Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-05-02
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and the memories Of rambles among
the paw-paw bushes Of the Indiana
woodlands. The thought of the battle
ground of 1ippccanoe, that fatal delta
with river on either side and gor
geous government fence for u sale.
guard, was ever N his mind Us he sat
ON the panpet OF the High Bridge and
distilled the briny tear into the tiIe-wa.
tcrs OF the Potomac. Aud thinking OF
rippecanoe aud Tyler too he was re
minded Of the Republican party and
President Hayes, aud his lamentations
We're redoubled. But suddenly the
brilliant idea struck him OF executing
II piece oijugglery between the old and
the new. The spirit OF the Wing party
had entered into Republicanism when
the Wing organization perished. Why
could not the soul of RepubIicanism,
now that its body, rotten and diseased,
is marked ior speedy dissolution, trans.
migrate into the venerable mummy OF
WhiggeryY Thus 'asihe Wing party
escaped the responsibility for all its
lniquitics by becoming melamorphosed
into the Republican party the latter
might avoid answering for its crimes
by Reconsideration, ike an Irish
gentleman lodgings bis creditors BY a
mock funeral. "io to" said Dick
Thompson, able seaman; "the way
out of our difficulties is for us all to
turn old.line "Whigs.n For the bene-
iit OF the present generation Of Amer
cans he has kindly condescendcd 10
explain through the columns OF the
Washington Nation what il means to
be a Wing and the Secretary of the
Navy is certainly qualified to speak
upon such theme, ior in smootbness
OF face, dignity Of bearing, sonorous-
ness OF voice aud tenuity of coat.tails
he resembles the statesmen OF the
time OF Webster, Calhoun and Clay
when neither the scalawag, the
scholar" nor the "Christian" was al.
lowed into politics. In the opinion Of
this able exponent the cardinal princi.
pies Of Whiggery are these:
"lst-A national currency founded on
u bimetallic standard, and sufficient lvr
the wants OF healthy trade.
"2d-A system OF Internal improve
ments, such as private capital is pow.
erlcss TO construct, but which is essen.
tial to the development OF the coun.
trys resources.
"3d-A tariff sufficient TO keep en-
ployed such manufacturing establish.
menls as are already ia operation, aud
put IN operation such new industries
us will tend to develop the natural
wealth Of the country aud create II
balance Of trade in our favor"
In this formulation OF political pre-.
cepts there is set forth the financial
and commercial policy on which the
Republican party has acted, aud
through the influence OF which the
country has been brought to the verge
Of ruin. The essential difference be.
tween the Wing party which is to be
organized and the Republican party
which it is designed to succeed lies
however, in the sentiment which is tc
be- fostered towards the South. Re.
publicanism was sectional, and thrived
on injustice to the Southern States and
prospered in proportion as it dissent.
mated hatred Of the Southern people
Wbiggery is designed to be national
aims not merely al justice TO the South
but at securing iavors for that section
and hopes to succeed By winning the
friendship oi the Southern people. Th,
men engaged in the new movement
even go so far as to promise a vast
system Of exclusively Southern publ,
works M atonement for the loss that
the South has suffered through th,
war Only IN proportion us Republic
cans are capable of forgetting thciI
sectional feeling aud laying aside th,
bitter memories Of the rebellion is th,
prospect OF new party feasible, and
II is the fact that the record OF Repub,
licunism is 80 distinctively the record
Ui recuhstrucilOut that il makes the over.
throw ol the Old organization seem he
cessary To the pioneersln III the construc-
ton Of the new one The sacrifice is
essential To preserve an appearance oi
consistency. Remembering that Dick
rhompson has long be,n under Sena-
tor Morton, the Chlcl man OF the Re-
publican party in Indiana, aud has
written its various and varying plat.
forms for years, his manifesto is Que Of
the most significant signs oi the times.
u the new party 10 Organlzed, how.
ever, II Is pretty certain that its creed
will contain, IN addition 10 those arti.
cles given above, a declaration in favor
OF restricting the sutirage.-Nelc York
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