Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-11-01

Gen. J. W. DENVER,
Gen. ALrHEUs S. WILLIAMS,
Col. P. b. FouKE,
Col. G. g. ALEsuIRE,
Major JOSEPH BRowN,
Executive Committee.
THE PEA CEFUL RETOL UTION.
THE CAUSE OF REFORM Is MARCHING ON,
coHoCsRING AND TO CONQUER.
WASHINGTON, October 22, '76.-The
gloom and dependency which settled
on the Republican managers after the
full returns from Ohio and Indiana,
still continue, and the desperate efforts
to throw of this feeling and to replace
II with hope signally failed. Instead
Of improving il has become more and
more confirmed. Chandler finds him.
self in the condition of commander
who staked a whole campaign on the
fate of a single battle, and came out Of
ii with broken and demoralized army,
much inclined to revolt, without disci-
pline, and nearly without ammunition.
Nothing reveals weakness like de.
feat Then it is that discomfort, jeal-
ousy, envy, malice, and disappointed
ambition speak out This is the sort
Of refreshmcnt with which Chambers
committee has been delugcd for ten
days. No word of comfort has come,
but complaint from every quarter at
the false issues of the campaign; the
waving OF the bloody shirt" us na.
tlonal banner; the putting forward Of
Blaine and other corrupt leaders as
the representatives Of reform inside
the fabricated charges against Mr.. Til
den's personal character, and false fig
ures made in the Treasury to deceive
the country.
There has been no rally Of the party
in the sense Of recovery from stun
ming blow, or as illustrating any con-
fdencc in success. On the contrary,
there is a panic here now which is far
worse than that first witnessed, because
the reports received from Wisconsin
leave hardly any doubt that Tilden
will carry that State largely, while
Michigan is threatened in a way to
give Chandler the most serious concern
and alarm for the result.
In fact, the reaction, since Ohio and
Indiana virtually decided the Prosi.
dency for Tiden, would be amazing il
the noble army Of neutrals, numbering
perhaps hall a million of voters, and
scattered chiefly over twenty States,
did not provcrbially rush over to the
strong side, and thus explain this won.
derful change in the aspect OF the cam
paign in less than a fortnight. All
over the Northwest the Republicans
arc throwing off tho yoke of party
rule, 80 that illinois has become near.
ly doubtful State, and there is re-
bcllion in Minnesota and parts of Iowa.
This revolution has spread into Penn
sylvania, and the awakening there is
causing Cameron and his crew an anx-
iety they have never before felt. But
what troubles the managers most here,
is the intelligence from the city and
State of New York. The large acces-
sions to the reform ranks from among
solid men who have never before cast
any but q Republican vote, and who
are now determined to deposit their
ballots for the Democratic candidates,
are fully reported TO Chandler and bis
confederates, and make them very blue
indeed.
But this Is not the worst by any
means Chandler has found in his fire.
quent journeys TO New York, and cs-
pecially the last, that the merchants
and bankers who used TO contribute
thousands, will not give dollar TO help
the Republican ticket. They know
that the effect OF the ealumnies OF
Blaine, Morton, Ingersoll, Boutwell,,
and the outrages of the Administration
against the South, has been to react
on their material interests. While this
warfare is kept up there can be no real
peace and without peace prosperity
Is practically impossible.
Tia Republican Administration, head
cd by Hayes should como into power,
Grantism would not only bocontinued,
bat at the end Of four years this same
sectional strife would be again renew
ed, as il was in 1864, 1865, 1872, and
1876, perhaps even moro intensely
than now, and with the most disturb
ing effects on trade and the relations
of the two sections. This agitation in
the interests of politicians alone can.
not go on without serious arrangement
of business, TO be felt more directly and
severely in New York than in any
part OF the Union.
Hence it is thai the Republican mer-
chants and bankers viii not aid in
keeping up a system which is at war
with all their best interests, and threat
ening now dangers to the isaaquility of
the Union. They sec that tie only
mode OF removing the Southern ques.
ton from politics is by the election Of
Samuel ]. Tilden. Politically, thssF
may not prefer him to others on Their
own side, but he can do in this great
matter what he did in regard 70 Tweed's
Ring; end the evil ami provide n
remedy. Na.
Letters from inside the Republican
organization in New York, represent
its condition as hopeless, confused, and
dismaycd. 1t is stated that Mr.. Nor
gan has cmphatically refused TO an
swer the demands for moro money,
that his peculiar friends regard the
prospect as chcerless, and that the
probable falling off in tho Republican
vote by conversions to Tilden, and by
refusal to 90 to tho polls at oil, reaches
to every part Of the State, and will
swell up to very many thousands
The Administration has lost all head,
II il ever had any. There is no diree.l
ton, no steady hand at the helm, and
no sound sense Of any kind. The last
experiment of sending the army to
South Carolina under false pretcnccs,
has reacted to the injury Of the very
cause II was intended TO promote. The
splendid submission Of the Carolinians
to this daring outrage was exactly
what the conspirators did not expect
or desire. They melted resistance to
their own troops, bat the scheme did
not succeed. In spite Of this Infamous
proceeding, which will yet bring its
authors TO grief If the House Of Rcp.
resentatives does half its duty next
winter, Wade Hampton will probably
be elected Governor, and the vote OF
the State bc cast for Tildcn So much
for public rascality and its approach.
ing downfall and punishment.