Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1874-12-02
RETURNING TO, I,LAGUE THE
INVENTOR. W


Ever since the Radical party under
took to violate the very cardinal doc
trine Of tho Federal Constitution by
its reconstruction policy, trouble has
been tho necessary and direct cease
quenco.
That party never had any clear and
well-defincd idca Of constitutional
law.
When the passions are excited, and
hate and the lust Of power combined
are the motives for action, reason is
driven off her seat, and her empire is
usurped by force.
The Radical party, inhamcd by pas
sion, obtaining power by the blindness
which excited emotions produce in
minds easily carried away from the in
ilaenccs Of calm Judgment rioted in
the numerical power Il gained in the
Federal Legislature from these causes,
II was not possible then successful
ly to call The. attention Of tho large
majority in Congress to the principles
on which our government was found
ed.
10 stop the wild and vicious course
Of Legislation against the Estates lately
in rebellion" by directing the minds Of
Congress 10 the Federal Constitution,
was as impossible as to save the ship
in maelstrom by appealing to the
technical rules OF navigation for safe
ty.
State sovereignty, State consttu-
tions, "home rule" as the towards
who fear to awaken,as they say,"dead
issues" now designate the supreme
power in the States, the rights Of the
people, the very foundations Of our
system Of government, were oil, to fol-
low our smile, washed overheard in
order that the Radical party might
continue in power.
Reconstruction was the engine by
which the Radicals proposed to main
tain their supremacy in the Southern
States, and thus control the country.
Such policy bcgot its natural conse-
quehces.
Leaving the LANDMARKS oil our gov
ernment out of sight, the course to be
taken was decided by the sheerest ne
cessity. Federal troops were the
agents 10 carry out 'he pehest Oh the
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