Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-06-12
A FEEBLE NOTE.

49,
The appointment of the Potter com
mittec has aroused the whole Hayei
family Cabinet and all. The "Con'
federatc Brigadier,' who draws The
salary Of Postmaster Goneral-key-
has, IN imitation of John Sherman
addressed m open letter To the PEG
pie of the South %a'di sets him dows
as an MSS or u rogue, We care not which
AS the editor of the Baltimore Ga
sefte skins him far better than we can
we therefore introduce his views of the
4" Brigadicr,' as follows -
And now Mr.. Key, who draws salary
rs u General Postmaster, says II meant
"war" AS ho phrases it bloody
civil war; John Sherman had previ
ously said that it meant war; and now
other letters may be expected from the
Mixed Commission which is commonly
known as the de Jacto Cabinet. 1t Ii
we presume one OF the conditions Of
their tenure Of office TO regard all IN
quiry into the frauds which gave them
their places as war; r, and bloody.
CORY, revolutionary, athcistical war
Mr.. Key the repentant rebel who
always goes around with the junketing
de fdcto to scrve as u target for the
small witticisms of the rest Of the
Mixed Commission-tho reformed se'
cessionist and the brand snatchcd from
the burning-and to wear the cap and
bells for his fraudulent master, has nc
sense of personal dignity, or he would
not serve IN the scullion department OF
the Cabinet, and he has no sense Of
honor, or be would not make himself
so ridiculous as by his open letter to
the South" He has not ever wit
enough TO wear his cap and bells well.
lie ought to know that no Southern
man nor Northern man either cares a
straw for his opinions on any subject,
and all look upon his character with
profound disgust. The open letter OF
Mr.. Key var doubtless inspired by the
sentiments of u Cabinet meeting. IL
may be followed up by others. Mr..
Carl Schurz will perhaps write a letter
to the Germans, telling them in the
purcst Prussian dialect that il any IN
quiry is made into the electoral frauds,
civil wal will again prematurely de.
compose their sauer kraut and ensan-
guine the white-ioamed lager. He
may remind them that their Limbur-
ger, and their pretzels are at stake
their Leiderkranzes aud their Schuet-
zenicsts trembling in the balance that
all these will be lost to them If the
frauds by which Carl Schurz and
Hayes hold their Offices be brought TO
light. Mr.. Evarts may write IN appeal
to all dictionary makers, calling upon
them 10 the name of all the long words
in the language to come to the rescue
OF Fraud, and give authority to a series
OF ponderous cpithets which he pro
poses to hurl l%engthwise at the " Re-
bellion.n The Ancient Mariner homp.
son might write n letter to the Protest
ants, whom he has long taken under
his especial care as against the Pope,
and call upon them to use all their in
fluenco to prevent WARRIOR the investi.
cation of the electoral frauds in his
opinion also is war. He might, how.
ever, at the anne time order home our
old rotten hulks OF tho Navy and get
ready all his torpcdocs. Mr.. McCrary
must next write q letter to the brave
boys in blue, calling upon them to dc.
fcnd fraud TO the last drop oi their
blood. Mr.. Devens, the Attorney Gen.
erul, must write letters TO all theJudges
and ~juries, calling upon them to annul
the ancient rule that " Fraud vitiates
everything" and lay down instead the
new ruling of the de facto Admlnistra.
ton and its supporters that Fraud
when successful must be maintained
under penalty Of WAR-R n.
By pursuing this course Mr.. Hayes
may succeed in terrifying certain peo-
people in his own party who want to
be terrified, but he u never ruffle the
serene apathy OF Business Interests"
or even raise the hopes Of the old army
contractor or the ancient, plethora
sutler. They know very well that
there will be no war nor gore. There
is no legal way OF ~unseating Mr.. Hayes
except by impeachment. Whatever
may be the report Of the Potter investi-
cation, it will leave MI. Hayes undis.
turbed in possession OF his Office, unless
his conscience should induce him TO
resign, which is not likely, or else facts
are brought to light which would make
his impeachment a public necessity,
and even then the Republicans are
still in the majority in the Senate, and
inasmuch MS that body put Hayes into
Office with full knowledge OF he frauds,
they would doubtless keep him there
upon the unanswerable argument Of s
" 7. This Is all well known ut the
White House. What is feared there
is not war, but discovery. Mr.. Key Ii
holding up one OF those pumpkin spooks
with The lurid candle Ut " war" inside,
in order to hide his own terror, and to
pay another installment TO Hayes for
his nominal tenure OF the Postmaster
ship and the salary thereunto annexed.