Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-01-03


were afraid to vote, And because, with
these aids and incentives to political
intrepidity, thcy were still aflaid TO
vote, therefore the votes Of those who
did vote are to be thrown out. ven.
ture 10 predict that the political party
that takes its stand on this platform
will be "bull-dozed' worse at tho ncxt
election than any parish In Louisiana
or elsewhere.
do not believe that Governor Ilaycs
n-is. .,--.pgs,i.- 2. pssl ss%Ss,S-sas. ssit
i,Iaiiofn, Ti3s(f1.,' I,,ia<'
gret that | cast my vote Tor him. II
he would. | do not ss how he could
carry ON the government aiicrward.
rhc Republican party. in tho tattered
condition TO which the present admin.
i~tralion has brought il. il not able to
,iv, its uptaoonist unv ADVANTAGES ot
position in tho next encounter A
srcater disadvantage 10 itself tban thi,,
the seating Of a President by means
and appliances which undermine the
very processes BY which our institu.
lions arc maintaincd-it would be i'm.
possible to conceive Of. Deprived Of
moral support in the copsciences Of
the inlellgent-t thinking, order.loving
,,ropcrty-holding classes. tho mart,
would melt away and the administra-
ion leaning on II for support would b,
IS helpless as birch-bark canoe In a
cyclone. No person capable of com
manding the confidence Of the country
'ould accept II position in II cabinet
oo''omed not upon the returns Of al
lee'lon' out upon the views Of re.
turning board as opposed TO the re-
ldrns themselves. with a successful
ina united party at his back, Govern
n Hayes might make shit TO admin
ister the government with cabinet OF
nonentlties, out III the present state Of
things he could not, and he is not like
" to fnc any other material 10 advise
and assist him in the emergency con
iemplated. ] am much mistaken IN
my conception of Governor Hayes, il
he is the man 10 walk into the White
House under any doubtful road
II is painful to hear this question
discussed as though ii were a contested
election between two candidates for
alderman in the Ninth ward II ia
painful 70 read that because a Vermont
.ector was a village postmaster there.
fore the people of Vermont are 10 Ina
partially disiranchised that because
, North Carolina elcctor was com.
tot ac Ccntennial IixI osition,
therefore North Carolina is TO lose
part of her voice in the National elec.
ion; that since the twenty.sceond
int rule has been rc.cnactcd bv the
present Congress. therefore the pre-
siding officer Of the Senate may do.
,laro anybody clectedwhom he chooses
Jf course the forms Of law must be
but these are all piddline
that will BE- swept ont of the
way like autumn leaves by the breath
1f the people when they have the on.
nortunity to pass their opinion upon
hem. You might as well attempt TO
D pose the law of gravitation by
as to settle this disputed
by mere legal conundrums
Are there no dangers confron,in,,
us? We have seen two Governors
md two Legislatures AZ wmj, in Lon.
siana at The same time two Lecisla.
lures in Alabama, two in Arkansas
md two now in South Carolina. The
,pcctacIcs of two Presidents and two
Congresses would not be an edif, inp
one, but il would not be long step in
ADVANCE Of what we have already
Witnessed Stress is laid on the fact
hat Gen. Grant will see HAYES duly
naugurated. The only form Of inau.
yuration known TO tho law is for the
,ewly elected President to take the
,ath to support the constitution Of the
United States, and this be can do be.
ore any person authorized by law to
oaths and when he has
AIKEN il Gen. Grant cannot inauguratc
,im or disinauguatc him any further.
am not one Of those who
hink that the present financial
ramp is due to political causes, but |
an see that the disorder, confusion,
md uncertainty growing out of the
loublcd- d-barrelcd government would
'rodnce far greater depression in bust.
less than anything we have expert
need since the panic OF 1873.
II the Republican PARTY is ready 70
dopt intimidation as an element in
,olitics, and to substitute the iudp.
ocnt of returning boards in nlaoe oil
he votes Icrally polled Il il n worse