Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-08-22

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upon for having a mans heart in his
bosom, instead of that of demon. 1t
is with these his crime that he would
plant flowers upon the graves of his
slaughtered countrymon, and guard
them from the depredations of such
hyenas as they are.
No Southern State did every prouoke
the war upon her people. 1t stands
the everlasting condemnation OF her
murderous invaders that the South
lodS erer faithful to our Constitutional OBJ
legations. She at no time and in no igay
inflicted ,orong of any sort upon her
perfdious Northern Conicderates. The
genius of hatred itself has never dared
to impeach her good faith by the'im.
putation Of solitary act or that remot-
est purpose of injury to any Northern
State Or citizen. No one of the illus.
trous citizens of Sothern States who
have adorned the Presidential Office
neither Washington, nor Jefferson, nor
Madison, nor Monroe, nor Jackson, nor
Polk, nor Taylor, nor Tyler-not one
of them ever proposed measure of
government which could injuriously
affect the rights of any sort of person
or property, of any individual citizen
of Northern State, or the rights,
dignity or character of any Northern
State. No Southern majority OF the
Senate or any committee of the Senate,
no single Senator Of any Southern
State ever suggested or voted for any
policy or measure OF government in
furious to the rights or character OF
the Northern people. The same may
be justly said of the House of Repre-
sentatives and its members.
On the other hand, it is true that
Northern States, Presidents, Con
gressional Committees, Senators and
Representatives, did persistently vio.
late their Constitutional obligations, did
wage ceaseless war upon the proper
ty rights, the prosperity and character
of the Southern States and people.
They defed the Constitution, and dis
regarded tho laws OF Congress passed
in pursuance Of its provisions. Tho
Supreme Court was not respected.
The North Systematically pursued the
most selfish policy, insisted upon ex-
elusive interests, plundered Southern
labor to build up local industries and
enrich her capitalists. The laws of
Vermont and Massachusetts, making it
a highly penal offense, punishable with
long terms in the penitentiaries, and
exhorbitant fines of thousands of dol
lars, forany person who should attempt,
even under the authority of the Fed
eral Constitution and laws, to retain q
fugitive "slave" for rendition, the utter
rejection OF the doctrines and duties
asserted by the Dred Scott decision,
the open declaration of Mr.. Lincoln
and his party, thatthe Southern "slave-
holder" should not carry his oslaves''
into tho common territories, that
slavery" should be restricted, and the
plain intention to ultimately abolish II
in the States, with the consequent war
of coercion, the final abolition OF "slav.
cry" and the brutal, wicked, cruel, ty.
rannical system and processes of IRE.
construction" proclaim, with the voice
Of thousand trumpets and of "many
waters" the perfdy and injustice and
cruel dispositions of the North towards
the South. This is the truth ofhistory,
iehich no man can gdinsay ,cithom dvoio-
ing himself fool or a liar and a Sldnder-
gi If we could forget this frightful
past, and fraternize with these faithless,
pharisaical fanatics and fratricidal
fiends, how can we shut our eyes TO
such deliberate declarations of hostili-
ty to the Southern people as the late
speech of Blaine and Woodstock con.
tains2 Blame, drdDing the conclusion
Of his otcn false heart, discrodits the de-
claration of Hayes and his Cabinet,
that the object of government in its
orders TO protect our Southwestern
border from Mexican raiders, is not to
annex Mexican territory. A liar and
q thief himself, he imagines such men
as Evarts and Schurz TO be no better
than he is. With him "all men are
villains" and as DIR. johnson said, he
is a good judge of one man" He is a
guilty coward, and quails before the
consolidated strength of the sixteen
States that wcrelately "slaveholding."
"This," he says, "is tremendous 20.
litical force. embodying almost one.
half the Senate of the United States,
more than one.third of the House of
Representatives, aud almost twoffths
of the aggregate Electoral College"
When he says the aim of the South is
to WELD this tremendous political
force with "thc unity of a political
despotism," and with a view to "pcr-
manent domination in the government
Of the country" he simply lies in his
hroatl The South has no aims "out-
side of the Constitution" no policy but
one which looks to the peace and pros
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