Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-11-27
Republican Fears Of Retaliation.

FfoiH ia" Democratic Banner.
senator Carpenter, were he IN freely
express his mind upon the POLITICAL si,,i.
alton IN light OF all the information with.
in his knowledge attending the conccr.
ton, birth and elimination OF the great
crime which elevated Rutherford Il
Hayes To the Presidency, il would
awaken such spirit OF Indignation a.
never before. He was counsel for Mr.
lIiden before the COmmi ssion-a mem.
Der OF the party that legalized the title.
and u now a Republican United States
Senator. Words from such source
would prove irresistible and all powcr.
iul. lie tells "A portion Of the stsry.
partially lifting the veil 20 that glim.
mcrinR rays OF light fall upon the can.
vas; tut the arbitrary rules Of marty
restrain and cripple his utterances. We
gather sufficient evidence, however. to
learn that 'chr of retaliation, like a
ghoht' startes the ''yisitIng stAtesmcn "
IN the night watches, and they imagine
the tables turned, the Democrats com.
mittlng IN 1850 the base deeds they
were guilty OF in 1876, and in their
troubled dreams the hand writing upou
the vail. IN clear unmistakable charac.
tcrs notify them they are weighed IN
the balance and found wanting-waut.
ing IN the first requisites which make
statesmen or respectable citizens. How
true, the wicked flee when no man
pursueth.' because the Rerublican.
rcsortcd TO dishonest measures IN l.-G.
senator Carpenter thinks the Demo.
crat- will do the same in 1850; because
they usurped authority 10 make a Re.
publican FTcsIdcut, the Democrat will
do likewise TO make a Democratic Pres.
ldent. History repeats itsclf Good or
evil deeds have patterns IN which .ub-o.
quent actions are fas shloued. Nations Ile
individuals are creatures ot imitation.
The prolific line OF bad influence which
spring from the seed soSn pending and
after the last Presidential election are
corruptinG the very Iic.blood Of the
nation. and threaten to work our over.
throw. Fraud vItiatc- all contracts.
sewers all bonds Of binding force be.
tween partI"s, pollutiug Whatever II
touches, cancorlikc eating its way to
the yitAis. other nations have been
ruined by this vice, their leading clti.
zens sacrificing position, learning and
honor 20 crafty their thirst for power
and conquest aud We too. may fall.
under the same whitening. bhghtine m.
auencc. our only hope Is 10 place .afe
guards around the ballot, respect The
choice oi the people, and hold sacred
the rights Of al classes and seclions.
Washington farewell address warns
( against sectional preiudIccs Josiah
F Quincy, Timothy bNight uttered no
feeble notes Of alarm. and Henry Clay,
of the South. and Daniel Webster OF
the North, united ia word, of living
cloqucnce and love. cntrcating their
countrymen to discourage the first
thoughts Of malice or ill.will Webster
IN $50, said, 81 speak not a. a North.
ern. southern, Eastern. or Western
man, but a. an American citizen. 4"
shall we disregard their warning. and
refuse instruction from the Fathers OF
the Republic. whose love for an undivid.
ed Union was 80 strong that the thought
Of aEaEi9n brought forth words Of heart
power, portraying the direful results in
language created only under the pres.
sure of great and deep concern?