters of the South to war
war for which there was no possible
excuse, and which was the sole result
of Vaccinations OF such men as Batlcr,
Sumner and Toombs, the leaders Of
the two extremes in politics No
sooner was war declared than Butler
turned traitor 20 his professions and
drew his sword to smite the very men
he had melted TO resort to civil war
No one viii pretrnd seriously that he
did this for any patriotic motive, but
because he saw that his late friends
and clients werO likely to get the worst
fit The war was his opportunity
to rise, and he chose the stronger side
Had the rebellion presented the
strongest front he would have been on
that side, and perpetrated his rob.
berics and tyranny in New York in.
stead Of New Orleans.
We invite an analysis of the present
leaders in the Radical party, in The
North. They will be found to DO
about equally divided between the
Democrats oftho Northern States who
advocated civil war in the event of
Linc0n's election and the extreme
Abolitionists who threatened war in
event OF his defeat The men whom
neither party would trust in 1860, have
Joined forces aud led the Radical
party in ISL In the South we find
the lire eaters with bIu rare cxccp.
tions on the side OF RadiCalism. They
are the thieves who conspired with
adventures ffom the North to rob
States and communities by wholesale
Nor is this fact strange. They never
had any political principles. llis not
strange that Holden should once have
been rebel and afterwards murdered
the Unionists Of North Carolina be
cause they voted the Democratic ticket
II is not TO be wondered at that Aker.
man, an ex rebel officer, hunts down
innocent men, women and children
The same lack of principle that led
him 20 take the infamous oath of fral
~ to rebellion, now prompts him once