Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-04-28
cLEARFIELD, Pa. WEDNESDAY, APRIL %, 1875 &

ing spectacle of vice that has forgotten
tile blush OF shame Haunting its dis
honor IN high places and glmying in
the cnoimity or its infhmy, what is he
after all but the ripcncd fruit Of the
evil tendencies of our political and
social system, when unrcstraincd by
the eeaesless vigilance Of avirtuous and
intelligent peopleP What but the re.
suit OF u blind, unroasoning popular
prejudice, or rancorous partisan zeal
or the accident of the appalling apathy
Of great people as TO the manner in
which their public concerns shall be
administered, as well as to the char
acter and Qualifications Of those who
administer them? What but the cx-
ponent of that insatiate thirst for gain
with its concomitant habits of personal
extravaganza, which rcgrct to admit
seems 10 be rapidly becoming the load
ling charactcristie-cf present era in
our country's history,
II What but tho forcrunncr OF the
cloud of ravening vulturcs who will
glut their remorseless beaks upon the
mangled corpse of constitutional liberty
cd the cond;,;or IN which avorv o,hcr
considcration IN IiGs will he made snb.
sidiary to tho rapid accumulation Of
wealth when consolidated capital shall
exercise an unlimited and merciless
dominion over everything and money
shall constitute the sole passport Ia
rcsnectob;litv and mower
/ am awoys thai wc arc nm, 10 sbut
o,r oyes mon Tho hare noas;b;I;,y os
snch . denIorable con,;ngencv W.
look abroad mon tho WIDE cytonded
area of our dominion washed bv The
waves Of mighty oceans stre,ch;ng
from tbo Arctic circle almost 10 ,he
Torr;d zone divcrsi6ed hv inland scas
and tower;ng monn,a;ns and ,aem;ng
vallevs and sr,;lc mains and ohounJ
inc IN over,, olemorp, ~ m.tor;aI nros
a,;,,, tha,,,;n;s,o, ~ H. a"n, ~
rra,;';os the ,as,es ,e,n,ts ~. cnn;di,y .
81, ;nsn;res ,ha nntsrn,.!sc or nan W.
oonr, an, to ooo ooa ~ naar,o n.a
so",;s os oa oso; v'ovV'OS, ~ pJlV;fn III III
as the world has never seen before.
| We look around us upon the won.
drous evidences of a rapidly advancing
sn,la.'o" .,.sn. on e,e'y .an .i an' W. wv .yn, III
sa'a'a'o oa'se,'es ,,;s. taa' We mo wv Wv
purest and most powerful government
ever vouchsafed to man, a government
founded upon the virtue and intelli-
gence Of free and enlightened people,
and which shall stand as the beacon
light of the human family in every age
and in every cline, until slime shall
wax old, as doth garment, and the
heavens shall be rolled together as q
scroll" All so thought tho proud old
republican Of Rome as he gazcd with
patriotic exultation upon the triumphs
of Pompey, or listened with rapture to
the fierce tornado OF indignant elo-
quence which Cicero hurled against
the misereant whose rapacity had de-
howercd u splendid province
Our arms are omnipotent the Sen
ate is pure; the liberties OF Rome can
never diel Yet what were the facts ?
In less than twenty years after Caesar
watered his horse IN the Rubicon, the
victory at Actlum placed the imperial
diadem upon the brow oil Augustus.
But dld that destroy the republic r
NO, the republic was destroyed long
before IL was virtually uead rom
the moment that money became the
dominant power IN the commonwealth,
wneh consuis ana pro-cohsuis, laden
WIN lhe ricn spoiis OF Impoverished
provinces, returned 70 inc cap'tal 10
use tneirehornous anu iii,go,'eh wealth
on an iule ana Impoverished popuiace,
when prohigate ana licentious factions,
Dought up py ,hc money OF ambitious
leaders struggled 70 Obtain possession
OF thc government ior inc sole purpose
Oh puonc piunoer, when those ierce
ana sanguinary connicts ehsucd be,
tween 'hem wnich hnaiiy terminated
IN the gusts OF despotism, when the
very name OF roman npcrty ioiiowed
tne rea'ty INTO tne eternal abyss OF
tne past
VINO wiii say that there Is no danger
OF our drlliing on ana on 10 the same
dread dcstinyY Whercis the optlmist
50 p'ind ana anreasohing Us 10 assert
that inc last puiwark Oh our iipertles
may not be swept away by the nerce
clasn OF eohtenu.hg mc''ohs, struggling
lor tne possession ol Puohc spoiis
lhat interhccine slilie, porn OF an M
satlatc lust Tor power, may not dronch