Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1871-05-03


construction given by these Radical
interpreters TO the fourteenth amend,
mcnt, is to use the language of an
eminent Senator Mr.. Trnmbulll of
Illinois, ian anninilation ofthe States
Under the last enforcement bill, the
Executive may, in his discretion,
thrust aside tho government of any
State, suspend the writ of habeas cor
puS, arrest lis Governor, imprison or
disperse the Legislature, silence its
judges and trample down its people
under the iron heel of his troops.
Nothing is left to the citizen or State
which can any longer be caiItda riGdt
All is changed into mere sufIcrance.
Our hopes for redress are in the calm
good sense, and the sober second
thought of the American people We
call upon them TO be true TO them
selves and their posteritv, and disrc-
garding party names and minor diff
fcrences, to insist upon deccntraliza-
tion Of power, and tho restitution of
federal authority within its Just and
proper limits, leaving to the States
that control over domestic affairs
which is essential to their happiness
and tranquility and good government
Everything that malicious ingenuity
could suggest has boen done to irritate
the people of the Middle and Southern
States. Gross and exaggerated charg
es of disorder and violence owe their
origin TO the mischievous minds of
political managers in the Senate and
House of Representatives, TO which
the Executive has, we regret to say,
lent his aid and tbus helped to inAame
the popular feeling. In all this course
of hostile legislation and harsh resent
mcnt, no word Of coneilation, of kind
encouragement, or fraternal fellow
ship, has ever been spoken by the
President or by Congress to the pco
pie of the Southern States. They
have been addressed only in the Ian.
guage Of prescription We earnestly
ontreat our fcllow-citizens in all parts
of the Union to spare no effort TO
muintain peace and order, to carefully
protect the rights Of every citizen, to
preserve kindly relations among all
men, and TO discountenancc aud dis.
courage any violation of the rights of
any portion Of the people secured
under the Constitution, or any OF its
amendments. Let us, in conclusion,
earnestly beg Of you no! to aid the
present attempt of Radical partisans
TO stir up strife in the land, to rcpew
the issues of the war, to obstruct the
return Of peace and prosperity to the
Southern States, because il is thus
that they seek to divert the attention
of the country from the corruption and
extravaganza in their administration
of public affairs, and the dangerous
and prohigate attempts they are ma
king towards the re election Of a cen
lralized military government. In the
five years Of peace following the war
the Radical administrations have ex
pended 81, sl,200O00,00O on ordinary
purposes alone, being within 5000, 900. (.
900 of the aggregate amount spent for
the same purposes in war and in peace
during the seventy one years proceed
ing June 30, 1861, not including in
either case the sum paid upon princi.
pal or interest OF public debt. 1t is
trining with tho intelligence Of the
people for the Radical leaders to pre-
tend that this vast sum has been hon
estly expended. Hundreds of millions
of il have been wantonly squandered,
The expenditures of the government
for tho fiscal year ending June 30,
1861, were only s62,0OO,O00; while
for precisely the same purposes, civil
list, army, navy, pensions and Indians
= Sl64, 100000 were expended during
the fiscal year ending June 30, 1870
No Indignation can be too stern and
no scorn TOO severe for tho assertions
by INSCRIPTIONS Radical leaders that
the great Democratic and Conserva
tive party of the Union las or can
A. have sympathy with disorders or vio
lcncc in any part Of the country, or IL
. the deprivation of any man of his
! rights under the Constitution. 1t Il
to protect and pcrpetuate the righti
0 which every freeman chooses TO re
! viyc in all hearts the feeling Of friend
+ ship, affection and harmony, whicl
G are the best guarantees of law an,
I order and to throw around tho hum
!, blest citizen, wherever he may be
r tho protecting .Egis of those safe
. guards of personal liberty which th
! fundamental laws Of the land assume
c that we invoke the aid Of all goo,
men in tho work OF peace and recon
c ciIation. We invite their gcnerou
5 cooperation, irrespective ofall iormc
!, differences ofopinion, so that the harsl
i voice of discord may be silcnccdi thH
Q n new and dangerous sectional agla
o ton may be checked that tho buI
S dens of taxation, direct or Indirect
II may be reduced to the lowest poin
r. consistent with good faith to ever
c Just, national obligation, and with
C strictly economical administration {
C tho government, and that tho State
L may be restored in their integrity an
l. true relations to our Federal Union.
A. tSigncd by all the Democratic Us
IS Senators and Congrcssmen)
IL -
BoRRowING TRoUBLE.- How man
z there are whose energies are paralyze