Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1880-01-14
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The Baltimore Gazette, in diatpg
on current events, states the case in
this manner:
"We can imagine, in some future
chid's history Of the United States, o
chapter something like this:
There lived at one time 10 the State
OF Ohio a man named Rutherford b.
Hayes There was nothing remarka-
bic in bis appearance or in his charac-
ter, except that bis countenance was
vacant and his manner and conduct
pharisaical. He was much given TO
Sunday schools and tea parties, and
acquired thereby reputation for NOR.
ality which stood him in good stead,
when be finally became a political Pre-.
tender He had been very fortunate,
as negative men often are, in every
adventure Of lite he had inherited a
fortune upon which he had contrived
to escape taxation; he bad received a
military title which fitted him as the
coat of giant would fit a dwarf; and
had been elected Governor CT the state
because he had been too weak TO of.
tend anybody and had given no one
reason to fear him in the future.
When the Convention of the ruling
party of that day met at Cincinnati TO
nominate candidate for President
there was a great battle of the giants
mortally Jealous of each other and
bent upon mutual destruction rather
than TO permit the great prizo 10 be
carried away by any one of them. The
celebrated James G. Blaine whose fali
monument built from the revenues
arising from his politieal ventures il
one OF tho landmarLs Of thu Maina
coast, was entitled to the nomination
because the majority Of the delegates
really favored him. But there was all
that time reigning in Pennsylvania
family named Cameron whose power
then no Republican citizen ofthat State
dared to resist, but no trace of which
now remains in any portion OF that
Commonwealth. A scion Of this pow
erful house, not being able to mold
him to his ambitious purposes, had de-
termined to slaughter James G.. Blaine.
He manipulated thew which would
otherwise have been given to him and
transferring at the opportune moment
all his strength TO the negative man
from Ohio, whom nobody dreaded,
made him the nominee, because he
thought he thought he could use him.
When the election came on il was
found that Samuel ]. Tilden had been
elected President But in three South.
ern States certain bad men, organized
in bodies called Returning Boards, had
possession of the ballots which had
been cast ard were charged with the
duty of adding them up and promul.
eating the result. These men were
paid TO alter the returns and to pro.
claim the selection of the defeated candi.
dates and soldiers were sent to protect
them while they were doing this wick.
cd thing. When these votes came to
| w tOuHiSb ~ W dbulnB lOil " ldftt army
was assembled there to overawe the
Congress which might otherwise have
undertaken to defeat this bold conspi-
racy. And so fraud first triumphed
in American history and the weak and
negative man from Ohio became. in
name and form, President of the Uni
ted States. IVA
But no sooner had he got into power
than he forgot tho men who had raised
him to the bad eminenee be occupied
and began to plot against the party
which had given him It's sufIrages. He
turned deaf ear TO the leaders and
discarded the very Cameron himself
II was early observed that he had
fallen into the hands of cunning man
from his own State, who imprisoned
his mind and used all the power of
his Administration for his own pur.
poses and OF German adventurer from
beyond tho seas who filled his empty
head with all sorts of fantastic notions
But in process of time, when the fraud
ulent President discovered that he
oould moi ereafe n marty nj hia o,,n