Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-01-08

The alarming proposition made by
tho Secretary of the Treasury In his
recent Report, that he shall author
lied TO exercise unchecked power over
tho whole business Of the country, Is |
calling forth tho strongest ccnsurc
from the ablcst among tho presses Ci
the country.
The doctrine is In ilsolf 80 complete.
ly at war with all the theories OF Ro.
publican government, that It is sur
prisipg that any public mau should
venture to suggest It, notwithstanding
all our familiarity with tho revolution.
airy acts OF tho ruling party for sew
cral years past, The idea that the
people while In possession Of their SEN
ses, would be willing to confer upon
Mr.. Boutwell, or any other one person,
the right 10 decide from day to day
how much currency they should have
with which to transact their business
affairs, is simply prcpostcrons. Ito
proposes to be tho "scnsc. bearer" for
all tho bankers aud business men in
the United States; rs one of our con
tcmporaries puts it--nnd therc is u
good deal in the art Of putting things
Mr.. Boutwell, volunteers 10 do the
thinking for the whole commercial
public; TO say when the crops shall
DO moved when and how the cur
rency shall be increased and when d.
minished, and how much profit shall
be made in each particular business.
We are n Centralized Patcrnal gor's'
ernmcnt. The truthful old aJage,
The uorid is governed TOO much, Is 20
be reversed for Mr.. B evidently
thinks IL requires more governing
than we have ever yet had in this
country north Of Mason and Dixon's
line, Thegovernmcnt is ogive every
body everything 1t is 70 ron our
Telegraphs, deal out to us what mon.
ey il thinks we need, take charge Of
our amusements, prescribe the cut of
our clothes, and send out lis armed
police to catch our cmldron and send
them, not to the schools preferred by
their parents, but TO those selected 10y
the Paternal government
Herein is one Of the great points Of
difference between the two parties,
into which we have always been
ard always will be divided. One
party, the party Of freedom and Of
manly virtue and Of independent
thought and action, wishes govern
ment TO mind ils own business and
not meddlc unnecessarily with the
affoirs OF the indi,idual citizen; the
other party; the party Of dlidses--tho
party that changes ils names 80 fire.
quently--is all the whilo crying TO
the great Baal Of the General Govern
ment for patcrnm pence, or shillings,
or pounds. As the Federal party, II
was repudiatcd moro than seventy
years ago under it+ alias Of Wing, II
was caught and condemned twenty
years ago for few years il skulked
about the country with sundry picked
up dlidS,s, finally calling itself the
Republican party-under which i'm
pudcnt misnomer it is now and has
Tor twelve years past. been plundering
to some purpose.
Its last effort is TO control all the
money Of the country; and We would
not be at all surprised il il succeeded
in IFS project. Ii it does not, IL will
not be from any want Of effort upon
the part OF tho Administration, or Of
slavish subserviencc on the part Of the
Grant presses.
Give it the Money and the Telc-
graph system and we sec no peaccablc
rescue from consolidation. We hope
the present Congress will strange
both projects. As regards tho next
one, It affords but small hope