Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-09-22
HENRY WILSON on THF SIT.
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,4s Ui1YON
The Vicc.Prcsidcnt Is very much
alarmed ut the condition aud the pros.
poets Of tho Republican party, rs in.
deed he well may be, with twenty Of
the thirty.seven Suites, most of them
heretofore Republican, 10 the hands Of
the Opposition, aud the probability
that Others will soon DO added TO the
imposing column. In addition TO this
mighty array OF strength, tho House
of Representatives is Democratic by a
large majority, and now controls the
Presidency, ii BY any contingency an
election BY the people should iail.
These stern facts, and the drift OF
public opinion against Grnntsm, arc
indeed calculated to excite the fears OF
leaders who have had iull swing for
fifteen years, who have made political
power subscrvicnt TO personal inter.
est, and who ut last are beginning TO
rouse up from long debauch, only to
realize that the party is doomed and
their days in Office are numbcred.-
Henry Wilson, ns shrewd and prac.
ticalpolitician, has dcciphcrcd the hand.
writing on the wall, and now seeks to
avert the impending catastrophe. But
IL Is too late.
In answer to an Invitation TO at.
tend a conference of leading Massacbu-
sotis Republicans to consider their
duties IN the coming election" Mr.,
Wilson has written letter, which is
almost Il wall of political despair for
the future. He mildly admits that
"mistalkes have been made in the State
and in the nation, and that "some men
intrusted with official position have
proved themselves unworthy" These
be gentle words for the crimes, corrnp-
tion, and outragcs, against which the
people have revoltcd North and South,
East and West, with united voice OF
indignation.
Mistakes are pardonablc, since to
err is human. lfthe Republican party
had nothing else 10 answer for but the
common plumbers OF ignorance or in
capacity, and few bad appointments
to office, there would have been no rev.
olution and no sufficient cause for one.
ING country c9nld never have been
stirred TO the depths, as il now is by
ordinary errors of administration
And surely Massachusetts, which tol.
crn'eu putier' boutweli, Richardson,
nu1 olhers' III congress ana IN the
Saolnet wouiu not nave relapsed irom
nor i'ol'uol'cni ,a''l anu seVenty,iYe
,nousihu ns1 iu'.Jorlty, 70 wnich the wee
iesluen' Pa'hc'icaiiy refers ior mere
'rilles' ,r, i.
Inc causes wnich nave destroyed all
connuchve III .ip hcpuoiicah party,ahd
which COON IL 70 overthrow and OK
tihclloh, NC iar deeper thah these sur
iace ihu'catiohs, IL mas outliVcd its
goou name usefulness ana integrity
l. Is Iot'en from core 70 circumference,
anu tnere Is not vitaiity enough ieit 70
saw u, even u there was the disposl-
.'on lor heroic treatment, Aiicr NJ
V,el years oi cohs'iuou rue ana com
pieto possession OF every prahoh oi tbe
government legislative, executive, and
judicial this party has brought tho
country to the very verge of bank
ruptcy and ruin, demoralized the whole
public service, spread corruption every
where, encouraged fraud, exertcd force
for political ends, seized States and gov
erned them as satrapies, created iniam-
ous Rings, squandercd and stolen the
peoples money, sustained huge mon
opolies by oppressive taxation, and
struck at the liberty Of the press for
exposing such iniqnities.
The disease has become chronic. 1t
has grown into The system and cannot
be extirpatcd Mr. Wilsonrecommends
that "its tried and trained leaders
should be brought to the front again,
and their wisdom sought for counsel
and guidance in the effort to retrieve
what has been lost, and TO restore the
party TO its former prestige and power"
These tried and trained leaders are
answerablo Tor the utter disruption Of
the party. Their venal dealings in
rsea't 3, n Moplilei, favine Mall, Memphis,
~ Iaso' ana piuhdering lhngs Of all
MINUS nave peen partially exposed by
even with packed COM