Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1872-10-30


men known, had been predetermined
by the Democracy of the several
States, before the delegates left their
respective homes for the Convention.
Nothing remained TO be done at Bal
timore but 10 present the legitimate
offspring Of tho general desire 9'5a
Besides can think ofno sentiment
that has SO generally pcfvaded The
Democratic ranks, for years past, as
that favoring the united action Of con
servativc men, irrespective of past
differences to rescue the country from
the control Of those whose passions
and hates, implanted by protracted
sectional strife, have rendered ,hom
unfit to carry out a wisc national
policy.
With these general remarks shall
proceed TO answer your question:
"What will the Democratic Party
gain by the election Of Mr., Greeley +"
1t were better to enquire, what shall
the country gain ? for we should look
more to country than to party. 1t is
the great wrong of those now in pow
er that they look to party and not 10
country.
By the Cincinnati Platform, all are
pledged to frugality in the use of the
public money, so that taxation may
be permanently reduced; also TO hold
to rigid accountability all who arc
entrused with the keeping thereof, SO
that what the people pay may be ex-
pended for their benefit, and that the
reign OF fraud and peculation in pub
lie place, so disgracefal to the nation,
may be brought to an end
a single Presidential term is TO be
the rule, so that an acting President
may have no inducement to prostitute
the power and patronage OF this high
Office to secure his nomination and
election for second term-and this
will be great primary step in the
way of Civil Service reform.
The military would be held in strict
subordination TO the civil authority
aud on this point, the Cincinnati Plat.
form distinctly declares that the pub
lie welfare requires that this should
be done. 1t demands also, for the
citizen, the protection of the Writ OF
Hdbeds Corpus, and for the individual
the larges, liberty consistent with pub,
lie order, and for the States self-goy
orunent.
All are pledged also TO the restric.
tion of the Federal Government to lis
Constitutional limits, so that il shall
no longer interfere in the domestic
affairs OF States; also TO universal am
nesty, and the cultivation of good re.
lations between the people of all the
States, slf-r r- g..
What more could we do or promise
to do, had we rejected the platform
and candidates Of the Conservative
Republicans and selected some favor.
ite members of our own organizationi
answer, nothing, nothing more with
any show Of sincerity. Such work
might have been more gratifying al
the moment, but it could bring moth.
ing but defeat, and left US open to the
rcproacb of having subordinated the
good Of the country to the pride Of
position and the qualification OF prqju.
dice growing out of issues that have
mainly passed away,
like ,cnacity for principle, but
those principles which point TO the
rear, do not answer present needs.
prefer rules that are TO affect the
future, and that are to shape living
not dead works
In conclusion, remark that | re-
gard the putting away of the seciona
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and party altimosities incident TO th,
the war, and thestrifes that lead there,
TO, by the united action of men who
were found on all sides of those issues
and strifcs, as the one great neodiuI
step to beget substantial peace and
true fellowship ana fpterniiyamongsl
the American people. HfN
naa' Your obedient Servant,
WILLIAM BlGLER.
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