Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1872-05-22
GENERAL AMNESTY.

broAcsaec, out Of which oertais clnss
Of ring scoundrels aavo made thou.
sands Of dollars. The harvest of these
Williams is nearly over General am
ncsiy musl sooner or later be declared,
no difference how unpalatable it may
be to Radicalism. The Philadelphia
Age, in q late issue, sets the business
forth in its truo light in the following
article
This question will DO taken up in
Congress next Monday. 1t involves
the honor of the nation. IL may be
worth while for every citizen to think
a little about IL, and to know some.
thing about it.
The term general amnesty" ex.
presses that wise political oblivion
that every statesman, every intelli-
gent man knows to be the true policy
with regard to acts that were shared
or approved by millions of people.
Years have now elapsed, and every
opportunity has boon afforded to pro-
coed in excentional cases For The
general action Of the body OF the
Southern people in the late civil war,
nossibie bnt that of amnesty
Wbv has II been dolavcd2
II has been DELAYED IN tho interes,
of The foulest and djr,iest traffic that
ever digraced a nation-tbe trade in
sneoial nardons
This Trade il n aourisLino branch
of ,he system Of extortion Which ,ho
Radical Garnet bagrcrs have ostab.
Iisbed at The Sontb and il il this as.
ISOLATION Of thieves that has succeed.
ed in welding an influence at Wash
iopton. and With The Radical press
sufficient to resist the general sense OF
Tho country in favor of general am.
nes,y.
Itis true that the general stencil OF
this infamy has little startled Prcsi-
dent Grant, now that he is on the
anxious seat as candidate for re.
election. Hitherto, an opponent OF
general amnesty, and constantly
quoted against it by bis own organs,
be has thought it expedent TO put
into his late message Of December
4tb, what might be taken as n recon
mendation of amnesty. But IL was
not explicit enough to prevent his Of
fetal organs from continuing to dc
clare that he is opposed TO 1t We
find it positively asserted in the jour.
nal published by the chief federal oi-
iicc-holder in this city, that "the Pres
ident is not, however, prepared for
general amncsty."-( Press, December
25.) The game now Of the pardon.
mongcrs is TO keep their trade alive
by putting into the proposed bill large
classes OF exceptions, not for any pur-
pose Of punishment or exclusion, but
to make them buy special pardons OF
the dealers in that article. The trade
has begun briskly Mt this session, and
II has been briskly driven at every
session since the close of the war, now
nearly seven years ago. At every
session, bill after bill is passed, each
containing the names OF hundreds OF
humble obscure individuals who have
been ballicd into buying pardons-
These bills look like pages torn at
random out. of a directory Every
man who holds or aspires TO hold the
pctticst Office is threatened with pains
and penalties by sncaliing carpet. bag
l;oc,r,o.s ,nl,ss La h,vs (, n,rJo, e.,
- = t.'.es'
ms CRIMES Anu what are MS crimes
The idea OF parlonod rebel brings
mn tho idca of soma ter,ible 6oh,ing
rP WY
lellow VINO had dohc u ucai oi ms
chief But these are not the men who
rot no,dons Most of Tho mon wbo
o. ~, -,
are parloheu nave uoho niue OF noth
inp We feel that we nrc maiinp n
star,linn assertion for the tru,h n,
- ~: ''s ~ -"
'his hha'.cr '"s oeeh assio"ousiy GOV
cred uD by the Radical Journals in the
intcres,s of ,bo sR;no Rn, wbo, ,vc
r., "
say IN tne ilteral trulh no ngci OF
character, or pacific course of life can
ahialI a n,an frn,a tho avani,nn ol