Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-08-01
THE LESSON or PITTSBU URG,


lll.starred Pittsburgl She has sown
to the wind for years, and now the
whirlwind comes in oil its unspeakable
terrors. The mob that mocks her
lives, her property, her laws and her
peace has not been created in day,
nor in q week, nor in q month, nor in
year. Its seed has been scattered
c'As,s.e~aS - - sIE =. iS
and pretenSons iJr tSen } yosis, aa.a
II has been watered from the rostrum
and from the press and from political
deliverence of both parties, unit! Is has-
borne its logical harvest. IL blossom
cd when the repudiationist was the
favoritc for public Office and the press
gratefully snufied its fragrance, and it
ripcned as the thistle ripens and spreads
pollution on every breeze, as its pub.
lie officials preferred prison cells to
obedience to the judgment OF the high
est courts, and its popular voice called
the convicted disturber OF the peace
from the Jail to the first Office of the
city. Now the full fruition has burst
upon those who have thoughtlessly
planted and nurtured the germs Of
lawlessncss, and it is simply mon
strous demon that desolates friend and
foe. And yet there is no voice from
the press or people Of Pittsburg that
is heard effectually above the howl Of
the tempest, that pleads for law and
order. There are feeble editorials dep
recating the turbulence, and there are
citizens here and there who seem to
understand that the mob is the enemy
OF every attribute of civilization, but
! there is no word that speaks for the
Pittsburg press, or the Pittsburg au-
thorities, or the Pittsburg people, that
is not silcnced by the recognized and
undoubted popular sympathy with the
rioters. A few days ago tho railroad
was the objective point of the lawless
and there was no healthy public senti-
: ment to stay the murmuring streams
T of revolt from swelling to fiood-tide
next the arsenal, the gun factories. the
stores laden with implements Of death,
were made the playthings of the law
less then the railroad buildings and
the cars, with their wealth of freight,
, were made offering to the rioters tri-
umph, and scores of dead and wound
cd send shadows to many homes, and
appal the nation at its own possible
perls. And today where will the
Kissing streams of agrarian lava reach ?
Into whose store-house will it enter ?
, Upon what trade will it pour its dead
| ly food2 What class of property will
it grasp for its enforced tribute2 What
homes will il mark for desolation to-
morrow? If it can impress the rail.
road, stop its trains, give its shops, its
: cars and commerce to the flames, why
may it not revel in every house, ap-
propriatc the products Of every mill
confscate the goods of every store
and empty the vaults Of every bank
And this is the reign for which com
munity, as a community, has practi
cally proclaimed its sympathy, and
that the press of the second city OF the
State treats as dispute between Q
corporation and few scores of EN-
ployes. By the accepted laws of al
civilized lands, the already debt-ridder
!, municipality must make restitution fol
i the property its people have destroy
G ed several millions will be rcquire'
to pay the price OF nourished lawless
ness, and the cost in good name ant
credit is beyond computation. 1t ha
D been a costly sowing and fearful,
n costly reaping, and If their terrible ad
s monitions shall be unheeded, the pros
8 porous industry and the thrifty trad
of Pittsburg will be noted only a
things that were but are not.-Phiia
D delphia Times.