Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1880-10-27

I that there will be more by force
n gravitation; not by the popular will
r not by changes in the Constitution !
Q n regular way, but that authority, p;
+ tronago and power will add 10 then
j selves, will by their own weight il
1, crease and grow until they are up {
j the full measure Of his desires. lie r,
!. olces TO see this done in way agains
l. which George Washington warned yo
) in his farewell address, which was sui
= mitted to Alexander Hamilton an
Z other statesmen before he gave it t
r the American people.
) Another member of the Cabinet, Nj
} Sherman, Secretary of the Treasury
4 takes different view of the state Q
affairs from that given by his col
, league. He dwels upon the busines
prosperity OF our country. Overlook
; ing the industry of our people, the "a
, vorable seasons that have rewarded
their labors with ample harvests, tn
! demand for our products from othe
7 countries, he claims for the Admins
7 tration the gratitude of our people lo
! all their blessings. | have no unkind
J Iy feelings for Mr., Sherman. regre
that he does himself wrong when h,
is ungrateful to God and unjust to th,
laborer Of the land 1t was not th,
craftsmanship Of the plow, blessed by
fruitful season, that gives us oul
, growing wealth. Not the skill OF tht
Treasury Department, but of mechan
} les and manufacturers, that make the
springs of our prosperity not the
talk in Congress, but the toll of labor
in all its varied fields. In another re-
spcct he does himself wrong. He
does not warn our people of the dan
ger which the change of seasons may
make. He does not, as he should, ad
monish them that at this time when
money is abundant men should throw
of the burdens Of debt and extricatC
themselves from positions of perils il
times should change. He teaches the
false and mischievous doctrine that
government policies and not honest
toll and frugal care, that the schemes
of the brain, not the sweat of the brow,
give competence to men. Much has
been said about tho absurdity of fat
money. How much moro absurd are
Mr. Shermans teachings of fat pros.
perity. In this direction Mr.. Sher-
man outstrips Dennis Kearney.
The points most conspicuous in the
speeches and journals of the Rcpubli.
can party are, first, that this is ma.
tion, aud next, this election is con-
test between the Northern and South
ern States, in which victory will be
great gain to the former party. We
charge that the denunciations of the
South are used to mask their designs
to get jurisdiction all over the Union
and mainly over the interests and peo.
pie Of the North, as they are the most
important and varied that the term
nation is selected because il is a
word of obscure and indefinite mean.
ing, and If it is substituted for the legal
and proper title Of government it will
enable them TO make changes in its
character hurtful to the right of the
people and disastrous to the prosperity
Of their business and industrial pur-
suits; that tho mischief it will create
will not be Tor the remote future, but
they are pressing upon us now and
will be felt in their full force from this
time on, unless they are averted by
the results Of the pending elections.
1t is marked and conspicuous fact
in the political discussions of the past
four years that the Republican leaders
have sought to bring into use the words
nation and nationalism when speaking
of our country, These have been here,
toiore used without any special signifi.
cance as terms generally applied to
different divisions of the human race
into communities governed by some
forms of law. We always find that
the men who use the woodland many
like Senator Blaine love to call it a
sovereign nation-are in favor of a
different construction of the Constitu.
ton than has heretofore prevailed.
Mr. Garfield openly states this when
he says that the views held by Mr..
Hamilton are growing in strength, and
he rejoices that our government is
gravitating to more power We find,
too, that they favor the plans Of the
same distinguished statesmen of gain
ing jurisdiction by constructions put
upon the words of the Constitution.
As they do not like, at this moment,
TO develop all their plans, which would
excite alarm particularly at the North,
to mask their purposes and to divert
attention by exciting passions and pre-
judlces, they use the word as far as
they can in connection with sectional
controversies so that it may be felt
they only have IN view the strength
of the Union. II is this idea which
gives phrases measure of favor with
the Republican party. They also take
great pains in their discussions to car
ry the idea that nationality means some.
thing favorable TO the interests Of the
North We charge that the purposes
of tho Republican leaders are in con-
ilct with the Constitution that they
endanger the peace, the order and the
safety Of the Union. They draw to
the National Capital hordes of men
who have selfish and corrupt objects,
who tempt officials to violate duty
from motives of ambition and greed
for gold. They impair the interests
and prosperity Of different sections of
our Union by laws framed by men ig.
norant of the subject upon which they
act and by legislation not only in con.
lict with the letter Of the Constitution
but with its spirit and the genius of
all our political Institutions, both local
and general.
1t must not be thought that the
changes which men seek to make in
the character Of our Government by
the use of the words nation and ma.
tionalism, and by the constructions
which they mean to put upon them,
relates only TO the theory OF politics
that their influences arc too uncertain
and remote TO be OF immediate con-
ccrn. They affect us now. They not
only threaten but work disastrous re.
suits to the commerce of our country,
to the interests of the farmers OF the
Western States, and TO tho business
prosperity of the whole country. We
know that cheap transportation has
led to the sale of our farm products in
Europe and has lifted all kinds of busi.
ness from the depression which
short time since was iclt by all pur.
suits Tho ability to send what we
make and raise to the markets of the
world at cheap rate is of more impor-
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