Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-11-14
RADICAL GROWl1yG.

Nv tt'Nth W VI, At'AhN tltltNtl
rendered the Radical family very I'M
happy \ new schedule Of intimida.
ton and bulldozing has been intro
duced up here in the North that up.
cots the sonthere scheme--hlocdy shirt
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The Reading Dispatch says Hayes is
the champion Republican wreckcr on
this Continent.
The Pittsburg Telegraph wants it
understood that the Radical party is
not a Cameron plaything, saying:
The lesson need. no elaboration and no inter.
probation. The Cameron man, though fool,
may not err when he reads In II bis ine vitable
doom. Hereafter the Republican party Of Penn
sylyania Is TO be the Republican party "A OF the
playihing Of the camerons.
The Philadelphia nquirer wants its
friends to quit calling each other pot
and kettle alternately;
Among the leaders OF the factions there Il now
other, the one accusing the other Of being the
cause Of defeat All this Ia the s;upidest folly.
II the lesders had settled their quarrels before
the election there would have been no defeat and
no cause for recriminatlon.
The Philadelphia Press gives notice
that "ring despotism' must be brought
to a close. Tho people are clamoring
for new order of men, etc.:
The masses are used to serve the purpose Of a
few. An who will not surrender their iniepen-
dance and become the vassais Of tbs Dictatorship
are prescribed. No pre-eminent qualities Of mind
or character suffice 10 commen a man TO esteem
The more stern and unbcniing the ma ture, the
moro generous the ASPIRATIONS and the motives,
aud the mvre distinguished the uteliig ence tho
stronger is the reason for prescription. Men Of
this stamp cannot be made the tools OF oihers,
nor will they eensen, 10 play secondary part to
their inieiiors, high though they may be 10 sta
tion aud boaied with sudden wealth.
The public camors for q new order OF men rs
candidates for its suhrages and leadership. The
Republican party Of this city has had several Sc
we're lessons administered TO 1t Its majorities
are dwindling away. If there is not a radical
change Ia the character Of tho future manage
ment, II requires no prophet to fore,ell that Us
supremacy WIN w lOrAf hnh " VIII rilh luAo n
hopeless minority, carrying down with II also the
whole organization in the State.
The New York Tribune says there is
life in the party yet, and that every
body is happy in Pennsylvania
Everybody IN Pennsylvania seems to be hap
py Administration Republicans, because the
uamerons were rebukedj Cameron Republicans,
because President Hayes was rtbuked, and the
Democrats, because they won.
The duty Of the hour Il coneiIiate and consoli
date, not to split up tbs Republican party. The
danger Of the hour is conquest Of the coun-
try by the union Of the solid South and Tammany
Hall. That danger Gao be met IL wise counsel.
prevail There is life in the old party yet
The Cincinnati Commercial is about
as mad as the average Radical organ,
but it prefers to be funny in this way I;
The State Of Pennsylvania has been carried
by the Democrats We do not suppose this is
entirely owing to the Indignation Of the people
because Simon Cameron was not appointed Min
ister to England.
The New York Herald consoles the
weeping loyalist in this way:
II will do Prcident Hayes no harm In the
country at large to have 1t known that he Is not
admired by the crippled Cameron faction. TAX
ing all the elections together Il Is not apparent
that the policy Of President Hayes has weaken
ed the Republican party. but il is very apparent
that they have given him n decided adyan ge
over his Republican opponents.
The old New York Post is disposed
to take the defeat philosophically, and
as an organ administers some whole.
some advice to its party by saying:
The discipline Of defeat may be wholesome for
the party which has long been dominant II has
grown to be, so far as its organization is con.
cerled, a bigoted and intolerant party, and not
altogether pure one. by learning some Of the
lessons Of rcform-reform Of the revenue laws,
reform Of the civil service, reform Of leadership
which shall find better leaders than those Of the
clan Of Camerons--it may regain Its lost power
It scarcely Is worth while 10 regain i on any
other terms. We do not believe that II can do
So because the party owes its defeat to stub
born insensibility TO these considerations. The
administration should be more than ever con-
yineed that it is not worth while to coneiliate
Pennsylvania.