Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1874-05-27
.arkamsas, South Carolina, Lou
tsi0Saa.

The following excellent article on
modern craftsmanship we clip from
tho Philadelphia Press, and it, as well
as on article in tho Tribune, reads a
little like revolution in the "loyal'
camp. This thing of Radical Journal
ists telling tho truth about Southern
affairs, is beginning to attract some
attention, and will ultimately result
in somo good to tho country Tho
editor of the Press remarks:
Great crises demand great brains.
Ordinary rules, oven accepted systems,
and sometimes constitutions, often
prove weak before novel crimes
Yesterday it was South Carolina that
came to Washington with q fragrant
case of corruption on the ono hand
and suffering on tho other. But tho
case was set aside because there was
no remedy. The majority was loyal,
the minority disloyal; and tho latter
had no right to growl if their own
creed Of State rights turned them out
of court. To-day il is Arkansas,w whore
to use the nervous language Of the
New York Tribune, this picture is tho
truth:
Brooks and Baxter seem TO be almost equally
unworthy of the place for which the vicisstudcs
of an incredibly corrupt and disgraccful condition
of politics have made them the rival claimants
There was at one time general leaning OF de-
cent people toward Mr.. Brooks-not because he
was better man than his adversary, but because
| he happened to have been elected, which VIC be-
| levo was tho only thing la hiS favor. As the
dispnte went on 1t became cioar that Brooks had
attempted to enforce his claims by unlawful, IL
not dishonest, use Of the inferior courts, while
Baxter had law on his side, though he might not
have equity and SO all the country turned against
Mr.. Brooks Just as 1t had previously turned
against his rival. Tho Legislature cannot be
trusted to repair the mischief wrought by the Ex-
ecutive; for the Legislature committed gross
fraud for the purpose of putting Mr.. Baxter into
power. And finally there is no hope in the courts,
| for they have proved themselves as bad as the
other branches of the government.
A Philadelphia gentleman, Re-
publican Of high standing, just in from
New Orleans, gives deplorable ac-
count of tho condition of things in
Louisiana. There seems to be no
government. worthy of respect, no con-
fidence among the people, no harmony,
and no business, and now, TO crown
all, come the floods to intensity the
political and financial situation.
The partisan excuse for all these
misfortunes, except the last, is double
edged-it cuts both ways. One side
charges it to tho rebellion, and to the
obduracy of the Confederate leaders
The other, to tho ignorance Of the
blacks, and to the incapacity, and
worse, of the pet-baggers. "Let
the rebels suffer-" is the cry Of the
last "They made all this trouble, and
now they must swallow their own
poison" Meanwhile the "rebels"
gather sympathy for evils that are
hardly defended by anybody, and
modern craftsmanship folds its hands
and can find no remedy for increasing
ruin
The case is one that demands speedy
action. It's pitiful to see it postponed
because somebody must be punished
that has been in the rebellion, and
somebody must be protected that was
against. the rebellion. Meanwhile the
whole country suffers, not as the plum
dered people Of both races in the South
are suffering, in person and estate, but
in crushing sense of evils without
cure, of wrongs that defy all law
Soon that which affects our own coun-
try must inevitably damage us before
the civilized world.