Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1872-08-28

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the formulas in which tho youth of
Democracy have ever been instructed,
and they arc all that is vital to the
proper administration of tho govern.
ment. They cover and embrace tho
whole scope and purpose Of our search
for power, and their just application
will perpetuate the institutions of our
country and will restore prosperity
and happiness to tho whole people,
Who will not look with pride upon the
magnificent spectacle that is presented
in the cordial unity of the best men Of
the nation for the restoration of an
era of official purity, and the safety of
the cardinal principles Of free govern
ment. The Democratic party cannot
die whilst the Constitution lives. In
the cordial acceptance of its loading
doctrines by the liberal Republicans
and in its own capacity to- elevate
itself to the plane Of perfect self denial
for the good of tho whole people it
gives most glorious tokens OF it's vital
ity, its energy and its enduring cxis
tence. What matters it that the man
of the hour has not been of us in the
pastY Men are nothing-principles
are everything. Candidates are the
ephemeral creations of the present
need, whilst ideas that are vital, are
lasting and permanent. Candidates
may come to administer, but ideas
triumphant invariably govern. Re
form in the administration of the gov
ernment, the advancement of the
rights Of the States and the protection
Of those of the people are the ideas
that are to triumph, and he who rep
rcsents them will be powerless to pre-
vent their full recognition.
Nor can it be justly said that any
wish TO prevent the practical results
that will flow from their triumph is
cbargeable TO Greeley. He has ever
been an advocate of official purity
and has manfully advocated the doc.
trines of amnesty and reconciliation.
These cover the whole ground they
imply the withdrawal Of federal inter.
ference from the enforced control Of
Southern States and the full permission
for tho people there TO govern them.
selves. The triumph of these ideas
will end the rule of carpet bag adven-
turers from Pennsylvania and the north,
will stop the shameful squandering
Of the peoples money in every south
ern State and will speedily place their
industries, both manufacturing and
agricultural, upon firm and substan.
tial basis. Contrast the situation of
South Carolina with that of Virginia
TO day both went into rcbelliohj in
the former arc found carpet-bag gov.
ernmenl, enormous debt, grinding tax.
alton and insecurity OF person and
property, from the conduct of lawlcss,
misguided and oppressed men. There
tho federal government npholds and
maintains its almost arbitrary power,
and the paternal rule Of centralized
government perpetuatcs iuiqui,y and
goads the people well nigh TO madness.
In tho latter, since the war, the peo
pie have gorverned themselves in their
own way, without interference from
federal dcitaton or carpet bag patri.
OTIS, and the industries of the common.
wealth resume their busy course, their
government is justly and economically
administered, and Ku Klux organiza-
tions and intestine disorders are un
heard Of To practically apply the
Democratic adage, "that people is best
governed which is least governed tc
the existing condition Of the Southern
States, is the plain pathway to their
recovery from the evils that now afflicl
them, and in its application we find
the triumph Of the ideas of local self
government and Of official purity
These are the essential questions ol
the living present these are and ever
have been our prominent ideas. The
past is behind us, the future is ouI
own If VIC be but wise enough to grasr
it,
am not here TO sign pmans TO the
: chosen candidate of the Democracy
but ] am here TO appeal to your reason
: and your judgment in behalf of your
|, own principles and of the public good
i am here to ask you to see and fee
as l do that success in this contcs
: brings success to your principles anc
: your organization and gives TO the rc
public lasting peace and good govern
: mcnt No party can stand in the way
e Of the public good, few can elevate
: themselves to the hight OF self denia
: and patient toll TO accomplish that re
, suit, and | seek to show to you th,
magnanimity of that grand organiza
. tion in whose service and in supper
, , of whose doctrines we have spent ou
: lives, from the stand point of its pres
ent attitude.
As 10 tho candidate for President !
q sufiices me 10 know that he is tha
# candidate, chosen by the representa-
/. tives Of the Democracy in perfect &C
!. cord with the rules ard nsages Of tn
r organization, that the convention tha
a named him was formally and rcgularl,
constituted, that he was selected with
/. out disscnsion, that hc is man of in
| tcgrity Of character and honesty Q
d purpose, whose past lifo is guarant,
!. that he will fulfil his pledges, that h
fraLkly accepts and recognizes th
tonets of my own faith as the rule Q
. his official action, and that with bir
r. alone can | have any assurance Q
success. In his antagonism to th
% Democracy, myself, when earnostl.
ic performing the labor which fell to m
4 lot as tho official head of tho organiz'
e tion in my native State have receive
4. most unmerited abuse and been th
victim of malignant misrepresentation
q from the paper with which he ha
, long boen connected. Yet, "these al
faults of manner and Of temper whic
\. when mendcd are always pardoneC
70 and / will not permit my judgment :
" be disturbed by considerations so tr
It fling as these"
10 / do not claim the honor Of being a
Dr. original Greeley man, My convi,
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