Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-06-27


pass that party which had elected
President could ever be persuaded 4
sustain the defeated candidate in hi
fraudulent effort TO evict from th'
Presidency its proper occupant. M
snch impossible thing will ever be pos
siblc, at the hands of oven tho mos
magnificent of cheats and this miser
able Ohio abortion Of craftsmanship
who is essaying the feat, will be mad,
to realize the iniantilc nature Of hi
attempt long before Congress gc.'
done with him at its next session. Mr.
Adams has truly said that no matter
how good Mr.. Hayes motives and ac
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eifaced and no,S much iSss Jan We
forget his crime when ho daily proves
to us, as he is now doing, his untruth
fulness, insincerity and hypocrisy
Butler and his Pitkin are not The best
of witnesses, for Buffers repptatior
Tor veracity is not high, and that ol
his friend is probably no better, upon
the theory that birds Of feather flock
together but yet when Butler and
Pilkin tell tales that are probable, be
cause they are like those which Others
tell, their testimony is weighty. But
Ter says that Hayes promised him to
appoint the son OF one Of his old staff
officers as midshipman and that he
did not do il; which was n lie on the
part of Hayes. Marshal Pitkin says
that Hayes in personal interview al
Washington told him he was not to be
disturbed in his Office. Attorney Gen
cral Devens gave him the same as
surance; and yet within week he re,
ceivod at New Orleans from the At
torney General letter requesting his
resignation. That was another lie on
the part OF Hayes,
And that Hayes lies habilually and
by instinct, Mr.. Pitkin shows by quot.
ing from his inaugural address the
sentence; "1hey, the founders Of The
gorerHmeat, meant that the officer should
be secure in his tenure as long as his per.
Sondl character remained untdrnisheda and
the performance Of hiSduty satisfactory; 7;
and by contrasting Herewith the let
ter OF Attorney General Devens de-
mandlng Pitkiu's resignation SIN view
of some Encouragement of the federal
offices in Louisiana" That'is the only
reason assigned for cutting OF Pltkin's
head, 1t was a good head, Mr. Hayes
had said. He had, on the 3d of April,
written to one Of his cabinet officers
Marshall Pitkin hasa good reputation
and can be relied upon. On the l1th
of April, and on three subsequent
dates, down as late as May 3D., Pitkin
says he has equally good evidence that
the marshalship in Louisiana was most
satisfactorily filled and that no ex-
change would be made.
Now this evidence makes it clear
that Pitkin was held to be good
officer by Hayes, whether he in fact
was or not, and therefore his removal
was not in conformity with the intent
of the founders OF the government
that good and efficient officers should
be secure in their tenure. This senti.
ment, which Mr. Hayes adored on
March 9th, and has substantially ador.
cd on every available occasion since
when he could express his alteration
in words, he does not adore at all when
be has chance to show it in his acts f;
all Of which prove Mr.. Hayes to be a
sneak and a hypocritc Of the first
water 1t shows that his fraudulent
taking Of the Presidency is in perfect
harmony with the baseness of his i'm.
pulses and it makes it perfectly clear
that it is the duty of the Democratic
party to stand aloof when in October
Hayes is thrown into the den of wild
beasts, and to let Butler and Blaine
make their meal out Of him without
hindrance. Lancaster IRtelligcncer.