Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-11-21


majority, of course you prefer you
own euphemistic phrase, and call il
taking "a political advantage" Bu
| cannot see wherein my term is wrong
Your objection is like that of ancient
Pistol to the word steal, Tor which b,
wishes to substitute conrey.
To say conspiracy, fraud or any
thing else which implies that YOU
friends in Louisiana and their allie.
were guilty Of crime, is in your opinion
coarse and brutal. Your refined taste
has been deeply offended in this way
not only by me, bnt by the whole De
mocracy wherever they have written
or spoken on the subject, either in Con.
gress, before the commission, or else
where. The impolitencss of making
tho accusation has been uniformly
heightened by the rough boldness with
which it was proved TO be true, and by
the blistering words with which il
was denounced. Perhaps all the Dem
ocrats were wrong to some extent. 1t
may be that VIC ought not to have
spoken out in harsh terms of censurc,
or said anything to disturb the serenity
Of the knaves who did us this terrible
injustice Butifyou are not altogether
blind you must see that tins was, in
our situation, simply impossible. Here
was a great Nation which had suffered
by misgovcrnmont more than any other
under the sun-her property taxed
almost to contiscation-hc industry
crushed to the earth-her public do
main squandered away--her best citi-
zens starving by the hundred thousand
in the midst of plenty which their own
labor had produced, while corruption
was revelling in high places and fatten.
ing on the general distress. Tho peo-
Pile determined to reform the admins
tration Of their public affairs, and re
store their own prosperity, by choosing
rulers whom they could trust for that
purpose. They expressed their will TO
that effect legally, constitutionally, and
peacefully, and they were defeated by
an impudent swindle. Is it any won
der that the great heart Of the Democ.
racy swelled with Indignation Even
if their feelings found vent in language
too passionate, you ought to remember,
with Burke, that something must be
P"rdoned TO the spirit OF liberty
concedc, however, that no feeling
OF resentment will excuse us for charg-
ing n conspiracy where none existed,
or fraud where none was committed.
Even If we were wronged, that does
not give us the privilege OF applying
terms which do not express the real
nature OF tho injury. We can justify
our words only by showing that we
use them truly, in sense authorized
by the law and the common speech OF
the country. Otherwise our language
is, like some of yours, mere vltupera-
tion, disgraceful only to those whoutter
it, Accepting, therefore, the onus pro-
bdndi let me bring your attention to
certain facts well and publicly known
1t is proved, if human testimony can
prove anything, that the people of
Louisiana did, on the 9TH OF November
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