Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-11-29

ed. The eases were recorded IN q book
but the evidence circular was attached
TO the warrant. A voluntcer committee
indexcd the book, AID published the
names, and after long exertion sue,
ceedcd in getting back the warrants
and circulars so as 10 bring about il
trial and excrlpa.ion. There were
ssycraI q sasand Of these erasures
I, Ss.iS : .is.s'tai P9f sTsi,lfI. ts q
names had been erased had to spend
several hours on election day to recov-
err registration. Those who would not
ss!ss - ssassl!s 49, :;G;:,s.cd sra%
voting.
New Orleans is today the most
mournful city ever saw. The city
itself is squalid and wretched in ap-
pearancc, and the people are dispirited.
] saw no probability at all that there
could be any use Of troops. The grave
importance Of the situation seemed to
mo to lie in its national aspects. The
federal power has twice interviewed in
New Orleans TO sustain the Returning
Board in setting aside the will of the
people as expressed by an election, on
the ground that they did not coincide
with tho will Of the People as express
cd by the census. Federal interior
enee is the key to the situation. With
ont il the Returning Board would have
TO exercise its great and dangerous
power under responsibility TO public
opinion at least. With that intericr.
ence the Returning Board is an engine
of tyranny which is the more frightiul
because IL acts under grotesque
travcsty Of Republican government.
The people of the North have too long
neglected the case Of Louisiana, as II
il were Tar off and foreign. They have
left Louisiana 10 become, inside OF our
own Republic, an instance of fragrant
oppression and wrong as any which,
in history or foreign lands, has ever
enlisted our sympathy. 1t has, how
ever, been like cancer in our body
polite, and, at this moment, when it Is
eating into Presidential election, tho
great nerve Of our political administra-
s'o" an. .no ,eue'"' a''ns '',o sun vn'
,oass sno ~a0.g, W. nre ,o'u ."a, INC
seli-governmcnts" command us TO let
it alone. We were told at New Or
'e""' .ha' ,n' he'',n'ng poa'u must
ae' a .hue, ,, 'nc NV % inuccu u must
~, -. sue ,o'n's " INV n,e sacrea pn'
";. s"s'v - az, u" appeal wnicn cahnol oc ~
a .'',, " tn' 'ooos s lvaso' anu nonoraole ~,
VI; ~ '"o n'he,'cnli peoPie' me law
",." 'o'i','a''rs opou'cncc because IL
- - sn0 ~, M. ~ lnc governed, Is one
LING Ins. an' ~" "n'ou '''c people VINO
IVY u"uor IL hc'cr eonsen'eu 10 ana
never i'huc u ano,her tning ana
.nosc VINO reiy upon It's ssancton ior ar
o''rary anu unjust acuoh oring law
under inc most dangerous contempt
"neh tne people oil the country aP-
preclate tue iact that V 's Their power
which has imposed upon Louisiana
TINS monstrous tyranny, their power
cannot DC turned IN that direction.
IL was this opinion ct the national
oi The Louisiana election
which led me to accept the invitation
OF the committee. i thought that the
interest at stake went lar beyond any
question OF person 10 SIT IN The presI-
dental chair thought that II touch
cd the vitals OF the Republican sys-
tenn Everything / saw IN Louisiana
strengthed tins opinion. hoped that
"e might avert the danger In that
we did not succeed, but we succeeded
at last and after persistent exertion in
procuring for the Northern people q
complete report OF all which may be
Zone. 1 came home believing that our
institutions are ABOUT 10 oe put TO
test compared with which the
wa, war was 'ns'gnincant one which
WI ue'hahu that we gather together
-, our MANHOOD ana patriotism, and
~ 'rau''ions OF clvii ilpcrty and sell
many learned article have been
70 cr'.ic'sm OF the conn'ct be-
,"cen Nortn ana ooutn, showing that
i. Is y = comic. n oi arls'ocracy ana dem,
,v,acy, " rur,'an nm ana Oavaller, ana
,hoM ..h's. not ~. wna.. mhatever tne cause
! N.Y.. n'on 'ne present government Of
sou,S'nna represents, that cause Is I'M
oa.u"a.e 70 lIs MISSIONARIES by the
ao's u .nc recoru, inc government
mere existing Is pase corrupt, and
,on,rary 70 every sound princlplc. A
,ear = s' ago no one couia pe ioand who
,a,'u aPo.vs'1e 10, H. IL Is paser TO-