Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-01-24

'"'iN wv hO"O "ho ih"y hot give w
the habit, perhaps after the loss Of a
little time, by following our advice.
Tea and coffee, the acrated waters,
and the tonics of iron and hops in
mild tincturcs may be used to help
along but nothing can supply the
place to the drunkard of swearing of
and keeping bis pledge.
THE GRASSHOPPER FOR WAR.
From the iar.ofi prairies of the West
there comes murmnr OF warlike
voices Kansas wants TO bleed again
bleeding Is her forte at least so thinks
Governor Anthony, who has become
the Executive of that State and Com.
manderin-Chief Of her Army and
Navy. The bones of the Southern
Confederacy ratified in their coffin
treason in terror called upon the rocks
and mountains 10 fall upon it, and re.
bellion skunk away in sheer fright when
Anthony vaulted into the Gubernator.
ial chair and summoned the world TO
hear what Kansas had to say. "li you
don't believe | am butcher, smell my
boots !" said the hero on the Bowery
stage. In like manner Anthony strides
down TO the footlights and in blood.
curdling accents exclaims "If you
don't believe I'm q warrior, hear me
roar !" and then be roars and such q
roar The FOUNDERS in the pit shout
"Hi bill" and the gods in the gallery
reward the dime.novel Governor with
thunders Of applause. There is moth.
ing like high tragedy for this sort Of
audience.
There may be those who think that
the question now agitating the eoun-
try require calm and non.partisan de.
liberation, and who under such circum.
stances, expect Governor above all
others to maintain judicial frame OF
mind. But that kind Of thing does
not take in Kansas Anthony is not a
milk.and-water Chief Magistrate; not
if he knows himself, and he thinks he
does. The people need surring up,
and he is a stirrer. He opens with an
arraignment of the late rebels. At
once we find an alarming difference of
opinion between Anthony and such old
iogies as Lincoln, Chase, Andrew,
Sumner, Seward. Curtin and others
who brought the rebellion to close
and strove torestore fraternal relations
between the States. This condition
Of things says Anthony, "was made
possible by magnanimity without rea-
son and an animosity without preced-
ent" He thinks we made haste to
say that treason was not crime to be-
remembered and traitors not men to
be feared in power We do not recall
that any Of us ever said any such
thing, but that is nothing to Anthony,
Plunging into his rhetorical arsenal
ho displays to our admiring eyes such
convincing metaphors as "ashes in the
mouth Of wisdom and bitterness to
the soul Of Justice" Then he reveals
the true inwardness OF Southern senti
ment by the remark that the leaders
OF the great rebellion, who have taken
possession of several departments ol
the government and thrown dust into
the eyes of millions IN the North, "can
never cease TO cherish the lost cause
as the Jewel Of the secret hope of their
inner hearts With Anthony asser.
tion is demonstration, and II only re.
mains to ask, What then? The gov.
ernmcnt must be lifted above the perils
OF rebelliopand revolution, and Kansas
is the State to do it. We are told that
pcrsonifed in Anthony, she stands be-
fore the world in the same heroic atti.
tude she has ever maintained. She
will not concede one step in compro.
mise or yield to the intimidation talk
Of force. If needed TO defend and
protect the sacred earnings Of the last
great struggle, she, at least, stands
ready to do her duty. Well, that set.
ties it. The country breathes freer,
for Kansas has spoken.
IN this wicked and perverse gener.
alton few will no doubt be found to
question whether what Kansas has TO
say may possess the supreme impor.
tanco that Governor Anthony evident.
ly attaches TO her utterances. But we
warn such people of their blindness.
Only think what might happen II
Kansas were to remain in this belliger.
cnt frame of mind and actually under.
take to put this country to rights.
Suppose Governor Anthony should
order his forces under arms. An army
OF grasshoppcrs is not 10 be sneezed
at. They are to those who have met
them what the Bashi. .Bazouks are to
the poor Servians. Governor Anthony
has but to say the word and they will
begin their work Of invasion and oc.
cupation. One wing, under General
Ingalls,, would march along the Pacific
coast, and soon make the gardens Of
California wilderness. Another, un.
der General Subsidy Pom, would sweep
soutbward over the Mississippi Valley
like a besom Of desolation; and the
centre, undcr Anthony himself, would
clean out every farm on the Atlantic
slope and occupy the great seaboard
cities until Tilden would howl for
peace and Hewitt howl for mercy.
The grasshopper is terrible thing
when he gets started, and Anthony
holds him under Lis thumb. We i'm.
plorc all concerned to try not the pa.
tience of Kansas too far. Anthony has
gwen us fair warning. The next gale
that comes from tho West may bring
to our ears the war cry OF the grass