Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1871-11-15

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best men of the nation will be exposed
to chance, and either saved or do.
stroyod, as may suit the whim
and caprice of the proclaimcr, who
manages to keep in training tools ever
ready to plunder private property,
murder non.oiienders and innocent
people, What tyrant Of ancient or
modern times ever offered TO WELD
such u wide and mercioss despotism
as this which enters into the plans Of
the men at Washington They would
dare to subject to tho horrors Of mar.
tial, or, more properly speaking, brute
force, a larger extent Of territory than
that of all Europe. Can it be possible
that the military commanders who
dare consent to serve in such q sweep
ing despotism have no knowledge Of
history 7 Are they ignorant and
thougbtless enough to suppose that
the manhood is all crushed out Of a
once brave people, that they can be
made to cover long under such an
oppression? Would not even the
women arm themselves with strych.
nine, if they find no other resource
left them, to protect and preserve
that which is dearer than life F! Ter.
rible thoughts but is not the thought
Of tho merciless grip of tyranny which
it is proposed to fasten upon tho
throats OF a whole people, more terri.
bic A feeble knowledge Of law, of
the principles Of government, and his.
tory, convinces me that it were better
every tyrant and every tool of tyran-
ny on earth should be sent mercilessly
into eternity, rather than that the
principles of eternal justice should be
overtbrown and the liberties Of the
nation destroyed. There can bo no
compromise with tyranny in this
country. Either it and its aiders,
abettors and assisters must perish or
the people must be destroyed. Who.
ever thinks otherwise has never read
history, or he is eonstitutionally ras-
cal. 1t won't do to waste time on
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There is one eternal truth constantly
staring us in the face, and it says We
have no more ight TO govern the South
orn people than they have to govern
us in the samo manner. Their right
to selfgovernment like ours is anteri.
or 10 all law and eompacts. 1t is
natural, incommunicable, indestruoti
bic. an deternal right. A right which
they bold from the Almighty Maker
and Rulerofthe universe, and which il
is their right and duty to maintain
even at the sacrifice of every life
which threatens it. That is the law and
the right of the matter. And the Al.
grants us no patents to govern
any body Of people but ourselves and
whoever chooses TO be governed by us
Let Mr.. General Grant be taught that
among all virtuous and intelligent
panpia tho wasres 10 ts-ran,r, mae ~
ways death How trul y the great
prophet Isaiah describes the character
of "our government How truthfully
his wisdom penetrated the uniathomed
future Hear what be says about
Grant and his lictors "rhy rulers
are rebelious and the companions OF
thieves. Every one loveth gifts and
iolloweth after rewards" We have a
striking illustration of proclamations
in the book of Esther. A wicked vii.
lan Ia Beast Butler, or a Ku Klux
Scott, having imposed upon
a foolish king with false stories OF the
Jews, he at once issued q proclama.
ton, a la Grant, for their extermina-
ton; but, soon AFTER being Informed
OF the truth, which it seems he would
only listen to, in imitation of our
ruler, when full OF wine or whisky, he
gave them leave in another proclama-
tion chow easy) to kill whom they
pleased, and the result was they
slaughtered seventy.fve thousand
men. Let proclamations obtain the
power of laws, and the business is
done for this country.
Now, our duty is plain. Just now,
while we are living in the gloomy and
beastly waning OF an administration
which substitutes proclamatlons for
laws and the wild caprices of intolcr-
ant faction for the sacred mandates of
constitutional government, our first
and great duty is to put an end to all
such denominations as proclamntions
and military orders. The people are
the great source of strength and pow.
err. Then let us make an end of them
if not otherwise, by ending the tyrants
who utter them. The Indifferent
drone, content to wear bis chains,
rather than move his lazy body to
shake them off, will start and shrink
and shudder for fear the vcry'thought
should make his own shadow alive.
The bond robber and tax tyrlnt. will
clutch still tighter the ragged ensigns
Of. plunder, and scowl and hiss in inn
potent rage. But there are some bold,
brave men, who will stand. by the
shield OF Democracy. Their number
now il at least million greater than
tho number of those who seek TO dc.
stroy our government now was ten
years ago. We are to day an actual
physical majority of the whole coun.
try, aud when once the people earn
estly say that proclamations and mill
tary orders shall stop, we will sec no
more Of such things in this land. If
the same pluck and patriotism was
current in this country for the last six
years that was here in l776, VIC would
long ago have beheld the termination
of proclamatons as substitutes for
law. That spirit is rapidly being re
kinded. Let our rulers heed it, and
thereby seek immunity from the fate
Of all tyrants.
Yours, I. J. b.
SENsiBLE.-Tho Philadelphia Age
says: Tho Epening Telegraph, IN
noticing the death of Mr.. Connell
raisna tho onnation whether thc Snonk