Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1872-09-04

ideas. II is such n resurrection, such
revolution, such reconstruction as
the world has never before witnessed
this new rally OF a people upon the
Liberal platform to meet the issues of
to. day in the light of to. day, and in
the spirit of the highest patriotism,
philaDthropy,an craftsmanship. And
there can be no retreat from this ad-
vanced and commanding position.
We have witnessed q new formation
in American politics. Tho Liberal
movement has inauguratcd an era of
reconciliation, reform, peace, and good
will.
So much has been done. There arc
Republicans who di-paragc the action
OF the Baltimore Convention, and are
suspicious OF Democratic leaders. They
do not know the men who mnrshalled
the Democratic masses and lcd them
up to this act of unprecedented mag
nunimity. They are men of whom
any party might well be proud, They
are men who honor the nation by be
longing to it. The action at Baltimore
merely registered the wishes Of thirty
seven State Conventions, which ar
ticulated the will aud wish of thor.
oughly aroused people. The truth is,
the people of this country have been
in the greatest high school the world
has known for the last twenty years.
They have been educated by great
and exciting events. They have been
trained up to higher standard of
thought and sentiment by the stirring
incidents of our recent history. To
bridge the bloody cbasm which thirty
wears of agitation and four years of
war opened between the North and
the South, and clasp hands over graves
which are more sacred than affairs,
pledging each other to universal lib
crty, justice, and good will, is TO pre-.
pare the way for the millennium.
We are looking at this thing in the
very lowest light of political expedi
ency Suppose the campaign goes
against us? What theny Simply
this: we shall give the Administra-
tion what it has never had and has
always suffered for, viz: an able,
united, powerful opposition, to expose
its neglects and frauds, to resist its
usurpations, to sit in perpetual inqui-
sition upon its policy and acts. The
difficulty with the present Admins.
tlation is that it has had no opposition
of sufficient strength and influence TO
make itself felt and feared, 1t has
done what it pleased. 1t has had no
check upon its irresponsible power.
1t has had the handling Of thousands
of millions Of dollars, the filing oi
eighty thousand offices, the care OF
lands which would make n dozen New
EnA lands, the building of ships, the
supply of armies and navies, and the
collection of vast revenues and all
without that sharp scrutiny, that con
stant espionage which great riva
party would have exercised, and that
caution which the fact OF having q
keen. eyed opposition would naturally
inspire II has become intoxicated
with the very excess of its power, anc
the fact that it could steal will
impunity and prevent or stille inves
tigation, has made it careless if no
corrupt. Say what we will, the bes
men in the world are saved from many
meanncss by the fact that they arr
watched The police prevent NOR
crimes than they detect. Gen. Gran
would have been very decent Presi
dent had he and his advisers beer
! held in constant restraint by power
ful opposition in Congress and tn
f country Suppose that we fail in tn
coming election, and that Grant /
re elected for another term ? the put
{ ting OF vigorous, united, powcrfu
opposition behind the Administrator
1 will compel it to be decent, and saw
f the country from further disgrace
4 And even that is an object worthy Q
any effort and sacrifice we can make.