Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1872-08-28
CLEARFIELD, PA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST %, 1872.

of unity, and forgetful of past differ
ences, Of personal aims and Of the
claims of our own true men, decrecd
the acceptance of the Cincinnati plat
form aud candidates and thus gave
the highest proof that political orga-
nization has ever given OF its patriot.
ism, magnanimity and earnest devo-
tion 10 its principles, 1t was not for
me TO place my judgment, my prcju
dices or my convictions above the
Judgment and convictions of us pure
and patriotic abody of men as ever
assembled. Iyiclded at once TO the
means selected by them for the accom-
plishn,cnt OF the great ends we all
earpsstly seek. The means are but
secondary. Unity for the attainment
of our great objects is the essential
thing. The only power that you and
| recognize as vested with the right
to speak has settled that the support
of Horace Greeley for President and
the adoption of the Cincinnati plat.
form are tho means to make effective
the unity of the forces whose mission
is tho overthrow of public corruption
and NAL administration. The move
ment at Cincinnati was one essentially
Republican. 1t had no element Of
Democracy within it. 1t was cerccd
from honest Republicans by their
disgust at the greed and nepotism, the
personal government and corruption
that surrounded an administration
they themselves had helped TO create.
The fear that tho principles OF
constitutional liberty would be sub.
verted by the very forces to which
they had given vitality and strength
compelled them as honest men to
raise their voices and exert their in.
huencc against the impending infamy
A Republican movement IN its incep'
tion, its progress and development
gave earnest of power and ELECTED
evidences of cordial approval among
the masses of their organization, until
1t eliminated at Cincinnati in the
division of the Republican party and
the nomination by Republicans ol
Horace Greeley as candidate Of
Republicans against Grant tho Repub
lican President they themselves had
elected. They sought a union with
us TO assure their purpose, to stem the
tide of corruption, to advance the
standard ofreform. They proclaimed
their earnest desire for peace, fol
reconciliation, for return to the
paths of official purity and of consti
tutional liberty. Placing themselves
squarely upon our leading doctrines
they recognized existing realities al
accomplished facts, and extended tC
us the invitation TO unto with then
in their great purposes. We coulC
not doubt their earnestness and theil
integrity, for the life long record o
men like Schurz and Trumbull assured
us of both, and we would be recrcan
to our patriotic instincts If VIC did no
sink our personal prejudices in th'
acceptance Of the proffercd hand wher
it alone gave token of the accomplish
ment of the ends we sought
Republicans themselves flee from
the degeneracy of their own Officials
and their corrupted organization anC
seek alliance with us for the advance
ment Of our objects upon the common
bond of the public good. 1t would b.
worse than suicidal to refuse TO wei
come them. When men like Blacl
and Sumner, Hendricks and Schurz
Seymour and Trumbull, sinking al
minor differences in the necessities o
the hour, unto to confront common
danger, patriots everywhere shoulC
promptly close the ranks and go for
ward with unbroken array.
; Radical newspapers, with that sin
! gular consistency which often charac
terizcs them, and Radical orator
whose voices have often been RAISED
in abuse OF myself, now call me to tn
+ witness stand in behalf Of Genera
: Hartrant, and are somewhat fulsom
, in their endorsement of my publ
r career and official position. an
, much more accustomed to their abus
,hun tbcir praise. Encomiums fron
, Radical papers and orators are move
sensations for me, and have no doub
! tho role is somewhat novel ono I
r them.
II is quite refreshing TO find in pal
! ullcl columns of the same Radica
I sheet one article laudatory Of mysel
1 for my implied and assumed endorse
ment of Hartranft and in the other a
article teeming with Bitter and ur
7 founded partisan charges against bot
0 Mr. BucRalew and myself
! 1t is charged that | assonted to an
i voted orlthe bill extending the oilicia
G term of General Hartranft as Audito
: General. ] neither voted for nor a.
I scnted u it. 1t was passed on
r Monday night--notoriously the hou
j. at which all snakes in legislative Gil
cles are brought forth-.and wa
I passed through the Senate in th
I absence of both Mr. Buckalew an
!. myself. He was absent in attendanc
J. on his duties on the Mcclure Ora
Q committee and | was at my home O
I court. II had been present woul
Y have voted against ii, for | have q
i ways spoken and voted against tn
i policy of extending the official teri
# OF any incumbent of nm elective oflic,
y | have always regarded il as wron
Q upon the people and fruitful Of corrur
G and demoralizing tendencies.
u II is assumed and charged that th
= concluding paragraphs of the repol
u OF the Evans committee were intendc
Q to and actually do cxculpate and a,
y quit General Hart,anit from all cel
y sure in regard to that infamous tran
|, action. IL Is to be remembered thG
q the Evans committee was charged b
Q the Senate with two specific dutc
y under separate resolutions introduce
IS and passed at different times. Th
. first and principal duty enjoined WI
b 10 inquire into tho facts attending III
!, settlement and collection of wa
q ,iotrua hx, Caor,a n Evana Th