Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-08-27
The DISCONTINUED.

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The world has been blessed with u
class of men who are always unhappy
and discontented, and complain Of be-
ing rendered so by their ncighbors,
when they in reality are the designers
and promoters of their imaginary dis
tress. No avocation or sphere of life
but what is moro or less disturbed by
this element of society And ten mon
of this class can produce moro coniu-
sion and harm to tho we'll being OF
society than thrco times that number
can successfully combat. Ono Of these
men can disturb and annoy whole
neighborhood by his plausible yet ial-
lacious representations. The church,
the State, tho social circle, business
men and politicians are constantly
tormented by this class of GROWERS.
Our own experience is, that tho class
indicated always demand moro for
themselves than they aro willing TO
concedc to others, and if their indi-
uiduai demands arc not complied with,
then q public wrong has been porpe,
trated Oh what martyrs and pat
riots they always arc--in their own
estimation.
But TO the question Tho few dis.
contented spirits, who have raised q
howl over tho "Court House ring"
and are slandering our local nominees,
and hobnobbing with the Radical lead
crs, for tho purpose of forming an in
dependent ticket, (every one Of whom
we could name arc just such as wo
have photographed. For years the
Chairman of our County Committee
has been importuned to do acts out
side of the ordinary channels to ac-
commodatc them or their especial
friends. They are generally out Of
order, and retail their grievances be-
fore tho enemy in as public a man
ncr as possible, instead of among
their friends, who alone can give them
relief, providing their grievances are
real and not imaginary.
Their personal hatred of one or
more of our nominees causes them 10
assail the whole party machinery and
all upon tho ticket, and they soon
work themselves up to the position Of
reformers and public benefactors-in
their own estimation and that Of the
party-and become very noisy and
enthusiastic in their work of regener-
alton. These men successfully accom-
plish two things. They succeed in
annoying those who spend some time
and means for the general good of the
party, and they become the confdents
of the enemy, and through their in
strumentalities the wheel-horses of the
party are compelled to draw a bcav-
ier load. More, they loudly proclaim
their genuine Democracy. This
amounts to nothing when done among
their neighbors, whore they are per
sonally known, but they do mislead
some who are not personally acquaint-
ed with them. t sit
II is with very bad grace that some
of those individuals, who last year
criticised their party friends for not
sticking to "the ticket" now are ne
gotiating with tho Radicals, to form q
joint stock company, to defeat "the
ticket
Another illustration II is Just az
reasonable for us TO believe that the
frequcnter of an assignation house is
q yirtuous man, as to have us believe
that that individual is q true Demo
crat. who is always harping about the
great wrongs Of his party friends.
We write this plainly, so that we
may not be misunderstood, and have
made pair of shoes TO fit somebody
but we advise those to keep their toes
out of them, who, upon trying them
on, find they don't fit.