Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-06-18

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You are not alarmed to receive hin
} and you cast no suspicious upon hi
professions OF sincerity, though, as ha
moro than once happened, he asks yo
to believe he tells the truth to day be
cause ho told lie yesterday
Mr.. President, il has seemed 70 m
not little hard aud inhospitablc tba
Southern Senator'S, whose States wor
forced back into the Union, should b
so often twittcd with their presence ol
this floor
Mr.. President, would there be an,
real danger 10 the best interests OF thi
country if it were again under th
complete control Of the Democrats
party? Surely not. tits history tha
this country owes ITS chief glory ant
development in the past to that grani
historic party, But for its sagacity
and patriotism it is safe to say that W,
would still be feeble and inconsider
able people. The Democratic party
have extended the boundaries Of tn,
Republic from the Mississippi to th.
Pacific Ocean. lis policy acquired th,
territory Of Louisiana, which extended
from the Gulf of Mexico up the Father
of Waters TO the British Dominion
embracing Iowa, Minnesota, Dakota
Kansas and all that vast region west
to the Rocky Mountains. II acquired
Florida, Texas, New Mexico, Califor.
mia, including their grand extent ol
country, plains, rivers and monn'eias
nth oil thclr Ycaltn VI gold and silver
and precious metals, embracing more
than million of square miles. As |
~ ho : : I,,aHmember, !, not single foot oil
,anu mas pvo" --AAed TO the empire by
the Republican party excepG ai.-,--,
broad stretch of icy waste, land
where frozen earth contends with froz.
en- water, inhabited by seals and sava-
ges, in climate which have heard
described as nine months winter and
three months of damnation cold weath.
er. Laughter.
Under Democratic rule there has
been in this country no Credit Mobi.
lier, there has been no Black Friday,
no Sanborn contracts, no robbery OF
freedmen's savings banks, no Bellsnap,
no returning boards and no electoral
commissions no military interference
at the polls, no test oath for jurors in the
United States Courts, no Federal spies
and overseers when the people were
choosing their rulers. Ard now that
we are seeking to restore this state Of
things and to bring back the govern
ment to the paths in which our fathers
trod the attempt is denounced as reyo-
lutionary and the trumpet is blown to
warn the country that the end of all
things is about TO come, when, as we
trust, nothing is about TO como to an
end except the domination Of the Re
publican party.
Coming briefly to the real questions
] ask why should the law authorizing
the military 10 be used at the polls be
not repealed, and why should the law
authorizing Federal supervision also
be not repealed? take 1t to be inds
putably established, without further
argument, that the whole subject re-
lating to the elective franchise is plac.
ed by the Constitution under the con
troll of the States, and all that the Fed
eral Government can do is to see that
the States, as such, do not discriminate
against any on account ofrace, color OF
previous condition of servitude. This
Is the whole duty and power of Con
gress as declared by the Supreme court
When any Republican Senator has
ventured for one moment to abandon
the line of inhammatory appeal to the
sectional feeling OF the country, thu
excuses given for the RECEPTION of thii
law upon the statute book are illogica
almost TO puerility.
One Senator gravely urges that il
should not be repealed because thc
great bulk of the army is in the dis
tant West, only some few hundred
being east of the Rocky Mountains
He tells us in the course of his enumer
alton that there are only about thirty
in the State Of North Carolina, anC
asks the Senator from that State j
they are afraid of that number of sol
ders. Passing over the obvious fac
that within thirty days ten Thousand
could be sent there IL desired, answe
that we do fear them, because the,
represent the power of the Unitet
States Government and emnty of tn
Republican party which wields tha
power we fear them as the Hollande
fears the first small leak in tho dixie
which bear back the waves of tn
ocean from deluding the meadows Q
his homestead we fear them as til
physician fears the first spcck Of gan
creme in the system of his patients W
fear them as the sailor fears the pilinl
up of the storm clouds upon the horiz
on, knowing that their deceptive beau
ty covers the fierce desoation of th
tempest we fear them as the sheT
herd of the mountain fears for hi
limbs at even the fitting OF shado'
athwart his path, for he knows il I
be the shadow OF the eagle, the remorst
less tyrant of the air; We fear ther
as Charlemagne feared the rude wood
on ships Of the Norso Vikings on thci
first appearance IN the seas Of his EN-
pire we fear them as all patriot
Romans feared the crossing Of tho RI
bicon by Caesar, the passage of whic
with arms in his hands marked hnn o
the enemy OF Roman liberty.
Even so we fear and believe tha
when an American Executive crosse
the Rubicon OF his Constitutional pow
, lers and appears at tho place of choo
ing our rulers, armed either with til
sword or with illegal powers of arres
he thereby proclaims himself the en'
my of the liberties Of our people.
Now, Mr.. President, why should M
the peace at the polls and the purit
} of elections be intrusted to authorit,
! the virtue, and the patriotism Of u
! States, where alono our fathers place
/ it2 II is because the States are un
? Bile, with their civil machinery, to pr
( serve the peace7 They have invariabl
!. proven able in the past, except in cas,
t Of such unusual violence as is conicn
: plated in the Constitution, article
section 4. Are they unwilling2 Sur
= lily they are willing to preserve the
: autonomy and perpetuate their ow
3 existence Are they corrupt2 Snrel
o il their inhabitants, as citizens OF II
Q States, are too corrupt for selfgoycr
ment, it is not possible that their co
s ruptions cease the moment they Al
e invested with authority by the Unit
States. On the contrary, there is q
I. ways found less Of responsibility al
Q more OF corruption in aggregated tha
y in separate communities. How can
a corrupt State officer become on inco